Carole King & James Taylor Live at the Troubadour

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"Blossom" playing

♪ ♪ ♪ Blossom, smile some sunshine down my way ♪ ♪ Lately I've been lonesome ♪ Blossom, it's been much too long a day ♪ ♪ Seems my dreams have frozen ♪ Melt my cares away ♪ Oh, send the sunshine down my way ♪ ♪ Whenever you call my name ♪ I know what you mean to say to me ♪ ♪ Girl, it's all the same ♪ Blossom, there's an empty road behind ♪ ♪ Sit you down beside me ♪ Blossom, there's a sweet dream on my mind ♪ ♪ There's a song inside me ♪ Take these chains away ♪ Oh, send the sunshine down my way ♪ ♪ Whenever you call my name ♪ I know what you mean to say to me ♪ ♪ Girl, it's all the same ♪ I say, blossom, smile some sunshine down my way ♪ ♪ Lately, child, I've been lonesome, don't you know? ♪ ♪ Blossom, it's been much too long a day ♪ ♪ Seems my dreams have frozen ♪ Melt my cares away ♪ ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la la ♪ ♪ Blossom ♪

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We used to play that one back in the early '70s. And when I, you know, first learned that we were going to be doing this, I started to listen to it and tried to see if I could remember it. And my brain didn't, my fingers did, and my heart definitely did.

"So Far Away" playing

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♪ ♪ So far away ♪ Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore? ♪ ♪ It would be so fine to see your face at my door ♪ ♪ Doesn't help to know you're just time away ♪ ♪ Long ago I reached for you and there you stood ♪ ♪ Holding you again could only do me good ♪ ♪ How I wish I could ♪ But you're so far away ♪ ♪ One more song about moving along the highway ♪ ♪ ♪ Can't say much of anything that's new ♪ ♪ ♪ If I could only work this life out my way ♪ ♪ I'd rather spend it being close to you ♪ ♪ But you're so far away ♪ Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore? ♪ ♪ ♪ It would be so fine to see your face at my door ♪ ♪ Doesn't help to know you're so far away ♪ ♪ Yeah, oh so far away ♪ ♪ Traveling around sure gets me down and lonely ♪ ♪ Nothing else to do but close my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ I sure hope the road don't come to own me ♪ ♪ There's so many dreams I've yet to find ♪ ♪ I've yet to find ♪ Oh, but you're so far away ♪ Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore? ♪ ♪ It would be so fine to see your face at my door ♪ ♪ Doesn't help to know you're so far away ♪ ♪ Yeah, oh so far away ♪ Hey ♪ You're so far away ♪ ♪ ♪

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Thank you, thank you. Thank you. Thanks for the lovely flowers. We're gonna put them in a vase.

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It's like it was a shock for them to be ripped out of the median strip there.

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We're fortunate -- we're all fortunate that these three guys who were the original band in 1970-whatever are here tonight. Please welcome still-living and at the top of their game, Danny Kortchmar, Lee Sklar -- Lee Sklar, Mr. Natural. Mr.

Natural, the man behind the Shroud of Turin, folks. And Mr. Clean, Russell Kunkel. Rusty Kunkel.

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We're trying to recreate as much as possible of when we played here in the early '70s, which we did repeatedly, evidently, and...

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You know, and this song was surely part of the set back in those days. [ "Carolina in My Mind" playing ] ♪

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♪ In my mind, I'm going to Carolina ♪ ♪ ♪ Can't you see the sunshine? ♪ Can't you just feel the moonshine? ♪ ♪ Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind? ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm going to Carolina in my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ Karen, she's the silver sun ♪ You best walk her way and watch it shine ♪ ♪ Watch her watch the morning come ♪ ♪ ♪ A silver tear appearing now ♪ I'm crying, ain't I?

♪ And I'm going to Carolina in my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ There ain't no doubt in no one's mind ♪ ♪ That love's the finest thing around ♪ ♪ Whisper something soft and kind ♪ ♪ ♪ And, hey, baby -- the sky's on fire, I'm dying, ain't I? ♪ ♪ And I'm going to Carolina in my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ In my mind, I'm gone to Carolina ♪ ♪ ♪ Can't you see the sunshine? ♪ Can't you just feel the moonshine? ♪ ♪ Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind?

♪ ♪ Till I'm gone to Carolina in my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ Dark and silent late last night ♪ ♪ I think I might have heard the highway calling ♪ ♪ Geese in flight and dogs that bite ♪ ♪ ♪ And signs that might be omens say I'm going, I'm going ♪ ♪ I'm gone to Carolina in my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ It's a holy host of others standing around me ♪ ♪ ♪ Still I'm on the dark side of the moon ♪ ♪ ♪ And it looks like it goes on like this forever, oh ♪ ♪ ♪ You must forgive me ♪ ♪ If I'm going to Carolina in my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ In my mind I'm long-gone to Carolina ♪ ♪ ♪ Can't you see the sunshine? ♪ Can't you just feel the moonshine? ♪ ♪ Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind? ♪ ♪ Till I'm gone to Carolina in my mind ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm going to Carolina in my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ I'm going ♪ ♪ 'Cause I'm going to Carolina in my mind ♪

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"It's Too Late" playing

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♪ ♪ Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time ♪ ♪ There's something wrong here, there can be no denying ♪ ♪ One of us is changing ♪ Or maybe we just stopped trying ♪ ♪ ♪ And it's too late, baby, now it's too late ♪ ♪ Though we really did try to make it ♪ ♪ ♪ Something inside has died ♪ And I can't hide and I just can't fake it ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no ♪ ♪ It used to be so easy living here with you ♪ ♪ You were light and breezy and I knew just what to do ♪ ♪ Now you look so unhappy and I feel just like a fool ♪ ♪ ♪ But it's too late, baby, now it's too late ♪ ♪ Though we really did try to make it ♪ ♪ Something inside has died ♪ And I can't hide and I just can't fake it ♪ ♪ Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no ♪

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♪ ♪ There'll be good times again for me and you ♪ ♪ But we just can't stay together, don't you feel it, too? ♪ ♪ Still I'm glad for what we had and how I once loved you ♪ ♪ ♪ But it's too late, baby, now it's too late ♪ ♪ Though we really did try to make it ♪ ♪ ♪ Something inside has died and I can't hide ♪ ♪ And I just can't fake it ♪ Oh, no, no, no ♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no ♪

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♪ ♪ It's too late, baby ♪ It's too late now, darlin' ♪ It's too late ♪

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This is a tune that I wrote in 1967, and it's the song that got me a record deal with Apple Records. I played it for Peter Asher, who's right up there.

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Played it for Peter Asher, and he played it for Paul McCartney and George Harrison, who signed me to Apple Records -- first person signed who was a -- So, it was my big break. It was a huge moment for me. It was as if somebody had opened a door and the rest of my life were on the other side of it. Which happens often, actually, but usually in a negative way.

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Opens a door, and it's hell on the other side. Yeah. Anyway, this is a song that got me signed. [ "Something in the Way She Moves" playing ]

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♪ ♪ Well, there's something in the way she moves or looks my way or calls my name ♪ ♪ ♪ That seems to leave this troubled world behind ♪ ♪ ♪ And if I'm feeling down and blue or troubled by some foolish game ♪ ♪ ♪ She always seems to make me change my mind ♪ ♪ ♪ I feel fine anytime she's around me now ♪ ♪ She's around me now almost all the time ♪ ♪ If I'm well you can tell she's been with me now ♪ ♪ She's been with me now quite a long, long time and I feel fine ♪ ♪ ♪ Every now and then the things I'd lean on lose their meaning ♪ ♪ And I find myself careening ♪ In places where I should not let me go ♪ ♪ ♪ She has the power to go where no one else can find me ♪ ♪ And to silently remind me ♪ Of the happiness and the good times that I know, know ♪ ♪ Well, I guess I just got to know that it isn't what she's got to say ♪ ♪ Or how she thinks and where she's been ♪ ♪ ♪ To me, the words are nice the way they sound ♪ ♪ ♪ I like to hear them best that way ♪ ♪ It doesn't much matter what they mean ♪ ♪ ♪ She says them mostly just to calm me down ♪ ♪ ♪ I feel fine anytime she's around me now ♪ ♪ She's around me now ♪ I guess just about all the time ♪ ♪ If I'm well, you can tell that she's been with me now ♪ ♪ She's been with me now ♪ Quite a long, quite long, long time ♪ ♪ Yes, and I feel fine ♪

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This next song was actually sort of my beginning. I started writing with and was married to at the time Gerry Goffin.

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Please.

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He wrote so many of the lyrics to so many of your favorite songs. I guess the ones that he and I didn't write, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil wrote. But anyway, this was written at a time when we had a young child and I think another one on the way, and we were kind of struggling along. Gerry had a day job as a chemist and...

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Which led to other things.

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But we were writing, and we got this song recorded by the Shirelles, and don't you know this was the one that allowed him to quit his day job, which I'm still not sure was a good thing.

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But at any rate, this was our first hit, and we hope you enjoy it. [ "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" playing ]

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♪ ♪ Tonight you're mine completely ♪ ♪ ♪ You give your love so sweetly ♪ ♪ ♪ Tonight the light of love is in your eyes ♪ ♪ ♪ But will you love me tomorrow? ♪ ♪ ♪ Is this a lasting treasure ♪ ♪ ♪ Or just a moment's pleasure? ♪ ♪ Can I believe the magic of your sighs? ♪ ♪ ♪ Will you still love me tomorrow?

♪ ♪ ♪ Tonight with words unspoken ♪ ♪ You said that I'm the only one ♪ ♪ ♪ But will my heart be broken ♪ When the night ♪ When the night ♪ Meets the morning sun? ♪ Meets the morning sun?

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♪ I'd like to know that your love ♪ ♪ ♪ Is love I can be sure of ♪ So tell me now and I won't ask again ♪ ♪ ♪ Will you still love me tomorrow? ♪ ♪ ♪ Will you still love me ♪ Tomorrow? ♪ ♪ Baby, will you still love me tomorrow? ♪ ♪ ♪ Will you still love me tomorrow?

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I love when you sing that.

"Country Road" playing

♪ ♪ ♪ Take to the highway ♪ Won't you lend me your name? ♪ Your way and my way ♪ Seem to be one and the same ♪ Mama don't understand it ♪ She wants to know where I've been ♪ ♪ I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool ♪ ♪ To walk on the road again ♪ But you know I could feel it ♪ ♪ Walkin' on a country road ♪ ♪ Sail on home to Jesus ♪ Won't you, good girls and boys? ♪ ♪ I'm all in pieces ♪ You can have your own choice ♪ 'Cause I see a heavenly band full of angels ♪ ♪ And they're comin' to set me free ♪ ♪ I don't know nothin' about the why or when ♪ ♪ But I can tell that it's bound to be ♪ ♪ Just because I could feel it ♪ ♪ Walkin' on a country road ♪ ♪ I reckon my feet know where they want me to go ♪ ♪ Walkin' on a country road ♪ ♪ Walkin' on a country road ♪ ♪ Take to the highway ♪ Won't you lend me your name? ♪ Your way and my way ♪ They seem to be one and the same thing tonight ♪ ♪ Mama don't understand it ♪ She wants to know where the boy's been ♪ ♪ I'd have to be some kind of natural born fool ♪ ♪ To walk out on the road again ♪ ♪ But I could feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it ♪ ♪ Walkin' on a dirt road ♪ ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk on down a country road

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♪ La la la la la ♪ ♪ Walk on down ♪ Walk down a country road ♪ ♪ Walkin' on country ro-o-o-o-o-oad ♪ ♪ Walk on down the road ♪

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It's you, babe. Okay, honey. Thanks a lot. Well, folks, I want to talk a little bit about Rusty Kunkel.

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Russell Kunkel is a renowned and legendary drummer, a man with that rare ability to hit things and make music. People aren't using brushes in rock 'n' roll songs the way he did on this song, and it really increased the song in the studio when Peter and I first recorded it.

"Fire and Rain" playing

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♪ ♪ Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone ♪ ♪ ♪ Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you ♪ ♪ I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song ♪ ♪ ♪ I just can't remember who to send it to ♪ ♪ ♪ I've seen fire and I've seen rain ♪ ♪ ♪ I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end ♪ ♪ ♪ I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend ♪ ♪ ♪ But I always thought that I'd see you again ♪ ♪ ♪ Won't you look down upon me, Jesus? ♪ ♪ You've got to help me to make a stand ♪ ♪ ♪ Just got to see me through another day ♪ ♪ ♪ My body's aching and my time is at hand ♪ ♪ ♪ And I won't make it any other way ♪ ♪ Oh, I have seen fire and I've seen rain ♪ ♪ ♪ I've seen sunny days, I thought they'd never end ♪ ♪ ♪ I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend ♪ ♪ ♪ But I always thought that I'd see you again ♪ ♪ ♪ So, I'm walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun ♪ ♪ ♪ Lord knows the cold wind blows, it'll turn your head around ♪ ♪ Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come ♪ ♪ Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground ♪ ♪ Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain ♪ ♪ ♪ I've seen sunny days, I thought they'd never end ♪ ♪ ♪ I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend ♪ ♪ ♪ But I always thought that I'd see you somehow one more time again, now ♪ ♪ ♪ Thought I'd see you one more time again ♪ ♪ ♪ There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now ♪ ♪ Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you, fire and rain ♪ ♪ Thought I'd see you just one more time, Suzanne ♪ ♪

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Russell Kunkel on that signature drum piece there. Absolutely pinned it.

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This is so awesome!

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Well, you know, it's time for another song.

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The tune of it, I wrote it behind the wheel of an automobile, and the first verse was written driving down to North Carolina. I was going down to see my -- I'd been abroad for a year. Well, I'd been overseas.

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Been over in London for a year, and I came home, and I wanted to see my family 'cause I wanted to catch up. You know, when you stay away from your family, you forget what they're really like and you go visit them. So anyway, my brother Alex and his wife, Brent, had had a kid in the time that'd been away. Just take your eye off them for a second...they divide.

Anyway, my brother Alex had named this child in a moment of weakness. He named it after me -- little baby James. And I was driving down to see this kid, this little varmint, for the first time. It's touching, yeah.

If you like children.

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So, I was driving down to see little baby James, and I was trying to figure out what kind of song would be a good song to sing to him.

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And it had to be a cowboy lullaby, you know? "Go to sleep, you little buckaroo."

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"Lights out in the bunkhouse." That kind of thing.

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Like that. And that's how this song got writ.

"Sweet Baby James" playing

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♪ ♪ There is a young cowboy and he lives on the range ♪ ♪ ♪ His horse and his cattle, they're his only companions ♪ ♪ He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons ♪ ♪ Just waiting for summer, his pastures to change ♪ ♪ ♪ Yes, and as the moon rises he sits by his fire ♪ ♪ Just a-thinking about women and glasses of beer ♪ ♪ And closing his eyes as the dogies retire ♪ ♪ He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear ♪ ♪ Just as if maybe someone could hear ♪ ♪ ♪ He says, "Goodnight, you moonlight ladies ♪ ♪ Rockabye, sweet baby James ♪ ♪ Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose ♪ ♪ Won't you let me go down in my dreams? ♪ ♪ Yes, and rockabye, my sweet baby James" ♪ ♪ Now the first of December, it was covered with snow ♪ ♪ Yes, so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston ♪ ♪ Now, the Berkshires seemed dreamlike ♪ ♪ On account of that frosting ♪ With 10 miles behind me and 10,000 more to go, whoa ♪ ♪ ♪ There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway ♪ ♪ A song that they sing when they take to the sea ♪ ♪ A song that they sing of their home in the sky ♪ ♪ Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep ♪ ♪ Just that singing seemed to work fine for me ♪ ♪ ♪ So, goodnight, all you moonlight ladies ♪ ♪ Rockabye, sweet baby James ♪ ♪ Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose ♪ ♪ Won't you let me go down in my dreams? ♪ ♪ Oh, rockabye, ol' sweet baby James ♪ ♪

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[ "I Feel the Earth Move" playing ] ♪ ♪ ♪ I feel the earth move under my feet ♪ ♪ I feel the sky tumbling down ♪ I feel my heart start to trembling ♪ ♪ Whenever you're around ♪ Oh, baby, when I see your face ♪ ♪ Mellow as the month of May ♪ Oh, darling, I can't stand it ♪ ♪ When you look at me that way ♪ I feel the earth move under my feet ♪ ♪ I feel the sky tumbling down ♪ I feel my heart start to trembling ♪ ♪ Whenever you're around ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, darling, when you're near me ♪ ♪ And you tenderly call my name ♪ ♪ I know that my emotions ♪ Are something that I just can't tame ♪ ♪ I've just got to have you, baby ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah ♪ Yeah ♪ I feel the earth move under my feet ♪ ♪ I feel the sky tumbling down, a-tumbling down ♪ ♪ I feel the earth move under my feet ♪ ♪ I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down ♪ ♪ I just lose control ♪ Down to my very soul ♪ I get hot and cold all over ♪ All over, all over, yeah ♪ I feel the earth move under my feet ♪ ♪ I feel the sky tumbling down ♪ Tumbling down ♪ I feel the earth move under my feet ♪ ♪ I feel the sky tumbling down ♪ Tumbling down ♪ Tumbling down ♪ A-tumbling down ♪ Tumbling down ♪ A-tumbling down ♪ Oh ♪

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This is a Carole King tune, a pure Carole King tune. I heard it for the first time standing right there where that green and red Christmas-y light is there. I used to stand out here. I can't remember anything from one year either side of hearing this song, but I remember standing there and hearing Carole play this song.

It was -- I worked it up on the guitar and got a version of it, and in an amazing act of generosity, just plain nothing but generosity and kindness, she let me cut this tune first and release it first. I was amazed because she was cutting "Tapestry" at the time.

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And that she should let go of what I thought was maybe the best pop tune ever written. You know, I was just amazed. I didn't realize it at the time that I'd be singing that song every single night for the rest of my life.

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But it's a great song to be known for, and I've traveled around the world on this tune, so it's great. So I thank Carole for it, often when she's not around. I will thank her right now for it.

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[ "You've Got a Friend" playing ] ♪ ♪ When you're down and troubled ♪ ♪ And you need some loving care ♪ ♪ And nothing, oh, nothing is going right ♪ ♪ ♪ Just close your eyes and think of me ♪ ♪ And soon I will be there ♪ ♪ To brighten up even your darkest night ♪ ♪ ♪ You just call out my name ♪ And you know wherever I am ♪ I'll come running to see you again ♪ ♪ ♪ It's winter, spring, summer or fall ♪ ♪ All you have to do is call ♪ ♪ And I'll be there, yeah, yes, I'll be there ♪ ♪ You've got a friend ♪ ♪ If the sky above you ♪ Should turn dark and full of clouds ♪ ♪ And that old north wind should begin to blow ♪ ♪ ♪ Keep your head together ♪ And call my name out loud ♪ Soon you'll hear me knocking upon your door ♪ ♪ Your door, your door ♪ You just call out my name ♪ And you know wherever I am ♪ I'll come running to see you again ♪ ♪ ♪ Winter, spring, summer or fall ♪ ♪ All you've got to do is call ♪ ♪ And I'll be there ♪ Yes, I will ♪ Hey, now ♪ Now ain't it good to know that you've got a friend ♪ ♪ When people can be so cold? ♪ They'll hurt you, yes, and desert you ♪ ♪ Well, they'll take your soul if you let them ♪ ♪ Oh, now, but don't you let them ♪ ♪ ♪ You just call out my name ♪ And you know wherever I am ♪ I'll come running just as fast as I can to see you again ♪ ♪ See you again and again ♪ Don't you know, my friend? ♪ ♪ Winter, spring, summer or fall ♪ ♪ All you have to do is call on me ♪ ♪ And I'll be there, yeah, yes, I will be there ♪ ♪ You've got a friend ♪ ♪ You've got yourself a friend ♪ Ain't it good to know that you've got a friend? ♪ ♪ Walking and talking tonight ♪ ♪ Here we are at the Troubadour ♪ ♪ We never thought we would do this anymore ♪ ♪ But this was the place that opened the door for this ♪ Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, James.

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♪ Ain't it good to know? ♪ Good to know ♪ Ain't it good to know? ♪ Good to know ♪ Ain't it good to know? ♪ Ain't it good to know?

♪ Ain't it good to know? ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ You've got a friend

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♪ [ "You Can Close Your Eyes" playing ] ♪ ♪ Well, the sun is surely sinkin' down ♪ ♪ ♪ But the moon is slowly risin' ♪ ♪ ♪ So this old world must still be spinnin' around ♪ ♪ ♪ And I still love you ♪ ♪ So close your eyes ♪ You can close your eyes, it's alright ♪ ♪ ♪ I don't know no love songs ♪ And I can't sing the blues anymore ♪ ♪ ♪ But I can sing this song ♪ ♪ And you can sing this song ♪ When I'm gone ♪ ♪ It won't be long before another day ♪ ♪ ♪ We gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ And no one's gonna take that time away ♪ ♪ ♪ You can stay as long as you like ♪ ♪ ♪ Only close your eyes ♪ You can close your eyes, it's alright ♪ ♪ ♪ 'Cause I don't know no love songs ♪ ♪ And I can't sing the blues anymore ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, but I can sing this song ♪ ♪ And you can sing this song when I'm gone ♪ ♪ ♪

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It was wonderful because, you know, we just got up on that stage and whatever magic we seem to have when we connect musically, we just, you know, just and as friends too, we just got up there and it just rolled out of us.

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