“Ba Ba Ba” is the quintessential Liz Phair love song. Like “Why Can’t I?” before it, it makes love about courage and invokes a sense of questioning. Though it was never a single, it could have been one, as it has a catchy melody and inspiring lyrics.
[Intro]
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba
[Verse 1]
Just so you know, so you know a little more before you go
I never meant to cause you any heartache
See how our faces shine, with me loving yours and you
Loving mine
Arm in arm, we climb aboard the elevator
[Chorus]
We're gonna go on up to my hotel room
Sneaking past the maid
I don't have the guts to tell you
That I feel safe I feel... Oooooh
[Verse 2]
I never cared how or why or when, as long as you were there
Something about the way you looked at me
Bent and warped the gravity
Somewhere in time there's a photograph of you and I
Kissing in the corridor
[Chorus]
Yeah, we're gonna go on up to my hotel room
Make each other late
I don't have the guts to tell you
That I feel great
I feel safe I feel... Oooooh
[Verse 3]
You're a seller not a buyer, it occurs to me now
Trap a fly under a spider and you'd argue it out
I wanted to come back as soon as I left
But I promised to play for the rest of the guests
I was meant to be singing the words to your face
But you flew in and fell asleep at your place
As I walk out the door into your Garden of Eden
All the sunflowers' faces bow down cos they're grieving
For the sound of the end of us
And the only thing that I can recall of that scene
Are the wings on your back and the gravel underneath my feet
The wings on your back and the gravel underneath my feet
The wings on your back and the gravel underneath my feet
The end of us