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[upbeat guitar music]

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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- Tommy Prine: How's it going,
Mile o'?

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Doing all right?

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It's my first time in Appleton.

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That <i>is</i> how you
pronounce it, right?

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- Audience: Yeah!
- All right, cool, let's go.

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But thank you all so much
for coming out today.

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It's kinda hard
to describe the feeling

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when I come to a city
for the first time

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and I walk out into a room
of just a whole bunch

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of beautiful people that decided
to come and hear my songs,

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so I really appreciate you guys

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for spending the time
with me today.

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Thank you.

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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["Purple Paint" by Tommy Prine]

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[gentle acoustic guitar music]

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? Well, I never doubted
the colors she chose ?

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? A gallon of red,
grab a couple of those ?

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? And maybe some blue

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? Then we'll call it a night

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? Whatever is clever
or better than white ?

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? And she colors my life

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? When I can't decide

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? Or I'm running in circles

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? And I used to just hide

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? In the absence of light

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? 'Til she gave me
purple paint ?

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? There's no way around it

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? It's all gotta go

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? Start staining the ceiling

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? Don't inhale the smoke

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? Let's have some fun with it

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? Let's have a drink

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? If you can't reach
the corner ?

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? Just stand on the sink

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? And she colors my life

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? When I can't decide

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? Or I'm running in circles

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? And I used to just hide

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? In the absence of light

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? 'Til she gave me
purple paint ?

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[gentle acoustic guitar music]

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? Well, I never doubted
the colors she chose ?

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? Colors so close that
they might touch my nose ?

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? And never's a long time
to not see the light ?

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? And never say never

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? I love you, good night

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? She colors my life

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? When I can't decide

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? Or I'm running in circles

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? And I used to just hide

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? In the absence of light

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? 'Til she gave me purple

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? She colors my life

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? When I can't decide

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? Or I'm running in circles

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? And I couldn't live right

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? When my canvas was white

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? And she gave me purple paint

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[gentle acoustic guitar music]

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[audience applauding]

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Thank you.

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Thank y'all.

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So, sometime last summer,
my wife comes up to me.

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She's like,
"Hey, babe, I gotta run

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"and do some errands
for the evening.

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Could you do me a favor
while I'm out?"

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And I was like, "Anything, babe.

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Just say the word, I got it."

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Mistake one.

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[audience laughing]

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She goes, "While I'm out running
errands and you're at home,

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could you paint
the front porch?"

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[audience laughing]

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I was like, "No, dude,
I don't wanna do that.

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"This sounds crazy.

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I won't even finish in time."

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And she's like,
"All right, sounds good.

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"I think we've reached
an agreement.

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I'm gonna go run errands
and you'll paint the porch."

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I was like,
"You got it, for sure.

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Easy-peasy, consider it done."

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So she leaves.

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I don't paint the porch.

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But what I did do
was I wrote a song

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explaining why I didn't
wanna paint the porch.

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[audience laughing]

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I tell you what, she wasn't as
impressed as you guys just were

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when she came back home.

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But she laughed, like,
halfway through the song

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when I showed it to her,
and I was like,

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"I'm off the hook, let's go."

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This song is called
"Fire and Fuel."

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[gentle acoustic guitar music]

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? Would rather go insane
than paint my porch ?

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? I'd rather get
some fire and fuel ?

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? And fashion me a torch

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? Yes, I'd rather go insane
than paint my porch ?

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? And I'd rather hit my head
than clean my car ?

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? I'd jump right off a roof

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? To prove that
I'd take it that far ?

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? Yes, I'd rather hit my head
than clean my car ?

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? 'Cause I'm not lazy

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? I'm just bored

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? And every single day

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? Has the same things in store

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? All the magic

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? Has gone away

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? But maybe that's just
how I feel today ?

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? Would rather sleep outside
than build a fence ?

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? I'd be a leader for the bugs

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? And for the birds,
a president ?

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? Yes, I'd rather sleep outside
than build a fence ?

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? And I'd rather shave my hair
than mow the lawn ?

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? I'd use a pair of tweezers

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? Make it last all night long

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? Yes, I'd rather shave my hair
than mow the lawn ?

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? 'Cause I'm not lazy

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? I'm just bored

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? And every single day

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? Has the same things in store

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? All the magic

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? Has gone away

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? Or maybe that's just
how I feel today ?

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[gentle acoustic guitar music]

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? But I'd rather move a mountain
than lose you ?

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? I'd send a spy to heaven

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? Make sure
there is room for two ?

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? Yes, I'd rather move
a mountain than lose you ?

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? 'Cause I'm not lazy

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? I'm just bored

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? And every single day

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? Has the same things in store

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? And all the magic

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? Has gone away

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? And maybe that's just

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? How I

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? Feel today

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[audience applauding]

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I feel like I bring authenticity
and honesty.

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The crux of my job
is to be as vulnerable

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and as honest as I can be,

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even if I'm writing a song about
not doing my chores at home

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and my wife being upset at me.

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Honesty is the best policy,

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not just, like,
in interpersonal relationships,

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but also in music.

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It's been incredible.

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I didn't really know
what I was, like, walking into,

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but they've been
turning away people

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because it's been too packed
at all of my sets so far.

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So it's been, like, kind of,
like, unreal in a way.

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I'm like, "Whoa, like..."

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So it feels really amazing

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when I come to a city
for the first time.

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Just people show out
so hard for me.

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It just, I really feel the love
here in Appleton,

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so that that makes me
really happy

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and makes me want to come back.

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[laughing]

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["Mirror and a Kitchen Sink"
by Tommy Prine]

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[upbeat acoustic guitar music]

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? Juliet and Romeo

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? Didn't meet
down at the rodeo ?

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? I think there's
something special ?

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? About what you don't know

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? Keep the world on their feet

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? It seems to me
that you know it all ?

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? You learned it over beers
with the Pope last fall ?

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? And built yourself a castle
with a big glass wall ?

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? Everybody knows you're proud

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? And I think that I'll win

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? Every single argument

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? But now it's you and me

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? A mirror and a kitchen sink

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? So what's the difference
between you and me? ?

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? I tell you right now,
it's a couple teeth ?

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? And then I decide
whether to not or be ?

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? Crueler than I already am

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? So here we are again,
my friend ?

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? You beat around the bush
and you build a fence ?

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? Nobody knows
what you really meant ?

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? Not so sure that you do

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? And it's true

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? And I think that I'll win

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? Every single argument

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? But now it's you and me

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? A mirror
and a kitchen sink ?

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[upbeat acoustic guitar music]

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? So Romeo and Juliet

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? Didn't kiss first
then become friends ?

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? There's always gotta be
a middle and end ?

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? No one's gotta know
how it starts ?

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? You say words
that make you brave ?

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? And then you realize
that you share a brain ?

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? Oh, here it goes
right down the drain ?

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? Faster than
your eyes can see ?

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? And it's me

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? And I think that I'll win

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? Every single argument

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? But now it's you and me

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? A mirror and a kitchen sink

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? A mirror and a kitchen sink

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[audience applauding]

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Thank you.

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There are some amazing
songwriters here.

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I suggest you go check
as many of them out as you can

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'cause songwriters
are the lifeblood of music.

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I'm telling you.

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[audience applauding]

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["Ships in the Harbor"
by Tommy Prine]

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[gentle acoustic guitar music]

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? It must be the morning again

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? The sun through the window

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? Felt good on my skin

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? So it must be leaving soon

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? As it should

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? And I saw the bluebird again

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? She pointed it out
in the yard on our fence ?

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? So it must be leaving soon

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? As it should

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? When I'm standing
by the water ?

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? It's harder and harder

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? It's why I get sad when
there's ships in the harbor ?

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? 'Cause they must
be leaving soon ?

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? As they should

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? And I got to see
an old friend ?

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? We laughed and stayed up
'til it came to an end ?

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? 'Cause we must
be leaving soon ?

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? As we do

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? I tend to get lost
in the stars ?

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? I waste every night
wondering where we all are ?

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? And how we must
be leaving soon ?

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? As we should

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? When I'm standing
by the water ?

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? It's harder and harder

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? It's why I get sad when
there's ships in the harbor ?

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? 'Cause they must
be leaving soon ?

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? As they should

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[gentle acoustic guitar music]

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? It takes time to know
when you're wrong ?

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? And it takes even longer
to put it all in a song ?

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? And I wish it was easy, too

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? Like he did

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? When I'm by peaceful waters

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? It gets harder and harder

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? I'd do anything

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? Just to talk to my father

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? But I guess
he was leaving soon ?

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? As we do

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? And, yeah, I guess
he was passing through ?

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? And I am, too

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My name's Tommy Prine,
thank y'all so much.

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I'll see you
somewhere down the road.

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I love you, thank you.

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[audience applauding
and cheering]

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[upbeat music]