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,
You're getting ready tonight to have the time of your life
Meeting up with the girls, ready to rock someone's world
Decide not to wear a bra, your breasts are your best feature
It moves their eyes from your face
Which is a fucking disgrace
So go and remember everything you say is wrong
And remember everything you do is wrong
And remember to try and make it last as long as you can
Because one day it will fall down
You get the bus into town and try to pull your skirt down
Get to a club and just drink until you're too drunk to think
Meet a clubber called Steve, who is too nice to believe
The next thing you know a kiss
And now you're going to his
So go and remember everything you say is wrong
And remember everything you do is wrong
And remember to try and make it last as long as you can
Because one day it will fall down
He pulls down your pants and you try to lie down
But you can't feel your head and you can't feel the ground
As he eases inside you, you see what he's done
But it's too late to cry out and way too late to run away
He's taking you every way that he can
You're alone in your mind but he's there in your hands
In the morning you wake up alone in the street
As you cry you get laughed at
Because you just fuck every guy you meet
So go and remember everything you say is wrong
And remember everything you do is wrong
And remember to try and make it last as long as you can
Because one day it will fall down
Meeting up with the girls, ready to rock someone's world
Decide not to wear a bra, your breasts are your best feature
It moves their eyes from your face
Which is a fucking disgrace
So go and remember everything you say is wrong
And remember everything you do is wrong
And remember to try and make it last as long as you can
Because one day it will fall down
You get the bus into town and try to pull your skirt down
Get to a club and just drink until you're too drunk to think
Meet a clubber called Steve, who is too nice to believe
The next thing you know a kiss
And now you're going to his
So go and remember everything you say is wrong
And remember everything you do is wrong
And remember to try and make it last as long as you can
Because one day it will fall down
He pulls down your pants and you try to lie down
But you can't feel your head and you can't feel the ground
As he eases inside you, you see what he's done
But it's too late to cry out and way too late to run away
He's taking you every way that he can
You're alone in your mind but he's there in your hands
In the morning you wake up alone in the street
As you cry you get laughed at
Because you just fuck every guy you meet
So go and remember everything you say is wrong
And remember everything you do is wrong
And remember to try and make it last as long as you can
Because one day it will fall down
Lyrics submitted by xpankfrisst
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