Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats / Adia Victoria

-"Austin City Limits" presents two very different interpretations of modern blues and rock -- Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats... -♪ Love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ ♪ Baby, love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ -...and gothic blues from Adia Victoria.

-♪ The devil ain't my dearest friend ♪ ♪ So pour me one last drink and roll me one last smoke ♪ ♪ And keep the jukebox paid till we both go broke ♪ ♪ Now, it's a hard way of livin' ♪ ♪ But the livin' ain't killed me yet ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Crowd cheering ] -Recorded live from the Moody Theater, it's "Austin City Limits."

-Now a combustible mix of soul and rock from Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats.

[ Mid-tempo introduction plays ] ♪ And you just think that I'm ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ ♪ And you just build upon ♪ ♪ The lies that carry you ♪ ♪ Well, I don't even talk that way ♪ ♪ See, I wanted you to stay ♪ ♪ And show you the world's a better place ♪ ♪ And as we crawl to find our way ♪ ♪ We even take the shape of something else ♪ ♪ You think that I'm just ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ ♪ And you think that I'm just ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ ♪ I'm afraid that the weight of the world ♪ ♪ Is catching up with you ♪ ♪ I'm afraid to admit ♪ ♪ That it's catching up to me too ♪ ♪ And you just think that I'm ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ ♪ And you just feed upon ♪ ♪ Fear you created ♪ ♪ Some people ought to see ♪ ♪ Some people ought to hear, hear ♪ ♪ Some people ought to see ♪ ♪ Some people ought to hear, hear ♪ ♪ Well, if it's gonna be that way ♪ ♪ Then the crowd that calls your name can cast me out ♪ ♪ You think that I'm just ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ ♪ You think that I'm just ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ ♪ I'm afraid that the weight of the world ♪ ♪ Is catching up with you ♪ ♪ I'm afraid to admit ♪ ♪ It's catching up to me too ♪ ♪ Does the weight continue to grow ♪ ♪ Until it buries you?

♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You think that I'm just ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ ♪ You think that I'm just ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ ♪ You think that I'm just ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ ♪ You think that I'm just ♪ ♪ Some great survivor ♪ [ Music ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.

Good evening.

It's good to be back.

[ Mid-tempo introduction plays ] [ Cheers and applause continue, audience clapping rhythmically ] ♪♪ [ Tempo increases ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Can we be there?

♪ ♪ Oh, just think of the time ♪ ♪ Thought of love so strange ♪ ♪ Said you never knew ♪ ♪ While I try my best ♪ ♪ Hey, to cover our eyes ♪ ♪ It's a common way to blame and hide the truth ♪ ♪ Now, I know that some will say ♪ ♪ It matters but little, babe ♪ ♪ Oh, but come on and mean it to me ♪ ♪ I need it so bad ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I needed to try ♪ ♪ I needed to fall ♪ ♪ I needed your love, and I'm burning away ♪ ♪ I need never get old ♪ [ Crowd cheering ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Taking our time ♪ ♪ Oh, just standin' in the rain ♪ ♪ Mean what you say, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, and mean it to me ♪ ♪ Now, all of these lies ♪ ♪ Oh, and never again ♪ ♪ Come on and say it now ♪ ♪ Say it's a game ♪ ♪ Now, I know that some will say ♪ ♪ It matters but little, babe ♪ ♪ Oh, but come on and mean it to me ♪ ♪ I need it so bad ♪ Let's do it again.

♪ I know that some will say ♪ ♪ It matters but little, babe ♪ ♪ Oh, but come on and mean it to me ♪ ♪ I need it so bad ♪ [ Crowd cheering ] ♪ Oh, mean it to me ♪ ♪ I need it so bad ♪ [ Crowd cheering, clapping rhythmically ] ♪♪ ♪ I needed to try ♪ ♪ I needed to fall ♪ ♪ I needed your love, and I'm burning away ♪ ♪ I need never get old ♪ ♪ I said I needed to try ♪ ♪ I needed to fall ♪ ♪ I needed your love ♪ ♪ I'm burning away ♪ ♪ I need never get old ♪ One more time!

♪ I said I needed to try ♪ ♪ I needed to fall now, baby ♪ ♪ I needed your love ♪ ♪ I'm burning away ♪ ♪ I need never get old ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I need never get old ♪ ♪ I need never get old ♪ ♪ I need never get old ♪ ♪ I need never get old ♪ ♪ I need never get old ♪ [ Music ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Next I'd like to introduce to you all our fabulous horn section.

From Fort Worth, Texas, Jeff Dazey.

[ Cheers and applause ] From Dallas, Texas, Daniel Hardaway.

[ Cheers and applause ] And from Denver, Colorado, Andreas Wild, everybody.

[ Laughs ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Horns playing down-tempo introduction ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Down-tempo introduction plays ] ♪♪ ♪ You careened and crashed ♪ ♪ While the others waved ♪ ♪ And you waited in the sun so long ♪ ♪ When you only wanted shade ♪ ♪ Let the old men laugh ♪ ♪ Let the old men say ♪ ♪ That I've never done nothing that wasn't out of love, baby ♪ ♪ Now the weight that you carry seems such a heavy load ♪ ♪ While you're face down in the moment ♪ ♪ Waiting to let go ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Remember standing in the light?

♪ ♪ Remember crawling all the way?

♪ ♪ You paraded in the nighttime for a clean getaway ♪ ♪ You were standing in the water but only up to your knees ♪ ♪ But you know a strong current ♪ ♪ Can always sweep you off your feet ♪ ♪ You were waiting for the right time ♪ ♪ But can it take so long ♪ ♪ While you're face down in the moment ♪ ♪ Waiting to let go ♪ ♪ Face down in the moment waiting to let go ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Yeah, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ You were following the blind ♪ ♪ And they stole your name ♪ ♪ You were planning a way out ♪ ♪ When you lost your way ♪ ♪ Bent to a hunch now ♪ ♪ Like a broke-down show ♪ ♪ Face down in the moment just waiting to let go ♪ ♪ Face down in the moment ♪ ♪ Face down in the moment waiting to let go ♪ ♪ Now, keep waiting ♪ ♪ Keep waiting ♪ ♪ Keep waiting ♪ ♪ You keep waiting on the night ♪ ♪ You keep waiting on your pain ♪ ♪ And every moment that you wait now ♪ ♪ Is a moment slipped away ♪ ♪ I think you're gonna have to come out ♪ ♪ And face all the fear you can't explain ♪ ♪ All your life, you've been face down ♪ ♪ Now it's time for you to see ♪ ♪ All your life, you've been face down ♪ ♪ Now it's time for you to see ♪ ♪ All your life, you've been face down ♪ ♪ Now it's time for you to see ♪ ♪ All your life, you've been face down ♪ ♪ Now it's time for you to see ♪ ♪ See it ♪ ♪ See it ♪ ♪ See it ♪ ♪ See it ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Face down in the moment ♪ ♪ Waiting to let go ♪ ♪ Face down in the moment waiting to let go ♪ [ Music ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Down-tempo introduction plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ It ain't alright, the hardness of my head ♪ ♪ Now, close your eyes and spin around ♪ ♪ Say, hard times that you could find ♪ ♪ It ain't the way that you want ♪ ♪ But it's still alright ♪ ♪ Late at night, you lay around wondering ♪ ♪ You're counting all the lines ♪ ♪ It ain't so funny now ♪ ♪ Say, times are hard, you get this far ♪ ♪ But it ain't the way that you want ♪ ♪ I'll be damned ♪ ♪ If this old man don't start to count on his losses ♪ ♪ But it's still alright ♪ ♪ They say you learn a lot out there ♪ ♪ How to scorch and burn ♪ ♪ Gonna have to bury your friends ♪ ♪ Then you'll find it gets worse ♪ ♪ Standing out on the ledge ♪ ♪ With no way to get down ♪ ♪ You start praying for wings to grow ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, just let go ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ It ain't alright ♪ ♪ You keep spinning out ahead ♪ ♪ And it was cold outside when I hit the ground ♪ ♪ Said I could sleep here, forget all the fear ♪ ♪ Baby, it would take time to grow ♪ ♪ But maybe I don't know ♪ ♪ Now, hey, tonight if you think about it ♪ ♪ Remembering all the times that you pointed out ♪ ♪ Said the glass is clear ♪ ♪ But all this fear starts a-leavin' a mark ♪ ♪ Idle hands are all that stands from your time in the dark ♪ ♪ But it's still alright ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Music ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Mid-tempo introduction plays ] ♪♪ ♪ Is the future open?

♪ ♪ Is the future seen?

♪ ♪ You'd have to pray forever ♪ ♪ And if you don't believe, they'll come down on you ♪ ♪ From the longest fall ♪ ♪ When they've all been vanquished ♪ ♪ And they've all been tried ♪ ♪ Like it's some great penalty ♪ ♪ But it's just their pride ♪ ♪ They got no follow-through ♪ ♪ They hold the weakest stance ♪ ♪ Yeah, they come to steal and divide ♪ ♪ All that's good ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You say you thirst for vengeance ♪ ♪ And you crave for fire ♪ ♪ On the roofs of innocents ♪ ♪ You watch them rage and writhe ♪ ♪ And it don't bother you ♪ ♪ You feel so brave ♪ ♪ You're standing in the water ♪ ♪ You think that you've been saved ♪ ♪ But in your blind ignorance ♪ ♪ In comes a crashing wave ♪ ♪ See what drowned men do ♪ ♪ In your watery grave ♪ ♪ Yeah, they come to steal and divide ♪ ♪ All that's good ♪ ♪ Yeah, they come to steal and divide ♪ ♪ All that's good ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Yeah, they come to steal and divide ♪ ♪ They'll come to steal and divide ♪ ♪ All that's good ♪ ♪ All that's good ♪ [ Music slows, ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] [ Up-tempo introduction plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Lately I've been feeling this way ♪ ♪ Tell me if I'm wrong ♪ ♪ Only thing I felt in weeks when I leaned in to know ♪ ♪ I'm singing love won't treat you like that ♪ ♪ Now it's around ♪ ♪ I know that love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ No, honey, no ♪ ♪ Hey, Mama, can't stand around and sing ♪ ♪ Hey, baby, where we gonna be?

♪ ♪ Hey, Mama, I'm tired of what I see ♪ ♪ And I can't bother to wait if people don't want to change ♪ ♪ Saying love won't treat you like that ♪ ♪ Don't tell me I don't know ♪ ♪ I know that love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ Now just don't let go ♪ ♪ Ain't it time now when we rise up and we fight it?

♪ ♪ Say you're a lover man ♪ ♪ Then tell me what, what, what, what's it gonna take to know ♪ ♪ That love don't treat you like that?

♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ ♪ Baby, love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ ♪ Only thing I wanted was to try and find a new way ♪ ♪ Lately I've been feeling that it might be the ending of days ♪ ♪ I know that love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ Now just don't let go ♪ ♪ I'm singing love won't treat you like that ♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ ♪ It's a time we find a new way ♪ ♪ Even if they come from all sides ♪ ♪ They trying to turn us into criminals ♪ ♪ Well, come anyway ♪ ♪ And they wonder how ♪ ♪ Take me ♪ ♪ I won't hesitate to tell them ♪ ♪ That love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ ♪ Baby, love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ ♪ And we're preyed upon in their little game ♪ ♪ And we cry ♪ ♪ Deep in the night, deep in your woes ♪ ♪ Baby, I can't let them, and I won't let go ♪ ♪ Mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm ♪ ♪ Mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm ♪ ♪ Mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm ♪ [ Music builds ] ♪ There's a line in the sand ♪ ♪ I think I'll have to cross it, man ♪ ♪ If, if, if I got, got, got to, to, to, to ♪ ♪ To tell everybody ♪ ♪ What, what, what's it gonna take to know ♪ ♪ That love don't treat you like that?

♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ ♪ Baby, love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ ♪ Baby, love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ I'm lettin' you know ♪ ♪ Baby, love don't treat you like that ♪ ♪ And I won't let go, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Music slows ] [ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ [ Music builds, ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much, "Austin City Limits."

We love you.

Thanks for having us back.

Take care of each other.

We hope to see you soon.

[ Cheers and applause continue ] -Next a daughter of the South whose songs continue the rich legacy of Black Southern storytelling -- Adia Victoria.

-Good evening, Austin.

[ Cheers and applause ] My name is Adia Victoria.

This is my band.

We done come all the way from Nashville, Tennessee, to play these blues for you.

Now, this first song is a song off my new record, "A Southern Gothic."

It's about a girl from South Carolina that runs away from home too far, too fast.

It's called "Far From Dixie."

[ Mid-tempo introduction playing ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Now, the moon hangs low up against the sky ♪ ♪ Where I crossed the waves ♪ ♪ 'Cause, baby, I'm trying to get away from you ♪ ♪ I needed space from you ♪ ♪ The love we share is a rope that bind ♪ ♪ Make me lose my way and lose my mind ♪ ♪ Leave me black and blue ♪ ♪ You know it do ♪ ♪ And I'm a far away from Dixie ♪ ♪ You're gonna miss me when I'm gone ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ I'm riding on Mississippi, away from home ♪ ♪ Now, you tell your tale and tell it sweet ♪ ♪ To every John and Jane that you meet ♪ ♪ But I can see right through ♪ ♪ Baby, you know I do ♪ ♪ It ain't nothin' so sweet as a Southern sky ♪ ♪ When the sun goes bowin' 'neath the pine ♪ ♪ But let the night come through ♪ ♪ They keep their eye on you ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ You're gonna miss me when I'm gone ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ I'm riding on Mississippi, away from home ♪ ♪ I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ Away from Dixie ♪ ♪ Away from Dixie ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ Away from Dixie ♪ ♪ Away from Dixie ♪ ♪ And I'm far ♪ ♪♪ ♪ And I'm a far way ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Now even to my roots you and I are twined ♪ ♪ Your blood is yours, yours is mine ♪ ♪ I got you in my bones ♪ ♪ Don't matter where I roam ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ You're gonna miss me when I'm gone ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ I'm riding on Mississippi, away from home ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ You're gonna miss me when I'm gone ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ I'm riding on Mississippi, away from home ♪ ♪ I'm riding on Mississippi ♪ ♪ Away from home ♪ ♪ Riding on Mississippi ♪ ♪ Away from home ♪ [ Music ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you so much.

What we do, I consider it to be church, because I consider the blues to be sacred.

[ Crowd cheering ] It's not just barbecue music, y'all.

-Yeah!

-Whoo!

-Now, for the past two years, I've been sitting in quarantine at my mama, Miss Jackie's house in North Nashville.

And I've been looking out my window, thinking about... "What am I gonna write about?"

And the only thing that I could see from my window was my magnolia tree.

And I started thinking about my girlhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where I grew up underneath its leaves and its limbs.

And I started thinking about the way, as a little girl, I would create entire worlds.

So I wrote a song for my tree, my magnolia tree.

This song is called "Magnolia Blues."

[ Cheers and applause ] [ Down-tempo introduction plays ] ♪♪ ♪ I followed you into the blue and north into the cold ♪ ♪ You led me off my land, honey, led me far from home ♪ ♪ And I tried to be the kind of girl who never needed... ♪ ♪ I gave you all my light and I got naught to show for it ♪ ♪ I'm going back South to Carolina ♪ ♪ Gonna plant myself under a magnolia ♪ ♪ I'm gonna let that dirt do its work ♪ ♪ Gonna plant myself under a magnolia, a magnolia ♪ ♪ Magnolia, a magnolia, a magnolia ♪ ♪♪ ♪ I may live in my own mood beneath my feet alone ♪ ♪ I didn't have the dime to ride the blinds ♪ ♪ To lead me back to home ♪ ♪ Well, I asked the conductor ♪ ♪ "Sir, now, won't you let me ride?"

♪ ♪ He said, "Baby girl, this ain't my world ♪ ♪ Train ain't nothing of mine" ♪ ♪ I'm going back South to Carolina ♪ ♪ Gonna plant myself under a magnolia ♪ ♪ I'm gonna let that dirt do its work ♪ ♪ Gonna plant myself under a magnolia, a magnolia ♪ ♪ Magnolia, a magnolia, a magnolia ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Something in the air tonight ♪ ♪ Something in the air tonight ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Something in the air tonight ♪ ♪ Something in the air tonight, all right, all right ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Something in the air tonight ♪ ♪ Something in the air tonight ♪ ♪ I'm going back South to Carolina ♪ ♪ Gonna plant myself under a magnolia ♪ ♪ I'm gonna let that dirt do its work ♪ ♪ Plant myself under a magnolia, a magnolia ♪ ♪ Magnolia, a magnolia, a magnolia ♪ [ Music slows ] [ Music ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.

People ask me why I always sing about the South.

And by "people," I mean my mother.

She's like, "Another song about the South, Adia?"

[ Laughter ] But being a Southerner, it's a strange thing.

You ponder about it.

You gnaw on it.

But you never can quite get to the heart of the South.

And I remember Eudora Welty, she said that the thing about a Southern writer that makes a good Southern writer is you can see the most mundane things and see the extraordinary in the everyday.

And that's what I tried to do with this next song.

I looked at the South around me.

I looked at the kudzu and the red clay.

And I decided to write a eulogy using nature around me.

This song is called "My Oh My," and I dedicate it to my two little sisters, Hanifa and Hope.

[ Cheers and applause ] [ Down-tempo introduction plays ] ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ It was the long road that led you ♪ ♪ It was the darkness that fed you ♪ ♪ Sister, I can't see you no more ♪ ♪ Under the clouds that follow you ♪ ♪ Cutting through the ground like I do ♪ ♪ Sister, I can't see you no more ♪ ♪ My, oh, my ♪ ♪ Come lay your flowers on the ground ♪ ♪ My, oh, my ♪ ♪ Come lay your flowers on the ground ♪ ♪ Through the shadows you shot through ♪ ♪ In my memory, I'll keep you ♪ ♪ Sister, I can't see you no more ♪ ♪ How long did you wait for the sunshine ♪ ♪ To find you deep down in the coal mine?

♪ ♪ Sister, I can't see you no more ♪ ♪ My, oh, my ♪ ♪ Come lay your flowers on the ground ♪ ♪ My, oh, my ♪ ♪ Come lay your flowers on the ground ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ On the ground ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ You were born deep in the hollow ♪ ♪ Now even when you leave, it follows ♪ ♪ Sister, I can't see you no more ♪ ♪ Only in my dreams do I find you ♪ ♪ You're walking with the moon through the night wood ♪ ♪ Sister, I can't see you no more ♪ ♪ My, oh, my ♪ ♪ Come lay your flowers on the ground ♪ ♪ My, oh, my ♪ ♪ Come lay your flowers on the ground ♪ ♪ My, oh, my ♪ ♪ Come lay your flowers on the ground ♪ ♪ My, oh, my ♪ ♪ Come lay your flowers on the ground ♪ ♪ On the ground ♪ ♪ On the ground ♪ ♪ On the ground ♪ ♪♪ [ Music ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Now, for the past two years, I've been working in an Amazon warehouse over the course of the pandemic.

I've been packin' your groceries, hangin' out with Mr. Bezos.

[ Laughter ] And there was one morning in March of 2020.

I was driving our little white van to work.

Clock in for a shift, and all of a sudden, my whole body got stiff.

I seized up with anxiety.

Because there was this new virus, the coronavirus, and apparently, y'all, you could pass it along and kill somebody just by breathing on them wrong.

And I was terrified, 'cause I live with my mama, Miss Jackie, and she old, like.

And I thought I might come home and kill her with my breath.

And I pulled that van over to the side of the road, and I stopped.

[ Mid-tempo introduction playing ] And I remembered all the blueswomen from the Deep South that came before me.

I'm talking women like Ma Rainey.

I'm talking women like Sister Rosetta Tharpe and, uh, Betsy Davis and Victoria Spivey.

And they said, "Adia, as long as you have breath in your chest, baby girl, yes, you are alive.

And as long as you are alive, you owe it to celebrate that life.

So this next song is a celebration to every single person in here and everybody watching who has not died -- yet.

[ Music continues ] This song "Ain't Killed Me Yet."

[ Crowd cheering ] ♪♪ ♪ Now, baby, you know I've been given ♪ ♪ A mighty hard road to row ♪ ♪ And this life I'm livin' ♪ ♪ Dead-ends in a field of stone ♪ ♪ So pour me one last drink and roll me one last smoke ♪ ♪ And keep that jukebox paid till we both go broke ♪ ♪ Now, it's a hard way of livin' ♪ ♪ But the livin' ain't killed me yet ♪ ♪ Now, it's a hard way of livin' ♪ ♪ But the livin' ain't killed me yet ♪ ♪ You probably know when I go missing ♪ ♪ I'm out and getting into trouble again ♪ ♪ And I've been lying if I'd told you ♪ ♪ The devil ain't my dearest friend ♪ ♪ So pour me one last drink and roll me one last smoke ♪ ♪ And keep the jukebox paid till we both go broke ♪ ♪ Now, it's a hard way of livin' ♪ ♪ But the livin' ain't killed me yet ♪ ♪ Now, it's a hard way of livin' ♪ ♪ But the living ain't killed me yet ♪ Whoo!

♪♪ Whoo!

♪♪ Whoo!

♪♪ Aaaaah!

Whoo!

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Crowd cheering ] ♪♪ ♪ Now, every night I get to pacin' ♪ ♪ Walkin' a tightwire under the moon ♪ ♪ My time is nigh ♪ ♪ I cannot face that ♪ ♪ So what I do is I gamble and move ♪ ♪ So pour me one last drink and roll me one last smoke ♪ ♪ And keep that jukebox paid till we both go broke ♪ ♪ Now, it's a hard way of livin' ♪ ♪ But the livin' ain't killed me yet ♪ [ Laughs ] ♪ So pour me one last drink and roll me one last smoke ♪ ♪ And keep that jukebox paid till we both go broke ♪ ♪ Now, it's a hard way of livin' ♪ ♪ But the livin' ain't killed me yet ♪ ♪ Now, it's a hard way of livin' ♪ ♪ But the livin' ain't killed me yet ♪ [ Crowd cheering ] ♪ Ain't killed me yet ♪ ♪ It ain't killed me yet ♪ ♪ It ain't killed me yet ♪ ♪ Mm, it ain't killed me yet ♪ ♪ It ain't killed me yet ♪ [ Music ends ] [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you.

Thank you so much.

[ Cheers and applause continue ] [ Down-tempo introduction plays ] This is the only song I released in 2020.

And I wrote it following the lynching of George Floyd and the passing of Representative John Lewis.

And I remember sitting in that Southern heat, and I was thinking about John Lewis's words -- you know, his phrase.

He would tell us to get into good trouble.

And he was talking to young folks especially.

And so I wanted to get into good trouble and tell my truth to power.

And this song, I dedicate to every single person that tells me to shut up and sing and every person that tells me that if I don't love the South, then to leave.

And to all those people, I say I love the South, and I ain't leaving.

My family's been here for 400 years.

[ Cheers and applause ] And it's important, even in the darkest of hours, to speak truth to power.

And, Texas, y'all have a mighty big choice to make in the weeks to come.

[ Cheers and applause ] And I also dedicate this song to any kid that's watching.

Your story is needed.

This song is called "South Gotta Change," and it would be an honor to play it for you tonight.

Thank you, Austin.

[ Cheers and applause ] ♪♪ ♪♪ [ Tempo increases ] ♪♪ ♪ You've been running from the ghosts ♪ ♪ You keep hidden in your past ♪ ♪ The veil before your face is falling ♪ ♪ It's falling fast ♪ ♪ I won't go blindly in the night ♪ ♪ I'll drag you to the light ♪ ♪ I stood up to the mountain ♪ ♪ Told that mountain, "Say my name" ♪ ♪ And if you're tired of walking ♪ ♪ Let the children lead the way ♪ ♪ 'Cause I love you, I won't leave you ♪ ♪ Won't let you slip away ♪ ♪ Come what may ♪ ♪ We're gonna find a way ♪ ♪ The South gotta change ♪ ♪ It's gotta change ♪ ♪ You've told a lie for so long ♪ ♪ You're a stranger to yourself ♪ ♪ You're all dressed up in make-believe ♪ ♪ To be somebody else ♪ ♪ Listen closely when I sing ♪ ♪ The truth would set you free ♪ ♪ I stood up to the mountain ♪ ♪ Told that mountain, "Say my name" ♪ ♪ And if you're tired of walking ♪ ♪ Let the children lead the way ♪ ♪ 'Cause I love you, I won't leave you ♪ ♪ Won't let you slip away ♪ ♪ Come what may ♪ ♪ We're gonna find a way ♪ ♪ The South gotta change ♪ ♪ It's gotta change ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ Hey ♪ ♪ Change ♪ ♪ It's gotta change ♪ ♪ It's gotta change ♪ ♪ Mm, mm ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ It ain't no clean way ♪ ♪ To make a man look squarely at his pain ♪ ♪ Leaves them all in power ♪ ♪ And lets him hide from what he is ashamed ♪ ♪ But your walls are falling down ♪ ♪ So you gotta face me now ♪ ♪ I stood up to the mountain ♪ ♪ Told that mountain, "Say my name" ♪ ♪ And if you're tired of walking ♪ ♪ Let the children lead the way ♪ ♪ 'Cause I love you, I won't leave you ♪ ♪ Won't let you slip away ♪ ♪ Come what may ♪ ♪ We're gonna find a way ♪ ♪ I stood up to the mountain ♪ ♪ Told that mountain, "Say my name" ♪ ♪ And if you're tired of walking ♪ ♪ Let the children lead the way ♪ ♪ 'Cause I love you, I won't leave you ♪ ♪ Won't let you slip away ♪ ♪ Come what may ♪ ♪ We're gonna find a way ♪ ♪ The South gotta change ♪ ♪ Change ♪ ♪ The South gotta change, gotta change ♪ ♪ It's gotta change ♪ ♪ The South gotta change ♪ ♪ It's gotta change, gotta change ♪ [ Cheers and applause ] [ Music ends ] [ Cheers and applause continue ] [ Cheers and applause continue ] ♪ I'm riding on Mississippi, away from home ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ You're gonna miss me when I'm gone ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ And I'm a far way from Dixie ♪ ♪ I'm riding on Mississippi, away from home ♪ ♪ I'm riding on Mississippi ♪ [ Music slows ] ♪ Away from home ♪ ♪ Riding on Mississippi ♪ ♪ Away from home ♪