The upcoming album, Looking for Buildings, gets its title from one of the songs on the album, “Buildings.” You can hear the 2016 version of the song at HitRecord, but the album will feature a newer version. Here are the lyrics:
Watch the lines in the middle of the highway going by
(Music: Blake Alan Earnhart (ASCAP), Wendi Dunlap (BMI); lyrics Wendi Dunlap (BMI). ©2016 Blake Earnhart and Wendi Dunlap)
There’s nothing else to see for many miles
As the sun sets behind us and the mountains fade to dark
We’re waiting for our new life to appear
‘Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and lights of the city
Then we’ll know this is where we want to be (don’t we)
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and art and music playing
Then we’ll know this is where we need to be (don’t we)
The prairie flows aside so swiftly it could be the ocean gliding
As we sail along
Someday we’ll stop and park the car and realize that we made it
we made it
‘Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and lights of the city
Then we’ll know this is where we want to be (don’t we)
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and art and music playing
Then we’ll know this is where we need to be (don’t we)
Taking turns behind the wheel while the other goes to sleep
With fears and dreams unsaid we’ll never tell
Toward that place that could make us or break us two apart
Believing it’ll work out in the end
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and restaurants and lights beside the highway
Then we’ll know this is where we want to be (aren’t we)
Cause we’re looking for buildings and people and art and music playing Then we’ll know this is where we need to be (don’t we)
The original inspiration for the song was my drive to Minneapolis along with my friend Dave many years ago, when I was moving to Minnesota. (Fun fact: Dave sings backup on the album version of the song.) Much of the driving was done at night since it was still winter, and we were trying to get from Seattle to the Midwest as fast as possible.
The strange thing, though, is that about 8 months after writing this song, I did it all again — and this time, I moved to Atlanta. I had no idea when I wrote the song that I’d ever move again, but apparently the idea was in my subconscious. I do believe this song brought it out.