Painful

Yo La Tengo Painful Lyrics
1.The Whole Of The Law

Lyricist:Peter Perrett

He's very very very dedicated to his art
He had the dentist pull his teeth
So he could get the part
Now everything he does

He does as practice for the play
He kicks his feet and throws a fit
When things don't go his way
Instead of sleeping in a bed

He's sleeping in a crib
And at the dinner table now
He dribbles on his bib
He puts his fingers in his food

Then drops it on the floor
Then he spills his cup of milk
And screams for more

His mother says his acting style
Is getting on her nerves, he'll either give up
Or get the spanking he deserves


2.Big Day Coming

Let's be undecided, let's take our time
And sooner or later, we will know our mind
We'll be on the outside, we won't care
Cause we're together, that's somewhere And there's a big day
coming, about a mile away
There's a big day coming, I can hardly wait Let's wake up the
neighbors, let's turn up our amps
And we know we're used to without a plan
We can play a Stones song, sitting on a fence
And it'll sound pretty good, til I forget how it ends I woke up
early, couldn't go back to sleep
Cause I had been thinking of where it all would lead
So I made you wake up, I said, 'Let's take a walk,
I wanna hold your hand, we don't have to talk'


3.From A Motel 6

You know you shouldn't hide but you always do
'Cause even when you're gone, I can see right through
You want disconnection, you want me there enough for 2 Pull a
woollen blanket across my eyes
Dream a quiet place for us to fight
Oh no, your heart is broken- don't you think that's a little
trite I climb where I can see- you're close but I won't reach
Blank stare at the TV- CNN's on Channel 3 In the passing lane on
1 and 9
Stuck in sad, car stuck in drive
Oh no, your heart is broken- well, you can have what's left of
mine I climb where I can see- you're close but I won't reach
Blank stare at the TV- THE HOWLING II's on Channel 3
Oh, I drift off to sleep, while the snow falls on the screen


4.Double Dare

I, I should know
You shouldn't have to tell me
Sometimes it's the way we feel
or the way we feel we feel-
pretty bad In a double dare
He's got wandering eyes
And I see 'em look at you
looking straight at you-
but I know where they are I'll walk you home
You take as long as it takes
The sun in the morning sky,
in the morning sky we'll know where we are
We'll know where we are


5.Superstar-Watcher


6.Nowhere Near

Do you know how I feel
How I feel about you
Do you know this is real
How I feel around you When I see you look at me
I'm not sure of anything
All I know is when you smile
I believe in everything
Do you know how I dream
How I dream about you
Do you know how I feel
Do you know... Do you know how I feel
How I feel about you
Doesn't take much to tell
That I love, oh, I... Everyone is here, but you're nowhere near


7.Sudden Organ

Will you stare, will you stare as the final curtain starts to
fall
Will you watch, will you watch with closing eyes, with closing
eyes
Everyone, everyone's a little worried, you know I am
But I hate to watch the days go by, watch the days go by
Another day, another time, another way for the moment, watch it
for a sign... Well I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that I want
to shoot it in the back As the days go by, I'm stepping on them
all like ants
I've seen the way that they look at you
Maybe you, or maybe not a guess, we'll know it after a while
I'm wondering just how this will stop, how's it gonna stop
Another day, another time, another way for the moment, watch it
for a sign...
when to be mine


8.A Worrying Thing

Will you ever say what I fear you're dying to say
Well, I don't mind, if I don't think about it
Another sleepless night reading over by the only light
But I don't mind if I don't think about it
What scares me most,
I'll keep from you,
if you want me to I'll keep from you Does it makes sense to you,
getting old, living life 22
Well, I don't mind, if I don't think about it
Let's go far away,
Let's leave today,
if you want us to we'll leave today
Will you ever say...?


9.I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long

I was the fool beside you, I was the fool beside you, I was the
fool beside you
For too long The things about you that would drive me wild still
drive me wild
But now in a different way


10.I Heard You Looking