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Download Chris Thile’s Song of the Week for February 8, 2020, “Circular Mistake.” The band: Chris Thile, Sarah Jarosz, Mike Elizondo, Armand Hirsch, Jeremy Kittel, Abe Rounds, Brett Williams.

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Lyrics:

Chris: Tell me beloved

Why is there a tear in your eye?

Tell me beloved

Why is there a tear in your eye?

Sarah: It’s a trick of the winter light

Love everything is fine

C: Then tell me beloved

Why are you now clenching your teeth?

S: I didn’t dress for the winter air

Should’ve worn another layer

Whereas you’ve got your coat and wool underneath

C: Then tell me beloved

Why won’t you let me give you that coat?

S: ‘Cause it’s good to be cold in the wintertime

Love everything is—

Fine it’s because you make me tell you

And I don’t wanna have to tell you

That I have nothing to tell you

‘Cause I’ve said it all said it all said it all before

And you can’t make it all ok

Make me say it all say it all again

And darling we’ll be further from the end

And closer to the forming of another circular mistake

C: Tell me beloved

Why are you angry with me?

S: Well well well look who’s taking on

The role of the hurting one

Who can’t keep his heart off his sleeve

C: Tell me beloved if I could where would we be now

S: Some sweet place where it’s understood

A girl doesn’t have to—

C: Look I thought you wanted me to ask you

And didn’t know what I should ask you

S: I don’t wanna have to tell you

That I have nothing to tell you

‘Cause I’ve said it all said it all said it all before

And you can’t make it all ok

Make me say it all say it all again

And darling we’ll be further from the end

C&S: Cause we’ve said it all said it all said it all before

And we can’t make it all ok

S: Make me say it all

C: If we

C&S: Say it all again

And darling we’ll be further from the end

And closer to the forming

of another circular mistake

C: Tell me beloved

Why is there a tear in your eye?

Chris Thile's Song of the Week, "First Kiss," from our February 1, 2020 rebroadcast (originally from April 13, 2019) featuring Holly Laurent reading Jessica Greenbaum’s poem “I Love You More Than All the Windows in New York City.” The band: Chris Thile, Madison Cunningham, Mike Elizondo, Chris Eldridge, Brittany Haas, Philip Krohnengold, and Ted Poor.

Find "I Love You More Than All the Windows in New York City" in Jessica’s book Spilled and Gone.

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Lyrics:

We float above the recycling

And the catcalls

A prelude to the hardest

We will ever fall

No bar is too loud

No bar is too loud

No sidewalk’s too crowded

No stoop too well-lit

No head is too cloudy

For an East Village first kiss

Text me

Text me

Text me

Text me

Don’t forget

Don’t forget me

I will take out the recycling

And pick up the take out

While you stir a pair of Manhattans

And a mocktail

No child is too loud

No dinner’s too hurried

No morning too big

No future’s too blurry

For a South Brooklyn next kiss

So text me

Text me

Text me

Text me

Don’t forget

Don’t forget me

Our Out In America correspondent Tom Papa spends a rare day off at home in Los Angeles stretching out his morning rituals as far as they’ll go, pondering the dawn of a new decade, and rejecting diet advice from his friends and family.

Find Tom’s tour dates and more information about his forthcoming Netflix special You’re Doing Great! at tompapa.com.

This week: Tom Papa celebrates the Los Angeles food scene with a stop at Tony’s Mexican Grill and meets a mechanic named Fernando and an Uber driver named Donna, along with a few mythical L.A. characters (originally from February 2, 2019). Find Tom’s tour dates at tompapa.com.

Chris Thile's Song of the Week, "Barkeeper," from our January 11, 2020 show (originally from February 2, 2019). The band: Chris Thile, Sara Watkins, Mike Elizondo, Jeff Babko, Chris Eldridge, Trevor Lawrence Jr., and Gabe Witcher.

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Lyrics:

We’re here

For the vibe

For the grog

For the people

That brought us

We’re here

For the love

Of these Gods

That ain’t trying to stop us

And I’m here

‘Cause it calms me down

Why are you here, Barkeeper?

We’re here

For a glance

From a girl

Or a boy

That reminds us

There’s more

To our lives

Than the goals

Dead ahead

And behind us

And I’m here

‘Cause it calms me down

Whispers breathe in

Don’t just breathe out

And I’ll stay for as many rounds

As it takes you to answer

Why are you here, Barkeeper?

It ain’t the money ‘else

You would’ve made a killing

Selling out to those Scientologists

They would’ve had to clear all of us to raze this building...

Of the vibe

Of the grog

Of the people

That brought us

Of the love

And these Gods

That ain’t trying to stop us

And I’m here

‘Cause it calms me down

Whispers breathe in

Don’t just breathe out

And I’ll stay for as many rounds

As it takes you to answer

Why are you here, Barkeeper?

It ain’t the glory ‘else

You would’ve been out years ago

Before the movie stars soured on your Zombies

Now you’re laying ‘em on me like I’m Brando

And you’re the man in the photo on the back wall

And I wonder

If a fella’s ever shone brighter in his daddy’s shadow

Yeah, a fella’s never shone brighter in his daddy’s shadow

Well, I hope you all are having a good night

It’s Wednesday which is when I like to toast my dad, Ray

That’s his picture up there, you’ve probably seen it.

Anyway, he was the master ninja, he built the tiki, so

Here’s to you Dad

All right

Bottoms up, everyone

Have fun

Tom Papa visits wintry Kansas City, where he learns about a bit of family drama from a stranger in the hotel lobby and meets a jovial man named Big Daddy at a BBQ joint (originally from January 12, 2019). Find Tom’s tour dates at tompapa.com.

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

Our Out In America correspondent Tom Papa heads to New York City, meets a couple from Dallas at the Broome Street Bar, visits the legendary Comedy Cellar, and chats with a security guard at his hotel after he finds himself locked out of his room. (Originally from our December 16, 2017 episode.) Find Tom’s tour dates at tompapa.com.

Download Chris Thile's Song of the Week, "Ornaments," from our December 28, 2019 compilation broadcast. (Originally from December 9, 2017)

The band: Chris Thile, Aoife O'Donovan, Rich Dworsky, Mike Elizondo, Alex Hargreaves, Julian Lage, and Ted Poor.

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Lyrics:

Don we now

Our winter coats

Cheery as a Christmas bonus

Deck the yard with icons

Our neighbors may not like 'em

Set up the lights

And the plastic sheep

Watch our seasonal belief

start to trickle down

May our seasonal belief forever trickle down

Damn we now

Our vague concerns

The sky could fall, Rome might start burning

Deck the hall with revelry

And no regard for history

It's all rum and dancing

Fun and games

'Til someone slips on the perspiration

that trickles down

Someone catch the perspiration as it trickles down

Ornaments

Hang from the branches

Hang from the branches

The year that was

Hangs from the branches

(Hangs in the balance)

Hangs from the branches

America

Hangs in the balance

Hangs in the balance

Dim we now

Our screens in bed

Exhausted as a line of credit

Deck the room with worry

Dream of fire and fury

We smell the smoke

We smell the smoke

We smell the smoke

From the burning hills

We hear the senate swear their millions will trickle down

May the good lord let their joy and comfort trickle down

I know I'm on your list

Because I got my wish

But something's gotta give

'Cause someone always lifts you up

In America we trust

God's been good to us

Our traveling correspondent, comedian Tom Papa experiences the music, beer, barbeque, colorful characters, and festive weirdness of Austin, Texas. Originally from our December 15, 2018 episode. Find Tom’s tour dates at tompapa.com.