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 is getting old
And so are you
Everything you know
And never knew
Will run through your fingers
Just like sand
Enjoy it while you can
Like a snake between two stones
It itches in your bones
Take a deep breath and swallow
Your sorrow
Tomorrow
So raise it up and lets propose a toast
To the thing that hurts you most
It's your last cup of sorrow
What can you say?
Finish it today
It's your last cup of sorrow
So think of me
And get on your way
It won't begin
Until you make it end
Until you know the how the where and the when
With a new face you might surprise yourself
Like a snake between two stones
It itches in your bones
Take a deep breath and swallow
Your sorrow
Tomorrow
So raise it up and lets propose a toast
To the thing that hurts you most
It's your last cup of sorrow
What can you say?
Finish it today
It's your last cup of sorrow
So think of me
And get on your way!
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
And so are you
Everything you know
And never knew
Will run through your fingers
Just like sand
Enjoy it while you can
Like a snake between two stones
It itches in your bones
Take a deep breath and swallow
Your sorrow
Tomorrow
So raise it up and lets propose a toast
To the thing that hurts you most
It's your last cup of sorrow
What can you say?
Finish it today
It's your last cup of sorrow
So think of me
And get on your way
It won't begin
Until you make it end
Until you know the how the where and the when
With a new face you might surprise yourself
Like a snake between two stones
It itches in your bones
Take a deep breath and swallow
Your sorrow
Tomorrow
So raise it up and lets propose a toast
To the thing that hurts you most
It's your last cup of sorrow
What can you say?
Finish it today
It's your last cup of sorrow
So think of me
And get on your way!
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
You might surprise yourself
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ok half of you assholes said nothing about the fucknig song.. this song is ovbiously abotu someting getting old on patton.. might be the band, i mean after 10 fuckngi years you have to be tired of a fucknig band, coudl be a girl, i related this to this girl i know.. or coudl be his life. Patton didnt jsut put words together out of his ass. he picked words that made sense together. Album of the year has some of the best songs they ever made. but as a whole the album is dissapointing. john hudson was the worst guitarist they had. iat this moment i am curently finish this album. halfway thru pristina. and i love the theme, but alot of songs on here suck. hudson didnt take more then a minute to come up with most of these riffs. although stripsearch is amazing.