The first draft (lyric and chord progression) of this song was in 2005. It took me about 30 minutes to write… For the record, it was quite windy and cold outside. I was sitting by myself with nothing on… all I could hear was the refrigerator in the kitchen. I was waiting for my wife to come home. I think she was at a dance class that night.
A few years pass and one night I’m looking for something to record. So I put down a scratch track of this song, just me, guitar and a bad MIDI drum kit. I put it up on one of the Forum I’m a regular on to see if anyone wanted to add to the base track. I wanted to keep it relatively acoustic and laid back, ie no electronic keyboards or rock drums etc.
From my scratch track ‘dispelled_myths’ turned up offered a Piano track. Not listening to his track, another member ‘Max Output’ recorded a Bass track for me. And then after a little nudge from a friend who I’ve worked with before on the site, ‘drmscp’ recorded a drum track.
Even though the Bass and Piano were tracked without listening to the other I think it turned out quite relaxed and nicely.. like we were all sitting together when in fact the Pianist is in Ontario (CAN), Drummer in Texas(US) and Bassist in Maryland(US) and myself in Sydney (AUS).
Lyrics:
I Miss You
When it’s cold and windy outside,
and your not here.
All I can hear,
is the refrigerator running in the kitchen,
the sound of my heart beatin’,
and the lonleness of you in my mind.
What are you feeling when your away?
Are you feeling the same way…. that I feel?
Cause I miss you,
yes I do,
yes I do.
The clock is counting the seconds,
of every minute,
of every hour,
that your not beside me and I think I’m
going insane the way I’m feelin’
Just missing you. Yeah, that’s what it is!
What are you feeling when your away?
Are you feeling the same way…. that I feel?
Cause I miss you,
yes I do,
yes I do.
I get a call from you to tell me,
your on your way,
and you miss me,
and you’ll be home just as soon as you can
because you missing me more than
I’m missing you. Hell, how would you know?
What are you feeling when your away?
Are you feeling the same way…. that I feel?
Cause I miss you,
yes I do,
yes I do
yes I do
yes I do
(c) Daniel Porter 2008