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,
Plantin' lemon trees since I was twenty-three
Wash away a foot to grow facilitates the bittersweet
No matter what I did
No matter what I did
I was hard headed to the ninth degree
Punch and push away anything I thought would make a mess of me
That's just what I did
That's just what I did
Made me die, made me melt
You've changed the way I felt
With your touch, with your help
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
You're all I see in my mind
I think I see a lifetime
Done holdin' on to myself
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Painlessly caught in your eyes
I think I see a lifetime
Done holdin' on to myself
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
You made me believe this ain't no make-believe
I'll stop checkin' horoscopes to cope with all my misery
That's just what you did
That's just what you did, yeah
Made me die, made me melt
You've changed the way I felt
With your touch, with your help
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
You're all I see in my mind
I think I see a lifetime
Done holdin' on to myself
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Painlessly caught in your eyes
I think I see a lifetime
Done holdin' on to myself
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Made me die, made me melt
You've changed the way I felt
With your touch, with your help
You showed me what it means to fall in deep like no one else (hey)
You're all I see in my mind (in my mind)
I think I see a lifetime (a lifetime)
Done holdin' on to myself (to myself)
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Painlessly caught in your eyes (in your eyes)
I think I see a lifetime (a lifetime)
Done holdin' on to myself (to myself)
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Wash away a foot to grow facilitates the bittersweet
No matter what I did
No matter what I did
I was hard headed to the ninth degree
Punch and push away anything I thought would make a mess of me
That's just what I did
That's just what I did
Made me die, made me melt
You've changed the way I felt
With your touch, with your help
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
You're all I see in my mind
I think I see a lifetime
Done holdin' on to myself
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Painlessly caught in your eyes
I think I see a lifetime
Done holdin' on to myself
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
You made me believe this ain't no make-believe
I'll stop checkin' horoscopes to cope with all my misery
That's just what you did
That's just what you did, yeah
Made me die, made me melt
You've changed the way I felt
With your touch, with your help
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
You're all I see in my mind
I think I see a lifetime
Done holdin' on to myself
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Painlessly caught in your eyes
I think I see a lifetime
Done holdin' on to myself
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Made me die, made me melt
You've changed the way I felt
With your touch, with your help
You showed me what it means to fall in deep like no one else (hey)
You're all I see in my mind (in my mind)
I think I see a lifetime (a lifetime)
Done holdin' on to myself (to myself)
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Painlessly caught in your eyes (in your eyes)
I think I see a lifetime (a lifetime)
Done holdin' on to myself (to myself)
You took a pessimist and turned me into somethin' else
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
Pessimist Lyrics as written by Robert Mandell Julia Carin Cavazos
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Hipgnosis Songs Group
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