30-Minute Music Hour

gentle guitar and piano country music

It's the "30 Minute Music Hour." I'm Andy Moore. From Chippewa County, Wisconsin, it's Michael Perry and the Long Beds.

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"Could Be You"

uptempo country folk music

Waterboys and Medicine Bow Daddy told me not to go Carbon County 402 Reservation blues Posers, pimps and prostitutes 20/20 in a nudie suit White boy loves his olive girl Whirly, whirly girl

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Could be me, could be you Could be me, could be you Could be me, could be you It could be you

uptempo country folk music

Devil's teeth in turpentine Revelations over time Run all night and I made the line I'm way behind

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June bug dying on a screen Evidence of things unseen Drop your money in a jar If you get that far

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Could be me, could be you Could be me, could be you Could be me, could be you It could be you Searching for a higher plane Settle in and spread the blame Cut the check and sign your name It's all the same

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electric guitar solo

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Silly girl with a crystal ball She keeps one foot propped on the wall She gives as good as she gets, yeh It ain't over yet Rockets in Chugwater Flats Dry bones where the dreamer sat Jesus in a cowboy hat I ain't buyin that

uptempo guitar and piano country folk music

Could be me, could be you Could be me, could be you Could be me, could be you It could be you Could be me, it could be you Could be me, it could be you Could be me, could be you It could be you Two, three, four, hep

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soft piano meloldy

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"Golden in the Morning"

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soft guitar melody joins in

She is golden In the morning She is sleeping In the sun

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I am just a 'nother rough boy I am my father's Footloose son

slow, soft guitar and piano country folk music

I am moving To the window I am standing At the edge of day And I am listening To her breathing This little life

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Passing by Well I can hear her In the next room The little noises Of the everyday She will find me When she finds me Love me down Drift away I am staring In the mirror At a man Bound to die And I am listening For her heartbeat This little life This little life Last night some bloodstruck coyote Froze me with his killing song I stared at the stars Like the Ancient Ones The circle Rolls along

slow, soft guitar and piano country folk music

I will stand here Right beside you I will hold you In the dark Put your shoulder To my shoulder Put your hands Across my heart

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Thank you. Thanks so much for coming to see us here. This next song -- I was a bachelor for 39 years and this show is too short to get into all the reasons why. But at one point, I met a Wisconsin farm girl who had spent some time in Central America studying shamanism. Eventually, I married her. This song, every time we sing it, is for my wife.

"Shaman Girl"

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Shaman girl on the sidewalk With your baby at your side Could you love a man in blue jeans Tattered shirt and a cluttered mind Bottom line Given time We'll be fine

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I am staring at the canyon I am bringing you to mind I am looking for an answer I see rocks and sky and time And I find As the raven flies So do I

gentle country folk music

Heyyyyyy Baby I am straight 3/4 time Heyyyyyy Baby I can be deaf, dumb and blind But I fly High, I fly High, I fly A true line I walk the line Boatman, can you read the river I hear rapids round the bend

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Steady hand on the tiller A little luck and a little dread Vows are said Now I lay my head On the wedding bed

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Should I grow to be an old man Chasing echoes of your heart I close my eyes and see us walking In New Orleans after dark You and me Cheek to cheek New Orleans Heyyyyyy Baby I am straight 3/4 time Heyyyyyy Baby I can be deaf, dumb and blind But I fly High, I fly High, I fly A true line I walk the line

piano solo

piano solo

Heyyyyyy Baby I am straight 3/4 time Heyyy Ayyyy Baby I can be deaf, dumb and blind But I fly High, I fly High, I fly A true line I walk the line

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Shaman girl is on my doorstep With her baby at her side She is thinking she could love me My tattered shirt, my cluttered mind Bottom line Given time We'll be fine

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Thanks a lot. A big thank you to Wisconsin Public Television for letting us play our music on the TV. Pretty exciting, isn't it?

Piano player

Big time. Yeah, no, we're real glad to be here. We appreciate it. We've been spending a little time in the studio putting together a new album. Should be out sometime in the next future.

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Piano player

I feel confident saying that. That's a good estimate. I think so. It's good to have deadlines. Gotta a couple of new songs on there. And we want to do one of the new ones for ya right now. One, two. A one, two, three.

"Underlined"

uptempo country folk music

Piano player

Sittin' up late in the Super 8 Readin' that note you stuffed in my boot by the door Like you was goin' to war Edge of the bed just a hangin' my head Mainlinin' poison straight from your pen to my heart And the deadliest part Every little word Every little word Every little word Underlined Runnin' these memories like a rosary Cake in the freezer, dress in a box, weddin' ring Perfect little things Gideon's Bible, Revelation 13 You ripped up our vows and you stuck 'em between the two beasts

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Piano player

It was a hell of a read Every little word Every little word Every little word Underlined Tracked you to the airport Runnin' like a man possessed Rolled up to the Park 'n' Fly Hell, this ain't over yet It ain't over yet

uptempo country folk music

electric guitar solo

uptempo guitar and piano country folk music

Piano player

13th floor of the parking garage Standing at the railing like women and children first The plane Peels away from the Earth Contrails in the sky Contrails in the sky Contrails in the sky, goodbye Underlined Every word you wrote Every word you spoke Contrails in the sky, goodbye Underlined

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Piano player

Thank you.

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Piano player

Thanks a bunch. When you play these fancy Wisconsin Public Television gigs, as we call it in the biz, you get to have your own drink in your own "30 Minute Music Hour" drink receptacle. Aahh.

Bass player

Point my toward the camera.

Billy

Do we have to give 'em back?

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Billy

No, you don't have to give 'em back back Billy. Oh boy. Specially not after you laid your lips on it.

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Billy

Honestly, it's all yours. We sure appreciate having the opportunity to play. We're gonna send you down the road here with a song that I wrote back when I was a bachelor. I was washing dishes. Things must have been pretty dire if I was washing dishes. I must have been down to that point where I was eatin' Cheerios out of the Bundt cake pan. Chasing that last little Cheerio around the milk moat. Anyway, I was doing dishes and I was listening to a Waylon Jenning's song and as soon as I got done with the dishes, which only took about five hours, then I wrote this song.

"After Waymore's Blues"

uptempo country folk music

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Billy

Rolled out of bed this morning Gave myself the evil eye I rolled out of bed this morning Gave myself the evil eye You're a whole, lotta too much woman I'm just another guy Well, it sure is hot for August Hotter than you thought it'd be It sure is hot for August Hotter than you dreamed it'd be You best put some distance Between you and me Well, I bet you'd like to know How I came to be this way Wouldn't you just love to know How I came to be this way It's one part blame my mama Two parts blame the man who got away Well, a black cat don't mean nothin' But that black dog will run you down That old black cat don't mean nothin' That black dog will run you down I can hear 'em out there moanin' On the darker side of town So won't you choose me out a tombstone Tell that man how to spell my name Won't you choose me out a tombstone Tell old Billy how to carve her name

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Billy

No matter if the chisel slips, slips, slips, slips Hell, I'll be gone just the same And that's one part blame my mama Two parts blame the man who got away That's one part blame my mama Two parts blame the man who got away

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electric guitar solo

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Billy

Mary Cutrufello, everybody. Well, a man on the television Says an angel has got my back, yeah That old man on the television Says an angel has got my back, right! Last time I seen that angel

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music fades to quiet... then starts up with singing

Billy

He was off the pace and he was fading fast That's one part blame my momma Two parts blame the man who got away That's one part blame my mama Two parts blame the man who got away That's one part blame my mama Two parts blame the man who got away Got away Got away Got awaaaaay

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piano playing slows and almost stops

guitars join in, becoming louder and faster

band is jamming playing country folk music

Billy

music getting louder and more intense

Billy

electric guitar solo

Billy

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Billy

(shouting) One, two, three, four!

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Billy

Thank you to the Long Beds, everybody. Thank you to Mary Cutrufello. Thank you Wisconsin Public Television and "30 Minute Music Hour." We're glad to be here.

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Billy

See ya later.

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