Audio Waveforms in Timeline

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature.
I recently had cause to do some quick and dirty audio editing of voiceover announcements. I used the V/O tool to record the announcements and then used that sequence as the source clip for cutting the final sequence. Initially the waveforms displayed in the final sequence, but once the FCP window refreshed (hide FCP then unhide) the waveforms disappeared. They now seem to be gone forever. If I drop a clip (rather than the first sequence) onto the timeline it shows the waveforms, but nothing I do will show waveforms where the first sequence is the source material.
Can anybody enlighten me?
Dual G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) FCP 5.04, Decklink Extreme, SanMan RAID

We've completed the edit. So I have marked the question answered. Thanks to everybody for their help.
It is now more a philosophical issue about why such limitations/features exist. It seems to me there is no good reason for not having the waveforms available if you want them. If you don't you can always turn them off.
I sometimes find it difficult to get my head around some of the things that Apple have done. As I come from a photographic background rather than having formal training in this industry I am often unclear as to whether there is a lack of understanding on my part, or a different paradigm on Apple's. The way the voiceover tool requires you to turn off your video monitor is a case in point. This makes it pretty hard to do ADR.
Trevor
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