-Austin City Limits presents two of country music's finest singer-songwriters.

Kelsea Ballerini... -♪ You wanna keep me, keep me like you lost it ♪ ♪ You're gonna say and make me believe it ♪ ♪ If you're gonna love me, boy, love me like you mean it ♪ -...and Cam.

♪ In this burning house ♪ ♪ The flames are getting bigger now ♪ ♪ In this burning house ♪ ♪ I can hold on to you somehow ♪ ♪ In this burning house ♪ ♪ Oh, and I don't want to wake up ♪ ♪ In this burning house ♪ -Thank you, Austin City Limits!

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-Recorded live from Austin, Texas, it's "Austin City Limits."

-Now an artist defining the sound of country music today.

Kelsea Ballerini.

-♪ Uh-oh, hey ♪ ♪ Boy with your hat back ♪ ♪ Mmm, I kinda like that ♪ ♪ If you wanna walk my way ♪ ♪ I'm-a shoot you straight up ♪ ♪ Show me what you're made of ♪ ♪ I don't have time to waste on the boys ♪ ♪ That are playin' the games ♪ ♪ Leavin' the girls cryin' out in the rain ♪ ♪ So tell me, Texas ♪ ♪ Do you got what it takes?

♪ ♪ If you're gonna hold me, hold me like I'm leavin' ♪ ♪ Kiss me, kiss me like you need it ♪ ♪ Baby, if you're not, you best get to leavin' ♪ ♪ If you're gonna love me, love me like you mean it ♪ ♪ If you're gonna talk the talk, you better walk it ♪ ♪ If you wanna keep me, keep me like you lost it ♪ ♪ If you're gonna say and make me believe it ♪ ♪ If you're gonna love me, boy, what?

♪ -♪ Love me like you mean it ♪ -There we are!

♪♪ ♪ Uh-oh, hey, I've had my share of losers ♪ ♪ Liars and users ♪ ♪ Lookin' for a heart to break ♪ ♪ So if you're like that ♪ ♪ Well, take a step back ♪ ♪ 'Cause we don't have time to waste on the boys ♪ ♪ That are playin' the games ♪ ♪ Leavin' the girls cryin' out in the rain ♪ ♪ So tell me, baby ♪ ♪ Are you just crazy or crazy over me?

♪ ♪ Hold me, hold me like I'm leavin' ♪ ♪ If you're gonna kiss me, kiss me like you need it ♪ ♪ Baby, if you're not, you best get to leavin' ♪ ♪ If you're gonna love me, love me like you mean it ♪ ♪ If you're gonna talk the talk, you better walk it ♪ ♪ If you wanna keep me, keep me like you lost it ♪ ♪ If you're gonna say and make me believe it ♪ ♪ If you're gonna love me, boy, love me like you mean it ♪ -♪ Love me like you mean it ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ -♪ If you're gonna hold me, hold me like I'm leavin' ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ If you're gonna kiss me, kiss me like you need it ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ If you're gonna talk the talk, you better walk it ♪ ♪ You wanna keep me, keep me like you lost it ♪ ♪ If you're gonna say and make me believe it ♪ ♪ If you're gonna love me, boy, love me like you mean it ♪ ♪ Love me like you mean it ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Hey, if you're gonna love me, love me, love me ♪ Whoo!

♪ Love me like you mean it ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ I don't pack light, I travel for a livin' ♪ ♪ And I don't abide by that 50-pound limit ♪ ♪ On that Delta flight out west ♪ ♪ I'm there every other Thursday ♪ ♪ But my heart ain't up in the air ♪ ♪ So if you want me, come on ♪ ♪ Clear out a drawer, clear out a shelf ♪ ♪ I wouldn't want to do it with anybody else ♪ ♪ Everything that's heavy, I check it at the door ♪ ♪ Kind of feel like I don't need it anymore ♪ ♪ I got some bones of old skeletons ♪ ♪ From the old house at the dead end ♪ ♪ I got baggage, but I'm movin' in ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ We both slept on a mattress with "I love you" people ♪ ♪ And I even took it all the way to the steeple ♪ ♪ So, boy, I know the weight and gravity ♪ ♪ Of keychains with same keys ♪ ♪ But if you want that welcome mat ♪ ♪ Then roll it out with me and ♪ ♪ Clear out a drawer, clear out a shelf ♪ ♪ I wouldn't want to do it with anybody else ♪ ♪ Everything that's heavy, I check it at the door ♪ ♪ Kind of feel like I don't need it anymore ♪ ♪ I got some bones of old skeletons ♪ ♪ From the old house at the dead end ♪ ♪ I got baggage, but I'm movin' in ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ If you want it, you know that you got it ♪ ♪ To those thoughts in your head ♪ ♪ My hand, back pocket of your jeans ♪ ♪ Linen sheets in our bed ♪ ♪ 'Cause home is when you're with me, so ♪ ♪ Clear out a drawer, clear out a shelf ♪ ♪ I wouldn't want to do it with ♪ -♪ Anybody else ♪ -♪ Everything that's heavy, I check it at the door ♪ -♪ Kind of feel like I don't need it anymore ♪ -Oh, yeah!

♪ I got some bones of old skeletons ♪ ♪ From the old house at the dead end ♪ ♪ I got baggage, but I'm movin' in ♪ -♪ Unpacked boxes ♪ ♪ Half-moved closet ♪ -♪ I said if you want it ♪ ♪ Well, you know that you got it ♪ You ready to sing it with us?

[ Cheers and applause ] Alright.

♪ And it sounds like ♪ ♪ Clear out a drawer, clear out a shelf ♪ -♪ I wouldn't want to do it with anybody else ♪ -♪ Clear out a drawer, clear out a shelf ♪ -♪ I wouldn't want to do it with anybody else ♪ -♪ Clear out a drawer, clear out a shelf ♪ ♪ I wouldn't want to do it with anybody else ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ To the men that love women after heartbreak ♪ ♪ To the hellos that come after goodbyes ♪ ♪ To the rain that was fallin' ♪ ♪ That watered the garden ♪ ♪ And the ones that bring the flowers back to life ♪ ♪ To the men that love women after heartbreak ♪ ♪ To the tears they catch but didn't make them fall ♪ ♪ To the strong and sturdy shoulders ♪ ♪ Helpin' her get over ♪ ♪ And the ones that get forever after all ♪ ♪ It ain't fair, and it's hard to understand ♪ ♪ It ain't easy, but you do it 'cause you can ♪ ♪ And you don't see my heart as secondhand ♪ ♪ And, baby, that's why it takes a man ♪ ♪ To love women after heartbreak ♪ ♪ To the architect that's breakin' down the house ♪ ♪ The carpenter and painter ♪ ♪ The all-night renovator ♪ ♪ Buildin' her back up from the ground ♪ ♪ It ain't fair, and it's hard to understand ♪ ♪ It ain't easy, but you do it 'cause you can ♪ ♪ And you don't see my heart as secondhand ♪ ♪ And, baby, that's why it takes a man ♪ ♪ Or a woman ♪ ♪ Or whoever you love ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Mmm-mmm ♪ ♪ Ahh-ahh, oh, yeah ♪ ♪ To the man that loved this woman after heartbreak ♪ ♪ Thanks for all you didn't have to do ♪ ♪ When I met you, I was jaded ♪ ♪ Sad and complicated ♪ ♪ You'll never know how much I needed you ♪ ♪ No, you'll never know ♪ ♪ How much I needed ♪ ♪ You ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] Austin City Limits.

[ Cheers and applause ] How the heck are you?!

Are you good?!

[ Cheers and applause ] This is quite the bucket-list evening for my band and I.

[ Cheers and applause ] But I am just so thrilled to be here on the... It's a Thursday, yeah?

It's giving Friday.

[ Cheers and applause ] You're giving Friday energy, and I like it.

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ It ain't my fault ♪ ♪ So don't blame me ♪ ♪ I swear I just came here to unwind and have one drink ♪ ♪ The way it looks ♪ ♪ Ain't what you think ♪ ♪ This Cabernet has a way of vanishing on me ♪ ♪ There's a hole in the bottle leaking all this wine ♪ ♪ It's already empty, and it ain't even supper time ♪ ♪ Honey, no, I don't miss him ♪ ♪ In fact, it slipped my mind ♪ ♪ There's a hole in the bottle of wine ♪ ♪ I keep my cool, I play by all the rules ♪ We do, right?

♪ I swear ten minutes ago, that bottle was full ♪ ♪ So I won't cry about love gone wrong ♪ ♪ 'Cause tears would water down this ruby red I'm sipping on ♪ ♪ There's a hole in the bottle ♪ Thank you!

♪ Leaking all this ♪ Thank you.

♪ It's already empty, and it ain't even supper time ♪ ♪ Honey, no, I don't miss him ♪ ♪ In fact, it slipped my mind ♪ ♪ There's a hole in the bottle of wine ♪ Whoo!

♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I went and got a new one ♪ ♪ 'Cause the other one was broken ♪ ♪ Now this one's halfway gone ♪ ♪ And it's barely even open ♪ ♪ There's a hole in the bottle leaking all this wine ♪ ♪ It's already empty, and it ain't even supper time ♪ ♪ Honey, no, I don't miss him ♪ ♪ In fact, it slipped my mind ♪ ♪ There's a hole in the bottle of wine ♪ ♪ You may ask me where it's going ♪ ♪ But I can't even find ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ The hole in the bottle ♪ ♪ Of w-i-i-i-i-i-ine ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] This is called "Beg for Your Love."

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ For a kiss, for a morning call ♪ ♪ For you to hear me after all ♪ ♪ For you to not put back up walls ♪ ♪ When you're hurting ♪ ♪ For you to let me own my ♪ ♪ And not overshadow it ♪ ♪ And really come to my defense ♪ ♪ Like I'm worth it ♪ ♪ I deserve it ♪ ♪ I'd follow you to the moon, babe ♪ ♪ You know I'm ride-or-die for you ♪ ♪ But if you want a chase, I won't run ♪ ♪ I ain't gonna beg for your love ♪ ♪ I wanna go the distance, babe ♪ ♪ But can't do it if I betray ♪ ♪ All the "way before you" work I've done ♪ ♪ I ain't gonna beg for your love ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You never help me turn the stone ♪ ♪ And, damn, it's getting old ♪ ♪ When your shoulder's feeling cold ♪ ♪ But I'm trying, are you trying?

♪ ♪ If you want "Sorry" on my knees ♪ ♪ Babe, that can't be me ♪ ♪ God, you can be so mean ♪ ♪ When I'm crying ♪ ♪ But I'd follow you to the moon, babe ♪ ♪ You know I'm ride-or-die for you ♪ ♪ But if you want a chase, I won't run ♪ ♪ I ain't gonna beg for your love ♪ ♪ I wanna go the distance, babe ♪ ♪ But I can't do it if I betray ♪ ♪ All the "way before you" work I've done ♪ ♪ I ain't gonna beg for your love ♪ ♪ Mmm-mmm-mmm ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Ohh, is this just way too tough?

♪ ♪ Are you not strong enough?

♪ ♪ 'Cause, God, you're all I want, all I want ♪ ♪ But not like this ♪ ♪ I'd follow you to the moon ♪ ♪ But it's getting harder to do ♪ ♪ If you want a chase, I won't run ♪ ♪ I ain't gonna beg for your love ♪ ♪ Asking you to say it back ♪ ♪ It shouldn't have to be like that ♪ ♪ So help me help you help us ♪ ♪ And don't make me say I'm done ♪ ♪ I ain't gonna beg for your love ♪ ♪ Mmm-mmm-mmm ♪ ♪ Or for a kiss or a morning call ♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ You're just a lost boy ♪ ♪ With your head up in the clouds ♪ ♪ You're just a lost boy ♪ -♪ Lost boy ♪ -♪ Boy ♪ ♪ Never keep your feet on the ground ♪ ♪ Always gonna fly away ♪ ♪ Just because you know you can ♪ ♪ Never gonna learn there's no such place as a Neverland ♪ ♪ You don't understand ♪ ♪ You'll never grow up ♪ -♪ Grow up ♪ -♪ You're never gonna be a man ♪ ♪ Peter Pan ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ Deep down, I knew that you were too good to be true ♪ ♪ But every piece and part of me wanted to believe in you ♪ -♪ Wanted to believe in you ♪ -♪ But now it's happily ever never ♪ ♪ I guess now I know better ♪ ♪ You're just a lost boy ♪ ♪ With your head up in the clouds ♪ ♪ You're just a lost boy ♪ ♪ Never keep your feet on the ground ♪ ♪ Always gonna fly away ♪ ♪ Just because you know you can ♪ ♪ Never gonna learn there's no such place as a Neverland ♪ ♪ You don't understand ♪ ♪ You'll never grow up ♪ ♪ You're never gonna be a man ♪ ♪ Peter Pan ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ You're just a lost boy ♪ ♪ Yeah, I know who you are ♪ ♪ And you don't know what you lost, boy ♪ ♪ You're too busy chasing stars ♪ ♪ And you're always gonna fly away ♪ ♪ Just because you know you can ♪ ♪ Never gonna learn there's no such place as a Neverland ♪ ♪ You don't understand ♪ ♪ You'll never grow up ♪ ♪ You're never gonna be a man ♪ -♪ I ain't gonna beg for your love ♪ -♪ You'll never grow up ♪ ♪ And you're never gonna be a man ♪ -♪ I ain't gonna beg for your love ♪ -♪ Peter Pan ♪ ♪ Mmm-mmm-mmm ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ -We love the man on piano!

-♪ We moved to a place with a view ♪ ♪ Off of Eighth Avenue after we said, "I do" ♪ ♪ And we watched cars of bachelorettes ♪ ♪ 2 a.m.

cigarettes and traffic headed downtown ♪ ♪ And the interstate was so loud ♪ ♪ There was a lot it had to drown out ♪ ♪ We played the part five nights ♪ ♪ But we were never there on the weekends, baby ♪ ♪ We got along real nice ♪ ♪ But when I left town, did you hate me?

♪ ♪ One day, the curtain started coming down ♪ ♪ Our heart changed the second we were moving out ♪ ♪ I guess wrong can look alright ♪ ♪ When you're playing home in a penthouse, baby ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ I bought the house with a fence ♪ ♪ Enough room for some kids ♪ -♪ A backyard for Dibs ♪ -♪ And I thought that would make it all better ♪ ♪ And maybe forever wouldn't feel like the walls closing in ♪ ♪ 'Cause how does that even make sense?

♪ ♪ Now that I think about it, it never did ♪ ♪ We played the part five nights ♪ ♪ But we were never there on the weekends, baby ♪ ♪ We got along real nice ♪ ♪ But when I left town, did you hate me?

♪ ♪ One day, the curtain started coming down ♪ ♪ Our heart changed the second we were moving out ♪ ♪ I guess wrong can look alright ♪ ♪ When you're playing home in a penthouse, baby ♪ ♪ 'Cause we were playing home in a penthouse, baby ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And it hurts putting...in a box ♪ ♪ And now we don't talk ♪ ♪ And it stings rolling up the welcome mat ♪ ♪ Knowing you got half ♪ [ Laughter ] [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ I kissed someone new last night ♪ ♪ And now we don't care where you're sleeping, baby ♪ ♪ We got along real nice ♪ ♪ Until I wanted out, now I know you hate me ♪ ♪ One day, the curtain started coming down ♪ ♪ You changed the second you were moving out ♪ ♪ I guess wrong can look alright ♪ ♪ When you're playing home in a penthouse, baby ♪ ♪ 'Cause we were playing home in a penthouse, baby ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I just bought the house that we saw ♪ ♪ You said it was wrong ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ But I wanted it all al-o-o-ong ♪ ♪ But I wanted it all al-o-o-ong ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ Austin City Limits, thank you so much for having us tonight.

What a bucket list.

What a dream.

Thank you, guys, for being here.

I hope you had as much fun as we did, yeah?

[ Cheers and applause ] My name is Kelsea.

I'll see you soon.

I promise.

Thank you, guys.

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ I've always written about my life, um, but I think, you know, when you listen to my first record, you hear "Dibs" and you hear "Love Me Like You Mean It" and "Yeah Boy."

And that was 19-year-old me.

Like, I was just in this, like... just starry-eyed, happy-go-lucky, very naive, flirty phase of my life.

But when I was writing those songs, I was writing them about my experience, but I wouldn't put too much detail about my actual experience into it because the goal was for it to be for everyone.

And I thought that if you made things a little bit more vague, if you rounded the edges on the songwriting, then it would -- it would touch more people, it would connect with more people.

And I put out an EP a couple years ago now called "Rolling Up the Welcome Mat," and that was so specific.

And I made it differently than any other record.

Like, it wasn't for commercial success.

It was -- It was for me.

And it connected differently than any record, any song I'd ever put out.

And I think it brought me back to, like, my center and the compass of, oh, like... Maybe if I just write about my human experience and I do it in a way that I... I don't round the edges and I don't, like, Wite-Out something because it feels too personal... Like, what if I just do that?

And that was, like, patterns as the record -- That was my first time, for a full album, really trying to keep it all -- like, keep the integrity of the songwriting, but also keep the integrity of the honesty in it.

-Next, a captivating live performer with a soaring voice.

Cam.

-We're gonna start off with a little mission statement here, if you couldn't tell.

This song is called "Slow Down."

And I want you all to take a deep breath.

[ Breathes deeply ] You are here.

You're nowhere else.

You're not at work.

You're not tending to something in the future or the past.

Capitalism doesn't own you.

♪♪ I appreciate you.

Let's slow down together.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Slow down ♪ ♪ Honey, slow down ♪ ♪ They get all the hurry ♪ ♪ You get all the worry ♪ ♪ But there is peace to be found ♪ ♪ Slow down ♪ -[ Whistling ] -♪ Honey, slow down ♪ -[ Whistling ] -♪ If you get a funny feelin' ♪ ♪ That it's not your dream you're dreamin' ♪ ♪ Hmm, slow down ♪ -♪ Slow down ♪ ♪ Honey, slow down ♪ ♪ You're an Energizer Bunny ♪ ♪ Helpin' those that make their money ♪ ♪ Running you into the ground ♪ ♪ Slow down ♪ -[ Whistling ] -♪ Honey, slow down ♪ -[ Whistling ] -♪ For every dollar taken ♪ ♪ Your only bones are breakin' ♪ ♪ Hmm-mmm ♪ ♪ Slow down ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] This is "Alchemy."

♪♪ ♪ Patterns in the grass ♪ ♪ Through the looking glass ♪ ♪ The ground inhales, ground exhales ♪ ♪ This, too, shall pass ♪ ♪ From dust to flesh to bones to dust ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ Call it a miracle, I call it alchemy ♪ ♪ I hear the sound ♪ ♪ Comin' back again ♪ ♪ And I need it now ♪ ♪ To keep it together ♪ ♪ Dust to flesh to bones to dust ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ Call it a miracle, I call it alchemy ♪ ♪ Born in the darkness ♪ ♪ Heavenly departed ♪ ♪ All alone walking home ♪ ♪ Back where we started ♪ ♪ From lost to free to found to lost ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ Call it a miracle, I call it alchemy ♪ ♪ And I hear the sound ♪ ♪ Comin' back again ♪ ♪ And I need it now ♪ ♪ To keep it together ♪ ♪ Dust to flesh to bones to dust ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ Call it a miracle, I call it alchemy ♪ -♪ Call it a miracle, I call it alchemy ♪ ♪ Call it a miracle, I call it alchemy ♪ ♪ Coming, going, coming ♪ -♪ Come to life ♪ ♪ We are gold ♪ -♪ We are gold ♪ -♪ And I hear the sound ♪ ♪ Comin' back again ♪ ♪ And I need it now ♪ ♪ To keep it together ♪ ♪ Dust to flesh to bones to dust ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ ♪ Call it a miracle, I call it alchemy ♪ ♪ In the darkness, mmm-mmm ♪ -♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ -♪ Heavenly departed, mmm-mmm ♪ -♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ -♪ All alone walking home ♪ ♪ Back where we started ♪ ♪ Dust to flesh to bones to dust ♪ ♪ We are golden ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] This is called "Hallelujah."

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ The night is over, but it's still too dark to see ♪ ♪ As the morning choir sings ♪ ♪ A thousand times, they've lit the skies with joyful cries ♪ ♪ But it don't sound like hallelujah ♪ ♪ It don't sound like hallelujah ♪ ♪ Sang 'til my heart was sore ♪ ♪ I always knew the chords ♪ ♪ Still believe, but now I'm not so sure ♪ ♪ Why it don't sound like hallelujah anymore ♪ ♪ I asked the prophets and the keepers of the code ♪ ♪ Surely one of them would know ♪ ♪ They just smile and say, "I'm fine" ♪ ♪ I know they're lyin' ♪ ♪ 'Cause it don't sound like hallelujah ♪ ♪ It don't sound like hallelujah ♪ ♪ Sang 'til my heart was sore ♪ ♪ I always knew the chords ♪ ♪ Still believe, but now I'm not so sure ♪ ♪ Why it don't sound like hallelujah anymore ♪ ♪ It don't sound like hallelujah anymore ♪ ♪ It don't sound like hallelujah ♪ ♪ It don't sound like hallelujah ♪ ♪ Anymore ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] I had a friend whose mom found out that the husband was cheating, and in real life, for a long time, she didn't get an apology that she wanted.

And I was like, "Oh!

I'm a songwriter.

I can do this.

I got magic."

[ Laughter ] And, uh, I wrote her the apology that she deserved.

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I promise I didn't know he was your man ♪ ♪ I would've noticed a gold wedding band, Diane ♪ ♪ I'd rather you hate me than not understand ♪ ♪ Oh, Diane ♪ ♪♪ ♪ You pick the time and the place ♪ ♪ Don't know how much this hurts ♪ ♪ I gave him my heart to break ♪ ♪ Now I know he broke yours first ♪ ♪ Lying right there in my bed ♪ ♪ While he was lying to you ♪ ♪ Believing the words that he said ♪ ♪ How could we be such fools?

♪ ♪ And all those nights that he's given to me ♪ ♪ I wish that I could give them back to you ♪ ♪ Diane ♪ ♪ I promise I didn't know he was your man ♪ ♪ I would've noticed a gold wedding band, Diane ♪ ♪ I'd rather you hate me than not understand ♪ ♪ Oh, Diane ♪ ♪ You can blame me if it helps ♪ ♪ That's what a good wife would do ♪ ♪ But you're only cheating yourself ♪ ♪ Choosing him over the truth ♪ ♪ And all those nights that he's given to me ♪ ♪ I wish that I could give them back to you ♪ ♪ Diane ♪ ♪ I promise I didn't know he was your man ♪ ♪ I would've noticed a gold wedding band, Diane ♪ ♪ I'd rather you hate me than not understand ♪ ♪ Oh, Diane ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ You ready?!

♪ Oh-oh ♪ ♪ Diane, Diane ♪ ♪ Oh-oh ♪ ♪ Diane ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I'd rather you hate me than not understand ♪ ♪ Oh, Diane ♪ ♪ And all those nights ♪ ♪ That he's given to me ♪ ♪ I wish that I could give them back to you ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪ If you need somethin' ♪ ♪ Tell me ♪ ♪ If you want someone's shoulder ♪ ♪ I've got two ♪ ♪ Just for you ♪ ♪ Just for you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Just for you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ No words, no tears, no promises to make ♪ ♪'Cause feelings don't know nothing ♪ ♪ About time and space ♪ ♪ Mmm-mmm ♪ ♪ Tell me ♪ ♪ If you want someone's shoulder ♪ ♪ I've got two ♪ ♪ Just for you ♪ ♪ Just for you ♪♪ ♪ Ohh, crazy ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪ I'm crazy for feeling so lonely ♪ ♪ I'm crazy ♪ ♪ I'm crazy for feeling so blue ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I knew ♪ ♪ You'd love me as long as you wanted ♪ ♪ And then some day ♪ ♪ You'd leave me for somebody new ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Worry ♪ ♪ Why do I let myself worry?

♪ ♪♪ ♪ Wonderin' ♪ ♪ What in the world did I do?

♪ ♪ Oh, crazy ♪ ♪ For thinking that my love could hold you ♪ ♪ I'm crazy for tryin' ♪ ♪ And crazy for cryin' ♪ ♪ And I'm crazy for lovin' you ♪ ♪♪ ♪ Crazy for cryin' ♪ ♪ And crazy for tryin' ♪ ♪ And I'm crazy for ♪ ♪ Lovin' ♪ ♪ You ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] -The thing that I think, in my experience, makes us so American is that we're dreamers... and we have these crazy ideas of what's possible.

And we don't meet them.

[ Laughter ] And yet still we dream.

[ Cheers and applause ] That's the important part!

♪♪ ♪♪ -♪ Nothin' really ends ♪ ♪ For things to stay the same, they have to change again ♪ ♪ Hello, my old friend ♪ ♪ You change your name ♪ ♪ But not the ways you play pretend ♪ ♪ American requiem ♪ -♪ Them big ideas ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ -♪ Are buried here ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ -♪ A-A-A-Amen ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Goodbye to what has been ♪ ♪ A pretty house that we never settled in ♪ ♪ A funeral for fairweather friends ♪ ♪ I am the one to cleanse me of my Father's sins ♪ ♪ American Requiem ♪ -♪ Them old ideas ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ -♪ Are buried here ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ A-A-A-Amen ♪ ♪ A-A-A-Amen ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ I had a dream about a burning house ♪ ♪ You were stuck inside, I couldn't get you out ♪ ♪ I laid beside you and pulled you close ♪ ♪ And the two of us went up in smoke ♪ ♪ Love isn't all that it seems I did you wrong ♪ ♪ I'll stay here with you ♪ ♪ Until this dream is gone ♪ ♪ I've been sleepwalking ♪ ♪ Been wandering all night ♪ ♪ Trying to take what's lost and broke and make it right ♪ ♪ I've been sleepwalking ♪ ♪ Too close to the fire ♪ ♪ But it's the only place that I can hold you tight ♪ ♪ In this burning house ♪ ♪ I see you at a party, and you look the same ♪ ♪ I could take you back, but people don't ever change ♪ ♪ I wish that we could go back in time ♪ ♪ And I'd be the one you thought you'd find ♪ ♪ Love isn't all that it seems I did you wrong ♪ ♪ I'll stay here with you until this dream is gone ♪ ♪ I've been sleepwalking ♪ ♪ Been wandering all night ♪ ♪ Trying to take what's lost and broke and make it right ♪ ♪ I've been sleepwalking ♪ ♪ Too close to the fire ♪ ♪ But it's the only place that I can hold you tight ♪ ♪ In this burning house ♪ ♪ The flames are getting bigger now ♪ ♪ In this burning house ♪ ♪ I can hold on to you somehow ♪ ♪ In this burning house ♪ ♪ Oh, and I don't wanna wake up ♪ ♪ In this burning house ♪ ♪ I've been sleepwalking ♪ ♪ Been wandering all night ♪ ♪ Trying to take what's lost and broke and make it right ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I've been sleepwalking ♪ ♪ Too close to the fire ♪ ♪ But it's the only place that I can hold you tight ♪ ♪♪ ♪ In this burning house ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Cheers and applause ] Country music has always been this incredible vehicle for us humans to tell each other things that sound maybe nice and cute, but are really somewhat heartbreaking and very real and important to say.

And in that tradition, there's been a lot of great, great, great songwriters and singers.

I think we are doing ourselves a disservice... ...missing out on probably some of the greatest writers and singers that we discount at the jump because they don't look exactly like who we think a country singer might look like.

Everyone who is great, especially women, especially people of color, especially anyone who doesn't fit the mold... they showed up, they did, as hard as they could, figure out what art was going to make themselves light up and make an audience light up, and someone told them they weren't right or they weren't good enough.

It's happened to everybody.

And the people that are still there making music decided they were going to plant their feet in the ground and said, "I'm not going anywhere."

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