Bill Withers In Concert

SONG: "Ain't No Sunshine"

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# It's not warm when she's away

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# And she always gone too long anytime she goes away

# Wonder this time where she's gone

# Wonder if she's gone to stay

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# And this house just ain't no home

# Anytime she goes away

# And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

# I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

# I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

# I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

# Hey, I'll leave the young thing alone

# But ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# Only darkness everyday

# Ain't no sunshine when she's gone

# And this house just ain't no home

# Anytime she goes away

# Anytime she goes away

# Anytime she goes away. #

Thank you.

APPLAUSE

Thank you. Appreciate that.

It's kind of nice for us to be back over here again.

Some of the people who normally would have come with us

are sick in one way or another, but it's nice to be back over here.

It's kind of fun to be travelling from one large city

to another large city, all over the world.

Cities have things about them that,

if you are from a very small place like I am,

when you first come to a very large place,

you feel that maybe you might be a little odd there.

But when you get there, you find out that

maybe if you lived in some place where they had maybe 800 people

and you knew all 800 people, you were much better off

than if you'd been in some place where

there were 8 million people and you didn't really know anybody.

SONG: "Lonely Town, Lonely Street"

# You can live your life in a crowded city

# You can walk along a crowded street

# But the city really ain't no bigger

# Than the friendly people friendly people that you meet

# You might be a sweet, young sweet, young, pretty, pretty

# And at the dances you can't keep your seat

# But, if dances don't lead to romances, no, no, no

# You might as well be born be born with two left feet

# You might be a sweet-toned sure 'nuff high-class talker

# You might be a stone stone expert at kissing

# But it don't do too much good to be talkin'

# Brother, when there ain't no ain't nobody listening

# And if you are shy just not much of a talker

# And you don't impress the people that you meet

# You might as well be a lonely walker

# In a lonely town on a lonely street

# Hey, ha, ha

# Hey, hey, ha, ha, na

# Hey, ha, na

# Hey, hey, ha, ha, na

# Hey, hey, ha, ha, na. #

APPLAUSE

Thank you.

Most of us, at some point in our...

lives...

..get our tongues tied up and can't say what we intended to,

so I'll take another crack at it.

Mmm.

Most of us, at some point in our lives,

have somebody that means more to us than anybody else

has ever meant before or will ever mean again.

Sometimes it's a long-legged lady, if you're a man.

Or some tall, very smooth man, if you're a woman.

And in some odd cases they get kind of crossed-up,

we won't talk about those.

But in my case, I learned how to really love somebody

from not a very pretty lady, not at that point in her life,

not sexy at all, but just a nice old lady

who used some very nice old, gnarled hands

to make life kind of nice for me at that time,

when I really needed somebody.

And it wasn't after I got older and started to look around for things,

it was before I even knew what I was looking for.

And probably, since I consider myself

somebody who writes, primarily,

out of all the things that I might have written,

my favourite thing that I've written

has to be about this favourite old lady of mine.

SONG: "Grandma's Hands"

# Mmm, mmm

# Mmm, mmm

# Mmm, mmm

# Mmm, mmm

# Grandma's hands

# Clapped in church on Sunday morning

# Grandma's hands

# Played a tambourine so well

# Grandma's hands

# Used to issue out a warning

# She'd say

# Billy, don't you run so fast

# Might fall on a piece of glass

# Might be snakes there in that grass

# Grandma's hands

# Then Grandma's hands

# Soothed a local unwed mother

# Grandma's hands

# Used to ache sometimes and swell

# Grandma's hands

# Used to lift her face and tell her

# She'd say

# Baby, Grandma understands

# That you really love that man

# Put yourself in Jesus' hands

# Grandma's hands

# Then Grandma's hands

# Used to hand me piece of candy

# Grandma's hands

# Picked me up each time I fell

# Grandma's hands

# Boy, they really came in handy

# And then she'd say

# Matty, don't you whip that boy

# What you want to spank him for?

# He didn't drop no apple core

# But I don't have Grandma anymore

# If I get to Heaven, I'll look for

# Grandma's hands. #

APPLAUSE

Thank you.

Usually after that point in your life,

the ladies that you meet have a whole other kind of use for you.

SONG: "Use Me"

# My friends

# Feel it's their appointed duty

# They keep trying to tell me

# All you want to do is use me

# Ha, ha, but my answer, ha, ha

# Yeah, to all that use me stuff

# Ah-ha, I wanna spread the news

# That if it feels this good getting used

# Oh, you just keep on using me

# Until you use me up

# Until you use me up

# My big brother

# Sit me right down in a room

# And talked to me

# You know he told me, ah-ha

# That I ought not to let you just walk on me

# And I'm sure he meant well, ah-ha

# Yeah, but when our talk was through

# I had to say brother, if you only knew

# You'd wish that you were in my shoes

# You just keep on using me like you wanna

# Until you use me up

# Until you use me up

# Oh, and you know sometimes

# It's true you really do abuse me

# Like to get me among your high-class friends

# And then you act real rude to me

# But oh, baby, baby, baby, baby

# When you love me I can't get enough

# I-I and I wanna spread the news

# That if it feels this good getting used

# Oh, you just keep on using me

# Until you use me up

# Until you use me up

# Talking about you using me

# But it all depends on what you do

# It ain't too bad the way you're using me

# Cos I sure am using you

# To do that thing you do

# Ah-ha, do that thing you do. #

SONG: "Let Me In Your Life"

# La, la, la

# La, la

# I only want to love you

# Please don't push me away

# Let me in your life

# I wasn't even there when he hurt you

# So why should I have to pay?

# Let me in your life

# I want to share

# Your tomorrows

# So I must beg you today

# If he's the cause

# Of your sorrows

# Be glad that he's gone away

# I need someone, let me love you

# Please don't push me away

# Let me in your life

# La, la, la

# La, la

# La, la, la

# La, la. #

APPLAUSE

Thank you.

SONG: "Lean On Me"

APPLAUSE

# Sometimes in our lives

# We all have pain

# We all have sorrow

# But if we are wise

# We know that there's

# Always tomorrow

# Lean on me

# When you're not strong

# And I'll be your friend

# I'll help you carry on

# For it won't be long

# Till I'm gonna need

# Somebody to lean on

# Please, swallow your pride

# If I have things

# You need to borrow

# For no-one can fill

# Those of your needs

# That you won't let show

# You just call on me brother

# When you need a hand

# We all need somebody

# To lean on

# I just might have a problem

# That you'll understand

# We all need somebody to lean on

# Lean on me

# When you're not strong

# And I'll be your friend

# I'll help you carry on

# For, it won't be long

# Till I'm gonna need

# Somebody to lean on

# You just call on me brother

# When you need a hand

# We all need somebody to lean on

# I just might have a problem

# That you'll understand

# We all need somebody to lean on

# If there is a load

# You have to bear

# That you can't carry

# I'm right up the road

# I'll share your load

# If you just call me

# Call Me

# If you ever need a friend

# Need a helping hand

# Call Me

# Call me. #

APPLAUSE

SONG: "Harlem"

# Summer night in Harlem

# Man it's really hot!

# Well, it's too hot to sleep

# And I'm too poor to eat

# Don't care if I die or not!

# Winter night in Harlem

# Radiator won't get hot

# Well, the mean ole landlord

# He don't care

# If I freeze to death or not

# Ah, but Saturday night in Harlem

# Everything's all right

# You can really swing and shake your pretty thing

# The parties are out of sight

# Sunday morning up in Harlem

# Everybody's all dressed up

# Well, the hip folks gettin' home from the party

# All the good church folks just got up

# Our crooked delegation wants some big donation

# To send some old jive-time preacher man to the holy land

# Lawd, honey, don't you give your money

# To that lyin', cheatin' man

# Saturday night in Harlem

# Everything's everything's all right

# Shake your thang

# Shang-a-lang-a-lang

# The parties are out of sight

# Sunday morning up in Harlem

# Everybody's all dressed up

# Hip folks gettin' home from the party

# All the good church folks just got up

# Crooked delegation wants a big donation

# To send some old jive-time preacher man to the holy land

# Lawd, honey, don't you give your money

# To that lyin', cheatin' man

# Come here and I'll tell you about Harlem

# I want to tell you about Harlem

# Talking 'bout Harlem

# Talking 'bout Harlem. #

APPLAUSE

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