♪ I had drifted down for miles and I knew ♪ ♪ I could not drift back up ♪ - [Announcer] Tonight on stage, take a front row seat for the inspiration, connection and joy you've been missing.

Stage presents Charlie Parr, live from Slab City.

♪ On a long flat highway in a hail-damaged Chevrolet ♪ - [Announcer] Charlie Parr performs an intimate concert in California's Sonoran Desert.

Featuring songs from his new record, "Last of the Better Days Ahead."

♪ Taking a path that's not your own ♪ ♪ We just let 'em alone ♪ (placid music) ♪ Well, I worked all summer, couldn't save a cent ♪ ♪ I gave of all my money to the government ♪ ♪ I don't know quite how it got spent ♪ ♪ But the banks are coming for my deed ♪ ♪ Man at the mill can't see ♪ ♪ Won't you let me get my feed for free ♪ ♪ But ain't that the way it is ♪ ♪ Well, I cut out down a gravel road ♪ ♪ And I traded my stock for a V84 ♪ ♪ Danced for town down on the floor boards ♪ ♪ And the title owed down to me ♪ ♪ And that gasoline ain't free ♪ ♪ But just clutches ran out my knee ♪ ♪ And ain't that the way it is ♪ (guitar music) ♪ Well I met me a woman down in Saint Paul ♪ ♪ With a little money and a little pole ♪ ♪ But her brother told me that he'd bust my jaw ♪ ♪ If I talked to his sister again ♪ ♪ Told me I wouldn't win ♪ ♪ There's blood running down my chin now ♪ ♪ Ain't that the way it is ♪ ♪ Well I spent all night on the bar room floor ♪ ♪ And woke up this morning my head was sore ♪ ♪ Pockets empty but I want some more ♪ ♪ The bar man's got my car ♪ ♪ Tales worth more by far ♪ ♪ As I leave her down at the bar and say ♪ ♪ Ain't that the way it is ♪ ♪ Well I hitched me a ride on the way back home ♪ ♪ I got me a job on a family farm ♪ ♪ Times are hard here but I can't roll?

♪ ♪ And I ain't got nothing more ♪ ♪ I owe that company store ♪ ♪ And the road's looking good for sure though ♪ ♪ Ain't that the way it is ♪ ♪ Well, I worked all summer, couldn't save a cent ♪ ♪ I gave of all my money to the government ♪ ♪ I don't know quite how it got spent ♪ ♪ But the banks are coming for my deed ♪ ♪ Man at the mill can't see ♪ ♪ Won't you let me get my feed for free ♪ ♪ But ain't that the way it is ♪ - We got most of it, didn't we?

(laughs) Thank you guys.

That's for my dad.

(guitar music) ♪ Well I was walkin' down by Hobson's Creek ♪ ♪ In the mornin' just before it rained ♪ ♪ I was walkin' down by Hobson's Creek ♪ ♪ In the mornin' just before it rained ♪ ♪ The path was slick ♪ ♪ And I stumbled again and again ♪ ♪ Well I was soakin' wet the night before ♪ ♪ Shiverin' in the cold but I was ♪ ♪ Movin' just the same ♪ ♪ Lord I was soakin' wet the night before ♪ ♪ Shiverin' in the cold but I was movin' just the same ♪ ♪ Well the matches in my pocket ♪ ♪ All ruined from the rain ♪ ♪ When I saw a flat boat on the river ♪ ♪ Rain coming down hard ♪ ♪ And I saw a flat boat on the river ♪ ♪ Rain coming down hard ♪ ♪ Ah, but I was used to being wet ♪ ♪ I did not wipe my face at all ♪ ♪ And I paddled out to the current ♪ ♪ I laid down in the bottom ♪ ♪ And I drifted in the storm ♪ ♪ Paddled to the current ♪ ♪ I laid down in the bottom ♪ ♪ And I drifted in the storm ♪ ♪ I could hear the river through the boat ♪ ♪ Like it was knocking on the door ♪ ♪ Well I wanted to drift with the river ♪ ♪ And I wanted to follow it all the way to the gulf ♪ ♪ I wanted to drift with the river ♪ ♪ I wanted to follow it all the way to the gulf ♪ ♪ And the rhythm of the water ♪ ♪ Put me out just like a drug ♪ ♪ Oh, and I had drifted down for miles ♪ ♪ And I knew I could not drift back up ♪ ♪ I had drifted down for miles and I knew ♪ ♪ I could not drift back up ♪ ♪ The clouds were clearin' ♪ ♪ I put my matches out to dry in the sun ♪ (quiet applause) - Thank you.

That's called on fading away.

Doing a couple of new things here tonight.

(guitar strumming) ♪ On a long, flat highway in a hail damaged Chevrolet ♪ ♪ A young woman dreams about her escape ♪ ♪ From a way of life from which she cannot relate ♪ ♪ Pawns in, her options are very slim ♪ ♪ Discouraged and abused, by all of her kin ♪ ♪ Where to begin?

♪ ♪ Well this world looks like it's built for just one kind ♪ ♪ Everybody else is gonna have to sit at the side ♪ ♪ Well there'll never ever be allowed to drive ♪ ♪ Ah, but that's a lie ♪ ♪ They can keep all the pie ♪ ♪ All the time ♪ ♪ This woman feels like she's all alone ♪ ♪ And her house and her town haven't ever felt like home ♪ ♪ And the meshes at the school ♪ ♪ is designed to keep her down ♪ ♪ So calm down ♪ ♪ Sit back down ♪ ♪ Follow our crowd ♪ ♪ Whoever else is around ♪ (guitar picking) ♪ Well this world looks like it's built for just one kind ♪ ♪ Everybody else is going to have to sit at the side.

♪ ♪ Well, they'll never ever be allowed to drive, ♪ ♪ But that's a lie ♪ ♪ So they can keep all the pie ♪ ♪ All the time.

♪ ♪ And I live in a shipping crate over near the dock ♪ ♪ And I make my furniture out of pallets and rocks ♪ ♪ Nobody going to tell me how I live is wrong ♪ ♪ Where I feel welcome, that's where I call my home ♪ ♪ Don't judge nobody taking a path that's not your own ♪ ♪ You just let them alone ♪ ♪ Well this world looks like it's built for just one kind ♪ ♪ Everybody else is gonna have to sit at the side ♪ ♪ We'll never, ever be allowed to drive ♪ ♪ But that's a lie ♪ ♪ So they can keep all the pie ♪ ♪ All the time ♪ (scattered applause) - Thank you guys.

That's called Anaconda.

I'm going to do an older song.

This is on the Doc Boggs wrote.

(guitar strumming) ♪ Come all you good time people ♪ ♪ Well I got money to spend ♪ ♪ Borrow mind me money ♪ ♪ And I neither have a dollar nor friend ♪ ♪ Well seeing I got a penny of money good people ♪ ♪ My friends all gather round ♪ ♪ Soon and my pocket book is empty ♪ ♪ Now a friend only serves can be found ♪ ♪ Well my momma, she told me of plenty good people ♪ ♪ My daddy taught me more ♪ ♪ Son, if you don't quit your wiley way ♪ ♪ You got trouble at your door ♪ ♪ Listen, you don't quit your drinking ♪ ♪ Sometime you'll be just like me ♪ ♪ Working out your living ♪ ♪ In a penitentiary ♪ ♪ It's all around this hotel has it's painted good people ♪ ♪ Forty dollars won't pay my fine ♪ ♪ Corn whiskey has surrounded my body poor boy ♪ ♪ Pretty women is troubling my mind ♪ ♪ Get me cornbread when I'm hungry now people ♪ ♪ Corn whiskey when I'm dry ♪ ♪ Pretty women is standing around me ♪ ♪ Sweet heaven when I die ♪ ♪ Go and dig me a hole in the meadow good people ♪ ♪ Go and dig me a hole in the ground ♪ ♪ Gather round all you kind friends ♪ ♪ See around and go down ♪ ♪ Well when I am dead and I'm buried down people ♪ ♪ My pale face turned to the sun ♪ ♪ Gather round all you women ♪ ♪ And think about the way you've done ♪ ♪ It's at the bottom of the whiskey glass ♪ ♪ Sailor can devil dwells ♪ ♪ Burn your bread then drink it whole ♪ ♪ It'll send your soul to hell ♪ (scattered applause) - Thank you everybody, that's called The Country Blues.

Doc Boggs wrote that.

(guitar strumming) ♪ Have I lived my whole life for it to come down to this?

♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ When I was young, we looked after our folks ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Now is it too much to ask, to repay what you owe?

♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ My grandparents told us we'd reap just what we sowed ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ When I was young ♪ ♪ We looked after our folks ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Well now we're in the way, ♪ ♪ we're both too young or too old ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Well our story is long, you only hear what you want ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ And I worked for my living, I didn't fall on my dreams ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Have I lived my whole life for it to come down to this?

♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ When I was young, we looked after our folks ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Is it too much to ask to repay what you owe?

♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ My grandparents told us we'd reap just what we sow ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Have I lived my whole life for it to come down to this?

♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Well my eyesight is sharp, but I don't know your face ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Remember me.

♪ (scattered applause) - Thank you everybody.

I appreciate that.

(guitar strumming) ♪ Take a look at that big house ♪ ♪ Bigger than they really needed ♪ ♪ He got the dual leads on his pickup ♪ ♪ When the dealer gave him a choice ♪ ♪ Now he's lost his job on the build side ♪ ♪ And he's struggling to feed his boys ♪ ♪ And the red cedar grows, red cedar flows ♪ ♪ Long after you're gone ♪ ♪ It's outlasting you ♪ ♪ Outlasting you ♪ ♪ Outlasting you ♪ ♪ Now his wife is his high school girl ♪ ♪ And they never left this town ♪ ♪ Well it booms and busts ♪ ♪ And it heaves and rusts but ♪ ♪ They can't bear to go ♪ ♪ They couldn't go if they wanted to ♪ ♪ There ain't no work anywhere anymore ♪ ♪ And the red cedar grows, the red cedar flows ♪ ♪ Long after you're gone ♪ ♪ It's outlasting you ♪ ♪ Outlasting you ♪ ♪ Outlasting you ♪ ♪ And she's been serving food down at Buds ♪ ♪ And he can't stand to see her down there ♪ ♪ Where all the desperate men sit and drink ♪ ♪ Stare a little too long at her legs ♪ ♪ Well he sits home with the kids at night ♪ ♪ Hiding the worry on his face ♪ ♪ And the red cedar grows, red cedar flows ♪ ♪ Long after you're gone ♪ ♪ It's outlasting you ♪ ♪ Outlasting you ♪ ♪ Outlasting you ♪ ♪ Well the kids are getting bigger ♪ ♪ And they can't play outside like it used to be ♪ ♪ You know exactly what's lurking out there ♪ ♪ You can see it on the news every night ♪ ♪ And the village that it takes to raise our kids ♪ ♪ Is afraid to come outside ♪ ♪ And the red cedar grows, red cedar flows ♪ ♪ Long after you're gone ♪ ♪ It's outlasting you ♪ ♪ Outlasting you ♪ ♪ Outlasting you ♪ ♪ Tuesday afternoons are the hardest ♪ ♪ Time seems to stand still ♪ ♪ They've piled up quite a few of them now ♪ ♪ Twenty years of not quite 3 o'clock ♪ ♪ And time moves as fast as it ever did ♪ ♪ There ain't nothing you can do to slow it down ♪ ♪ And the red cedar grows, red cedar flows ♪ ♪ Long after you're gone ♪ ♪ It's outlasting you ♪ ♪ It's outlasting ♪ ♪ Outlasting you ♪ (scattered applause) - Over the red cedar.

(guitar strumming) ♪ How do you know that I don't have a soul ♪ ♪ How can you look me in the eye and tell me no ♪ ♪ When a soul is a soul is a soul is a soul ♪ ♪ Well I've been forced down ever since I was just small ♪ ♪ I've been tied in the hall ♪ ♪ I've been chained out of doors ♪ ♪ When a soul is a soul is a soul is a soul ♪ ♪ Well you take the bed lifted it up off the floor ♪ ♪ Now how do you know I'm not as good as you are?

♪ ♪ When a soul is a soul is a soul is a soul ♪ ♪ You say that I need to be trained ♪ ♪ You won't when nature demands ♪ ♪ And a soul is a soul is a soul is a soul ♪ ♪ You have habits that define your kind ♪ ♪ But you deny me mine most all of the time ♪ ♪ And a soul is a soul is a soul is a soul ♪ ♪ Leave me to sit by the kitchen door ♪ ♪ Just to watch it rain and listen to it pour ♪ ♪ A soul is a soul is a soul is a soul ♪ ♪ Rain down the water that created us both ♪ ♪ My old mans soul in this old dog's coat ♪ ♪ A soul is a soul is a soul is a soul ♪ ♪ A soul is a soul is a soul is a soul ♪ ♪ A soul is a soul is a soul is a soul ♪ (scattered applause) - Thank you everybody.

(guitar strumming) ♪ Well me and my buddy, Ed ♪ ♪ You know we were walking down by the dock one day ♪ ♪ Just looking at all them good looking boats out there ♪ ♪ Oh I wish I had a boat, says Ed ♪ ♪ I laughed cuz' he's always broke ♪ ♪ I said, Ed, you can't even afford to float ♪ ♪ You can't afford to float, Ed.

♪ ♪ Drifting away from the shore ♪ ♪ Well we got down now near the end ya know ♪ ♪ All the sail boats are tied up out there ♪ ♪ With a big, tall mast bobbing around in the air ♪ ♪ Ed says, Oh I could sail one of those ♪ ♪ Hell, you don't even need a key ♪ ♪ I said, Ed, it ain't that easy ♪ ♪ I don't believe it's that easy, Ed ♪ ♪ Drifting away from the shore ♪ ♪ Ed said I had no experience in the matter ♪ ♪ He proceeded to untie a boat ♪ ♪ And then he just jumped right inside ♪ ♪ Oh yeah, I followed him in, of course ♪ ♪ I think it was a bad idea ♪ ♪ Cuz now we are drifting away from the dock ♪ ♪ We're drifting away from the shore, Ed ♪ ♪ We are drifting away from the shore ♪ ♪ Ed, he pulls on the tiller, you know ♪ ♪ Cranks on some levels and tells me to row ♪ ♪ I said, Ed, there ain't any paddles ♪ ♪ And someone on the dock is yelling at us ♪ ♪ And he sounds pretty mad and I begin to regret ♪ ♪ Taking a walk with Ed ♪ ♪ Oh, I wish I'd stayed at home, Ed ♪ ♪ Drifting away from the shore ♪ ♪ Well, Eddy yells, Aw, let's just beat it then ♪ ♪ He jumped right over the side of the boat ♪ ♪ And he started to swim like a fool for the shoreline ♪ ♪ But I can't swim ♪ ♪ I never even learned how and now I'm sitting here ♪ ♪ In this stolen boat wondering what it's gonna feel like ♪ ♪ To get shot ♪ ♪ Oh I bet that's gonna hurt, Ed ♪ ♪ Drifting away from the shore ♪ ♪ Well, suddenly I'm surrounded by angry people ♪ ♪ Yelling at me through bullhorns ♪ ♪ You know what I didn't even know ♪ ♪ That the police even had a boat ♪ ♪ On the way back down to the dock, I saw Ed ♪ ♪ Climbing onto the rocks and hauling ass down the sidewalk ♪ ♪ Don't ask me to go walking with you again, Ed ♪ ♪ Drifting away from the shore ♪ (scattered applause) - You guys okay for a few more songs?

You cold, wanna go home?

(guitar strumming) ♪ My father was a sailor ♪ ♪ Sailed the salt and sea ♪ ♪ And he left me alone when I was three ♪ ♪ Lord have mercy on me ♪ ♪ Now my father was a farmer ♪ ♪ He cut the soil with a plow ♪ ♪ And he fed me when I was a boy ♪ ♪ I'd love to see him now ♪ ♪ Well my father was a fisherman with a net, a bucket ♪ ♪ And a beer ♪ ♪ And I cried when the waves rocked the boat ♪ ♪ And he smiled and said, I'm here, son ♪ ♪ And my father was a sailor ♪ ♪ He sailed the salt and sea ♪ ♪ And he left me alone when I was three ♪ ♪ May the Lord have mercy on me ♪ ♪ My dog dreams he's there ♪ ♪ Walking with a neighbor while storm clouds ♪ ♪ Skip through the air ♪ ♪ My daddy joined the union and he worked at the factory ♪ ♪ And he retired with a broken back and he was only 63 ♪ ♪ Now dad's gone on to glory ♪ ♪ And the rest of the world moves on ♪ ♪ So I slip off to that fishing hold ♪ ♪ And wait for my time to come ♪ ♪ Wait for my time to come ♪ (scattered applause) - Thanks so much everybody.

Let's go do the dealer.

I appreciate that you guys.

I'll do a couple more things here.

Maybe, uh.

I tried to write down some things I wanted to play, but I hate that.

I look at it and I think, I dunno why waste my time writing stuff down.

(laughs) (guitar strumming) ♪ Well I woke up this morning ♪ ♪ I saw the blue walking like a man ♪ ♪ Well I woke up this morning ♪ ♪ I saw the blue walking like a man ♪ ♪ I said, hey world blues, give me your right hand ♪ ♪ Blue ♪ ♪ Got me all tore upside down ♪ ♪ Blue, well ♪ ♪ Got me all tore upside down ♪ ♪ Well I say all turn off but I just won't turn you down ♪ ♪ Oh, the blue ♪ ♪ Locked down in a naked chill ♪ ♪ Blue my ♪ ♪ Locked down in a naked chills ♪ ♪ Lord and you never had them ♪ ♪ Hope you never will ♪ ♪ Blues ♪ ♪ Like a low down aching heart disease ♪ ♪ You're blue ♪ ♪ Low down aching heart disease ♪ ♪ My consumption's killing me bad ♪ ♪ I can smell the rain coming ♪ ♪ Gonna drive my blues away ♪ ♪ I can smell the rain coming ♪ ♪ Drive my blues away ♪ ♪ Yes, I'm going to Steerage, momma ♪ ♪ Stay out there all day ♪ (scattered applause) - Thank you everybody.

I've jumped the devil.

That's a song that Robert Johnson wrote, one of my heroes.

Thank you all for stopping by, what a beautiful place and nice folks.

I really appreciate being here tonight.

(guitar strums) ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for the year of Jubilee ♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for what's bound to be ♪ ♪ Are you ready to be united with your mother and your son ♪ ♪ Ready, are you ready for Jubilee to come?

♪ ♪ Are you ready to leave your dirt behind ♪ ♪ And work out on the land ♪ ♪ Accept your little paycheck from a farmer's careless tan ♪ ♪ Are you ready to turn the key to your mansion ♪ ♪ And your lock ♪ ♪ Share the excess of your wealth ♪ ♪ And all that you have got ♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for the year of Jubilee ♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for what is bound to be ♪ ♪ Are you ready to be united with your mother and your son ♪ ♪ Ready, are you ready for Jubilee to come?

♪ ♪ Well you leave behind your friends when you move ♪ ♪ On to that hill ♪ ♪ Gaze down upon them as strangers often will ♪ ♪ Are you ready to make decisions♪ ♪ that'll surely cost a life ♪ ♪ Turn your back on them all, the children and wife ♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for the year of Jubilee ♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for what is bound to be ♪ ♪ Are you ready to be united with your mother and your son ♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for Jubilee to come?

♪ ♪ Are you ready to take your share now ♪ ♪ And share around all the rest?

♪ ♪ Make sure that none go hungry or have no place to rest ♪ ♪ Knock down all the highs and fill in all the lows ♪ ♪ Put your pack upon your back, it's the year of Jubilo ♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for the year of Jubilee?

♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for what is bound to be?

♪ ♪ Are you ready to be united with your mother and your son ♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for Jubilee?

♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready for Jubilee to ♪ ♪ Are you ready, are you ready ♪ ♪ For Jubilee to come ♪ (scattered applause) - Thank you everybody.

Thanks for coming out, I really appreciate it.

It's good to see you guys, I'm glad you're here.

(guitar strumming) ♪ You see all these old ladies ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the cheap wine ♪ ♪ They ain't no better ♪ ♪ They ain't no than these bums ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the cheap wine ♪ ♪ I'm leaning against the counter on a gloomy day ♪ ♪ Snow falling to the sidewalks and the entryway ♪ ♪ For all the old folks ♪ ♪ The bums and hustlers and the rude kids ♪ ♪ I can't stand the sight of any of them ♪ ♪ I wish I could sell this place ♪ ♪ I wish I could buy a boat ♪ ♪ And sail away ♪ ♪ You see, all these old ladies ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the cheap wine ♪ ♪ They ain't no better ♪ ♪ They ain't no better than these bums ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the cheap wine ♪ ♪ I know I ain't got it so bad ♪ ♪ I can go home at night ♪ ♪ Sometimes ♪ ♪ I quit drinking while I wondered there ain't nobody ♪ ♪ Here to bother me ♪ ♪ There ain't no one here to bother me ♪ ♪ I keep the store open past curfew some nights ♪ ♪ So I don't have to go home ♪ ♪ You see all these old ladies ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the cheap wine ♪ ♪ They ain't no better ♪ ♪ They ain't no better than these bums ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the cheap wine ♪ ♪ I never meant to do anything wrong ♪ ♪ Or do any harm ♪ ♪ But I framed that kid ♪ ♪ He wasn't so bright ♪ ♪ God, he wasn't so bright ♪ ♪ He was just drunk all the time ♪ ♪ Anyway, they killed him, not me ♪ ♪ I've got a business here to run ♪ ♪ And I've got property here ♪ ♪ He had nothing ♪ ♪ I see all these old ladies ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the cheap wine ♪ ♪ They ain't no better ♪ ♪ They ain't no better than these bums ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the same ♪ ♪ I'm better than all this ♪ ♪ And that crazy derlicht he can go to hell ♪ ♪ And I'm better than this ♪ ♪ I make my own way ♪ ♪ Sometimes ♪ ♪ And I opened the store an hour before daybreak ♪ ♪ Put all the labels facing out ♪ ♪ I'm so tired of the labels ♪ ♪ And what they say, and it's all cheap wine ♪ ♪ See all these old ladies ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the cheap wine ♪ ♪ They ain't no better ♪ ♪ They ain't no better than these bums ♪ ♪ Coming in here to buy the cheap wine ♪ ♪ I'm leaning against the counter on a gloomy day ♪ ♪ Snowfall through the sidewalks and the entryway ♪ (scattered applause) - Thank you everybody.

It's called Cheap Wine.

I appreciate that.

I'll do something new.

If this doesn't work out, we might have to delete it.

(laughs) (guitar strumming) ♪ Well money can't buy back that 64 Falcon ♪ ♪ That you sold in your twenties,♪ ♪ then regretted it was gone ♪ ♪ 'cause you thought it contained some meaning ♪ ♪ Or some answers to a life ♪ ♪ That you never bothered to question ♪ ♪ Or even take a good, close look at ♪ ♪ And it broke your heart to see ♪ ♪ How it had been so important ♪ ♪ From the feeling of the steering wheel ♪ ♪ To the rubber on the road ♪ ♪ Now it's grown to unrealistic proportions ♪ ♪ In your mind ♪ ♪ Now you're in you fifties ♪ ♪ Why can't you forget ♪ ♪ How the chrome bumpers shined in the sun ♪ ♪ If you could just go back, even for a minute ♪ ♪ You could forget how you don't even know ♪ ♪ What it was that you lost ♪ ♪ Why you feel so empty, in spite of all you have ♪ ♪ Were those feelings you remember even real?

♪ ♪ And were they honestly about some junky old Falcon ♪ ♪ Or any other thing ♪ ♪ That you could own ♪ ♪ Because now it's all so stale ♪ ♪ And you feel so very old ♪ ♪ Like you've taken all your chances ♪ ♪ And tossed them all aside ♪ ♪ For some stupid piece of metal ♪ ♪ Like shiny bits of trash ♪ ♪ That line the stolen nest of a greedy neighborhood crow ♪ ♪ You drive back to your hometown ♪ ♪ To visit with your past ♪ ♪ But nothing looks the same anymore ♪ ♪ You see how much you squandered ♪ ♪ While you were shining all that chrome ♪ ♪ You were handed all you needed without cost ♪ ♪ But you were too blind to see it ♪ ♪ And you took it all for granted ♪ ♪ And now you want to complain ♪ ♪ Tell me just what it was that you lost ♪ ♪ And now you start to panic ♪ ♪ Because your gas is running low ♪ ♪ And you need to find some meaning ♪ ♪ Before you're stranded on the road ♪ ♪ And when the engine finally dies ♪ ♪ Near a soybean field at dusk ♪ ♪ You just sit and watch the sunset ♪ ♪ Turn the entire sky to rust ♪ ♪ Turn the entire sky to rust ♪ ♪ The entire sky to rust ♪ (scattered applause) - Aw man, I appreciate you guys.

Thank you everybody.

(laughs) Oh man, that was fun.

(guitar music) ♪ Have I lived my whole life, for it to come down to this?

♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ When I was young, we looked after our folks ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ Now is it too much to ask to repay what you owe ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ ♪ My grandparents told us we'd reap just what we sow ♪ ♪ Remember me if I forget ♪ - [Announcer] Funding for Stage has been provided by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage fund and these funders.