Aprovechando la noticia sobre la gira de Fountains of Wayne en la que señalaba la influencia que habían tenido sobre dicho grupo The Cars, creo que es un buen momento para recordar su primer y, probablemente, mayor éxito.
El grupo, liderado por el bajista Benjamin Orr y el guitarrista Rick Ocasek, lanzó Just what I needed a mediados de los 70, e iniciaron así el camino para convertirse en una de las mejores bandas de la época.
I don’t mind you comin’ here
and wastin’ all my time
’cause when you’re standin’ oh so near
I kinda lose my mind
it’s not the perfume that you wear
it’s not the ribbons in your hair
I don’t mind you comin’ here
and wastin’ all my time
I don’t mind you hangin’ out
and talkin’ in your sleep
it doesn’t matter where you’ve been
as long as it was deep, yeah
I always knew you’d marry well and
you look so fancy I can tell
I don’t mind you hangin’ out
and talkin’ in your sleep
I guess you’re just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess you’re just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed
I don’t mind you comin’ here
and wastin’ all my time time
’cause when you’re standin’ oh so near
I kinda lose my mind, yeah
it’s not the perfume that you wear
it’s not the ribbons in your hair
I don’t mind you comin’ here
and wastin’ all my time
I guess you’re just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess you’re just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed
I guess you’re just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess you’re just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to plead
yeah, yeah, so plead me
you’re just what I needed
you’re just what I needed
yeah, you’re just what I needed
yeah, yeah yeah