>> Stephen: HERE PERFORMING, "THE JOKE" FROM HER CRITICALLY
ACCLAIMED ALBUM, "BY THE WAY, I FORGIVE YOU" PLEASE WELCOME
BRANDI CARLILE!
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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YOU'RE FEELING NERVOUS, AREN'T
YOU, BOY?
♪ WITH YOUR QUIET VOICE AND IMPECCABLE STYLE
♪ DON'T EVER LET THEM STEAL YOUR JOY
♪ AND YOUR GENTLE WAYS TO KEEP 'EM FROM RUNNING WILD
♪ THEY CAN KICK DIRT IN YOUR FACE
♪ DRESS YOU DOWN, AND TELL YOU THAT YOUR PLACE IS IN THE MIDDLE
♪ WHEN THEY HATE THE WAY YOU SHINE
♪ I SEE YOU TUGGING ON YOUR SHIRT
♪ TRYING TO HIDE INSIDE OF IT AND HIDE HOW MUCH IT HURTS
♪ LET 'EM LAUGH WHILE THEY CAN LET 'EM SPIN
♪ LET 'EM SCATTER IN THE WIND I HAVE BEEN TO THE MOVIES
♪ I'VE SEEN HOW IT ENDS AND THE JOKE'S ON THEM
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♪ YOU GET DISCOURAGED, DON'T YOU, GIRL?
♪ IT'S YOUR BROTHER'S WORLD FOR A WHILE LONGER
♪ WE GOTTA DANCE WITH THE DEVIL ON A RIVER TO BEAT THE STREAM
♪ CALL IT LIVIN' THE DREAM CALL IT KICKIN' THE LADDER
♪ THEY COME TO KICK DIRT IN YOUR FACE
♪ TO CALL YOU WEAK AND THEN DISPLACE YOU
♪ AFTER CARRYING YOUR BABY ON YOUR BACK ACROSS THE DESERT
♪ I SAW YOUR EYES BEHIND YOUR HAIR
♪ AND YOU'RE LOOKING TIRED BUT YOU DON'T LOOK SCARED
♪ LET 'EM LAUGH WHILE THEY CAN LET 'EM SPIN
♪ LET 'EM SCATTER IN THE WIND I HAVE BEEN TO THE MOVIES
♪ I'VE SEEN HOW IT ENDS AND THE JOKE'S ON THEM
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♪ LET 'EM LAUGH WHILE THEY CAN LET 'EM SPIN
♪ LET 'EM SCATTER IN THE WIND I HAVE BEEN TO THE MOVIES
♪ I'VE SEEN HOW IT ENDS AND THE JOKE'S ON THEM ♪
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