08.26.2019 - By American Public Media
Download Chris Thile's Song of the Week, "Attention: The Universe," originally from our April 6, 2019 show. The band: Madison Cunningham, Mike Elizondo, Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas, Trevor Lawrence Jr., and Shaun Martin.
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Lyrics:
Dit dah
Dit dah
Dit dah
As in
Alfred asks a bit of advice from his father
And anxiously for another few hundred dollars
(Dit dah) Dit dah (Dit dah)
“Well son I believe a patient waiter is no loser
And America believes in cash why disabuse her
AKA yes here son good luck
When you fall
Fall hard
Fall forward
When you fail
Fail out
On and up
Now go fill
That wire
With this message
Attention:
The Universe”
Thus the future hangs on Vail iron and copper
Thus the distance possible grows ever greater
From father’s heart to Morses code’s lip’s
"When you fall
Fall hard
Fall forward
When you fall
Fall hard
Fall forward
When you fail
Fail out
On and up
Now go fill
That wire
With this message
Attention:
The Universe"
Dit dah
Dit dah
As in
Attention:
The universe