Yo La Tengo

How to make a Baby Elephant Float

Yo La Tengo


I like to hold hands when we walk 
I'm not averse to pillow talk 
But I prefer a private joke 
The memory it evokes 
Because it's our punch line 

That film we saw from the front row 
It means so much to us alone 
I love the wrinkled brow 
Of anyone else around 
Because it's our punch line 

And when we're out and you say 
"It would appear" 
We love and laugh no one else hears 
No one at all 

And when we're out then we say 
"It would appear" 
We laugh and laugh no one else hears 
No one at all 

If you want to be a romantic fool 
You don't have to say I love you 
Just say what's in your heart 
Non-sequiter or not 
And without even trying 
Find your punch line