Waiting on You

"Waiting on You" is a B-side by Weezer, originally released on EP CD releases of "The Good Life".
===Appearances===
*"The Good Life" (CD, EP; 1996)
*Not Alone: Rivers Cuomo & Friends Live at Fingerprints (DVD, 2009)
*Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition, 2010)
*Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 (2011)
*Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years (2020)
==Overview==
"Waiting For You" was originally written by Rivers Cuomo and demoed on his mother's piano in the summer of 1993, shortly after recording Weezer's debut album. Cuomo recorded a full 8-track demo the following January. During the writing of the ultimately-scrapped concept album, Songs From the Black Hole, Cuomo retrofitted the song to be sung from the perspective of one of the musical's female characters, Maria, who becomes pregnant with the child of the main character, Jonas. After the Songs from the Black Hole concept was scrapped, the song (with its original lyrics) was recorded by Weezer in the studio and released as a B-side for the European CD single release of "The Good Life" (also released as an EP in Australia) in 1996, as well as the Deluxe Edition of Pinkerton in 2010.
Though the song has never been performed live as a full band, Cuomo performed the song with fans at a "hootenanny" in 2008 to promote the release of Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo. Cuomo also performed the song acoustically at Weezer concerts in 2023. Cuomo's 1994 demo was released as part of the 2011 compilation Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 (also appearing on Alone IV.
==Live performances==
*Rivers Cuomo concert: 11/25/2008
*Weezer concert: 08/30/2023 (Cuomo-only)
*Weezer concert: 10/06/2023 (Cuomo-only)
==Personnel==
*Rivers Cuomo – lead guitar, lead vocals
*Patrick Wilson – percussion
*Brian Bell – rhythm guitar
*Matt Sharp – bass guitar
==Audio==
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==Lyrics==
<tabber>
|-|B-side lyrics=
Why haven't you called me?
Did you forget me?
I need to know
When were you intending
To break the silence
And let me know?
Mine is the loneliest of numbers, oh
Now is the loneliest of times, oh yeah
You're 19 days late
But still I sit and wait, oh
Waiting and waiting
Waiting and waiting
Waiting and waiting
Waiting on you
Who have you been seeing
That made you forget me?
I bet you call him
Where, Oh where does he come from?
I bet he lives close by
I bet he's just a friend
Oh, mine is the loneliest of numbers, woah
Now is the loneliest of times, oh yeah
You're 19 days late
But still I sit and wait, oh
Waiting and waiting
Waiting and waiting
Waiting and waiting
Waiting on you
Waiting and waiting
Waiting and waiting
You got me waiting
Waiting on you
I asked you if you had a good heart
You answered, "Yes, I'll never do you harm"
I asked you if you had a good heart
You answered, "Yes, I'll never do you harm" 
|-|Songs From the Black Hole, draft 2=
[MARIA:]
Why haven't you called me
did you forget me
I need to know
When were you intending
to break the silence
and let me know
mine is the loneliest of numbers
and now is the loneliest of times
I'm 19 days late
but still I sit and wait
Waiting and waiting
Waiting and waiting
Waiting and waiting
Waiting on you
Who have you been seeing
That made you forget me
I bet you call her
Where where does she come from
I bet it's New England
I bet she's just a friend
I asked you if you had a good heart
[JONAS:]
I answered "Yes I'll never do you harm"</tabber>
==Known recordings==
==See also==
*List of Weezer songs
*List of Rivers Cuomo songs
==References==
Category:Songs from the Black Hole
Category:Weezer songsCategory:Rivers Cuomo songs
Category:B-sides
Category:Songs on Alone III: The Pinkerton YearsCategory:Songs on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Category:Alone series