(upbeat instrumental music) - [Narrator] From the WTBB Studios in the warehouse district and the corner of entertainment, this is State and Water.

Tonight, Black Eyed Lillies, featuring Lindsay Lilly and Joe Asselin.

(somber guitar music) ♪ Eyes as dark as snake holes ♪ ♪ Hair a wild, twisted mess ♪ ♪ She didn't play with dolls ♪ ♪ No fitting in with the rest ♪ ♪ Black eyed lily ♪ ♪ Never needed no man ♪ ♪ Her heart stamped high with (indistinct) ♪ ♪ She moving like a stone ♪ ♪ Her plans set for revenge ♪ ♪ Steal back and let her ♪ ♪ Never should have been since ♪ ♪ Her revenge tasted sweet ♪ ♪ His fate sealed with death ♪ ♪ Jack him to the watch house ♪ ♪ Don't hold your breath ♪ ♪ We know what you did ♪ ♪ You can't kick and scream all the way ♪ ♪ Stand there and watch how it's done ♪ ♪ You're here to stay ♪ ♪ Black eyed lily ♪ ♪ Never needed no man ♪ ♪ Her heart stamped high with (indistinct) ♪ ♪ He said, "Don't take me to the watchtower" ♪ ♪ He didn't do it, just stay true ♪ ♪ Steal back and let her ♪ ♪ Never to be you ♪ ♪ Black eyed lily ♪ ♪ Never needed no man ♪ ♪ Her heart stamped high with (indistinct) ♪ ♪ Black eyed lily ♪ ♪ Never needed no man ♪ ♪ Black eyed lily ♪ ♪ Never needed no ♪ ♪ Man ♪ (cheerful guitar music) ♪ Well I can't seem to heed ♪ ♪ Can't seem to figure this out ♪ ♪ Well I can't seem to feel ♪ ♪ Don't need to keep all this doubt ♪ ♪ Keep diggin' this hole ♪ ♪ No one can hear me shout ♪ ♪ Well you know that I loved ya ♪ ♪ I can't seem to dig myself out ♪ ♪ Well you called me on the phone ♪ ♪ Asking me how I'm doin' ♪ ♪ Yeah, I heard you're all alone ♪ ♪ In that town you're living ♪ ♪ Yes, I heard ♪ ♪ I keep digging this hole ♪ ♪ Might just do me in ♪ ♪ Oh, you know that I love ya ♪ ♪ You just seem to keep me groovin' ♪ ♪ Please just leave me alone ♪ ♪ I need to figure this out ♪ ♪ Well, I can't leave you alone ♪ ♪ And I ain't too proud ♪ ♪ Ain't too proud ♪ ♪ I keep diggin' this hole ♪ ♪ No one can hear me shout ♪ ♪ Oh, you know that I loved ya ♪ ♪ I can't seem to dig myself out ♪ ♪ Take it, Joe ♪ (upbeat guitar music) ♪ Oh baby, I want you back ♪ ♪ But I can't seem to make up my mind ♪ ♪ Well, I can't have you back ♪ ♪ Decided to leave me behind ♪ ♪ Yes, you did ♪ ♪ I keep diggin' this hole ♪ ♪ Lookin' for something I can't find ♪ ♪ Oh, you know that I loved ya ♪ ♪ Why did you leave me behind ♪ ♪ Oh, you know that I loved ya ♪ ♪ Why did you leave me behind ♪ This next song is, (laughing) a funny story behind it.

Joe and I were playing a show up in Chicago, and I was taking a break out at the bar.

And there was this very intoxicated gentlemen that really wanted to talk to me.

And so he staggered on over, and Joe's playing the guitar on stage, just laughing.

- It was hilarious.

- It was not funny.

Anyways, this guy made me so mad that I wrote a song about him.

The song's called "Nothin' But Bones."

(upbeat guitar and harmonica music) ♪ You just a highland dog ♪ ♪ Won't keep a tune ♪ ♪ No time for rest to lick my wounds ♪ ♪ You just a highland dog ♪ ♪ Won't keep a tune ♪ ♪ Nothin' but bones ♪ ♪ When I'm through ♪ ♪ You ain't no country boy ♪ ♪ What would I do with you ♪ ♪ Chew you to pieces ♪ ♪ Won't hit you till you come to ♪ ♪ You ain't no country boy ♪ ♪ What would I do with you ♪ ♪ Nothin' but bones ♪ ♪ When I'm through ♪ ♪ You just a city boy ♪ ♪ You don't have a clue ♪ ♪ Wouldn't turn my head ♪ ♪ Pay no attention to you ♪ ♪ You just a city boy ♪ ♪ You don't have a clue ♪ ♪ Nothin' but bones ♪ ♪ When I'm through ♪ ♪ You just a highland dog ♪ ♪ Won't keep a tune ♪ ♪ No time for rest to lick my wounds ♪ ♪ You're just a highland dog ♪ ♪ You won't keep a tune ♪ ♪ Nothin' but bones ♪ ♪ When I'm through ♪ ♪ Nothin' but bones ♪ ♪ When I'm through ♪ ♪ Nothin' but bones ♪ ♪ Oh (howling) ♪ All right.

This next song is one of my favorite songs in the whole entire world.

This song is by the late John Prine.

It's called "Angels from Montgomery."

(peaceful guitar music) ♪ I am an old woman named after my mother ♪ ♪ My old man is another child that's grown old ♪ ♪ If dreams were thunder, and lightning was desire ♪ ♪ This old house would have burned down a long time ago ♪ ♪ Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery ♪ ♪ Make me a poster of an old rodeo ♪ ♪ Just give me one thing, Lord, that I can hold onto ♪ ♪ To believe in this living is just a hard way to go ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ When I was a young girl, well, I had me a cowboy ♪ ♪ He weren't much to look at, just a free rambling man ♪ ♪ But that was a long time and no matter how hard I try ♪ ♪ The years just flow by like a broken down dam ♪ ♪ Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery ♪ ♪ Make me a poster of an old rodeo, ooh ♪ ♪ Just give me one thing, Lord, that I can hold onto ♪ ♪ To believe in this living is just a hard way to go ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ There's flies in the kitchen ♪ ♪ And I can hear them a-buzzing ♪ ♪ And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today ♪ ♪ How the hell can a person go to work in the morning ♪ ♪ And come home in the evening with nothing to say ♪ ♪ Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery ♪ ♪ Make me a poster of an old rodeo, ooh ♪ ♪ Just give me one thing, Lord, that I can hold onto ♪ ♪ To believe in this living is just a hard way to go ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ To believe in this living is just a ♪ ♪ Hard way to go ♪ All right, this next song is one of the many originals that we're doing on this show.

If you listen very closely, none of the lyrics make any sense.

It's all backwards and upwards and sideways and downwards.

The song is called "Pourin' Down."

(cheerful guitar music) ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Sun is setting in the east and I am right side up ♪ ♪ Drinking coffee for the time, slam another cup ♪ ♪ Wake up early to crash in the afternoon ♪ ♪ Hurry up, go to bed, don't want to be up too soon ♪ ♪ Frozen to the bone and I am burning up inside ♪ ♪ Eyes glued shut with my mind open wide ♪ ♪ Goes down smooth like a sippin' bourbon ♪ ♪ Drank one too many to shoulder that burden ♪ ♪ Half the center of the world upside down ♪ ♪ Curled so tight, might come unwound ♪ ♪ Blink just twice you might miss it ♪ ♪ Oh, it's pourin' down rain ♪ ♪ It's pourin' down rain in Phoenix ♪ ♪ Yeah, it's pourin' down rain in Phoenix ♪ ♪ Oh, it's pourin' down rain, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Spring is almost here, and the leaves are fallin' ♪ ♪ From the ground you can hear the birds are callin' ♪ ♪ Singin' pretty songs to pass away the day ♪ ♪ Can't fly so they just walk away ♪ ♪ It's rainin', oh, it's pourin' down ♪ ♪ In that dessert, I hear that sound ♪ ♪ Floodgates open, come rushin' in ♪ ♪ Don't get impatient, the water's comin' ♪ ♪ At the center of the world, upside down ♪ ♪ Curled so tight, might come unwound ♪ ♪ Think just twice, you might miss it ♪ ♪ Oh, it's pourin' down rain ♪ ♪ It's pourin' down rain in Phoenix ♪ ♪ Yeah, it's pourin' down rain in Phoenix ♪ ♪ Oh, it's pourin' down rain, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ All right, this next song is another original of ours.

This is a very special song.

This is about a dear friend of mine and her son.

Her son has seen way too many terrible things in his life.

And this song is about her encouraging him to keep going and keep his head up.

This song's called "Miles To Go."

(peaceful guitar music) ♪ Looks back at me with those innocent blue eyes ♪ ♪ His dad's a corn plower ♪ ♪ Dance around his fate ♪ ♪ I think of all those mountains and the ones left to face ♪ ♪ Know they won't be easy, but I have prepared you, Son ♪ ♪ Fatherhood, there's still a light in you ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Keep movin' forward ♪ ♪ You've already won ♪ ♪ Just a few more ♪ ♪ One foot after the other ♪ ♪ You are the one I adore ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Of all the rough roads, we only have miles to go ♪ ♪ Of all the rough roads, we only have miles to go ♪ ♪ Skinned knees, you grinned through the pain ♪ ♪ Blue eyes steadfast, strong, ooh ♪ ♪ My heart screams an echo, all that you've been through ♪ ♪ You are the footprint on my heart ♪ ♪ Forever etched in my memory ♪ ♪ A writer and many pages to come, ♪ ♪ Ready to tell ♪ ♪ Your story ♪ ♪ Just a few more ♪ ♪ One foot after the other ♪ ♪ You are the one I adore ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Of all the rough roads, we only have miles to go ♪ ♪ Of all the rough roads, we only have miles to go ♪ ♪ Of all the rough roads, we only have miles to go ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ (meditative guitar music) ♪ Concrete and chain link ♪ ♪ Don't last as long as we think ♪ ♪ Cities may fall overnight ♪ ♪ Filled too fast, won't be right ♪ ♪ But this horse can't stretch ♪ ♪ If you hold on too tight ♪ ♪ Better let him run ♪ ♪ Oh, it ain't worth the fight ♪ ♪ Slow down, steady, steady ♪ ♪ Easy now, I know you're ready, ready ♪ ♪ Baby, you're goin' too fast ♪ ♪ Slow it down, or it won't last ♪ ♪ Hold steady ♪ ♪ Hold steady ♪ ♪ It's hard to hold back anymore ♪ ♪ Can't just walk out the door ♪ ♪ Baby, you're goin' too fast ♪ ♪ Steady, steady ♪ ♪ Hold steady ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Slow down ♪ ♪ Steady, steady ♪ ♪ Easy now, I know you're ready, ready ♪ ♪ Baby, you're goin' too fast ♪ ♪ Slow it down, or it won't last ♪ ♪ Hold steady ♪ ♪ Hold steady ♪ ♪ Hold steady ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ ♪ Slow down ♪ ♪ Steady, steady ♪ ♪ Easy now, I know you're ready, ready ♪ ♪ Baby, you're goin' too fast ♪ ♪ Slow it down, or it won't last ♪ ♪ Hold ♪ ♪ Steady ♪ (upbeat instrumental music)