2134 – Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – The waiting (1981)

 

Escrita por Tom Petty, foi gravada no começo de 1981 e lançada em 20 de abril de 1981, no compacto que tinha Nightwatchman como Lado B. Sairia também no disco Hard Promises, o quarto disco de Petty, em 5 de maio de 1981. Foi produzida por Tom Petty e Jimmy Iovine. Chegou ao número 19 no Billboaard Hot100, número 6 no Canadá e número 27 na Nova Zelandia. O título foi inspirado numa frase de Janis Joplin, que uma vez disse que amava estar no palco e todo o resto é apenas a espera. Foi regravada por Linda Ronstadt e Natalie Imbruglia, entre outros artistas. Tom Petty tocou guitarra base e cantou. Mike Campbell tocou guitarra solo e baixo. Benmont Tench tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Stan Lynch tocou bateria e fez backing vocals. Phil Jones tocou percussão.

A letra:

Oh baby, don't it feel like heaven right now?
Don't it feel like something from a dream?
Yeah, I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again?
Baby, we know better than to try and pretend
Honey no one coulda ever told me 'bout this

I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

Well yeah, I might have chased a couple women around
All it ever got me was down
Then there were those that made me feel good
But never as good as I feel right now
Baby, you're the only one that's ever known how
To make me wanna live like I wanna live now

I said yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part

Oh, don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
Don't let it kill you baby, don't let it get to you
I'll be your bleedin' heart, I'll be your cryin' fool
Don't let this go too far, don't let it get to you

Yeah, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you get one more yard
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
Yeah, the waiting is the hardest part

Ooh
Is the hardest part
Ooh
Is the hardest part
Ooh

A versão de Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers:

A versão de Linda Ronstadt:

A versão de Natalie Imbruglia: