Austin City Limits

-Austin City Limits presents an hour with Brandi Carlile.

- I have been to the movies I've seen how it ends And the joke's on them Yeah!

Me out in my garden And you out on your walk Is all the distance this poor girl can take Without listenin' to you talk I don't need their money, baby Just you and me on the rock Yeah!

[ Cheers and applause ] -Now singer, songwriter, and consummate performer, Brandi Carlile.

- I wear my father's leather on the inside of my skin I'm a tried and weathered woman But I won't be tried again I don't think that you can come for me Without your Sunday best You had better call your priest And hope the devil gets the rest Before I do Oh And I will do Oh, I have worn the jester's bells And I have banished with the fools I have worshiped at the altar of the puppet master's rules I have held my tongue too many scenes Before the final act With my children in the cheap seats And a zipper on my back Thanks to you No thanks to you Tethered in wide open spaces And fields that lead for miles Right into the barrel of a gun Mendin' up your fences with my Horses runnin' wild Only broken horses know to run [ Guitar solo ] I have ever so politely treaded softly for your grace I have whispered through the tears And pleaded sweetly to your face It is time to spit you out like lukewarm water From my mouth I will always taste the apathy But I won't pass it down It dies with you Oh, with you Tethered in wide open spaces And fields that lead for miles Right into the barrel of a gun Mendin' up your fences with my Horses runnin' wild Only broken horses know to run [ Cheers and applause ] I wear my father's leather on the inside of my skin I'm a tried and weathered woman But I won't be tried again Don't think that you can come for me Without your Sunday best You had better call your priest And hope the devil gets the rest Before I do Oh, and I will do Tethered in wide open spaces And fields that lead for miles Right into the barrel of a gun Mendin' up your fences with my Horses runnin' wild Only broken horses know to run [ Cheers and applause ] Glad to see y'all!

Oh, it's so good to be back here with you in this sacred space.

[ Cheers and applause ] We're gonna sing you guys a little song.

When I was about 5 or 6 years old living outside of Seattle, Leary in Washington, near the airport, I remember going to a -- it was like a bible study -- like a vacation bible school, they called it.

It was not a vacation.

[ Laughter ] It was like prolonged Sunday school.

I joke, but I loved it, and I learned big things there, in particular, I remember doing this little assignment, and there was a little picture to color in and a Jesus song that went along with the picture, and it was called "Build Your House on a Rock."

[ Cheers and applause ] I didn't really get the metaphor as a kid, but I loved it.

And so I grew up and became a big, happy gay.

[ Cheers and applause ] And -- [ Laughs ] And during the lockdown -- and I apologize in advance for saying lockdown.

I also apologize for how wholesome this is, but I was in my garden one day, and I hadn't seen anybody in a long time, and everything that I thought made me who I was went away.

I had no ability to sing for fine folks like y'all, and you know that that defines me, or I thought it defined me.

And I looked around and I saw my wife and my little girls, and I was like, "Alright, I did it.

I built my house on a rock."

[ Cheers and applause ] And it made me really proud, and I know it's not exactly what they meant at Sunday school.

[ Laughter ] Nevertheless, I wrote this song about it.

[ Laughs ] [ Cheers and applause ] Yeah.

It's called "You and Me on the Rock."

[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah!

They build wooden houses on frozen ponds In the summertime when the water's gone Diagonal lines in their rolled-out lawns And the sage always smells so pretty But nobody cares where the birds have gone When the rain comes down on Babylon The stonemason's phone rings all day long And you gotta get back to the city I build my house up on this rock, baby Every day with you There's nothin' in that town I need After everything we've been through Me out in my garden And you out on your walk Is all the distance this poor girl can take Without listenin' to you talk I don't need their money, baby Just you and me on the rock Hey!

[ Cheers and applause ] You and me on the rock I built paper planes when I learned to fly Like a 747 fallin' out of the sky I folded 'em crooked and now I'm wonderin' why I could always end up in the water But nobody's askin' why she lookin' so thin Why she's laughin' too hard, why she drinkin' again A falling star, she's a paper plane And she was goin' down when you caught her I build my house up on this rock, baby Every day with you There's nothin' in that town I need After everything we've been through Me out in my garden And you out on your walk Is all the distance this poor girl can take Without listenin' to you talk I don't need their money, baby Just you and me on the rock Yeah It's an earthquake, it's a hard wind It's a record-breakin' tide and it is rollin' in Oh, it's a big sea But it can't touch you and me It's just a water view And what a vieeeew I don't need their money, baby No!

Whoo Hey!

Oh, I build my house up on this rock, baby Every day with you There's nothin' in that town I need After everything we've been through Me out in my garden And you out on your walk Is all the distance this old girl can take Without listenin' to you talk I don't need their money, baby Just you and me on the rock I don't need their money, baby - I don't need their money, baby - Just you and me on the rock - You and me on the rock - You and me on the rock [ Cheers and applause ] All these joyful noises!

[ Cheers and applause ] This is Tim Hanseroth.

[ Cheers and applause ] And Phil Hanseroth.

[ Cheers and applause ] And we've been in a band together since I only knew two chords on piano.

Now I know four.

[ Laughter ] [ "This Time Tomorrow" plays ] When the fire inside that burns so bright Begins to grow faded It can be hard to see the ground on which you stand Though you may not be afraid Of walkin' in the darkness You will feel like a stranger in this land You can try to carve a faith out of your own But a broken spirit may dry out the bone And the edges of the night may cause you sorrow You know I may not be around - Ooh - This time tomorrow But I'll always be with you When the hope that you hold tightly to Has all but vanished And there are no words of comfort to be found You will know what it means To be lost and without love May you fight to kill that deafening sound But our holy dreams of yesterday aren't gone They still haunt us like the ghosts of Babylon And the breakin' of the day might bring you sorrow You know I may not be around this time tomorrow But I'll always be with you You can try to carve a faith out of your own But a broken spirit may dry out the bone And the edges of the night may cause you sorrow You know I may not be around this time tomorrow But I'll always be with you I'll always be With you [ Cheers and applause ] [ "Mama Werewolf" plays ] Your mama is a werewolf With long sharp teeth I'm up all night When the world should sleep I curse the darkness When it's killing time I got a river of fear Running through my mind When the moon shines through Those parting clouds I hear the cold And I howl out loud I stalk the streets Where the shadows lie And I pray to God That that sun will rise But that sun don't always rise If my good intentions go running wild If I cause you pain, my own sweet child Won't you promise me you'll be the one My silver bullet in the gun When I awaken And I'm reborn My body aches And my soul is torn I search the void For any clue And I feel ashamed For what I put you through And this curse I get From my father's kin They fought the beast I feel within We don't talk about it And we don't call it's name We just carry on Hoping it'll change Though we know it'll never change If my good intentions go running wild If I cause you pain, my own sweet child Won't you promise me you'll be the one My silver bullet in the gun Would you strike me down Right where I stand?

Would you change me back?

Make me kind again?

Won't you promise me you'll be the one My silver bullet in the gun Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh Ahhh If my good intentions go running wild If I cause you pain, my own sweet child Won't you promise me you'll be the one My silver bullet in the gun Would you strike me down Right where I stand?

Would you change me back?

Make me kind again?

Won't you promise me you'll be the one My silver bullet in the gun [ Cheers and applause ] I want to get a friend out here with me.

[ Cheers and applause ] Please welcome the incredible Celisse to sit in with us on this one.

[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah, Celisse!

Ground Control to Major Tom [ Cheers and applause ] Ground Control to Major Tom Take your protein pills and put your helmet on Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God's love be with you This is Ground Control to Major Tom You've really made the grade And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear Now it's time to leave the capsule, if you dare Oh, this is Major Tom to Ground Control I'm stepping through the door And I'm floating in the most peculiar way Don't the stars look very different today For here am I sitting in a tin can - Sitting in a tin can - Far above the world Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles I'm feeling very still And I think my spaceship knows which way to go Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows Ground Control to Major Tom Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you hear Am I floating in a tin can - Floating in a tin can - Far above the Moon Planet Earth is blue And there's nothing I can do There's nothing I can do There's nothing I can do There's nothing I can do Noting I can do There's nothing I can do Nothing I can do There's nothing I can do [ Cheers and applause ] There's nothing I can do There's nothing I can do No [ "Creep" plays ] When you were here before Couldn't even look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather All in your beautiful world You're so...special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doin' here?

I don't belong here Oh I don't care if it hurts Because I wanna have control I want a perfect body I want a perfect soul I want you to notice When I'm not around You're so...special I wish I was special Oh But I'm a creep And I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doin' here?

I don't belong here Ohhhhhhh Ohh Oh, yeah Well, she run, run, run Ruuuuun Whatever makes you happy [ Cheers and applause ] Whatever you want You're so...special I wish I was special Too But I'm a creep And I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doin' here?

I don't belong here No I don't belong here [ Cheers and applause ] Celisse!

[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Right on Time" plays ] Come back now Even if you call me out You might be angry now Of course you are I'm scared too Didn't mean to take it out on you I know I always do You're the strongest person in the room Turn back time Help me to rewind And we can Find ourselves again It's not too late Either way I lose you in these silent days It wasn't riiiiight [ Cheers and applause ] But it was right On time Don't look down I can feel it when your heart starts pounding It's beyond your control You know it is It's getting to the point where I can't carry on I never held my breath for quite this long And I don't take it back I did what I had to do It's not too late Either way I lose you in these silent days It wasn't riiiiight [ Cheers and applause ] But it was right On time It's not too late Either way I lose you in these silent days It wasn't riiiiight [ Cheers and applause ] But it was right On time [ Cheers and applause ] [ "The Joke" plays ] 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 You let 'em live while they can Let 'em spin Let 'em scatter in the wind I've been to the movies I've seen how it ends And the joke's on them Hey!

You get discouraged, don't you, girl?

It is your brother's world For a while longer You gotta dance with the devil on a river To beat the stream Oh, call it living the dream Call it kicking 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 see your eyes behind your hair And you're looking tired But you don't look scared You let 'em live while they can Let 'em spin Let 'em scatter in the wind I've been to the movies I've seen how it ends The joke's on them Yeah You let 'em live while they can Let 'em spin Let 'em scatter in the wind I've been to the movies I've seen how it ends And the joke's ooooon [ Cheers and applause ] Theeeeeem Ooooooh Ooh, ooh, oooooh Ooh, ooh, oooooh [ Cheers and applause ] It'd be a crime to not get Celisse back out here, right?

[ Cheers and applause ] [ "Woodstock" plays ] I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road So I asked him, "Where are you going?"

And this he told me He said, "I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm Gonna join in a rock 'n' roll band I'm gonna sleep out on the land I'm gonna set my soul free" We are stardust We are golden And we've got to get ourselves Back to the garden [ Cheers and applause ] Then can I walk beside you?

I have come here to lose the smog And I feel to be a cog In somethin' turning Turning Well, maybe it's the time of year Or maybe it's the time of man I don't know who I am But life is for learning We are stardust We are golden And we got to get ourselves Back to the garden By the time we got to Woodstock We were half a million strong And everywhere there was a songs And celebration Celebrate.

And I dreamed I saw the bombers Riding shotgun in the sky Turning into butterflies Above our nation We are stardust Billion-year-old carbon We are golden Caught in the devil's bargain And we've got to get ourselves Oh, we have got to get ourselves Oh, we have got to get ourselves Back to the gardeeeeen Yeah Whooooo Oh [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you!

This next song we're gonna play you is our last song.

[ Audience groans ] Oh, I mean, trust me, do not tempt me to put on a three-hour show in here, because I will do it.

[ Cheers and applause ] [ Laughs ] I will do it!

And we'd never really done this one before live.

This is on our album "In These Silent Days."

[ Guitar notes play ] And so I learned it for the month of June.

I thought it could be my Pride song.

[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah.

And then -- And then the world became a difficult place to live in together.

And I thought, "I don't think Pride should end in June."

[ Cheers and applause ] I'm gonna stretch Pride out for the rest of the year, if that's okay with y'all.

[ Cheers and applause ] So this song is my hope for you.

And myself.

[ "Stay Gentle" plays ] Stay gentle Keep the eyes of a child Don't harden your heart Or your hands Know to find joy In the darkness is wise Although they will think you don't understand Don't let the world make you callous Be ready to laugh No one's forgotten about us There is light on your path Stay gentle Keep the eyes of a child And wear your heart on your sleeve Know to find joy In the darkness is wise Although they will think you are naive Don't let 'em lower your shoulders Love 'em more while they try Grow younger while you're growin' older Be amazed by the sky Darling, stay wild if you can - If you can - The girl with the world in her hands - In her hands - The kingdom of Heaven Belongs to a boy While his worry belongs to a man Stay gentle Stay gentle The most powerful thing You can do Oh, gentle, unbreakable you [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] Somewhere over The rainbow Way up high There's a land That I heard of once In a lullaby Somewhere over The rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams That you dare to dream Really do come true Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll Find me Somewhere over The rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams That you dare to dream Really do come truuuuue Somewhere over The rainbow Way up high There's a land That I heard of once In a lullaby If happy little bluebirds fly Above the rainbow Why, oh, why Can't I?

[ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] Me out in my garden And you out on your walk Is all the distance this old girl can take Without listenin' to you talk I don't need their money, baby Just you and me on the rock I don't need their money, baby - I don't need their money, baby - Just you and me on the rock - You and me on the rock - You and me on the rock [ Cheers and applause ]