Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
Fountains of Wayne
A song that Fountains of Wayne lead singer Chris Collingwood wrote about his wife Linda Stevenson during the time they were living together in New York and Collingwood was busy writing the songs that would end up on the band’s debut album.
For a small girl
Barbara sure has got a big crush
The kind that makes you wanna break stuff
And blame it on a man you don't know
She came down
To New York City in a big bus
Nine hours driving
And you can't just stay home
So it doesn't matter which way you go
And now all day
The radio's been playing the same song
Can't shake that tune
But it's ok
Maybe the world isn't so small
Barbara knows
It doesn't matter at all
And each day
Barbara wakes up in a bad way
Tells me quietly she has absolutely nothing to say
But I don't seem to mind
And she says
She won't listen to our band play
She hates songs that never seem to go away
And now neither will mine
And now all day
The radio's been playing the same song
Can't shake that tune
But it's ok
Maybe the world isn't so small
Barbara knows
It doesn't matter at all
And now all day
The radio's been playing the same song
Can't shake that tune
But it's ok
Maybe the world isn't so small
Barbara knows
It doesn't matter at all
Barbara knows
Barbara knows
It doesn't matter at all
At all
At all
At all
Barbara H. was written by Adam Schlesinger & Chris Collingwood.
Barbara H. was produced by Adam Schlesinger.
Fountains of Wayne released Barbara H. on Tue Oct 01 1996.
According to Chris Collingwood:
We were living together at the time. The “same song” on the radio was “Champagne Supernova”, and she hated it. We would rent a car and drive out the city and the song was on the car radio, and we joked we couldn’t get away from it. Then I was trying to finish my song...