Download Chris Thile's Song of the Week, "Fail Better (Three Advil and a Coffee)," from our January 4, 2020 show (originally from January 12, 2019). The band: Gaby Moreno, Mike Elizondo, Tyler Chester, Chris Eldridge, Alex Hargreaves, and Trevor Lawrence Jr.

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Lyrics:

Three Advil and a coffee

Could cure whatever ailed me

In my twenties:

Sunlight loomed like a wall

(On a late morning after)

I woke up in a well

(They threw me a ladder)

I said “thank God for y’all

(I thought I was a goner”)

They said “we're happy to help

(At least ‘til you’re older)

Soon it won’t be last call

(That’s leaving you hammered)

It’ll be the plight of the world

(And the vanity of your efforts)

So keep your eye on the ball

(Your mind over matter)

And they’ll help find you a girl

(Sooner or later)

And when you fall down a well

(She’ll throw you a ladder)

And when the world goes to hell

(You can crawl out together)

Singing

‘Darling you’re my Advil

Darling you’re my coffee

In the bitter light of morning

Darling you’re my Advil

Darling you’re my coffee

In the bitter light of 2019

Everybody trying to do the right thing

If only for their own’”

So Darling be my Advil

Darling be my coffee

In the bitter light of morning

Darling be my Advil

Darling be my coffee

In the bitter light of 2019

Everybody’s trying to do the right thing

Who knows? It might get done