Waiting for You, Waiting for Me
(Sofia Logan/Chuck Logan/Andrew Turpening/Chris Formby)
The circle is damn near broken
Plastic weeds grow in the sea
That color on the horizon
Don’t look good for you and me
But each day we watch it coming
We talk it endlessly
But when it comes to doing
I was waiting for you, waiting for me
Soundbites don’t fix no levees
Don’t save no refugees
Polar bears paw in alleys
Armadillos slouch north through
Tennessee
And now the sparks caress your hair
The Big Muddy creeps up your knees
Guys smart as us were pretty square
Getting rolled by Reality TV
The circle is damn near broken
Plastic weeds grow in the sea
That color on the horizon
Don’t look good for you and me
But each day we watch it coming
We talk it endlessly
But when it comes to doing
I was waiting for you, waiting for me
Tell it to the dinosaurs who could’ve used a PhD
To write another paper about exit strategies
Tell it to your kid
She expects an apology
Daddy why is making money more important than me?
The circle is damn near broken
Plastic weeds grow in the sea
That color on the horizon
Don’t look good for you and me
But each day we watch it coming
We talk it endlessly
But when it comes to doing
I was waiting for you, waiting for me
The Story
"Waiting for You, Waiting for Me" represents Sofia on many levels – her love of travel (she wrote the melody in Seville, Spain last year), her work in climate justice (her dad, Chuck Logan, wrote the lyrics inspired by a family friend, Chris Formby), and her love of New Orleans music (it features New Orleans-style rhythms and brass). Much of the music was created by producer Andrew Turpening
The song “Waiting for You, Waiting for Me” was inspired by Christopher Formby, a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency environmental scientist. The title came from his notes on a presentation at a leadership academy on global warming.