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The Matt Arthur Contraption "Runnin'"
8/2/2025 | 5m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
The Matt Arthur Contraption, Ellendale, MN, performs "Runnin'".
Matt Arthur is a southern-Minnesota blind man who learned to sing by listening to gospel records as a child. He writes and records songs that mimic '70s-style folk and country renegade tunes. Matt Arthur and the Contraption include fellow musicians Bill Patten and Faith Eskola who have been adding their influences of old-time rock and roll to the lineup.
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The Matt Arthur Contraption "Runnin'"
8/2/2025 | 5m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
Matt Arthur is a southern-Minnesota blind man who learned to sing by listening to gospel records as a child. He writes and records songs that mimic '70s-style folk and country renegade tunes. Matt Arthur and the Contraption include fellow musicians Bill Patten and Faith Eskola who have been adding their influences of old-time rock and roll to the lineup.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle music) ♪ Honey, I see that fire burning ♪ ♪ On the horizon ♪ (gentle music) ♪ The smell of smoke ♪ ♪ Is heavy in the air ♪ (gentle music) ♪ I can't tell just which way ♪ ♪ That fire's burning ♪ (gentle music) ♪ But it's sure looking like it's getting mighty near ♪ (gentle music) ♪ After all we've been through ♪ ♪ I sure hope we can make it through this ♪ (gentle music) ♪ It's hard to leave all you've ever known ♪ (gentle music) ♪ And there will be a lot ♪ ♪ That we'll be missing ♪ (gentle music) ♪ But I promise you, honey, I'll find us a new home ♪ ♪ Right now we gotta get running ♪ - Come on, honey, grab what you can and get in the car ♪ We gotta get running ♪ ♪ Yeah, we gotta get running ♪ ♪ We gotta get running ♪ ♪ Wouldn't you know it ♪ ♪ They've got the highway shut down ♪ (lively music) ♪ Not so sure ♪ ♪ Just how I'm gonna get us out of here ♪ (lively music) ♪ I'm kind of thinking ♪ ♪ I'm gonna have to do something crazy ♪ (lively music) ♪ Yeah, it sure does looks like Hell from here ♪ (lively music) ♪ Well, I guess I'm just gonna have to take the ditch ♪ (lively music) ♪ Yeah, drive right through that fire, honey ♪ ♪ This just might be it ♪ (lively music) ♪ Can't stop now ♪ ♪ Honey, don't you want to live ♪ ♪ We've gotta keep running ♪ Come on old car you can't stop now ♪ Gotta keep it running ♪ ♪ Yeah, we better keep running ♪ ♪ Gotta keep running ♪ (lively music) (lively music continues) (gentle music) We made it over the mountain And now we're out of danger (gentle music) It's hard to understand Just how or why we ever made it (gentle music) All I can tell you, honey is I couldn't have done it without you ♪ You and I will be running ♪ ♪ Deep in love forever running ♪ ♪ Forever running ♪ ♪ Hundred times, running, running, running, running, running ♪ ♪ You and I forever running ♪ ♪ Deep in love forever running ♪ ♪ Running, running, running, running ♪ ♪ You and I forever running ♪ (lively music) ♪ You and I forever running ♪ ♪ Deep in love forever running ♪ - [Narrator] Funded by the Minnesota Arts and Culture Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4th, 2008.
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