This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
(Verse 1: SPARꓘADISS)
Trouble Sets In
Frustrated Again
Feels Like Quick Sand
With No Big Plan
Suffocating No Breathing
Writing The Timing
In Over Your Head
Passages And Airwaves
Down The Stairways
The Feeling Takes Over You
Like It's Nothing New
Enclosed Genocide
Can Of Pesticide
When You Can't Deicide
Roll Cage
On The Edge
Of The Page
Crumbled Up
Stumble On Down
When You Trip Up
Where You Messed Up
The Walking Dead
After What Was Said
On The Brains They Fed
To The Kids They Read
Blood Shows As A Stain
Pleasures And The Pain
Smell Of The Decay
The More I Slay
The Less The People Pay
The Zombie Crawl
Stuck At A Mall
Tools As Weapons
Slower The Lesson
Take Out The Aggression
Never Get Left Behind
Tingle Down The Spine
Mood Set To Panic
With A Moon Maniac
[Chorus Repeat 2x]
With Every Penny You Saved
Gets Taken Away
When Your So Afraid
It's Written On Your Grave
Big Boom
With Death In The Room
Getting Sucked In
And Being Down
(Verse 2: SPARꓘADISS)
Nervousness And Tensions
Suffering Not My Intention
Aggressive Mistrust Steel Rust
Goosebumps
Walking On Eggshells
Feels Like Pins And Needles
Worm, Bugs
And All The Other Beatles
Left Out Of In Nature
Fear Of Danger
Scared Of Disappointment
Hesitation Takes Over
Strapped And Confinement
Killing For Enjoyment
Mistakes Are Everything
Anxiety And Energy
To A Demons Off Spring
Murder In Cold Blood
Stains Still On The Rug
And Parts Are Still In The Tub
Snow Storm Flurry
Gets Buried In A Hurry
Bitter Bleak Brisk
Beats And Kicks
Snares And Booms
Rep The Code
In An Unbearable Cold
Waving A Cross
Find The Demonic Boss
Perma, Perma, Permafrost
Restrain From A Blood Stain
Practical Magic
Disembody And Singe
Resident Of Evil
Jumped Over Knievel
With Every Hit
Disillusions That You'll Get Away With It
Briefed And Debunked
Bodies In The Trunk
She Wants Rainbows And Ecstasy
When She Has Sex With Me
Fragrance Of Incest
Acting Like The Best
303 Cubes Weed And Trees
Falls Slow Like The Snow
Skulls And Cross Bones
Hung Up At The Gate
When You Realize Your Fate
Finish Your Plate
My Hearts In A Jar
Frozen In A Lake
Tied To The Stake
Of What I Tried To Take
Trouble Sets In
Frustrated Again
Feels Like Quick Sand
With No Big Plan
Suffocating No Breathing
Writing The Timing
In Over Your Head
Passages And Airwaves
Down The Stairways
The Feeling Takes Over You
Like It's Nothing New
Enclosed Genocide
Can Of Pesticide
When You Can't Deicide
Roll Cage
On The Edge
Of The Page
Crumbled Up
Stumble On Down
When You Trip Up
Where You Messed Up
The Walking Dead
After What Was Said
On The Brains They Fed
To The Kids They Read
Blood Shows As A Stain
Pleasures And The Pain
Smell Of The Decay
The More I Slay
The Less The People Pay
The Zombie Crawl
Stuck At A Mall
Tools As Weapons
Slower The Lesson
Take Out The Aggression
Never Get Left Behind
Tingle Down The Spine
Mood Set To Panic
With A Moon Maniac
[Chorus Repeat 2x]
With Every Penny You Saved
Gets Taken Away
When Your So Afraid
It's Written On Your Grave
Big Boom
With Death In The Room
Getting Sucked In
And Being Down
(Verse 2: SPARꓘADISS)
Nervousness And Tensions
Suffering Not My Intention
Aggressive Mistrust Steel Rust
Goosebumps
Walking On Eggshells
Feels Like Pins And Needles
Worm, Bugs
And All The Other Beatles
Left Out Of In Nature
Fear Of Danger
Scared Of Disappointment
Hesitation Takes Over
Strapped And Confinement
Killing For Enjoyment
Mistakes Are Everything
Anxiety And Energy
To A Demons Off Spring
Murder In Cold Blood
Stains Still On The Rug
And Parts Are Still In The Tub
Snow Storm Flurry
Gets Buried In A Hurry
Bitter Bleak Brisk
Beats And Kicks
Snares And Booms
Rep The Code
In An Unbearable Cold
Waving A Cross
Find The Demonic Boss
Perma, Perma, Permafrost
Restrain From A Blood Stain
Practical Magic
Disembody And Singe
Resident Of Evil
Jumped Over Knievel
With Every Hit
Disillusions That You'll Get Away With It
Briefed And Debunked
Bodies In The Trunk
She Wants Rainbows And Ecstasy
When She Has Sex With Me
Fragrance Of Incest
Acting Like The Best
303 Cubes Weed And Trees
Falls Slow Like The Snow
Skulls And Cross Bones
Hung Up At The Gate
When You Realize Your Fate
Finish Your Plate
My Hearts In A Jar
Frozen In A Lake
Tied To The Stake
Of What I Tried To Take
Lyrics submitted by SPARKADISS
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