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Freedy Johnston - Don't Fall In Love With A Lonely Girl

Freedy Johnston - Don't Fall In Love With A Lonely Girl
  • Composed by: Freedy Johnston
  • Released in: 2009
  • Duration: 4:07

"After several years of working in restaurants and writing songs on a four track recorder in the evening, Freedy Johnston, in 1985, moved to New York City. After several years of making the rounds, his work caught the attention of Bar/None Records, a independent label based in Hoboken, New Jersey."

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