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- [Announcer] Funding for this series has been provided in part by the following.

(bright music) - Hi, I'm here for my interview.

- I'm Dorian and I use the pronouns he/him.

Are you comfortable sharing how you'd like to be addressed?

- Thank you for asking.

I use they/them pronouns.

(upbeat music) (light guitar riff) (piano keys resounding lightly) (instruments tuning) (audience cheers and applauds) ("The Dark End of the Street") At the dark end of the street That's where we always meet Hiding in shadows where we don't belong Living in darkness to hide our wrong You and me At the dark end of the street You and me I know that time is gonna take its toll We have to pay for the love we stole It's a sin and we know it's wrong Ooh, love keeps coming on strong Steal away To the dark end of the street They're gonna find us They're gonna find us They're gonna find us, oh, someday You and me At the dark end of the street You and me When the daylight hour rolls 'round And by chance we're both downtown If we should meet, just walk on by Oh, darling, please don't cry Tonight, we'll meet At the dark end of the street Mmmmm (audience cheers and applauds) - Thank you.

Good evening.

Welcome to Imposter.

We hope you enjoy the show.

("Strange Religion") Can you stay here next to me We'll just keep drivin' Because of you I see a light The Buick's a Century A '73 like you Some strange religion I get my hands on some money on my own And I shot it away Stared down the past and just scarred my eyes Now I know there's no easy ride She's been the kind who would take it in stride Some jack of diamonds kicked her heart around Did they know they were walking on holy ground Almost called it a day so many times Didn't know what it felt like to be alive 'Til you been a friend to me Like nobody else could be Mmmm mmmm Oh oh oh oh oh Keep my hands on the wheel now, mama Gonna honestly try She looked past the scars and the burned out eyes You could see I'm no easy ride She's just the kind who might get you to buy Some strange religion This jack of diamonds kicked her heart around Shoulda known they were walking on holy ground This life might eventually just be the end of me Will I still be with you Get in next to me Just keep driving 'Cause of you I been alive And this Buick's a Century A '73 like you Some strange religion The Buick's a Century A '73 like you Some strange religion (audience cheers and applauds) ("Lilac Wine") I lost myself on a cold damp night Gave myself in that misty light Was hypnotized by a strange delight Under a lilac tree I made wine from the lilac tree Put my heart in its recipe It makes me see what I want to see And be what I want to be When I think more than I want to think Do things I never should do I drink much more that I ought to drink Because it brings me back you Lilac wine Is sweet and heady Like my love Lilac wine I feel unsteady Like my love Listen to me I cannot see clearly Isn't that she Coming to me Nearly here Lilac wine Is sweet and heady Where's my love Lilac wine I feel unsteady Where's my love Listen to me Why is everything so hazy Isn't that she Or am I just going crazy, dear Lilac wine I feel unready For my love Feel unready For my love (audience cheers and applauds) Thank you.

("I Held My Baby Last Night") I held my baby last night Until everything was alright I held my baby last night Until everything was alright She woke up early in the morning, baby All she gonna do was fuss and fight She said, Baby, baby, baby Oh baby, please come back to me Yeah Oh baby, please come back to me You know I love you, baby And you know all your love is free Oh, now it's past ten in the morning, baby And everything is goin' on wrong Yeah You know everything is goin' on wrong You know I've been with you so long, baby But mama, you drive me away from home Come on Oh you (audience cheers and applauds) ("A Man Needs A Maid") My life is changing in so many ways I don't know who to trust anymore There's a shadow running through my days Like a beggar going from door to door I was thinking that maybe I'd get a maid Find a place nearby for her to stay Just someone to keep my house clean Fix my meals and go away A maid A man needs a maid A maid It's hard to make that change When life and love turn strange and old To give a love You've got to live a love To live a love You've got to be part of When will I see you again A while ago somewhere, I don't know when I was watching a movie with a friend I fell in love with the actress She was playing a part that I could understand A maid A man needs a maid A maid A man needs a maid When will I see you again (audience cheers and applauds) ("Metal Heart") Losing the stars without a sky Losing the reasons why You're losing the calling that you've been faking Yeah, I'm not kidding It's damned if you don't and it's damned if you do Be true, 'cause they'll lock you up in a sad, sad zoo Oh, hidy-hidy-hide, whatcha trying to prove Hidy-hide, you're not worth a thing Sew your fortunes on a string Blue smoke will take a very violent flight You will be changed And everything And you will be in a very sad, sad zoo I once (once) was lost (was lost) But now (now) I'm found (I'm found) Was blind (blind), but now I see you How selfish of you To believe in all the meaning All, all the bad dreaming all Metal heart, you're not hiding Metal heart, you're not worth a thing Metal heart, you're not hiding Metal heart, you're not worth a thing You're not worth a thing You're not worth a thing You're not worth a thing You're not worth a thing Tell me what you feel Tell me what you feel Tell me what you feel 'Cause you don't know how you feel Metal heart, tell me what you feel Metal heart, tell me what you feel Metal heart, tell me what you feel I was blind Tell me what you feel Tell me what you feel Tell me what you feel Tell me how you feel Metal heart, tell me what you feel Metal heart, tell me what you feel Metal heart, tell me what you feel Metal heart, tell me what you feel Metal heart Metal heart Metal heart Heart Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (audience cheers and applauds) Thank you.

Thank you very much.

This is a song by the late, great Rowland S. Howard.

("Shut Me Down") Well, so long, baby I've had enough I can't ignore it I miss you so much I miss you so much I miss you so much I'm standing in a suit as ragged as my nerves And I agree, what I've become is surely worth the hatred That you spat on me The stars above me, the night so deep That I could trip and drown And still I see that you would dearly love To shut me down Well, so long, soldier We're deep in dutch I can't ignore it I miss you so much I miss you so much I miss you so much I'm standing in a suit as ragged as my nerves And I agree, what I've become is surely worth the hatred That you spat on me The stars above me, the night so deep That I could trip and drown And still I see that you would dearly love To shut me down I miss you so much I miss you so much I miss you so much (audience cheers and applauds) ("Where My Love Lies Asleep") Where my love lies asleep There's no chains to her spirit As she enters the doorway Of dreams drifting free Lightnings flash, rivers roar 'Round the island she's sleeping And the echoes soul That speaks where she's sleeping Where my love lies asleep There's no past nor tomorrow Only treasures to keep There's no fears there to borrow Through the hallways of wonder Down the steps of the deep And the secrets that drum where my love lies asleep Past the suns in the morning Past the stars in their sleep And the worlds that are near where my love lies asleep Where my love lies asleep Where my love lies asleep James Walbourne, Tony Foster.

(audience cheers and applauds) Thank you.

(audience applauds) Feels nice in here, I like it.

(audience applauds) How y'all doing?

(audience cheers) Tres bien.

(audience laughs) ("Smile") Smile Though your heart is aching Smile even though it's breaking When there are clouds in the sky You'll get by If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You'll see the sun come shining through for you Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear may be ever so near That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile That's the time you must keep on trying Smile, what's the use of crying You'll find that life is still worthwhile If you just smile (audience cheers and applauds) That's Martyn Lenoble and Sean Read.

(audience cheers and applauds) Thank you.

(audience applauds) All right.

("The Desperate Kingdom of Love") Oh love, you were a sickly child And how the wind knocked you down Put on your spurs, swagger around In the desperate kingdom of love Holy water cannot help you now Your mysterious eyes cannot help you Selling your reason will not bring you through The desperate kingdom of love There's another who looks from behind your eyes I learned from you how to hide From the desperate kingdom of love At the end of this burning world You'll stand proud (stand proud) Face upheld (face upheld) I'll follow you (follow you) Into Heaven or Hell And I'll become (I'll become) As a boy In the desperate kingdom of love (audience cheers and applauds) Thank you.

("Not Dark Yet") Shadows are falling And I've been here all day It's too hot to sleep And time is running away I feel like my soul has turned into steel I've still got the scars that the sun didn't heal There's not even room enough to be anywhere It's not dark yet But it's getting there Well, my sense of humanity is going down the drain Behind every beautiful thing There is some kind of pain She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind She put down in writing what was in her mind I just don't see why I should even care It's not dark yet But it's getting there Well, I've been to London And I been to gay Paris I've followed the river And I've got to the sea I've been down to the bottom of the world full of lies I ain't looking for nothing in anyone's eyes Sometimes my burden is more than I can bear It's not dark yet But it's getting there I was born here and I'll die here Against my will I know it looks like I'm movin' But I'm standing still Every nerve in my body is so naked and numb I can't even remember what it was I came here To get away from I don't even hear the murmur of a prayer It's not dark yet But it's getting there (audience cheers and applauds) Thank you very much.

("Always On My Mind") Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I could have Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time But you were always on my mind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind Maybe I didn't hold you All those lonely, lonely times And I guess I never told you I'm so happy that you're mine If I make you feel second best Girl, I'm sorry I was blind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind Tell me Tell me that your sweet love hasn't died Give me Give me one more chance to keep you satisfied Satisfied Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind You were always (audience cheers) On my mind (audience cheers and applauds) Well, thank you very much.

I hope you enjoyed listening.

We've enjoyed having you as an audience as well.

Thank you very much.

(audience cheers and applauds) Thank you very much.

(audience cheers and applauds) ("Personal Jesus") Your own personal Jesus Someone to hear your prayers Someone who cares Your own personal Jesus Someone to hear your prayers Someone who's there Reach out and touch faith Feeling unknown and you're all alone Flesh and bone by the telephone Well, lift up the receiver, I'll make you a believer Take second best, put me to the test Things on your chest you need to confess I will deliver, you know I'm a forgiver Reach out and touch faith Reach out and touch faith Your own personal Jesus Someone to hear your prayers Someone who cares Your own personal Jesus Someone to hear your prayers Someone who's there Feeling unknown and you're all alone Flesh and bone by the telephone Lift up the receiver, I'll make you a believer I will deliver, you know I'm a forgiver Reach out and touch Personal Jesus Reach out and touch faith Reach out and touch faith Reach out and touch faith One more Reach out and touch faith (audience cheers and applauds) Thank you very much.

(audience cheers and applauds) - [Announcer] Funding for this series has been provided in part by the following.

(bright music) - Hi, I'm here for my interview.

- I'm Dorian and I use the pronouns he/him.

Are you comfortable sharing how you'd like to be addressed?

- Thank you for asking.

I use they/them pronouns.

(upbeat music) (guitar strums) (crowd chattering) (upbeat bright music)