Warren wanted a Beach Boys thing for this one, and Carl Wilson and Billy Hinsche came in, with Carl arranging the vocal parts. The other harmony vocalists (credited as the "Gentlemen Boys") were Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Zevon's longtime backers Waddy Wachtel and Jorge Calderon, and Linda Rondstadt/Stone Poneys guitarist Kenny Edwards.
Can't wait on, I can't wait on
I can't wait on love
You got me shakin'
All night long
Body's achin'
The pains so strong
My hearts racin', show me a sign
Don't keep me waitin'
At the startin' line
Girl you wind me like a clock
I'm the key that fits your lock
Can't wait on, I can't wait on
I can't wait on love
Don't be long, I've got my heat on
I can't wait on love
I'm so excited
I can't sleep
Let me slide in
Way in deep
Girl you tie me in a knot
In your web of love I'm caught
Can't wait on, I can't wait on
I can't wait on love
Don't be long, I've got my heat on
I can't wait on love
I'm a time bomb tickin' away
You lit my fuse now you gotta pay
Can't wait on, I can't wait on
I can't wait on love
Don't be long, I've got my heat on
I can't wait on love
I can't wait on love
You got me shakin'
All night long
Body's achin'
The pains so strong
My hearts racin', show me a sign
Don't keep me waitin'
At the startin' line
Girl you wind me like a clock
I'm the key that fits your lock
Can't wait on, I can't wait on
I can't wait on love
Don't be long, I've got my heat on
I can't wait on love
I'm so excited
I can't sleep
Let me slide in
Way in deep
Girl you tie me in a knot
In your web of love I'm caught
Can't wait on, I can't wait on
I can't wait on love
Don't be long, I've got my heat on
I can't wait on love
I'm a time bomb tickin' away
You lit my fuse now you gotta pay
Can't wait on, I can't wait on
I can't wait on love
Don't be long, I've got my heat on
I can't wait on love
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This song is def a twin to "Unfair" (a song she has been quoted as saying is about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship) so it is presumably about the same person. Given the references to buying an apartment and not being able to see her love interest "after tonight," it's most likely that she's moving away and she'll "wait a day to break the bad news" (i.e. notifying him that she's leaving once she's already gone).
And, of course, the fact that she sees in him a fellow "idealist" and "dreamer" (terms commonly given to people with the INFP personality on the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)) portends that she'll always be left wondering if they would've been perfect together.
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In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
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There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
Anticipation of sex.
I think there should have been a lyric where Stephen says:
"Don't move on, I've got my groove on."