Now to perform "Only Children" from their barn in Tennessee,
please welcome Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires.
One, two, three, four.
(playing soft, gentle intro)
♪ Walking around at night ♪
♪ Fighting my appetite ♪
♪ Every kid in cutoffs could be you ♪
♪ Remember when we used to meet ♪
♪ At the bottom of Mobile Street ♪
♪ And do what the broken people do? ♪
♪ And are you still taking notes? ♪
♪ The Holy Ghost could get inside you ♪
♪ You'd do whatever you put your mind to ♪
♪ Will you read me what you wrote? ♪
♪ When we were locked outside the building ♪
♪ Over-encouraged, only children ♪
♪ Cold coffee on the fire escape ♪
♪ Bet it all on a demo tape ♪
♪ When we still had something left to steal ♪
♪ Remember when we took too much? ♪
♪ To get a little of the human touch ♪
♪ Hand to mouth and reel to reel ♪
♪ And are you still taking notes? ♪
♪ Hydrocodone in your backpack ♪
♪ Maybe these words will hold the beast back ♪
♪ Will you read me what you wrote ♪
♪ The one I said you stole from Dylan? ♪
♪ Over-encouraged, only children ♪
(instrumental interlude)
♪ "Heaven's wasted on the dead" ♪
♪ That's what your mama said ♪
♪ When the hearse was idling in the park lot ♪
♪ She said you thought the world of me ♪
♪ And you were glad to see ♪
♪ They finally let me be an astronaut ♪
(instrumental interlude, featuring violin)
♪ Are you still taking notes? ♪
♪ Will you have anyone to talk to? ♪
♪ Castle walls that you can walk through ♪
♪ Do the dead believe in ghosts? ♪
♪ Or are you lost in some old building ♪
♪ With over-encouraged only children? ♪
(instrumental interlude)
(song ends)