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Yo La Tengo – Gentle Hour (2009) | Track profile | Dork

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Dark Was the Night
Gentle Hour

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Gentle Hour

Release date: 16th February 2009

From Dark Was the Night

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About This Track

"Gentle Hour" is a track by Yo La Tengo, from the album Dark Was the Night, released 16th February 2009. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo

Lyrics

Gentle Hour

It's such a pleasure to touch your skin

To touch your skin

It's such a pleasure to touch your heart

To touch your heart

I can hardly wait

I couldn't bare it, to live for fear

Undressing you

You're in my heart all the time

All the time

I will wait till you arrive

To make it to the grave

And I couldn't have done

Anything else

A gentle love

A gentle heart

A gentle love

A gentle heart

All things that cause you trouble cause pain

It's such a pleasure to touch your skin

To touch your skin

It's such a pleasure to touch your heart

I can hardly wait

And I'm waiting to hear you now

To make it to the grave

And I couldn't have done

Anything else

I couldn't have done anything else

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Track details

From Dark Was the Night

2009

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Album

Dark Was the Night

Release year

2009

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—Lenin
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—Hey, Snow White
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—Gentle Hour
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—Another Saturday
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—When the Road Runs Out

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Production & Engineering

Writer: Peter Gutteridge
Producer: Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew
Bass: James McNew
Drums: Georgia Hubley
Guitar: Ira Kaplan
Vocals: Ira Kaplan