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-"Austin City Limits" presents
a roots music phenom

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like none other --
Billy Strings.

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-♪ My only enemy is
out to get me ♪

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♪ To make me pay for
what I've done ♪

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♪ He's out to catch me and he's
on the trail to find me ♪

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♪ Sure as hell he'll whip me
when he does ♪

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♪ Yeah, sure as hell he'll whip
me when he does ♪

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♪♪

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-Thank you, Austin City Limits!

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-It's Austin City Limits.

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♪♪

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-Austin City Limits.

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-Alright, Austin City.

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-Y'all know Austin City Limits
rocks.

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-1, 2, 3! Rock!

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-Alright, alright, alright.
Thank you very much.

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-Austin City Limits,
Austin, Texas!

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-From the live music capital
of the world,

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It's "Austin City Limits."

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-Now mixing bluegrass with rock,

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jazz and psychedelia,

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it's Billy Strings.

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♪♪

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-♪ Daisy, red daisy
growin' on a hill ♪

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♪ Sunshine fallin' on her petals
so fine ♪

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♪ At first when I found you
all covered in the dew ♪

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♪ The stars had all faded,
the day was brand-new ♪

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♪ Oh, daisy, red daisy
growin' on a hill ♪

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♪ Sunshine fallin' on her petals
so fine ♪

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♪♪

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♪ When the skies are gloomy ♪

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♪ And you're covered in
the frost ♪

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♪ Oh, daisy, red daisy,
I fear my soul is lost ♪

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♪ Daisy, red daisy
growin' on a hill ♪

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♪ Sunshine fallin' on her petals
so fine ♪

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♪♪

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♪ Queen of the springtime ♪

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♪ My body's getting old ♪

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♪ Oh, winter winds might
bind me ♪

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♪ But I'll keep you from
the co-o-o-old ♪

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♪ Daisy, red daisy
growin' on a hill ♪

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♪ Sunshine fallin' on her petals
so fine ♪

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♪♪

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♪ One day a passing traveler
plucked you from the ground ♪

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♪ Oh, how I'll miss you
and your crimson crown ♪

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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Thank you.

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Howdy, folks.

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Oh, it's good to be back here.

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Sounds kind of cheesy, I guess,

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but this -- this tune, at least
the beginning part of it,

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really did come to me
in a dream.

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♪♪

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In my dream,
I was listening to this record

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and it was like
some Grateful Dead thing,

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and I was -- it was
like a live vinyl.

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And I was listening to it

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and Jerry was singing
down by the river,

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the water's cold.

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I used to have a girl,
but that's alright.

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And, uh...

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That's all I remembered...

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[ Laughter ]

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...about the dream, but I woke
right up and I wrote that down.

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But I mean, the whole melody
and everything was in there.

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And so this song, at
least it was sparked by, like,

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some dream I had.

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♪♪

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♪ Down by the river ♪

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♪ The water's cold ♪

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♪ Used to have a girl
but that's alright ♪

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♪ She came to me in a dream ♪

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♪ And slipped away like
a running stream ♪

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♪♪

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♪ The hours of silence ♪

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♪ In the light of the moon ♪

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♪ Brings to me a sense of ease ♪

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♪ There's nothing else
that I could do ♪

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♪ For that woman won't be
pleased ♪

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♪♪

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♪ I see her running ♪

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♪ But I'm not the same ♪

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♪ I've chased after pleasure ♪

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♪ To bury my pain ♪

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♪ It's resurrected ♪

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♪ When I say her name ♪

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♪ When love and regret are
one and the same ♪

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♪ The scream of a raven ♪

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♪ The screech of an owl ♪

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♪ A heartbroke and lonesome
coyote howl ♪

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[ Howling ]

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♪ Old Hartford records
we used to play ♪

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♪ And the silence when
she went away ♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪ I see her running ♪

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♪ But I'm not the same ♪

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♪ I've chased after pleasure ♪

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♪ To bury my pain ♪

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♪ It's resurrected ♪

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♪ When I say her name ♪

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♪ Love and regret are
one and the same ♪

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♪ I keep wandering back ♪

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♪ To a place in my mind ♪

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♪ Where moonlit reflections
return to her eyes ♪

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♪ To gaze at the water
once more ♪

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♪ Before turning again to
the sky ♪

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♪♪

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♪ Down by the river ♪

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-♪ The water's cold ♪

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♪ Used to have a girl
but that's alright ♪

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♪♪

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-♪ She came to me in a dream ♪

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♪ And slipped away like
a running stream ♪

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♪♪

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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Y'all sound pretty.

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It's good to play
these intimate shows.

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And this is my first show
back in quite a while.

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Uh, yeah, some of you
probably know about that.

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Some of you probably don't,

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but I was screwing around
backstage at my last gig back

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in April, and I broke my leg,
uh, on my skateboard.

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It happens.

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[ Laughter ]

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I met a guy at physical therapy
and said, "Well,

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at least you didn't do it
like me playing pickleball."

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[ Laughter ]

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Yeah, skateboarding is
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[ Strums guitar ]

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But hey, it could have been my
fingers or my head or something.

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So at least, uh,
I'll take the leg.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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This is a little thing called
"Malfunction Junction."

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[ Audience cheers ]

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪ There ain't enough corn mash
in this whole sorry town ♪

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♪ Just to wash off or burn out
the way it all went down ♪

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♪ But that cork squeaks fall out
when it's sneaking its way out ♪

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♪ That I'm afraid to death
she's gonna hear ♪

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♪ Now the fire on my tongue
is for those who die young ♪

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♪ And the weariness of we
who stay behind ♪

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♪ There's a poison sickness
in my heart ♪

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♪ And I don't trust the ashes
of my mind ♪

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♪♪

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♪ I've got too many sorrows
and far too little time ♪

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♪ Just to sit and drown these
memories under Tennessee rye ♪

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♪ Well, the salt on the rim
has me thinking about him ♪

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♪ My shaking hands can't hold
back no more tears ♪

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♪ Well, the fire on my tongue
is for those who die young ♪

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♪ And the weariness of we
who stay behind ♪

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♪ There's a poison sickness
in my heart ♪

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♪ And I don't trust the ashes
of my mind ♪

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♪♪

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♪ Whispering my shame
to the bottom of my glass ♪

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♪ Won't get me through the dawn
or make the darkness pass ♪

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♪ So I'll hold out tonight
to clench this bottle ♪

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♪ And drink about the light
I saw in you ♪

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♪ Well, the fire on my tongue
is for those who die young ♪

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♪ And the weariness of we
who stay behind ♪

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♪ There's a poison sickness
in my heart ♪

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♪ It's tearing me apart ♪

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♪ And I don't trust the ashes
of my mind ♪

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♪♪

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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Thank you, folks.

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♪♪

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♪ I've got seven weeks
in county, boys ♪

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♪ But I don't blame the man ♪

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♪ I've won and lost
some poker chips ♪

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♪ But I don't blame the hand ♪

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♪ It's been seven years of
famine ♪

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♪ But I never blamed the land ♪

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♪ Just give me peace and quiet,
boss ♪

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♪ I'll take it where I can ♪

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♪ Give me peace and quiet,
boss ♪

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♪ I'll take it where I can ♪

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♪ My only enemy is
out to get me ♪

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♪ To make me pay for
what I've done ♪

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♪ He's out to catch me and he's
on the trail to find me ♪

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♪ Sure as hell he'll whip me
when he does ♪

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♪ Yeah, sure as hell he'll whip
me when he does ♪

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♪♪

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♪ There's a hunger in my belly
and a pounding in my head ♪

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♪ Buzzards turn impatiently ♪

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♪ Expecting I'll be dead ♪

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♪ The desert sun is burning
high above ♪

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♪ My shadow can't find shade ♪

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♪ I got seven weeks in county
laying that bed I made ♪

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♪ Seven weeks in county
laying in that bed I made ♪

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♪ My only enemy is
out to get me ♪

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♪ To make me pay for
what I've done ♪

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♪ He's out to catch me and he's
on the trail to find me ♪

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♪ Sure as hell he'll whip me
when he does ♪

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♪ Yeah, sure as hell he'll whip
me when he does ♪

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♪♪

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♪ Each day I see his evil eyes,
the man that put me here ♪

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♪ I see him when I shave my
face, so guilty in the mirror ♪

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♪ Looking back, disgusted
with a hollow, hateful stare ♪

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♪ For seven weeks in county
and for always, everywhere ♪

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♪ Seven weeks in county
and for always everywhere ♪

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♪ My worst enemy is
out to get me ♪

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♪ To make me pay for
what I've done ♪

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♪ He's out to catch me and he's
on the trail to find me ♪

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♪ Sure as hell he'll whip me
when he does ♪

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♪ Yeah, sure as hell he'll whip
me when he does ♪

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♪♪

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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♪♪

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♪ I reach my goal
at the end of the rainbow ♪

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♪ If the sun will shine for me
once more ♪

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♪ If time don't change my mind
about you ♪

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♪ For me there'll be
no rainbow ♪

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♪♪

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♪ My goal is just to be
with you ♪

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♪ Though you are the devil
in disguise ♪

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♪ If time don't change
my mind about you ♪

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♪ The sun will shine for me
sometime ♪

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♪ I reach my goal
at the end of the rainbow ♪

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♪ If the sun will shine for me
once more ♪

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♪ If time don't change
my mind about you ♪

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♪ For me there'll be
no rainbow ♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪ I reach my goal
maybe tomorrow ♪

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♪ But they say tomorrow
never comes ♪

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♪ It may be true ♪

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♪ I just keep hoping that
time will heal a broken heart ♪

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♪ I reach my goal
at the end of the rainbow ♪

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♪ If the sun will shine for me
once more ♪

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♪ If time don't change
my mind about you ♪

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♪ For me there'll be
no rainbow ♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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♪♪

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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This is like our version
of "Voodoo Child."

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♪♪

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♪ Twisted game of
hide and seek ♪

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♪ The stench of darkness
and defeat ♪

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♪ Another day without relief ♪

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♪ Leaves me broken ♪

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♪ Curtains falling all around ♪

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♪ Echoes up from underground ♪

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♪ Screaming out without
a sound ♪

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♪ Leaves me breathless ♪

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♪ It's a dark time,
I do believe ♪

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♪ A cold wind's blowing at
my door ♪

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♪ Incredible light I'm gonna
find ♪

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♪ Where I don't have to worry
anymore ♪

254
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♪♪

255
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♪ A feast for eyes deprived of
peace ♪

256
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♪ Internal pressure,
no release ♪

257
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♪ Pain eternal, my disease
never-ending ♪

258
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♪ Paralyzed
and drowned in thought ♪

259
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♪ All the things that I have
lost ♪

260
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♪ My salvation can't be bought ♪

261
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♪ Drains me empty ♪

262
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♪ It's a dark time,
I do believe ♪

263
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♪ A cold wind's blowing at
my door ♪

264
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♪ Incredible light I'm gonna
find ♪

265
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♪ Where I don't have to worry
anymore ♪

266
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♪♪

267
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♪♪

268
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♪ Wasn't ready to believe ♪

269
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♪ Constant failure to achieve ♪

270
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♪ Nothing hidden up my sleeve ♪

271
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♪ I remember ♪

272
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♪ It's a dark time,
I do believe ♪

273
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♪ A cold wind's blowing at
my door ♪

274
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♪ Incredible light I'm gonna
find ♪

275
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♪ Where I don't have to worry
anymore ♪

276
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♪ It's a dark time,
I do believe ♪

277
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♪ A cold wind's blowing at
my door ♪

278
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♪ Incredible light I'm gonna
find ♪

279
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♪ Where I don't have to worry
anymore ♪

280
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♪♪

281
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[ Cheers and applause ]

282
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Thank you, folks.

283
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Thank you so much, everybody.

284
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We love the heck out of each
and every one of you.

285
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My name is Bill.
It's been a thrill.

286
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I appreciate you guys.
Keep your stick on the ice.

287
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Don't let your meat loaf.
Watch your top nock.

288
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Keep it greasy side down.

289
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If you ain't in bed by midnight,
come home.

290
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We love you.

291
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[ Cheers and applause ]

292
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-Billy, here we are.

293
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Usually we're backstage
at Austin City Limits.

294
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This time we're sort of like
in the front row

295
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or in front of the stage.

296
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So talk about the --
the song -- songwriting process

297
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for the new record.
I think you wrote all of them

298
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in a pretty short amount
of time, right?

299
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Like 20-some songs, 28 songs
I think you ended up with.

300
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-Yeah.
As far as writing the record,

301
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I think a lot of -- I
had a lot of stuff to say.

302
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I had a lot of stuff to get out
this time around.

303
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I just lost my mother last June.

304
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And, um, so that certainly
gave me a lot to write about

305
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and just all the stuff that I've
been feeling and going through

306
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and, um, felt like a good way
to kind of navigate that

307
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and kind of almost therapeutic,
you know, in a way.

308
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-Well, I know you did
this album,

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you've said, to honor your mom,
Debra.

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-She was an amazing artist.

311
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She was a poet, and she was
always making some piece of art

312
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that had a story behind it.

313
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And she'd call me and say,
"Hey, I took this old hubcap

314
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and I glued some,
you know, these UFOs on it.

315
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And they're battling
with the cowboys and the fairies

316
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and there's aliens."

317
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And, you know,
she had like this whole story

318
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behind each piece that she made,

319
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and she would make
these shadow boxes.

320
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Kind of mixed media art.

321
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She was constantly going to
antique stores

322
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and finding
just old trinkets and stuff that

323
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she could use for her art pieces
or garage sales, anything.

324
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She just loved finding old junk
that was kind of left behind

325
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and making some beautiful piece
of art from it.

326
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Um, and so we
had always talked about, um,

327
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having her make the record cover
for the next album.

328
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That was kind of our plan
is that she was going to make

329
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the next record cover,
whatever it was.

330
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And so when she passed away,

331
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there was this piece
that she was working on and,

332
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uh, she was actually working
on it the night she died.

333
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And so I think it was
unfinished,

334
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but we -- we took pictures of it

335
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and we kind of layered some of
her other art inside of there.

336
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And we made this kind of
beautiful piece

337
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that I think it
really encapsulates her soul.

338
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And it's a beautiful thing that

339
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we still got to do that,
you know.

340
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-I hear you're taking
guitar lessons?

341
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:28,533
-At some point
a couple of years ago,

342
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I guess, I-I don't know.

343
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I just got to hearing
myself play

344
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the same licks over and over.

345
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And it's almost like my whole
life I've just learned by ear.

346
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I don't know anything
about theory, and I still don't.

347
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At a certain point,
I just felt like maybe

348
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I had reached a plateau
in my own playing.

349
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Maybe like I got myself as far
as I could.

350
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And, um, there was a time
where I thought,

351
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"I don't need to take lessons.
I just play, you know?"

352
00:51:56,966 --> 00:51:58,133
-Mm-hmm.

353
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-But at a certain point,

354
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I sort of got over that
and I said, "Well,

355
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what if I did,
you know, study with some people

356
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and see if I could get further?"

357
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:08,266
-What stands out
over these past few years?

358
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-It's been a change
in perspective big-time for me.

359
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And it actually -- I'm playing
better and singing better

360
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because I'm not so worried
about it all the time.

361
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I'm just -- I have this --
this joy in my belly

362
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and I'm able to go sing.
If my son's okay

363
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and my wife's okay
and my dog's alright,

364
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then I can go sing and play.

365
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♪♪

366
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[ Cheers and applause ]

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♪♪