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,
She said, I'm jealous of Los Angeles
She gets to keep you for a month or two
And I don't know if I can handle this
The thought of being without you
I know it's cold
But baby, maybe we can stay a little longer
Then warm up those toes
The last thing we need is to blow our cover
And I know it's tough to reconsider
What you thought was love
But I'm so proud of all
The plans you're speaking of
Lay with me, stay with me now, oh
'Cause you are all I think about
She said I'm jealous of Los Angeles
She gets to keep you for a month or two
And I don't know if I can handle this
The thought of being without you
She said I'm sorry for the way I've been
It's so much harder but I guess we'll see
If I can prove myself wrong
Show you I can be stronger than
We thought that I would be
I said, let's go
And baby, maybe I can show you
What you need to know and how to cope
The citizens can listen in
But they will never know about this love
And just how stronger we can be
So what if they don't like the plans
That we've been speaking of?
I'll crave your kiss while you're gone, oh
So much I'm missing that alone
She said, I'm jealous of Los Angeles
She gets to keep you for a month or two
And I don't know if I can handle this
The thought of being without you
She said, I'm sorry for the way I've been
It's so much harder but I guess we'll see
If I can prove myself wrong
Show you I can be stronger than
We thought that I would be
And I can commit to change
(I said I'm sorry for the way I've been)
If you can promise to stay the same
(It's so much harder than
I thought it'd be)
And never let this fade
(I said I'm sorry for the way I've been)
Baby, just promise to stay the same
(It's so much harder than
I thought it'd be)
She said, I'm jealous of Los Angeles
She gets to keep you for a month or two
And now I know that I can handle this
The thought of being without you
She said, I'm sorry for the way I've been
(I've been)
It's so much harder but I guess we'll see
(We'll see) if I can prove myself wrong
Show you I can be stronger than
We thought that I would be
She gets to keep you for a month or two
And I don't know if I can handle this
The thought of being without you
I know it's cold
But baby, maybe we can stay a little longer
Then warm up those toes
The last thing we need is to blow our cover
And I know it's tough to reconsider
What you thought was love
But I'm so proud of all
The plans you're speaking of
Lay with me, stay with me now, oh
'Cause you are all I think about
She said I'm jealous of Los Angeles
She gets to keep you for a month or two
And I don't know if I can handle this
The thought of being without you
She said I'm sorry for the way I've been
It's so much harder but I guess we'll see
If I can prove myself wrong
Show you I can be stronger than
We thought that I would be
I said, let's go
And baby, maybe I can show you
What you need to know and how to cope
The citizens can listen in
But they will never know about this love
And just how stronger we can be
So what if they don't like the plans
That we've been speaking of?
I'll crave your kiss while you're gone, oh
So much I'm missing that alone
She said, I'm jealous of Los Angeles
She gets to keep you for a month or two
And I don't know if I can handle this
The thought of being without you
She said, I'm sorry for the way I've been
It's so much harder but I guess we'll see
If I can prove myself wrong
Show you I can be stronger than
We thought that I would be
And I can commit to change
(I said I'm sorry for the way I've been)
If you can promise to stay the same
(It's so much harder than
I thought it'd be)
And never let this fade
(I said I'm sorry for the way I've been)
Baby, just promise to stay the same
(It's so much harder than
I thought it'd be)
She said, I'm jealous of Los Angeles
She gets to keep you for a month or two
And now I know that I can handle this
The thought of being without you
She said, I'm sorry for the way I've been
(I've been)
It's so much harder but I guess we'll see
(We'll see) if I can prove myself wrong
Show you I can be stronger than
We thought that I would be
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One of my favorites so far. I love it!
Self-explanatory!
This song hits so close to home. I'm in a long distance relationship with someone in Florida and it's honestly so difficult. This song makes me feel so much better though. It pretty much is self explanatory.
jfdlkfjalk;jf;kdajflk I love this song so much.
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