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The Avett Brothers
Season 50 Episode 5010 | 53m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
The Avett Brothers perform gems from their first album in five years in a high-energy hour.
Fan-favorites The Avett Brothers thrill in a high-energy, career-spanning hour packed with highlights and new songs from their namesake first album in five years. The North Carolina roots and alt-country trailblazers dazzle with gorgeous harmonies.
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The Avett Brothers
Season 50 Episode 5010 | 53m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Fan-favorites The Avett Brothers thrill in a high-energy, career-spanning hour packed with highlights and new songs from their namesake first album in five years. The North Carolina roots and alt-country trailblazers dazzle with gorgeous harmonies.
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♪♪ -♪ Didn't know how ♪ ♪ Didn't know how good it was ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Then I grew up ♪ ♪ And hit the city ♪ ♪ But the skyscrapers never get me ♪ ♪ I fly above 'em all the time, straight through cloud nine ♪ ♪ Flowing fast like the Mississippi ♪ ♪ Flowing fast like the Mississippi, whoo ♪ ♪♪ -Austin City Limits celebrates 50 years.
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♪♪ [ Audience chanting indistinctly ] -Austin City Limits!
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-50 years of Austin City Limits!
-Celebrating 50 years of great music, it's "Austin City Limits."
[ Cheers and applause ] -Bringing spirituality down to earth, The Avett Brothers.
-♪ I got regret ♪ -♪ Soul debt ♪ -♪ Gotta get one hit ♪ -♪ Sunlit, unfit, still owe my alma mater ♪ -♪ Nightmare, slow throwin', haymakers underwater ♪ -♪ Gotta get my hair right ♪ -♪ Love you, goodnight ♪ -♪ Gotta get cleaned up, dressed up, pressed up ♪ -♪ Sun down comes around, find me with my head down ♪ -♪ Toes turned in with my hands in my pockets ♪ -♪ Like a present day hesitatin' Huckleberry Finn ♪ -♪ So I sneak out ♪ -♪ Peace out ♪ -♪ Peek out the curtains of a blacked-out bedroom ♪ -♪ Passed-out cartoon ♪ -♪ Version of a person with a whole herd of sheep ♪ -♪ Just floatin' in a circle with some capital Z's ♪ -♪ Never find me waiting kindly ♪ ♪ For someone to come remind me ♪ ♪ Why I struggle so ♪ -[ Indistinct ] ♪ Well, it's all for the love of a girl ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I got one older brother, he's a fighter and a lover ♪ ♪ And every other day, he seems to rediscover ♪ ♪ What the underlying meaning ♪ ♪ Of the dreaming and the scheming is ♪ ♪ History colliding with the soul and the showbiz ♪ -♪ Don't save much for a touchdown celebration ♪ ♪ Runnin' out the tunnel on a 100-foot elevator ♪ ♪ Racin' through the scene like a drop of gasoline ♪ ♪ Through a 427 in a Ford Galaxy ♪ -♪ Never find him waiting patient ♪ ♪ For someone to come explain it ♪ ♪ Why he suffers so ♪ -Come on!
-♪ Well, it's all for the love of a girl ♪ ♪♪ Whoo!
♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ It's a hard up, hard luck planet that we're livin' on ♪ -♪ Heartache partaken of the blue ribbon on ♪ -♪ Most of the trails that we didn't put rails on ♪ -♪ Showing at the funeral home with bells on ♪ -♪ Gotta get woken up, opened up all the way ♪ -♪ Lawyer on the phone saying, "Hey, I just called to say ♪ -♪ Still two or three bills in the mail on the way ♪ -♪ Hope you doin' alright, hope ya had a great day" ♪ -♪ Well, as a matter of fact, I ain't really doin' half bad ♪ ♪ I was out running errands from early till half past four ♪ ♪ And I got a good deal on flowers at the grocery store ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Never find me waiting kindly ♪ ♪ For someone to come remind me ♪ ♪ Why I struggle so ♪ ♪ Why I struggle ♪ ♪ Sooooooooo ♪ -♪ Well, it's all for the love of a girl ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] Alright!
[ "2020 Regret" plays ] ♪♪ -♪ I still love you like I did ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Sometimes I fail to let you know ♪ ♪♪ ♪ We were holding hands ♪ ♪ When the ground beneath us slid ♪ ♪ Now we're barreling down the mountain ♪ ♪ Don't let go ♪ ♪♪ ♪ So many moments pass me by ♪ ♪♪ ♪ My lover's hope is bound to fade ♪ ♪♪ ♪ A night with you is such a precious thing to miss ♪ ♪ Here I go again ♪ ♪ Pissing it away ♪ ♪♪ ♪ But I still love you like I did ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Sometimes I fail to let you know ♪ ♪♪ ♪ We were holding hands ♪ ♪ When the ground beneath us slid ♪ ♪ Now we're barreling down the mountain ♪ ♪ Don't let go ♪ ♪ Now we're barreling down the mountain ♪ ♪ Don't let go ♪ ♪♪ -♪ I spent all that precious time ♪ ♪ Somewhere else back then ♪ ♪ Even when I wasn't gone ♪ ♪ I might as well have been ♪ ♪ Lord, I regret plenty ♪ ♪ With this 20/20 view ♪ ♪ But the fault's all mine ♪ ♪ 'Cause there's never been a time ♪ ♪ I regretted time with you ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I let my fear of loss take hold ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I will the fate of your heart ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I couldn't blame you ♪ ♪ If you discovered the things you wanted ♪ -♪ Far away from me ♪ ♪ And went to where they are ♪ ♪ You turned away from me ♪ ♪ And went to where they are ♪ ♪♪ -♪ But I still love you like I did ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Sometimes I fail to let you know ♪ ♪♪ ♪ We were holding hands ♪ ♪ When the ground beneath us slid ♪ ♪ Now we're barreling down the mountain ♪ ♪ Don't let go ♪ ♪ Now we're barreling down the mountain ♪ ♪ Don't let go ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I spent all that precious time ♪ ♪ Somewhere else back then ♪ ♪ Even when I wasn't gone ♪ ♪ I might as well have been ♪ ♪ Lord, I regret plenty ♪ ♪ With this 20/20 view ♪ ♪ But the fault's all mine ♪ ♪ 'Cause there's never been a time ♪ ♪ I regretted time with you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, the fault's all mine ♪ ♪ 'Cause there's never been a time ♪ ♪ I regretted time with you ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "I Wish I Was" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I wish I was a flame ♪ ♪ Dancing in a candle ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Lighting up your living room ♪ ♪ High on the mantle ♪ ♪ I could bring some romance ♪ ♪ Without any scandal ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And then when you were done ♪ ♪ You'd just put me out ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I wish I was a tune ♪ ♪ You sang in your kitchen ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Putting your groceries away ♪ ♪ And washing your dishes ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I could float around your tongue and ease the tension ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And then when you were done ♪ ♪ You'd just quiet down ♪ ♪ Mm ♪ ♪♪ -♪ But if I get too close ♪ ♪ Will the magic fade?
♪ ♪ Would I turn you off or away?
♪ ♪ If I pull you in ♪ ♪ Would I push you out ♪ ♪ Of something here you care about?
♪ ♪ I'm at a loss for what to do ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'm drawn to you ♪ ♪♪ -♪ I wish I was a sweater ♪ ♪ Just wrapped around your hips ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And when it got too cold ♪ ♪ Into me you'd slip ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And when the sun came back ♪ ♪ Darlin', you would hang me up ♪ ♪ Mm, and I would watch you ♪ ♪ While you undress ♪ ♪♪ -♪ But if I get too clooooose ♪ ♪ Will the magic fade?
♪ ♪ Would I turn you off or away?
♪ ♪ If I pull you in ♪ ♪ Now would I push you out ♪ ♪ Of something here you care about?
♪ ♪♪ ♪ Well, I'm at a loss ♪ ♪ For what to do ♪ ♪♪ ♪ But I'm drawn to you ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ I'm not a song ♪ ♪ I'm not a sweater ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'm not a fire ♪ ♪ No, I'm something better ♪ -Yeah, you are.
-♪ I'm a man in love ♪ ♪ Writing you a letter ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Will you take it?
♪ ♪ Will you keep it?
♪ ♪ Will you read it?
♪ ♪ Believe it ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ I'm sorry ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "Laundry Room" plays ] ♪♪ -♪ Don't push me out ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Just a little longer ♪ Little bit!
-♪ Stall your mother ♪ ♪ Disregard your father's words ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Close the laundry door ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Tiptoe across the floor ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Keep your clothes on ♪ ♪ I've got all that I can take ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Teach me how to use ♪ ♪ The love that people say you made ♪ Where's it at, Austin?
[ Cheers and applause ] Where's it at?
♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ ♪ Stop your sister's car ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I just saw a shooting star ♪ -♪ We can wish upon it ♪ ♪ We won't share the wish we made ♪ -No, no!
-♪ But I can't keep no secrets ♪ -No, no!
-♪ I wish that you would always stay ♪ -Stay here, mama.
-Please.
-♪ Last night I dreamt the whole night long ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And I woke with a head full of songs ♪ ♪♪ -♪ I spent the whole day ♪ ♪ I wrote 'em down, but it's a shame ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Tonight I'll burn the lyrics ♪ ♪ 'Cause every chorus was your name ♪ Here we go!
Let's go, Bonnie.
♪♪ ♪♪ Go, Bonnie.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Break this tired old routine ♪ ♪ It goes on and on ♪ ♪ And this time don't let me leave ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I am a breathing time machine ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I'll take you all for a ride ♪ ♪ I am a breathing time machine ♪ -♪ I am a breathing time machine ♪ -♪ I am a breathing time machine ♪ -♪ And I'll take you all for a ride ♪ -♪ Break this tired old routine ♪ -♪ Oh, man, I am a breathing time machine ♪ -♪ And this time don't make me leave ♪ Come on!
Let's go!
♪♪ Whoo!
♪♪ Yeah!
♪♪ ♪♪ -Whoo!
♪♪ -One, two, three, four!
♪♪ Whoo-hoo!
♪♪ Whoo!
♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ -Yeah!
-Whoo-hoo!
♪♪ ♪♪ Alright!
[ "Talk on Indolence" plays ] ♪♪ -♪ Well, I've been lockin' myself ♪ ♪ Up in my house for sometime now ♪ -♪ Readin' and writin' and readin' and thinkin' ♪ ♪ And searching for reasons and missing the seasons ♪ ♪ The autumn, the spring, the summer, the snow ♪ ♪ The record will stop and the record will go ♪ ♪ Latches latched the windows down ♪ ♪ The dog coming in and the dog going out ♪ ♪ Up with caffeine and down with a shot ♪ ♪ Constantly worried about what I've got ♪ ♪ Distracting my work, but I can't make a stop ♪ ♪ And my confidence on and my confidence off ♪ ♪ And I sink to the bottom and rise to the top ♪ ♪ And I think to myself that I do this a lot ♪ ♪ World outside just goes, it goes, it goes, it goes ♪ ♪ It goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes ♪ -♪ And witness it all from the blinds of my window ♪ -♪ Three, four ♪ -♪ I'm a little nervous ♪ ♪ 'Bout what you'll think ♪ ♪ When you see me ♪ ♪ In my swimming trunks ♪ -♪ And last night in New York ♪ ♪ I got raging drunk ♪ ♪ Remember one time ♪ ♪ I got raging drunk with... ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Now, I can recall ♪ ♪ A time when we made the city ♪ ♪ Streets our playground ♪ ♪ Kissing in the fountains ♪ -♪ Filled with cigarettes and bottles ♪ ♪ Sped through Italian ♪ ♪ City streets of cobblestone ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Because we had to ♪ -No choice.
♪♪ -♪ Because I loved you ♪ -Oh, I did, mama.
Yeah, I swear I did.
♪♪ -♪ Because the damned alcohol ♪ ♪ Because whatever at all ♪ ♪♪ -Let's go!
That's right!
Help us out now!
Come on!
[ Clapping ] -Yeah!
♪ Now I've grown too aware of my mortality ♪ ♪ To let go and forget about dying ♪ -♪ Long enough to drop the hammer down ♪ ♪ And let the -- let's go, Austin ♪ ♪ Wild and flying through ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -Whoo!
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Because we had to ♪ -We had no choice!
♪♪ -♪ Because I loved you ♪ -I did, mama!
Yeah, I swear I did.
♪♪ -♪ Because we had to ♪ -♪ Oh, oh, because we had to ♪ -♪ Because we had to ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Because we had to ♪ -No choice.
♪♪ ♪ Because we had to ♪ No choice.
♪♪ -♪ Because we had to ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ "Cheap Coffee" plays ] -Alright!
Thanks so much, y'all, for the help with that rhythm.
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Cheap coffee brewing in the kitchen ♪ ♪ From the babies room you were calling me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ First steps I missed made up by the second ones ♪ ♪ In a 3-room apartment all of 800 square feet ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Didn't know how ♪ ♪ Didn't know how good it was ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Didn't know how ♪ ♪ Didn't know how good it was ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Moonlight on your breast ♪ ♪ Broken by the black straps of your dress ♪ ♪ Broken by my grip ♪ ♪♪ ♪ First love I missed made up by the last one ♪ ♪ Makes me smile as the last of my memory slips ♪ ♪ Into the past ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Didn't know how ♪ ♪ Didn't know how it could go so fast ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Didn't know how ♪ ♪ Didn't know how it could go so fast ♪ ♪♪ -♪ When I think about the two of us ♪ ♪ And what could happen just because ♪ ♪ Something can break ♪ ♪ It don't mean that it will ♪ ♪♪ ♪ What were we waiting for ♪ ♪ All we dreamt and so much more ♪ ♪ It was ours ♪ ♪ But it's ours still ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Little hands building things ♪ ♪ Climbing mountains, tracing stars, chasing dreams ♪ ♪♪ ♪ First light I missed made up by the afterglow ♪ ♪ I can still feel the warmth of your love light shining on me ♪ -♪ Didn't know how ♪ ♪ Didn't know how good it could be ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Didn't know how ♪ ♪ Didn't know how good it could be ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Didn't know ♪ ♪ Didn't know it could go so fast ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Didn't know ♪ ♪ Didn't know it could go so fast ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Cheap coffee brewing in the kitchen ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Cheap coffee brewing ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Cheap coffee brewing in the kitchen ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Cheap coffee brewing ♪ ♪♪ -You're going to have a long life, maybe 'bout 200 and million lives.
-Yeah.
-Is that the most highest number?
-Well, the highest number is infinity.
-Infinity?
-Yep, and that's a number that never ends.
-Oh, gosh.
-Yeah.
Very, very, very, very -- Well, it's just...
It's not even a very high number.
It's just... it's a number that never ends.
[ Echoing ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ "We Are Loved" plays ] ♪♪ -♪ Whether we speak up ♪ ♪ Or we are silent ♪ ♪ If we are willing ♪ ♪ Or we are done ♪ ♪♪ ♪ If we're courageous ♪ ♪ Or we are cowards ♪ ♪ We may be burdened ♪ ♪ But we are loved ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Whether we stay true ♪ ♪ And do for another ♪ ♪ If we are hidden ♪ ♪ Or we're discovered ♪ ♪ If we're forgiven ♪ ♪ Or we're forgotten ♪ ♪ We may be lonely ♪ ♪ But we are loved ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Every stitch and seam ♪ ♪ Every wish and dream ♪ ♪ Even in tragedy ♪ ♪ There lies divinity ♪ ♪ Even as hope seems lost ♪ ♪ It may be found again ♪ ♪ I have felt alone ♪ ♪ But I have never been ♪ ♪♪ -♪ If you are standing ♪ ♪ Or you cannot stop moving ♪ ♪ If you are haunted ♪ ♪ Or you cannot remember ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Over the gravestone ♪ ♪ Under the rainbow ♪ ♪ Pain comes and pain goes ♪ ♪ And we are loved ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Every stitch and seam ♪ ♪ Every wish and dream ♪ ♪ Even in tragedy ♪ ♪ There lies divinity ♪ ♪ Even as hope seems lost ♪ ♪ It may be found again ♪ ♪ I have felt alone ♪ ♪ But I have never been ♪ ♪♪ ♪ If we are spirit ♪ ♪ Or we are human ♪ ♪ Crossing the river ♪ ♪ Or harboring change ♪ ♪♪ ♪ If we deny it ♪ ♪ Or if we face it ♪ ♪ May we embrace it ♪ ♪♪ ♪ We are loved ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -Love you, too!
♪ I was a country kid through and through ♪ ♪ I got my bare feet bit by a wreckin' crew ♪ ♪ Of fire ants on a mission ♪ ♪ For total domination of the front yard ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Three years old on a ramshackle farm ♪ ♪ Winnie the Pooh in the crook of my arm ♪ ♪ Brother and sister not meaning no harm, pickin' on me ♪ ♪ I was a country kid with a strong foundation ♪ ♪ Gettin' myself a whole second education ♪ ♪ In the back of the bus ♪ ♪ Kids kissin' and cussin' all around me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ One more pickup in the trailer park ♪ ♪ Hand-to-mouth livin'll break a young heart ♪ ♪ Beautiful girl with a hard, hard look in her eyes ♪ ♪♪ -♪ Then I grew up and hit the city ♪ ♪ But the skyscrapers never get me ♪ ♪ I fly above 'em all the time, straight through cloud nine ♪ ♪ Flowing fast like the Mississippi ♪ -♪ I was a country kid shootin' hoops in the dirt ♪ ♪ Hidin' smokes in the pocket of a homemade shirt ♪ ♪ Runnin' laps in the yard ♪ ♪ Until my little legs hurt and then goin' again ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Six feet of air off a plywood ramp ♪ ♪ Dad's welding machine parked where I would land ♪ ♪ All I could taste was blood ♪ ♪ All I could feel were the rocks ♪ ♪ In the palms of my hands ♪ ♪ I was a country kid throwin' parties in the woods ♪ ♪ Draggin' my friends out of their neighborhoods ♪ ♪ Jealous of their cable TV and their girls next door ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Slippin' off into the dark of the night ♪ ♪ The shape of a body traced by moonlight ♪ ♪ Interrupted by some other kid wantin' to fight over her ♪ Let's go!
-♪ Then I grew up and hit the city ♪ ♪ But the skyscrapers never get me ♪ ♪ I fly above 'em all the time, straight through cloud nine ♪ ♪ Flowing fast like the Mississippi ♪ ♪ Flowing fast like the Mississippi, whoo ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I was a country kid ♪ -♪ Now I'm grown with a job and a wife and a son of my own ♪ ♪ Navigatin' time zones ♪ ♪ Inspectin' the bones of the second half ♪ ♪ Talkin' to God a little more often ♪ ♪ Less requests and more sayin' thank you ♪ ♪ For every single town and every single acre in between ♪ That's right!
-♪ 'Cause I grew up and hit the city ♪ ♪ But that metropolis'll never get me ♪ ♪ I fly above it all the time, straight through cloud nine ♪ ♪ Flowing fast like the Mississippi ♪ ♪ Yeah, I grew up and hit the city ♪ ♪ But the skyscrapers never get me ♪ ♪ I fly above 'em all the time, straight through cloud nine ♪ ♪ Flowing fast like the Mississippi ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -One, two, three, four.
[ "As Good As I Once Was" plays ] ♪♪ ♪ She said, "I've seen you in here before" ♪ ♪ I said, "I've been here a time or two" ♪ ♪ She said, "Hello, my name is Bobby Jo ♪ ♪ Meet my twin sister, Betty Lou ♪ ♪ And we're both feeling kinda wild tonight ♪ ♪ You're the only cowboy in this place ♪ ♪ If you're up for a rodeo ♪ ♪ I'll put a big Texas smile on your face" ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ I said, "Girls... ♪ -♪ I ain't as good as I once was ♪ ♪ I got a few years on me now ♪ ♪ But there was a time back in my prime ♪ ♪ When I could really lay it down ♪ ♪ So if you need some love tonight ♪ ♪ Then I might have just enough ♪ ♪ I ain't as good as I once was ♪ ♪ But I'm as good once as I ever was" ♪ [ Cheering ] ♪♪ -♪ I still hang out with my best friend Dave ♪ ♪ I've known him since we were kids at school ♪ ♪ Last night he had a few shots ♪ ♪ Got in a tight spot hustling a game of pool ♪ ♪ With a couple of redneck boys ♪ ♪ One great big bad biker man ♪ ♪ I heard David from across the room ♪ ♪ "Hey buddy, how 'bout a helping hand?"
♪ ♪ I said, "Dave... ♪ -♪ I ain't as good as I once was ♪ ♪ My, how the years have flown ♪ ♪ But there was a time back in my prime ♪ ♪ When I could really hold my own ♪ ♪ But if you wanna fight tonight ♪ ♪ Guess them boys don't look all that tough ♪ ♪ I ain't as good as I once was ♪ ♪ But I'm as good once as I ever was" ♪ ♪ I used to be hell on wheels ♪ ♪ Back when I was a younger man ♪ -♪ Now my body says, "You can't do this, boy" ♪ ♪ But my pride says, "Oh, yes, you can" ♪ [ Cheering ] -♪ I ain't as good as I once was ♪ ♪ That's just the cold hard truth ♪ ♪ I still throw a few back, talk a little smack ♪ ♪ When I'm feeling bullet proof ♪ ♪ So don't double dog dare me now ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'd have to call your bluff ♪ ♪ I ain't as good as I once was ♪ ♪ But I'm as good once as I ever was ♪ ♪ May not be good as I once was ♪ ♪ But I'm as good once as I ever was ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah.
Thank you, Toby.
[ Cheers and applause continue ] You guys have all been so good to us, and we can't thank you enough for letting us come here and work for you and play for you.
It is... [ Cheers and applause ] It is our life's work, and we got to have somebody to do it for.
And we thank you so much for being those people.
Thank you, Austin.
Thank you, Texas.
We love y'all.
Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ] We'll see y'all down the road.
[ "No Hard Feelings" plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ When my body won't hold me anymore ♪ ♪ And it finally lets me free ♪ ♪ Will I be ready?
♪ ♪♪ ♪ When my feet won't walk another mile ♪ ♪ And my lips give their last kiss goodbye ♪ ♪ Will my hands be steady ♪ ♪ When I lay down my fears, my hopes, and my doubts?
♪ ♪ The rings on my fingers, and the keys to my house ♪ -♪ With no hard feelings ♪ ♪♪ -♪ When the sun hangs low in the west ♪ ♪ And the light in my chest ♪ ♪ Won't be kept held at bay any longer ♪ ♪♪ ♪ When the jealousy fades away ♪ ♪ And it's ash and dust for cash and lust ♪ ♪ And it's just hallelujah ♪ -♪ And love in thought ♪ ♪ Love in the words ♪ ♪ Love in the songs they sing in the church ♪ ♪ And no hard feelings ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Lord knows they haven't done ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Much good for anyone ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Kept me afraid and cold ♪ ♪♪ ♪ With so much to have and hold ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Mmm, hmm ♪ ♪♪ -♪ When my body won't hold me anymore ♪ ♪ And it finally lets me free ♪ -♪ Where will I go?
♪ ♪♪ -♪ Will the trade winds take me south through Georgia grain?
♪ ♪ Or tropical rain?
♪ ♪ Or snow from the heavens?
♪ ♪♪ ♪ Will I join with the ocean blue?
♪ ♪ Or run into a savior true?
♪ ♪ And shake hands laughing ♪ -♪ And walk through the night, straight to the light ♪ ♪ Holding the love I've known in my life ♪ ♪ And no hard feelings ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Lord knows they haven't done ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Much good for anyone ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Kept me afraid and cold ♪ ♪♪ ♪ With so much to have and hold ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Under the curving sky ♪ ♪ I'm finally learning why ♪ ♪ It matters for me and you ♪ ♪ To say it and mean it too ♪ ♪ For life and its loveliness ♪ ♪ And all of its ugliness ♪ ♪ Good as it's been to me ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I have no enemies ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I have no enemies ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I have no enemies ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I have no enemies ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -We love you, Texas.
[ Cheers and applause continue ] -In a time where we didn't have, you know, a hope in hell, we agreed -- whether we said it or not, we committed to each other in -- in a van or in a small venue where there wasn't any promise that this was gonna be our life or provide a living for us or anything like that.
We made commitments to each other.
In that -- In that regard, we very much just sort of settled the trust issue early.
And that was it.
-Yeah, and there -- there's like a, um... a sort of a self-sustaining fuel in that, especially in the early days where -- where... just by saying to the other members, like, "I'm just gonna do this because you want to, like, not because you have to explain it to me or because I have to..." You know, like, that's a way of us giving each other fuel in the beginning when we weren't getting fuel from anywhere else.
We could give it to each other just by showing the other two, like, you know, "I don't have to completely understand it.
I'm just gonna -- I'm just gonna back you up, period."
♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪