The Avett Brothers Perform 'True Sadness'

>> Stephen: MY NEXT GUESTS ARE GRAMMY NOMINATED FOR BEST
AMERICANA ALBUM AND BEST AMERICAN ROOTS PERFORMANCE.
HERE PERFORMING, "TRUE SADNESS," PLEASE WELCOME BACK
THE AVETT BROTHERS!
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YOU WERE A FRIEND TO ME
WHEN MY WHEELS WERE OFF THE TRACK
♪ AND THOUGH YOU SAY THERE IS NO NEED
♪ I INTEND TO PAY YOU BACK WHEN MY MIND WAS TURNING LOOSE
♪ AND ALL MY THOUGHTS WERE TURNING BLACK
♪ YOU SHINED A LIGHT ON ME AND I INTEND TO PAY YOU BACK
♪ BUT I STILL WAKE UP SHAKEN BY DREAMS
♪ AND I HATE TO SAY IT BUT THE WAY IT SEEMS
♪ IS THAT NO ONE IS FINE TAKE THE TIME TO PEEL A FEW
LAYERS AND YOU WILL FIND ♪ TRUE SADNESS
♪ WHEN I WAS A CHILD I DEPENDED ON A BOTTLE
♪ FULL GROWN I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO LEAN ON A BOTTLE
♪ BUT YOU'RE THE REAL DEAL IN A WORLD OF IMPOSTERS
♪ AND I'VE SEEN THE PROGRAM MAKE MEN OUT OF MONSTERS
♪ 'CAUSE I STILL WAKE UP SHAKEN BY DREAMS
♪ AND I HATE TO SAY IT BUT THE WAY IT SEEMS
♪ IS THAT NO ONE IS FINE TAKE THE TIME TO PEEL A FEW
LAYERS ♪ AND YOU WILL FIND
TRUE SADNESS ♪ ANGELA BECAME A TARGET
AS SOON AS HER BEAUTY WAS SEEN ♪ BY YOUNG MEN WHO TRY TO REDUCE
HER DOWN ♪ TO A SCENE ON AN X-RATED
SCREEN ♪ IS SHE NOT MORE THAN THE CURVE
OF HER HIPS?
♪ IS SHE NOT MORE THAN THE SHINE ON HER LIPS?
♪ DOES SHE NOT DREAM TO SING AND TO LIVE
♪ AND TO DANCE DOWN HER OWN PATH?
♪ WITHOUT BEING TORN APART DOES SHE NOT HAVE A HEART?
♪ I CANNOT GO ON WITH THIS EVIL INSIDE ME
♪ I STEP OUT MY FRONT DOOR AND I FEEL IT SURROUND ME
♪ JUST KNOW THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU
♪ EVEN THOUGH THE BATTLE IS BOUND TO CONTINUE
♪ 'CAUSE I STILL WAKE UP SHAKEN BY DREAMS
♪ AND I HATE TO SAY IT BUT THE WAY IT SEEMS
♪ IS THAT NO ONE IS FINE TAKE THE TIME
♪ TO PEEL A FEW LAYERS AND YOU WILL FIND
♪ TRUE SADNESS ♪ TRUE SADNESS
TRUE SADNESS ♪ TRUE TRUE SADNESS
♪ ♪ ♪ ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )

The Avett Brothers Perform 'True Sadness'

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