“Waiting On A Song” is the title track of Dan Auerbach’s second album. Its central theme is the songwriting process and the search for inspiration.
Auerbach talking about the song:
I’ve got a little room over at my house that we started writing in [in 2016]. I spent the whole summer in that room j...
[Verse 1]
I've been thinking
I've been humming
I've been picking and I've been strumming
Just waiting
Waiting on a song
I've been hitching
I've been thumbing
I can almost hear one coming
Now just waiting
Waiting on a song
[Verse 2]
I looked down in my pocket
Underneath the bed
I walked under a lamp post
And one hit me on the head
Am I blind or too dumb to see?
All the sound surrounding me
I'm just waiting
Waiting on a song
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
You can look up at the stars
Bow your head and count the cars
You'll still be waiting
Waiting on a song
Might be a blue bird or a crow
On a cord between two poles
They're just waiting
Waiting on a song
[Bridge]
Songs don't grow on trees
You gotta pick 'em out the breeze
Fall down on your knees
And pray one comes along
[Verse 4]
When those railroad gates come down
You gotta stop and turn around
Or you'll be waiting
Waiting on a song
You'll be waiting
Waiting on a song
Waiting on a Song was written by Richard Swift & Pat McLaughlin & John Prine & Dan Auerbach.
Waiting on a Song was produced by Dan Auerbach.
Dan Auerbach released Waiting on a Song on Fri May 19 2017.
During an interview on an Italian radio programme [minute 18:54] Dan said:
Well I think when you really get into writing and you’re writing everyday, you end up waiting for the idea to pop in your mind, that sort of becomes the everyday thing, you’re just constantly waiting and you’re always thinki...