[Verse]
We aren't bound by law
We aren't bound by anything at all
Just you, if you decide to show
Just if you decide to show up on time
[Chorus]
Why walk when you can show up on time?
Why walk when you can show up on time?
[Outro]
On time, on time, on time
Jimmy Fallon Big! was written by Michelle Zauner.
Jimmy Fallon Big! was produced by Craig Hendrix & Michelle Zauner.
Japanese Breakfast released Jimmy Fallon Big! on Fri Jul 14 2017.
I wrote this song about the bass player of Little Big League. He’d been offered a better touring gig and so he sat me down at my kitchen table and told me he had to quit the band because this other band were going to be “Jimmy Fallon big.” At the time it felt like losing a brother, and there was thi...
They finally played The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in March 2021, nearly four years after the eponymous song was released. They played “Jimmy Fallon Big!” as well as “Be Sweet”.
Michelle Zauner explained the song’s meaning to Fallon himself on a May 2022 guest apperance: