Episode 6 Transatlantic Sessions

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'The song's kind of about a friend of mine

'who was...destined to be a kind of doctor

'but then he chose to not go into medicine

'but became a professional clown.

'He was really happy doing what he was doing and he was great at it, you know?

'but he had a sadness in his life'

because his parents never quite accepted...

Right.

..who he was, you know?

# Salt water to a thirsty man

# Was all they had to give

# We ran aground We're scared to talk

# About the will to live

# Somersaults on a rainy day

# Settles me down

# Am I allowed to mention why

# I talk so loud?

# And for my next trick

# I'll jump from the seventh floor

# And sail the Atlantic

# On my broken-off car door

# And I hope you can get it

# If not, there's no more

# There's no more

# We'll join the circus We'll travel the world

# Every day will be fine

# A clown waits inside the walls

# Of everyone's mind

# I've let you down I know this is sad

# But let me just try

# I'll wear my face with so much pride

# I hope I make you smile

# And for my next trick

# I'll jump from the seventh floor

# And sail the Atlantic

# On my broken-off car door

# And I hope you can get it

# If not, there's no more

# There's no more

# Even Christ fell by the wayside

# Even Christ cried

# I try to start my broken-down car

# While they passed on by

# Please will you watch me now

# As I startle your mind

# Pick a card I hope it's number ten

# Sorry, not this time

# And for my next trick

# I'll jump from the seventh floor

# And sail the Atlantic

# On my broken-off car door

# And I hope you can get it

# If not, there's no more

# There's no more

# And for my next trick

# I'll jump from the seventh floor

# And sail the Atlantic

# On my broken-off car door

# And I hope you can get it

# If not, there's no more

# There's no more. #

# Look up, child

# The world is born

# Shoes untied

# And your soles are worn

# Windows are rolled down

# Sun is setting high

# Windows are rolled down

# I'm fixin' to die

# Corn rows have companion feel

# Oh, this rocky road and this steering wheel

# Who do you call to ease your pain?

# I hope for you to get through this rain

# Windows are rolled down

# Moon is hanging low

# Windows are rolled down

# I think it's time for me to go

# Hey, hey

# Ohh

# Is it what

# You dreamed it'd be?

# Are you locked up in

# This fantasy?

# Oh, these miles that have

# Torn us apart

# Oh, my new-found faith

# And my broken heart

# Windows are rolled down

# Sun is rising high

# Windows are rolled down

# I feel that wind rushing by

# Hey, hey, hey, ahh

# Windows are rolled down. #

There's a certain bowing, to me,

that goes with some of this fiddling that...

Pfft... I feel like a dog staring at a ceiling fan.

INTERVIEWER LAUGHS

"How'd you really do that?"

One, two, three.

# Oh, a long, long time ago when I left my home, you know

# Down in the hills of Tennessee

# There's the sweetest little girl that was ever in this world

# Down in the hills of Tennessee

# Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee

# I know she's waiting there for me

# Someday I'll settle down in that little country town

# With that little girl of mine in Tennessee

# Oh, she begged me not to go

# "You'll be sorry, don't you know

# "For the way that you've been treating me"

# So I rambled all around but it never could be found

# To take the place of her in Tennessee

# Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee

# I know she's waiting there for me

# Someday I'll settle down in that little country town

# With that little girl of mine in Tennessee

# Someday I'll wander back to that little country shack

# That little girl is waiting there for me

# I can see her smiling face standing there beside the gate

# Down in the hills of Tennessee

# Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee

# I know she's waiting there for me

# Someday I'll settle down in that little country town

# With that little girl of mine in Tennessee

# Oh, little girl of mine in Tennessee

# I know she's waiting there for me

# Someday I'll settle down in that little country town

# With that little girl of mine in Tennessee. #

# They ask me how I feel

# And if my love is real

# And how I know I'll make it through

# And they They look at me and frown

# They wanna drive me from this town

# They don't want me around

# Cos I believe in you

# They show me to the door

# They say "Don't come back no more"

# Cos I don't be like they'd like me to

# And I, I walk out on my own

# A thousand miles from home

# But I don't feel alone

# Cos I believe in you

# I believe in you even through the tears and the laughter

# I believe in you even though we be apart

# I believe in you even on the morning after

# Oh, when the dawn is nearing

# Oh, when the night is disappearing

# Oh, this feeling is still in my heart

# Don't let me drift too far

# Keep me where you are

# And where I'll always be renewed

# And that which you've given me today

# Is worth more than I could pay

# And no matter what they say

# I believe in you

# I believe in you when winter turns to summer

# I believe in you when white turn to black

# And I believe in you even though I be outnumbered

# Oh, when the earth may shake me

# Oh, though my friends forsake me

# Oh, even that couldn't make me go back

# Don't let me change my heart

# Keep me set apart

# From all the plans they do pursue

# And I, I don't mind the pain

# Don't mind the driving rain

# I know I'll sustain

# Cos I believe in you. #

Well, that's Alison finishing us for this evening. Thank you.

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We've had a once-in-a-lifetime time here -

we sure hope it's not only once in a lifetime.

Thank you so much for having us - it's been amazing.

I'll never forget it. Thank you.

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