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Lucinda Williams — Essence
Album: Essence
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Released: 2001
Length: 5:48
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Baby, sweet baby, you're my drug
Come on and let me taste your stuff

Baby, sweet baby, bring me your gift
What surprise you gonna hit me with

I am waiting here for more
I am waiting by your door
I am waiting on your back steps
I am waiting in my car
I am waiting at this bar
I am waiting for your essence

Baby, sweet baby, whisper my name
Shoot your love into my vein

Baby, sweet baby, kiss me hard
Make me wonder who's in charge

I am waiting here for more
I am waiting by your door
I am waiting on your back steps
I am waiting in my car
I am waiting at this bar
I am waiting for your essence

Baby, sweet baby, I wanna feel your breath
Even though you like to flirt with death

Baby, sweet baby, can't get enough
Please come find me and help me get fucked up

I am waiting here for more
I am waiting by your door
I am waiting on your back steps
I am waiting in my car
I am waiting at this bar
I am waiting for your essence

I am waiting for your essence
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oooh baby..
Posted 10 months ago by carmelmike    [ Reply ]
Posted 10 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
 nrelkie1 wrote:

I am waiting for this song to end....



Aren't you the clever one... </sarcasm>

You've posted that same thing twice already here.
Oh... and there's the PSD button if you want it to end.

Education is a wonderful thing, embrace it.
Posted 1 year ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
See...Bo Ramsey on guitar.
He sometimes plays with Greg Brown. 
Greg is from Highway 61 territory in SE Iowa. 
Highway 61: Dylan country. 

Hence: this song makes sense now.
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Sultry. Sexy. What a groove and lyrics! Wow. Simple but not trite. Perfect. Like John Prine at his best! What an image:

I am waiting here for more
I am waiting by your door
I am waiting on your back steps
I am waiting in my car
I am waiting at this bar
I am waiting for your essence
Posted 1 year ago by BBoyes    [ Reply ]
 nrelkie1 wrote:

I am waiting for this song to end....


  me too. but...
why wait? use the PSD/forward button.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
No one does obsession quite like Miss Lucinda. 
Posted 1 year ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
 jnhashmi wrote:


Music snobbery at its best (worst). I commented about the music. You commented about me.


One in the same from where I sit.  You disrespected Lucinda, I your disrespect.  She is an immensely talented women more than worthy of your lame comment.  Bring something to the table worthy of respect and it will be yours.   
Posted 1 year ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
I am waiting for this song to end....
Posted 1 year ago by nrelkie1    [ Reply ]
 beachedge_bill wrote:

After enough hearings, the Police song "Every Step You Take" morphed from a tale of infatuation to what even Sting admitted was sort of a paranoid, control freak vibe. I'm starting to feel the same way about this song - "I am waiting by your door, I am waiting in my car, I am waiting in this bar" - doesn't she sound like a female stalker a la Fatal Attraction?



Bob Slattery refers to Uncle Lomax as condroizal.
Posted 2 years ago by Manbird    [ Reply ]
I'm waiting at the car
and at this bar
looking at this star
wishing you'd play Johnny Marr
and playing for par
even though i put far
i like Teri Garr
who now has SARS
...... essence essence... peasants
i like to rhyme.... BIG TIME!
Posted 2 years ago by Michaeljcovel    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

Gotta tell ya...

This song just oozes sex, shadows, sneaking around, sweat, humidity, blurred vision, and slow motion movements.   And no A/C...just fans. 

maybe Bo Ramsey on guitar, too.  

  



tis Bo on guitar, awesome groove
Posted 2 years ago by carmelmik    [ Reply ]
21 years ago - still a 10!
Posted 2 years ago by kcatalina    [ Reply ]
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/21034...

how's about this, Lucinda...
Posted 2 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Gotta tell ya...

This song just oozes sex, shadows, sneaking around, sweat, humidity, blurred vision, and slow motion movements.   And no A/C...just fans. 

maybe Bo Ramsey on guitar, too.  

  
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
I prefer Carla Thoma's...Baby OH Baby !
Posted 2 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]


I am waiting here for more
I am waiting by your door
I am waiting on your back steps
I am waiting in my car
I am waiting at this bar
I am waiting for your essence

She should hang out with the Devlins 
Posted 2 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
Bo Ramsey guitar, so cool
Posted 2 years ago by carmelmik    [ Reply ]
Dear Bill and Rebecca, thank you for going back and finding this version with the eff word. I heard this song maybe a month ago on your station, and it was a "family" version, and it was just wrong. Lucinda did not use that word gratuitously. I recall a few people took y'all to task. And here you came back and made good. A most excellent song, a 9, and the rest of the album super solid as well. Thanks again.
Posted 2 years ago by purtypitcher    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:


They don't. They play whatever version of the song they have. Some have edits, some do not.



I heard no edits, and Fukd up was in there.. what's the issue, I guess a previous version perhaps had a crash edit, glad it's fixed, if that is the reference used above.  Bit of a bummed out Junkie tune.. love ya Lucinda... and will miss your guitar work.. but keep on signing.. and hope for Pt to let you play again..
Posted 2 years ago by jim_ncdm    [ Reply ]
I'm waiting for this song to end.
Posted 2 years ago by nrelkie1    [ Reply ]
Great stuff! Twenty out of ten!
Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty    [ Reply ]
 murr69st335 wrote:

bloody living legend that gal.
and Doug Pettibone is definitely one of my fav guitar players along with John Mcgeoch  



And don't forget Bo Ramsey.  He's also played with Greg Brown.  It's an Iowa thing, I think.  
 
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 leafmold wrote:

Hard to beat Lucinda for raw power.


She certainly brings a lot of energy to whatever she performs.
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 Huey wrote:

I don't care about the context, but I'm unpleasantly surprised to find that RP edits the music. I never realised that they did that. Hmmmm.


They didn't to the one I just heard. I think like most things it's the usual human error and should be a new olympic sport - jumping to conclusions. As someone else said, they play the version they have.
Posted 2 years ago by Silvervanman    [ Reply ]
bloody living legend that gal.
and Doug Pettibone is definitely one of my fav guitar players along with John Mcgeoch  
Posted 2 years ago by murr69st335    [ Reply ]
Great song - but the edited version?  Really?
Posted 2 years ago by skirescue911    [ Reply ]
Lucinda gave us another legendary show at the Boulder Theater April 19! (I also saw her and her kick-ass band Buick 6 there around 20 years ago.) Her new stuff ROCKS! Jam on, Lucinda, and thanks for the love and energy you gave us a couple nights ago that will live on forever!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I don't know if it comes from experience or not but nobody voices the damaged woman like Lucinda Williams.
Posted 2 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
Ouch!
Posted 2 years ago by Rockit999    [ Reply ]
If Beth Dutton became a musician.....she'd be Lucinda Williams.
Posted 2 years ago by roadie    [ Reply ]
Made me think of "Waiting" by the Devlins...
"Waiting in my car, waiting in the bar..."
Posted 2 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
ok, here's your super band:

Lucinda, Alison Krause, Robert Plant. and Kathleen Edwards 
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 DW4554 wrote:


Skip ahead, you are not worthy of being here.  Lucinda is top shelf.  You just can't reach it ...yet.  Keep trying though, there is always hope.


Music snobbery at its best (worst). I commented about the music. You commented about me.
Posted 3 years ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
 jnhashmi wrote:

Skip. Awful. Her songs are a slow grate-fest on my nerves. But then so many of my favorite bands do the same to others.



Skip ahead, you are not worthy of being here.  Lucinda is top shelf.  You just can't reach it ...yet.  Keep trying though, there is always hope.
Posted 3 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:

You must be kidding me!!  They didn't use to!!!!!!  Bill?  What's up with that??? 


I doubt you'll see this, but RP doesn't edit anything, they just use whatever version of a song they have. Some are censored, some are not.

And every time a song with a dirty word plays, some pearl-clutcher or punk in the comments complains - depending on whether it was or wasn't censored. I think it's kind of funny, even though I lean toward the punk's "censor nothing!" attitude.
Posted 3 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 bimmerfan739 wrote:

One of two female singers who unfailingly give me goose bumps (like I've got right now). The other is KD.




Emmylou Harris and Annie Lennox for me.
Posted 3 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
 memoryboxer wrote:
the overall tone of this (and Lucinda's voice) remind me of the scene in Into The Wild where Kristen Stewart's character is smoldering at Emile Hirsch and the old hippy says to him "Boy, that gal is about to climb a fencepost" (or something to that effect).
 


I've got to see that movie now...

LW sounds like Eliza Gilkyson here. 
Posted 3 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Skip. Awful. Her songs are a slow grate-fest on my nerves. But then so many of my favorite bands do the same to others.
Posted 3 years ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
heheh. "A passionate little number" he says. Before my daughter left home I used to skip this song if she was in the house. :-) 
Posted 3 years ago by ExpatLarry    [ Reply ]
I feel like this song is the older sister to Jack White's Love Interruption.
Posted 4 years ago by wilcogirl11    [ Reply ]
One of two female singers who unfailingly give me goose bumps (like I've got right now). The other is kd.
Posted 4 years ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
Smokin' hot. In so many ways.
Posted 4 years ago by amoreena    [ Reply ]
Great song bill
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Hep me get (this song) fucked up. 

I know it can be because I bought the beautifully fucked up version on iTunes! 
Posted 5 years ago by robertomiller    [ Reply ]
the overall tone of this (and Lucinda's voice) remind me of the scene in Into The Wild where Kristen Stewart's character is smoldering at Emile Hirsch and the old hippy says to him "Boy, that gal is about to climb a fencepost" (or something to that effect).
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
I see Bill is still playing the censored version.
Posted 5 years ago by kidcharlemagne    [ Reply ]
drug is the love
Posted 5 years ago by seebe    [ Reply ]
Her best song from this album.   Bo Ramsey on guitar? 

It 's a very "arousing song". 

Posted 5 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Huey wrote:

I don't care about the context, but I'm unpleasantly surprised to find that RP edits the music. I never realised that they did that. Hmmmm.
 
You must be kidding me!!  They didn't use to!!!!!!  Bill?  What's up with that??? 
Posted 5 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
Help me get "blank air space-d" up. Powerful.
Posted 5 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
 Huey wrote:

I don't care about the context, but I'm unpleasantly surprised to find that RP edits the music. I never realised that they did that. Hmmmm.
 

They don't. They play whatever version of the song they have. Some have edits, some do not.
Posted 5 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
Love this track...and album....this has the scuzziest, dirtiest bass, guitar, drum combo around !
Posted 5 years ago by Ayejoe    [ Reply ]
this album is of the minimalist vibe compared to 'Car Wheels' 
I was taken aback  at first, but the music is awesome if you listen for it
the lyrics are great if you let Lucinda sing them to you
 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 purtypitcher wrote:
I know RP is family friendly, but the edit of that one word in this song really yanks a big piece out of it. It wasn't a gratuitous choice on Lucinda's part to use that word, and I think it adds a surprising amount of depth to the entire great song.

 
I don't care about the context, but I'm unpleasantly surprised to find that RP edits the music. I never realised that they did that. Hmmmm.
Posted 8 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this song.  God I love her music.  Always powerful even when intimate.
Posted 8 years ago by old_shep    [ Reply ]
 nutrod42 wrote:
Don't know what happened to Lucinda between Car Wheels and this. Car Wheels was brilliant. This, not so much. The lyrics are awful.

 
To wit:

Baby, sweet baby, I wanna feel your breath
Even though you like to flirt with death

Ugh. 
Posted 8 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
 nutrod42 wrote:
Don't know what happened to Lucinda between Car Wheels and this. Car Wheels was brilliant. This, not so much. The lyrics are awful.

  
Couldn't speak to the albums, but these lyrics are pretty much paint-by-numbers.

 2clfrwrds wrote:
Oh no! You were waiting at the bahrrr? I was at the cliche seedy bus station! Damn!
 
Bus stations by definition are seedy. At least in America. My last trip on a Greyhound was a cramped and prolonged reacquaintance with the unwashed masses...  {#Stop}
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Lucinda Williams at The Ark in Ann Arbor Monday and Tuesday night
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 2clfrwrds wrote:
Oh no! You were waiting at the bahrrr? I was at the cliche seedy bus station! Damn!
 
LOL !
Posted 8 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
Would be a nice companion to Kevin Gilbert's "Waiting"
Posted 8 years ago by Steely_D    [ Reply ]
Hard to beat Lucinda for raw power.
Posted 8 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]

Promoted to 10.

Song at the right time, at the right place.


Posted 8 years ago by daveinnj    [ Reply ]
 nutrod42 wrote:
Don't know what happened to Lucinda between Car Wheels and this. Car Wheels was brilliant. This, not so much. The lyrics are awful.
 
Interesting; I love this album and definitely prefer it to Car Wheels. 
Posted 9 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Don't know what happened to Lucinda between Car Wheels and this. Car Wheels was brilliant. This, not so much. The lyrics are awful.
Posted 9 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
I know RP is family friendly, but the edit of that one word in this song really yanks a big piece out of it. It wasn't a gratuitous choice on Lucinda's part to use that word, and I think it adds a surprising amount of depth to the entire great song.
Posted 9 years ago by purtypitcher    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah...

The cover photo for this album are flower petals.

Georgia O"Keefe painted orchids...lots of orchids..very sensual orchids. 

I mean...ya see what I'm getting at with good ole Lucinda?

   
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
And this is why I come to RP.
Posted 9 years ago by daveinnj    [ Reply ]
Not wanting to be too decadent, but this could be the song track to a porn movie.  
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
oh yes- this is a 10.
love, love, love Lucinda.
Posted 9 years ago by bluefrog    [ Reply ]
Feel like I might have picked up an STD just listening to this song. And not in a good way.
Posted 9 years ago by wgsu_1978    [ Reply ]
Nasty, nasty, sexy, song.

Cool down. 

That could be Bo Ramsey playing 2nd guitar.

She should get Kathleen Edwards out of retirement and they tour together in the Summer in small, hot, sweaty venues. What a freakin show that could be.

Cool down. Cool down.    
 
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
First play in ten years!
Posted 11 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
"9  - Outstanding"  is a tough rating to get from me, but this song seems to get under my skin (so to speak) everytime I hear it..which isn't very often these days Mr Bill !


Posted 12 years ago by Ngoziman    [ Reply ]
I sure enjoy this. I feel sorry for those who don\'t.
Posted 22 years ago by gillespp    [ Reply ]
Prefer \"Car Wheels\" but need to hear more of all her stuff. \"Joy\" is my personal favorite. My $.02 worth.
Posted 22 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Amazing what different ears hear. I hear passion every time I listen to Lucinda. Every artist has their good and bad or indifferent songs. Strung out? I don\'t think so. Bring on more!
Posted 22 years ago by E    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Lee: Xpat may be right, but I still don't like it. Sounds like she's had a major stroke.
I gotta agree with you, I just can't get into the strung out vocals on this song.
Posted 22 years ago by Cy    [ Reply ]
Xpat may be right, but I still don't like it. Sounds like she's had a major stroke.
Posted 22 years ago by Lee    [ Reply ]
You know, people keep saying this is her best album yet but I don\'t see it. Personally I\'d love to hear \"Side of the Road\" - one of her most beautiful songs ever.
Posted 22 years ago by Nicole    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by rhw: I am waiting...for your "essence"? What crap.
Hey, maybe "Essence" is the perfume her "victim" wears :p
Posted 22 years ago by Leslie    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by rhw: I am waiting...for your "essence"? What crap.
lol :p
Posted 23 years ago by bcwake    [ Reply ]
Enjoyable!
Posted 23 years ago by justlistening    [ Reply ]
I am waiting...for your \"essence\"? What crap.
Posted 23 years ago by rhw    [ Reply ]
After enough hearings, the Police song \"Every Step You Take\" morphed from a tale of infatuation to what even Sting admitted was sort of a paranoid, control freak vibe. I\'m starting to feel the same way about this song - \"I am waiting by your door, I am waiting in my car, I am waiting in this bar\" - doesn\'t she sound like a female stalker a la Fatal Attraction?
Posted 23 years ago by beachedge_bill    [ Reply ]