{"id":52463,"date":"2026-04-16T12:48:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=52463"},"modified":"2026-04-16T12:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T12:48:38","slug":"whereabouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/04\/16\/whereabouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Whereabouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Smooth Funk Guitar, Walking Bassline, Light Drum Groove, Soft Sax Hooks]<br \/>\n(Shout!)<br \/>\nWhereabouts\u2026<br \/>\n(Shout!)<br \/>\nWhereabouts\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nStreets are buzzing, neon glow<br \/>\nEvery corner\u2019s in the know<br \/>\nEvery shadow looks like her<br \/>\nEvery face becomes a blur<\/p>\n<p>Asked the bartender, asked the band<br \/>\nNobody seems to understand<br \/>\nWhere she went or where she hides<br \/>\nLike she vanished into night<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery clue just slips away<br \/>\nLike smoke that won\u2019t obey<br \/>\nI\u2019m tracing echoes in the crowd<br \/>\nBut nothing\u2019s turning loud<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTryin&#8217; to find her whereabouts<br \/>\n(&#8217;cause I have my doubts)<br \/>\nIs she downtown&#8230;<br \/>\nGettin&#8217; down<br \/>\n(Down, down, down)<\/p>\n<p>Did I miss my chance<br \/>\nFor a dance?<br \/>\n(Lookin&#8217; round n&#8217; round)<\/p>\n<p>Tryin\u2019 every avenue<br \/>\nEvery place I thought we knew<br \/>\nBut the rhythm\u2019s breaking out<br \/>\nOf her whereabouts<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental Break: Sax Solo, Funk Guitar Riffs]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nClub lights flicker, floor is packed<br \/>\nEvery move a heart attack<br \/>\nEvery laugh could be her voice<br \/>\nBut I never get the choice<\/p>\n<p>Taxi horns and crowded bars<br \/>\nReflections in a thousand cars<br \/>\nEvery second slips behind<br \/>\nLike she\u2019s dancing out of time<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nEvery step I take just bends<br \/>\nEvery lead just quickly ends<br \/>\nLike she\u2019s always half a mile<br \/>\nOut of reach behind a smile<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTryin&#8217; to find her whereabouts<br \/>\n(&#8217;cause I have my doubts)<br \/>\nIs she downtown&#8230;<br \/>\nGettin&#8217; down<br \/>\n(Down, down, down)<\/p>\n<p>Did I miss my chance<br \/>\nFor a dance?<br \/>\n(Lookin&#8217; round n&#8217; round)<\/p>\n<p>Every street I turn around<br \/>\nJust another empty sound<br \/>\nStill I hear her fading out<br \/>\nOf her whereabouts<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaybe she was never there<br \/>\nJust a whisper in the air<br \/>\nOr maybe I just moved too slow<br \/>\nAnd let the moment go<\/p>\n<p>Either way, I can\u2019t tell<br \/>\nIf I lost her or myself<br \/>\nAll I know is I keep on<br \/>\nSearching after she is gone<\/p>\n<p>[Breakdown: Minimal Groove, Echoed Vocal]<br \/>\nWhereabouts\u2026<br \/>\nShe slipped away\u2026<br \/>\nWhereabouts\u2026<br \/>\nWhat can I say\u2026<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nTryin&#8217; to find her whereabouts<br \/>\n(&#8217;cause I have my doubts)<br \/>\nIs she downtown&#8230;<br \/>\nGettin&#8217; down<br \/>\n(Down, down, down)<\/p>\n<p>Did I miss my chance<br \/>\nFor a dance?<br \/>\n(Lookin&#8217; round n&#8217; round)<\/p>\n<p>Now I\u2019m lost inside the sound<br \/>\nOf a love I never found<br \/>\nStill I call it all about<br \/>\n(Her whereabouts)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro: Sax fades, bass groove slows]<br \/>\nWhereabouts\u2026<br \/>\nNo trace now\u2026<br \/>\nWhereabouts\u2026<br \/>\nShe\u2019s gone somehow\u2026<br \/>\n(Shout!)<br \/>\nWhereabouts\u2026<br \/>\n(Shout!)<br \/>\nWhereabouts\u2026<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/Popped\/\">Popped<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Instrumental Intro: Smooth Funk Guitar, Walking Bassline, Light Drum Groove, Soft Sax Hooks] (Shout!) Whereabouts\u2026 (Shout!) Whereabouts\u2026 [Verse 1] Streets are buzzing, neon glow Every corner\u2019s in the know Every shadow looks like her Every face becomes a blur Asked the bartender, asked the band Nobody seems to understand Where she went or where she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52463"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52465,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52463\/revisions\/52465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}