Giugno 2006.

I Pearl Jam suonano da co-headliner insieme a Tom Petty e ai suoi Heartbreakers per alcune date in U.S.A.

Spesso Ed Vedder sale sul palco con Petty per cantare qualche canzone del rocker della Florida: "American Girl", "Rainy Day Women #12 & #35" di Bob Dylan... e questa "The Waiting", incisa dallo stesso Petty negli anni Settanta e cantata dal singer dei Pearl Jam con un trasporto incredibile.

Per la fine del 2008, Pearl Jam OnLine ha scelto di presentarvi questo mp3 tratto dal DVD "Tom Petty: Runnin' Down a Dream" recentemente pubblicato in U.S.A.

THE WAITING
Written by Tom Petty
Performed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers w/ Ed Vedder
30.06.2006 - Milwaukee, WI, Marcus Amphitheatre (Summerfest)

MP3

Oh baby don't it feel like heaven right now
Don't it feel like somethin' from a dream
Yeah I've never known nothing quite like this
Don't it feel like tonight might never be again
We know better than to try and pretend
Baby no one could have ever told me 'bout this
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more card
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part
Well yeah I might have chased a couple of women around
All it ever got me was down
Then there were those that made me feel good
But never as good as I feel right now
Baby you're the only one that's ever known how
To make me wanna live like I wanna live now
The waiting is the hardest part
Every day you see one more ca rd
You take it on faith, you take it to the heart
The waiting is the hardest part