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And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
 

  1. Everyday
  2. Our Way to Fall
  3. Saturday
  4. Let's Save Tony Orlando's House
  5. Last Days of Disco
  6. The Crying of Lot G
  7. You Can Have it All
  8. Tears are in Your Eyes
  9. Cherry Chapstick
  10. From Black to Blue
  11. Madeline
  12. Tired Hippo
  13. Night Falls on Hoboken

Everyday (Yo La Tengo)

I want summer's sad songs behind me.
I want a laugh a minute, without fail
Want to be Paul Le Mat in 1980
Looking to forget tomorrow, looking everyday.

I want to see you put your hands together.
I want to cross my heart
I want to hope to die
I hear Kate Moss talk, she talks to me
She's looking for a new beginning everyday.

When Monday comes I want nothing
Come Tuesday morning I want the same
The days and nights fly by
Looking to embrace the nothing, of the everyday

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Our Way to Fall (Yo La Tengo)

I remember a summer's day
I remember walking up to you
I remember my face turned red
And I remember staring at my feet
I remember before we met
I remember sitting next to you
And I remember pretending I wasn't looking

So we try and try
Even if it lasts an hour
With all our might
We'll try and make it ours
Cause we're on our way
We're on our way to fall in love

I remember your old guitar
I remember I Can't Explain
I remember the way it looked around your neck
And I remember the day it broke
I remember song you sang
I remember "The Way You Looked Tonight"
And I remember the way it made me feel

So we try and try
Even if it lasts an hour
With all our might
We'll try and make it ours
Because we're on our way
We're on our way to fall in love

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Saturday  (Yo La Tengo)

The room was filled with talk
For anyone listening
I found a spot by the door with no one around
Let my mind go out of tune

I kept a smile on my face 
For anyone looking
Tried to turn away questions
Before being asked
Let my mind go out of tune, out of tune

I was engrossed in the film
Without really watching
Said "Who's the guy with the gun?"
As if I was involved
Let my mind go out of tune, out of tune

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Let's Save Tony Orlando's House  (Yo La Tengo)

We proudly welcome Tony Orlando
The state fair marquee reads
Inside 1000 people with yellow ribbons sing
and clap on 1 and 3

Watch him burn
He's dropping to his knees
Watch him burn
A medley: hits from Grease
Watch him burn

He never fails to please

Meanwhile in Taho outside Casa Tony
Wetting rags in gasoline
A jealous Frankie Valli says
"Dawn, I want you back"
Lights a match and counts to 3

Watch it burn
Reluctantly he leaves
Watch it burn
Acrid smoke making him wheeze
Watch it burn
Humming "Sherry," splits the scene

Watch it burn
reluctantly he leaves
Watch it burn 
Acrid smoke making him wheeze
Watch it burn
??? splits the scene

We're sorry to inform you 
Tony Orlando has been postponed

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Last Days of Disco  (Yo La Tengo)

Saw you at a party
You asked me to dance
Said music was great for dancing
I don't really dance much
But this time I did
And I was glad that I did this time

And the song said "Let's be happy"
I was happy
It never made me happy before
And the song said "Don't be lonely"
It makes me lonely
I hear it and I'm lonely more and more

Where I belong, where I belong

I wasn't dressed right, I rarely am
You told me that you didn't care
I laughed as you wobbled in your platform shoes
You laughed when I called Andrea true Anita Ward

And the song said "Let's be happy"
I was happy
It never made me happy before
And the song said "Don't be lonely"
It makes me lonely
I hear it and I'm lonely more and more

Where I belong, where I belong

And the song said "Let's be happy"
I was happy
It never made me happy before
It asked "Do you remember?"
And I remember, remember like it wasn't long ago
And the song said "Don't be lonely"
It makes me lonely
I hear it and I'm lonely more and more

Where I belong, where I belong

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The Crying of Lot G  (Yo La Tengo)

What did I miss here?
What can't you take anymore?
Expecting a whisper, I heard the slam of the door
You say that all we do is fight and I think,
Gee, I don't know if that's true
And then I wonder, am I right or is that part of our problem?
Maybe I'm out of my mind, maybe I'm blocking out the truth
But it seems like just a little thing
You don't want to listen, I don't what to shut up

Don't have to smile at me, don't have to talk
All that I ask is you stop and remember it isn't always this way

You have the problem, there goes one of our private jokes 
When you're in a fury, laughter gets stuck in my throat
I wonder why we have so much trouble cheering each other up sometimes
when one or the other or us is down
Instead it's like you know if you're in a bad mood
I look at you and I think maybe she knows something I don't know 
Maybe I should be upset

Don't have to smile at me, don't have to talk
All that I ask is you stop and remember it isn't always this way

The way that I feel when you laugh is like lauging 
The way that I feel when you cry is so bad

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You Can Have it All (George McCrea)

If you want, want my love
Take it baby
If you want, want my heart
Take it baby
You can have it all

If you want, want my time
Take it baby
And if you want my last dime
Take it bay
You can have it all

Take it baby, you can have it all

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Tears Are In Your Eyes  (Yo La Tengo)

You tell me summer's here
and the time is wrong
You tell me winter's here 
And your days are getting long

Tears are in your eyes
Tonight

You tell me that you haven't slept in days
You tell me sleeping only makes your tired anyway

Tears are in your eyes
Tonight
Tears are in your eyes
Every night

Although you don't beleive me, you are strong
Darkness always turns into the dawn
And you won't even remember this for long
When it ends alright

Please tell me how you know tomorrow staring at your shoes

Tears are in your eyes
Every night
Tears are in your eyes
Every night
Tears are in your eyes
Tonight

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Cherry Chapstick  (Yo La Tengo)

Someone else's date
In someone else's door
There's a girl with cherry Chapstick on and nothing more.
It's such a lurid pose
and she seems this close
But not to me

Clear as day
Crawling home at night
Wondering why the girls don't look at me when I walk by.
And the way they make me feel is way too real to believe

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Wondering what it could be like if I could be that smooth
I could think about all that I missed out
It's hard to do

Someone else's date
In someone else's door
There's a girl with cherry Chapstick on and nothing more
It's such a lurid pose
and she seems this close
But not to me

Running around in circles all day long

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From Black to Blue  (Yo La Tengo)

Several times over several days
I wasn't blind, but I acted that way
Causing you pain, well now I have to explain

As the empty feeling turns from black to blue
I can't believe this never happens to you
I see it on the TV and I laugh out loud
But it's the way I feel right now


Cooler than me, my confidence high
Reset the scene, no way to deny it
Finally I won and then I was undone

As the empty feeling turns from black to blue
I can't believe this never happens to you
I see it on the TV and I laugh out loud
But it's the way I feel right now

As the empty feeling turns from black to blue
I can't believe this never happens to you
I see it on the TV and I laugh out loud
But it's the way I feel right now

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Madeline  (Yo La Tengo)

Madeline, hair in your eyes
With the voice as soft as satin
Madeline, you'll surely find
Smiles from inside a worried glance

You always kept me waiting
Somehow I never seem to mind
When the wind has caught your sail,
Come back and see me, Madeline

Madeline, after a while
They found your photo in a drawer
Madeline, from another time
I caught you standing in a door
When you were asked if we were sisters,
You replied you weren't sure

If the fog should ever lift,
Come back and see me, Madeline

Will you always keep me waiting?
Somehow I'm running out of time
When the wind has caught your sails
Come back and see me Madeline

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Night Falls on Hoboken  (Yo La Tengo)

Frightened face
Worried Dream
Break my heart
With your sad scream

Sun is down
Spirits low
Hate my impatience
and Here I go

Come on, let's leave our misery
And craw toward where we want to be
Can't we try? Can't we try?
Come on, sleep one night peacefully
When all ??? easily
That's not ???

When we're ??? 
My ???
Why so worried
You can't explain

Come on, let's leave our misery
And crawl toward where we want to be
Can't we try? Can't we try?
Come on, sleep one night peacefully
When all ??? easily

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