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,
This weekend turned out black
So much for looking back
My faith now lies in the reason for the fact
It doesn’t mean I can’t go on
I claim the wrong
I’ll run it thru my mind a thousand times
But I still can’t find just where I went blind
And I won’t say I’m sorry
I said it too often before
I’ll hang around to even the score
Evermore
Chorus:
You told me
It would always last forever
I guess forever’s not that long
You swore to me
We’d work thru everything together
But forever’s come and gone
Tuesday afternoon
I hope I wise up soon
I’ve lost too much to be giving up so soon
I know this is a game of pride
And it will always be
But if I swallowed my pride, I’d probably choke
On my humility
And I won’t say I’m sorry
I said it too often before
I’ll hang around to even the score
Evermore
Chorus
If we could get some time alone,
I’m sure that we could define our lives
If we could get some time alone
I’m sure that we could make all this right
So much for looking back
My faith now lies in the reason for the fact
It doesn’t mean I can’t go on
I claim the wrong
I’ll run it thru my mind a thousand times
But I still can’t find just where I went blind
And I won’t say I’m sorry
I said it too often before
I’ll hang around to even the score
Evermore
Chorus:
You told me
It would always last forever
I guess forever’s not that long
You swore to me
We’d work thru everything together
But forever’s come and gone
Tuesday afternoon
I hope I wise up soon
I’ve lost too much to be giving up so soon
I know this is a game of pride
And it will always be
But if I swallowed my pride, I’d probably choke
On my humility
And I won’t say I’m sorry
I said it too often before
I’ll hang around to even the score
Evermore
Chorus
If we could get some time alone,
I’m sure that we could define our lives
If we could get some time alone
I’m sure that we could make all this right
Lyrics submitted by SoyFarra
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