De Amerikaanse singer/songwriter Diane Birch kwam in 2009 met het geweldige album Bible Belt, dat me deed hopen dat ze de nieuwe Carole King zou worden. Maar helaas is ze op zoek gegaan naar haar eigen geluid en daarbij totaal verdwaald. Gelukkig kan ik haar op haar best laten horen & zien aan je met haar soulvolle lied Don’t Wait Up, dat ze speelt samen met Daryl Hall (die je kent van Hall & Oates) en zijn geweldige groep muzikanten. De enthousiaste gitarist tussen Hall & Birch in is Tom T-Bone Wolk (1951-2010), die sinds 1981 basgitaar speelde bij Hall & Oates en daar ook musical director was.

Don’t Wait Up
I said to the river running through my heart,
you got a long way to go until the waters part.
Come the clouds rollin’ in and all the people hide,
they say run, run baby to the sunny side.

I said to the preacher standing at my door,
why you chasin’ a rainbow when you got a star?
He said you’re gonna be sorry if you open that lid.
I said it’s too late daddy, I already did.

I said, oh, oh, don’t wait up for me.
Oh, oh, ‘cause you ain’t gonna like what you see
No, no, no. Don’t wait up. Don’t wait up

I looked at the clock and it was quarter to twelve.
I started counting the minutes to the freedom bell.
I said the midnight hour is gonna take me home,
and today’s sorrow will be here no more.

I said oh, oh, don’t wait up for me.
Oh, oh, ‘cause you ain’t gonna like what you see.
No, no, no

I said to the river running through my heart,
you got a long way to go until the waters part.
I said to the preacher standing at my door,
why you chasin’ a rainbow when you got a star?

I said the midnight hour is gonna take me home,
and today’s sorrow will be here no more.
Come the clouds rollin’ in and all the people hide,
they say run, run baby to the sunny side.

Oh don’t wait up.
Oh don’t wait up.