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,
[Thurston]
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout being a tree
[this is a free land???]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[hey mary-christo ]
you gotta go
you got a date now
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[i found it out now]
wraps my head in skin says now i'm in to the candy sin
[yeah spit it out now]
everytime
she sing that lovesong
everytime
i guess she's right/wrong
angels in a devil skirt buys me a shirt says i hope you like
[i hope you]
hope i hope you like like like you hope that i explode
[i say hello now]
here we go
we've waited so long
yeah i go
Mary too come along
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout bein' a tree
[this is a free land]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[another christal]
gotta go
we got a date know
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[burn it out now]
angel in a devil skirt buy me a shirt says i hope you lie
[yeah spit it now]
here we go
i've waited so long
yeah i know
but Mary too come along
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout being a tree
[this is a free land???]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[hey mary-christo ]
you gotta go
you got a date now
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[i found it out now]
wraps my head in skin says now i'm in to the candy sin
[yeah spit it out now]
everytime
she sing that lovesong
everytime
i guess she's right/wrong
angels in a devil skirt buys me a shirt says i hope you like
[i hope you]
hope i hope you like like like you hope that i explode
[i say hello now]
here we go
we've waited so long
yeah i go
Mary too come along
talking to a punker priest just doggin' the breeze 'bout bein' a tree
[this is a free land]
along comes Mary Christ skatin' light on ice says there's no-one high
[another christal]
gotta go
we got a date know
yeah i know
should not be late now
sensed by x-ray eyes her spirit spies into my life
[burn it out now]
angel in a devil skirt buy me a shirt says i hope you lie
[yeah spit it now]
here we go
i've waited so long
yeah i know
but Mary too come along
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