Easy Kind, The (2024)

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She's a socialite,

a decent housewife,

and she makes a mean lasagne

So when the mechanic said,

now Little Lady don't you panic,

but this one,

it's gonna cost you

She said, I know

I don't need my engine rebuilt

Just check the oil

and change that bill

Hey, honey, I know

you thought

you saw me comin'

Well, sometimes it takes ba*ls

to be a woman

Sometimes it takes ba*ls

to be a woman

I'm standing up to this test

While wearing a party dress

And sometimes looks

they can be deceiving

When you're

quietly overachieving

Oh, sometimes it takes

ba*ls to be a woman

Thank you!

When I moved to Nashville,

I got a big time record deal.

Because at that time,

if you were like in your mid 20s

and under 130 pounds,

you could get a record deal

no matter what.

And so I did, but I was

writing all these songs

and they're like, well, that's

cute, but that's not really

like the vision that

we have for you.

So it took me years

to mine my way, out

of those contracts,

and I finally did.

And in 2007, I put out

an album called ba*ls.

And this got me in a lot of

trouble with country radio,

which is not hard at all to do.

It was hot,

100 in the shade

when Mary got a note from

this guy named Gabe

She don't remember getting

pregnant but she did

And by all accounts,

she churned out one heck

of a kid

Sarah bought the brownies

Shawna bought Ros

They almost booked a beach

trip, but they didn't have a way

They baked

biscuits at daylight

for whoever might stop by,

but they didn't

get a lot of callers

at the corner of Do or Die

So she cut off all her hair

She thought she

might could get there

if they would just mistake

her for a man

It looked kind of mod

It probably

wouldn't please God,

but she had to have

some kind of plan

It turns out there are no fish

at the end of a lightning rod

The worst thing

you can grow up to be

is the son of God

And I'm not sure there's

anything anybody can do

People will k*ll ya even when

there's nothing wrong with you

So come gather

round me friends,

all my contemporary peers

and I tell you all

the story of Mary,

the submissing years

Let's go.

We will.

We will entertain the people on

whatever we have

on us.

We had some good parties

out here this year.

Do we have the keys?

I do.

Let's listen to my

dope beats playlist,

get our Opry game on.

sh*t.

This is my favorite song.

All my life, I

want money and power

Respect my mind or die

from lead shower

- Don't you

look nice! - Hi!

Thank you! I have another

show at nine,

I have to go.

Is my run-through at 6:30?

Yes.

So much sh*t.

I can always borrow one.

Sometimes it

takes ba*ls to be,

big, big, big ba*ls to be,

Oh sometimes it takes ba*ls

to be a woman

Beautiful! Yeah.

Do you want us to do

the hmm mmm

and all that stuff?

Y'all's choice yeah.

You get to use your.

Well, I'll

see you out there.

You better sing that song.

Did you hear? FAN: Yes.

I can't believe this.

Pete Fisher said no in 2008

and I'm getting away

with this tonight.

- I remember that.

- Do you remember?

The song! EC: You do?

Yes I do.

Well, it's

happening tonight.

She's going

to sing ba*ls'song.

I've got a song called

It Takes ba*ls to Be a Woman

that they wouldn't

let me do because it

has the word ba*ls in it.

So, um... but tonight they're

gonna let me sing it, so.

I love it.

She likes it so that's

all that matters

Good to see y'all. FAN: You too.

She's graced the

Opry stage

more than 100 times.

400 times.

400 times.

And she is wonderful.

Please do it for

'em, sweetheart.

You've been making your

brags around town

that you've been loving my man

Well the man I love,

when he picks up trash

he puts it in a garbage can

Thank you for

that dress, Cybelle,

it made me feel like

a million bucks.

It was just

like last minute.

Well, yeah.

And I'm sorry I wasn't more

firm on my performance of

Fist City but um

it just wasn't

WADE: I don't know,

you're the only

one that noticed.

And I know everybody says that-.

If you're playing the

guitar one fret with the capo

one fret off,

you notice.

With the amp right behind,

it was super distracting

especially on a song that

you don't really know.

Yeah.

It would have been

different if, it's like,

Oh, I do this all the

time, I can block it,

but it was all so foreign and.

You were on

top of it though.

Fiddle was loud and my

the only thing in my monitor

was just an occasional mmrr

ah, what's happening?

What is happening?

This is hard.

I'm not in control

of my environment.

It was great.

It could have been better.

You know what was so great

about newspapers?

You could just hide

behind it and cover

your whole face

with it in public.

And nobody thinks

anything about that.

So I'm trying something

a little different here.

I've always got this

microphone in my hand anyway,

so I'm going to use it to

get down some of my ideas

might not be for

anything but me.

I'm overdue to get a record out,

so that means I

need to write like

20 songs to have 10 or 11

that are good enough

to make the album.

I like this game, let's

keep going

Oh, it is dusty.

It's dusty, it's going

to be cold and windy.

- Thank you

sir. - Yeah, I'll

there ya go.

How much longer

ya'll on the road?

Just two more shows.

We're just doing a

short little runs.

Kicking my a*s.

Can't get no groove.

Can't get no groove out here,

can't get angry at home.

Cause it's like go

and stop and go and stop.

Yup.

Over and over. WADE: That's us.

Woo.

One, two, three, check.

One, two, check.

She gonna dry out

this time if it kills her.

She wants the whole

family in the loop.

It's always just

a little unnerving

wearing white.

Oh.

Hey, you.

Slept all day, woke

up in the evening

To see if the believers were

still believing

Good morning,

beautiful humans.

How's your hangover today?

On a scale of one

to, I don't know, 20,

I'm about an 8 1/2

but that's all right.

Not too bad, considering.

I just got home from tour.

Thank you, everybody that

came out to show.

Appreciate y'all, man. It's

good to be home though,

And thanks everybody

out there today,

back out there

pulling the wheel.

So y'all holler at me,

'cause I ain't got no kids, I

ain't got no boyfriend.

I got plenty of time,

and as far as I know, I'm

just sitting here in a room

talking in a

microphone to myself.

And we're gonna get

down on some jams.

She needed somebody

I think we should

focus on diversifying.

What if we were to

expand, say into podcasting?

Podcasting?

I mean.

I just don't I how is that

different than the radio?

It's me talking.

Well, it's more of you talking,

but in long form,

all you the whole time,

for your fans, broaden

your influence.

I mean, well, I could

pitch a show easily.

It would be amazing.

I know you can pitch a show.

Hey y'all, hey.

Hi, hey.

We started without you.

Well, you know

I don't really drink anymore,

but I'm going to start back

up again when I'm 60.

Yeah, stay high on

life until then, huh?

Ricky, if only

it were that easy. And cheap.

Oh. Excuse me. I

need to take this.

Why don't you sit here?

Fine,

how's my girl?

She's all right.

Did we interrupt a

career conversation?

Please interrupt all my

career conversations.

What else is going on?

Man.

I don't know. Lately, I feel

like I keep getting knocked

down,

I pick myself back up,

I get knocked down again,

I pick myself back up.

You know that is just a bunch

of noise happening in a

little corner of the universe

right?

But I know it can seem more

overwhelming than that.

I don't know, I just feel like

the craziness of my life

sometimes, like the last 24

months and all the years leading

up to it.

The highs are super high,

but the lows are so low.

I just don't know if I can keep

keep doing it year after year.

And then like if I do, then

that's the battle that'll k*ll

me.

It'll k*ll you slowly

or you can write songs about it.

While it kills you more slowly

because you're busy

writing songs about dying,

and you don't notice the

dying part so much.

I mean, don't you think

it like, really though,

it shaves years off our lives?

Writing the song, recording it,

performing it night after night,

living through it again

and again that way?

I don't know.

I mean, we can't know what

this all means, right?

But your music,

it has a ripple effect

that will go on long

after you're gone.

You know that, right?

I think I'm going to be super

rich when I'm dead.

That's when the checks are

going to start rolling in.

You gotta sing like you

don't need the money.

That's right,

I mean look at me. I feel great.

You sound great.

One of the things I love about

country music is the

way it tells stories.

So I was born down in Florida

to my mother,

who was a hillbilly singer

from Charleston, West Virginia.

And when my daddy got out of

jail for running moonshine,

with the Mafia,

he moved in next door to her.

They soon ended up

in a band together.

Of course, romance followed.

They had me.

I was their 11th child

altogether, and I think that

they forgot that I

was there a lot, and,

just kind of took me along

with them wherever they went.

And, they would play these

two bars with their band

and they'd take me with them.

So I saw many things

from a young age.

And, they terrorized

those h*nky Tonks.

Stanley By God Terry knew

exactly how it felt

to play a George Jones song

in a white leather belt

And matching shoes,

polyester blues

At the pine...

My parents really wanted me

to be a country star.

Bloody buckets of

ol broads and men

They thought I should

absolutely be a country star.

Who had been clean-shaven

when they started at ten?

When Stanley got goin'

with Mama by his side

And daddy on bass

singin' Charlie Pride

Kaw-lija, Folsom

I had the record deals,

I was in those boardrooms,

so I had that attention,

I had that opportunity,

to put me out there in the world

as the next big thing.

I watched it all as a baby

from a black bar stool

And country music

and hillbilly pain

Make stories that'll hurt ya,

and hold ya like a chain

and hold ya like a chain

Thank you,

thank you.

Hi, honey. Hey!

Smells good in here already.

What you got going on?

I'm making pot of beans.

They'll be ready

here before too long.

You want some chardonnay?

It's a bit early

in the day for me.

I'm not the best day drinker.

That's because you

refuse to practice.

Oh, is that what it is?

Are you judging me right now?

Honey, don't be like that.

I'm just worried

about you is all.

That little trip to

St. Croix last month

wasn't the greatest idea, maybe.

I'm doing fine. Ricky's calling

me with a million things,

the radio show's going strong,

I'm writing the album.

Well, how's it

coming? It's coming.

You know I'm

only asking this because it's

just you now.

I need to make sure you're

thinking about your financial

situation.

I can't believe that we're still

talking about my divorce from,

like, 8,000 years ago.

I'm only saying this because

there's only one income now

yours.

There was only one income

before, which was also mine.

And the only job he ever had,

he got for me.

And it's Ricky.

Hey, Ricky,

Diane's here. I'm gonna put you

on speaker.

Hey, Ricky.

You got some work for my girl.

Because radio show

alone isn't enough.

Well, I'm working on some

things.

Right now I'm calling because

the Opry wants you to

fill in tomorrow night.

Again? I just did it.

They had a cancellation.

Tomorrow night is Charlie's

50th birthday party.

What time is the segment?

YOU'RE ON AT 7:10 p.m.

Bryce could drive and get you

back and forth across town.

Honey, I think you

should take the work.

- You look great.

- Hey.

Hey. How y'all doing?

- Good, how are you?

- Good, good.

I love your jacket.

Thank you.

You're also very sparkly

this evening, I see.

Of course.

How do you feel?

Are you nervous?

Oh, yeah.

All the nerves for sure.

You know, not a

stressful crowd at all.

But it'll be good.

Perfect.

It's amazing to see how much

fans like to see pictures

from before I even go on stage.

Like, I haven't even

done anything yet.

It's cool.

- Social media.

- Hey.

Hey, you still driving?

I'm in a very chatty

green room preparing for battle.

Okay cool, I'm close.

I'll text you when I get there.

I'll be here, applying the w*r

paint.

Okay.

Go, go, go.

All right, blot!

Hey, I just wanted to tell you

that I love your music

and I saw you and your band

at the Basement East last year.

It was epic

and people are still

talking about it.

So.

People like to talk, don't they?

But that's really nice to hear.

Yeah, and you look

great, by the way.

You don't need me or anybody

else doing your makeup.

I've been doing my own makeup

since I was a Florida stage kid.

It gives me something to do

with my pre-show jitters

and probably some control issues

mixed up in there as well.

Thank you!

Great, thanks so much.

My life a stolen picture,

like some movie on a TV

I'm a fifty gallon drum

of a*s whooping fiction!

I'm a monster truck

attraction, a roadside religion!

My life's a

schizophrenic version

of a psychedelic vision,

Hey-hey!

Hey! ALLISON: Hey!

I haven't seen you

since Leo died.

I know I was on the

road, I just got back.

I haven't dealt

with it at all, yet.

And this Heaven and Hell theme

is weirding me out a bit.

It's Charlie's night,

so we're going with it.

We'll convene on Leo soon

though. Are you coming to

Kathy's?

Yes, for sure.

Okay.

Charlie, buddy, man,

I'm so happy to

be here with you.

Happy birthday.

Yeah.

Thank you.

We've been through

so much together.

You've had so many highs,

so many lows.

Mostly your blood pressure's

high and your ba*ls hang low.

Well, we have, we have

something special for you.

We do?

Someone who loves you dearly

who has something

really particular

planned for you. So...

Charlie, you've been my friend

and my mentor for over a decade

now.

You're genuinely the most

entertaining m*therf*cker I

know.

It's not easy to come up with

something to give someone like

you.

Well before you go off

to meet your maker,

which is any day

now that you're 50,

I wanted to have

someone entertain

you for a change.

I know this guy,

he's all wrong for me

He wears shirts that are

tripppin' on LSD

Hey.

Angel Demon

need help deciding?

Oh no, no thank you.

I'm Reed, I'm a big fan.

Ah, thanks. It's so

nice to meet you.

To be doing shots!

I can't do shots tonight.

Whoa!

Hey! Why? Did you party too much

on that island trip of yours?

No! I have a press

thing in the morning.

I can't walk in there looking

like a marshmallow.

I refuse to

accept that excuse.

Someone please come and

help this girl have a good time.

EC, this was your idea,

you're not just

gonna sit on the sidelines.

After Saturday

matinee roller derby

We went parking

and things got blurry

I thought man I

can't get much hotter

And then I caught a

whiff of pina colada

Well hey, you.

How you feeling? I'm good.

Yeah. This ain't nothing.

No need from alarm.

What ain't nothing?

Feeling a little alarmed

Diane. RICKY: Ah, yeah.

Hey, stay off

social media today, sweetheart.

They made one of those meme

things from the party last night

and you're not-

Yeah, you don't really need to.

Well, I should see it.

Well. It's it's

going to blow over.

Listen, the woman

of country crew wake up early

and I got a call, and they want

you to sit out the press event.

Good lord.

I know. You're too good

for these people anyway.

Well, I don't think

they think that.

Well, you are.

You're the quintessential

woman of country.

I mean you've been to the

Opry more than 400 times

and born in a h*nky tonk.

What could be more woman

of country than that?

I wasn't even a little drunk.

I was playing along

for my friend's party.

Just keep a low profile for a

couple of days.

You need to be focusing

on writing your record,

and now you have the space to

focus on it.

So stupid.

Hashtag old lady hustle.

Who wants a granny sandwich?

What does that even mean?

I mean, I don't think

I look that old.

Clearly a publicity stunt.

How desperate is she?

She's too old to be

partying like that.

You have got to be kidding me.

Damn it!

God!

The truth is,

I feel bankrupt on every level.

I'm broke, but I need

to make another record,

I need to stay home and write

songs for that record.

I got an old house

that needs everything,

and I don't know

how it's all going to happen.

Sometimes

I feel like I'm in two places

at the same time.

There's what's happening here

today in real life, and then

there's

what's happening in my head

and in my heart

on the songwriting plane.

What about the first time

you performed music in

front of a person?

Well, I was four, you know, I

was herded there like cattle

by these people

that feed me and keep me alive.

So I just did what they said.

Yeah.

You know, I don't really feel

completely that I was complicit

in it.

Hi there.

Hello.

What part of Florida

are you from?

I'm from Wildwood Florida.

Wildwood is that...

And a pot of potato soup

She's gonna dry out

this time if it kills her

She wants the whole

family in the loop

She can outsmart death like a

In my early days of writing

songs in Nashville down on Music

Row,

I got paid to come to

an office every day

where I would go

into a little room

where they would say, this

artist is cutting, this kind of

song.

And then it was our job

to write that kind of song.

My heroin addict sister

I don't get inspired in that

environment, typically,

but I was, you know,

I was a young woman,

I was a good girl, and I was.

My daddy always taught me,

you get paid to do a job,

you do that job.

I didn't get the deal.

And I was told I

didn't get the deal

because when I left,

it was too much about

everything I would not do.

It's like the devil's DNA.

It takes her somewhere she's

just gotta go

Good evening,

ladies and gentlemen and judges.

I'm proud to be here tonight

and I don't think if

it was for these two people

I would not be here tonight.

And here they are my

father and mother.

After an

introduction like that, I can

hardly wait to hear

what I'm gonna do myself.

We got married in a fever

Hotter than a pepper sprout

We've been talkin'

'bout Jackson

Ever since the fire went out

Yes, we're goin' to Jackson

And that's a fact

Yes, we've gone to Jackson

Ain't coming back

She's my heroin-addict sister

And I hate to see her go

And I hate to

see her holdin' on

at the end of

the same ole rope

At the end of

the same ole rope

Always at the end of her rope

Half-hanged Mary

don't mind the weather,

birds of a feather gonna burn

together

Half-hanged Mary don't,

Half-hanged Mary

don't mind the weather,

than bir

than birds of a feather gonna

burn together

OK, take it.

Take it a shake it.

Whoa!

Oh, God. Whoa.

Meg! I was just thinking

about your crazy a*s.

I've been so homesick

lately. How's things?

Oh, I'm grooving.

Spec seasons coming up

so I'm getting ready

to do some fishing.

How you been? I've

been all right.

This ah.

Just some stupid stuff going on.

I'm on some kind of social

house arrest or something,

that's super dumb.

And I had a friend die

while I was on the road.

It's one of my music crew,

he just,

he was a good dude but you know

it's a tough life we lead,

and he just,

- he couldn't make it.

- I'm so sorry.

Well, maybe, a trip home

will do you good?

I know it would.

I'm gonna look for a window.

When I see one,

I'll holler at you.

What else is going on?

That's a no.

That's a no, no, no.

I heard tales you

got a brand new boy

Say you've done well.

He's a real McCoy

He's a hoot and cute to boot,

they all agree

But he might be all that,

but honey, he ain't me

I bet that guy

got a line or two

He cares, he swears

he's there for you

I will, tell them

I'll be right out.

Thank you, thank you.

You made it.

I did!

I'm so sweaty.

I don't care.

Did you see it?

I did. I saw all your encores.

Was I good?

Yes. How good was I?

So good.

Oh, my God,

isn't this just the

best part of my day?

Hey!

Hey!

What?

Hi there,

everything okay?

Sorry, I had my headphones

on. I couldn't hear you.

Oh, that's all right.

I just it's pretty hot.

I thought you might

want something to drink.

Oh, thank you, I would.

Yeah! Yeah.

I appreciate you keeping my

little valley from getting too

wild.

Oh. You're welcome.

It's nice when

it's a little wild.

Well, that doesn't

seem to be a problem,

so good.

Say, are you, a Johnny Cash fan?

Oh, well

why yes, I am.

How'd you ever guess that?

I was just listening to Live

at Folsom Prison

and you've got that shirt on.

Well, I'm going to take a wild

guess that you are a musician.

You will be right,

I am a musician.

That's usually the

case around here.

Well, thank you very

much for the tea.

You're welcome. Let me

know if you need anything.

My door...

All manner of men...

All manner of men coming

at my door

Since there wasn't

ain't around...

If you had a place here

you wouldn't have to

go back to Nashville so much.

You could just stay

right here in LA.

Don't you think I should let the

ink dry on my divorce papers

before I make any major moves

like that, though?

I could get you your own place.

You don't have to

be at my place.

It sounds a little like

being a kept woman.

A what?

I just like when

you're around me, baby.

That make me a bad guy?

This new record, it's

going to be something special.

Oh. RICKY: No doubt

in my mind about that.

Well, she's never boring.

That's for sure.

She's brilliant, ah.

You're gonna see for yourself

with these new songs.

All right, thank you.

Liam!

Hey EC. My man!

Yeah. You're a

sight for sore eyes.

Oh, yeah? I don't

know about that.

This is obviously,

smaller than her regular band.

I mean, obviously, but you're

going to get an idea of her

live, and, you know, it's

different than the demo.

Good. Good. Let's do this.

All right, I'll count it off,

be like super pro.

Two, three four

Half Hanged Mary

don't mind the weather

Birds of a feather

gonna burn together

You can cut her

loose, but that's okay

She coming down anyway

Not a witch before

but sure one now,

her tongue'll look ya in

the eye and lie ya out a vow

Ain't worried about fate,

ain't worried about sin

Can't make her

afraid of dyin' again

Blow, Blow

Ladies who lunch

stood around watchin'

Counted on her

to cover their debauchin'

Tying her dress

with a tattered sash

Now her necklace

is a ropey rash

Had to put her down with them

wicked rabies

fore she made more

black cat babies

Can't serve antiquated charms,

please your countrymen

with them marked up arms

When you're spookin' the cow,

spillin' the hay,

boilin' bedsores

and forgettin' to pray

Blow, Blow

Well, thank you

for playing that for me.

That was real interesting.

What's it called again?

It's called Half Hanged Mary.

It's based on this poem

by Margaret Atwood.

It's a true story about

this woman back in Boston.

She got tried for being a witch,

which she wasn't, really.

But her town still

thought she was.

So they hung her, and then they,

they went to cut her down and

and it didn't k*ll her.

And she just stood

up and walked off.

And then they where

really scared of her

and, um, but she was

all brain damaged

so she was like eating dirt

and drooling on herself,

and it was um,

it was awkward for everyone.

Yeah. It's a metaphor.

Well,

I got a run to an appointment

on the west side.

Thank y'all.

I appreciate

hearing what you got going on.

Hey!

What did you think?

You want it straight?

Yes, of course, always.

Too much of a wild card for us.

Wouldn't know how to get

that on the radio.

Witch trials?

Yeah, but, but have you

seen, her fans are loyal.

I mean thousands of them

screaming for her at the Opry

all the time.

Yeah, yeah I know, but that

doesn't necessarily translate to

this.

Liam, you're missing out.

We miss out all the time Ricky.

You just have to hit the jackpot

now and again.

I got a new hat.

That dude's a lost cause, man.

Can you play that thing

without looking at the keys the

whole time?

Without looking at

them the whole time, yeah.

Can you look up.

- From time to time.

- From time to time.

From time to time yeah.

When you're sitting there

and just singing to the

microphone

doing this and

looking at the keys,

and that ain't gonna

go over good at all.

Millions stars outside

and that big old

moon is shining bright

So there was like

this two year period

where every three months

there was a major tragedy.

Mom died,

dad died,

brother died,

brother-in-law died,

mother-in-law died,

father-in-law died,

farm burned down.

So I didn't get a record

made during that time.

I just,

I hope that,

I hope that I'm getting better

at it with age, you know,

and that

and that somehow,

I survive all the

not only the curve ba*ls

that life throws you,

but that this business can

throw you in to not be, like,

such a jaded and miserable,

grumpy person that don't have

any friends left

by the end of it.

Oh, alcohol and pills.

Alcohol and pills.

Sometimes alcohol and pills

get a hold of you

and won't let go.

And some folks don't know

how to cope with that.

And especially in

in musician world.

And, I just lost a friend.

There's a lot of support

in the musician community.

There's a lot of places to

get help and and things to do

to try and move on past that

demon that gets a hold of you,

you know, but...

Some people just can't.

Some people just can't.

Look at that,

look at that, perfection.

It's like play-dough for

grown-ups.

Here we go.

Oooo lala.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

I don't know how I feel about

the hygiene of hanging our pasta

on a lady's underwear rack.

Ok, Josh, we'll hang the

pasta on something of yours.

Both of my arms?

A table, a chair

Oh god.

Hey everybody!

Oh, let's

see what this is.

Oh, my God, that's beautiful.

Thank you. Well,

I thought for Leo,

good friends of Leo, an

Italian cheesecake is in order.

Aw.

So do you make one of

those for every one of your

friends

that kills himself or?

Ok what is

wrong with you?

I'm sorry.

Leo would've laughed at that.

What is wrong with you?

Hey hey hey hey.

Hey.

Every day is a struggle.

Not all of us get to grow old.

I'm one of the lucky ones.

And I just hope that all of you

here live to be a million years

old

just like me.

Looking good girl.

To Leo.

To Leo.

And here's to all of

you for staying alive.

I know it can be

hard, but keep it up.

I've got something

I want to read.

This is for Leo,

too, so listen up.

This is

a letter from Vincent van Gogh,

the painter,

to his brother Theo,

about a painting

that he's just finished of a

peasant, a farmer in clogs, and

he says,

Really,

it's a pity that there aren't

more paintings of clogs

in Paris.

What a mistake

that Parisians haven't acquired

sufficient taste for rough

things.

What I learned in

Paris is fading,

and I'm returning to my ideas

that came to me in the country

before I knew the

Impressionists, and I wouldn't

be very surprised

if the Impressionists were soon

to find fault with my way of

doing things.

I feel like I'm missing.

Um, do you get how it's

connecting to Leo?

- No. I'm serious.

- He says he won't get it,

but he paints it because

it's his nature.

That does sound

a little bit like Leo.

Vincent had a brother who loved

him, believed in him.

He provided a lifeline

to Vincent because he,

he listened to his

brother, to what he had to say.

The good

and the bad, the

ups and the downs.

He was present.

I mean, I feel like we were

brothers like that to Leo,

weren't we?

Yeah.

I think we were.

I hope we were.

It doesn't mean you

can save someone.

It's hard when

you're on tour

and somebody dies, and

a friend dies, and,

and it seems like it

just keeps happening.

And I don't know

if I can take another one.

And my tour manager sent

sent breakfast to my hotel room

And it was so

so sweet.

And I was so grateful

to get it because they knew

before I did.

They knew what I was going

to wake up to.

Ain't commin' back

Well, go on down to Jackson

Go ahead and wreck your health

Go play your hand you

big-talkin' man, make a big fool

of yourself

Yeah, go on to Jackson

Go comb your hair

We're gonna snowball, Jackson

Oh yeah.

See if I care

You know, we had the run up on

Johnny Cash right up there

in Nashville not long ago.

I said, Johnny,

what in the world inspired you

to do The Rings of Fire?

He said, man, the Ring of Fire

wasn't intended to be.

He said, I got my.

BenGay mixed up

with my Formula H.

Oh, burn, burn, burn

the ring of fire,

the ring of fire

This is a song that

I wrote for my daddy.

He was like 48 when I was born,

so we both kind of always knew

that he would pass away

when I was relatively younger,

and he always tried really hard

to prepare me for that.

And, so I wrote this song,

called Daddy, I Got Love For

You.

Sittin' up in bed

with stage 4 cancer

A chew of tobacco

and all the answers

He said, girl if you

don't learn to breathe

You ain't ever gonna

make it as far as me

Daddy I try to do like

ya tell me, I hold my own,

I love the lonely

I feed the fire,

fuel the flame,

I live to play another day

I know,

ain't no way to go

I know,

ain't no way to go

I got love for you.

I got love for you

I got love for you.

Don't you want my love

Everybody's got sh*t to give

Everybody's got pain to live

This ain't all about feelin'

And you got time that

ain't worth killin'

Ooh

Ooh

Hey! Excuse me.

Hi!

Sorry, I was.

I was just driving

past your place,

well I had the tools

in the back of my truck

so I thought to

myself, maybe I could,

take a stab at

fixing that chair.

Oh, that was my daddy's chair.

He spent a lot of

time in that chair.

It's pretty wrecked,

I don't think it can be

brought back to life.

I'm not so sure about that.

I just, I can't bring

myself to get rid of it.

You know, it's baked in the

Florida sun and rocked through a

million hurricanes,

and it defies the

laws of nature.

It's got some sort of swamp

by force on it.

Yeah, I believe it.

I'm from Florida.

No sh*t. Which part?

I'm from Wildwood.

Oh, yeah. I know Wildwood.

Hog County, huh?

Yeah. I'm from

down in the Glades.

People up here, they don't

know the real Florida.

They think it's all beaches,

palm trees, golf courses.

Yeah.

They don't like to think about

alligators and rattlesnakes.

No they don't, but when

they do think about gators,

they ain't got a clue

how delicious they are.

Truth. God, I miss it.

I got to get back down there.

Yeah I get back every chance I

get.

I just miss my family.

After our farm burned,

most not people left,

but there's still a few

stragglers and hell, I'll go

just to be there,

you know.

Hmm. Yeah.

Well, hey, don't

worry about the chair,

but if you've got a minute,

I have an issue going on.

Yeah sure.

I'd love for you to take a look

if you have time.

Okay. I've got

this light fixture.

Okay sure. I just,

it wouldn't stop flickering

so I just yanked it down

because that's my solution.

Ummm, it was like

a g*dd*mn disco.

I thought I was going to have a

seizure, so I just, I just, I

just.

Shouldn't be a problem.

I got this thing.

Oh. Thank you.

One sec.

What's happening?

Oh. You know, that

eco make-up brand, Lovetree?

They're being iffy about

the endorsement deal.

Lovetree?

I'm wearing all their makeup.

What exactly did they say?

Like you're too like

sexually promiscuous?

They get that from one photo?

They think that they're just

reacting to the reaction.

Hold on a sec.

Do you think I could

take that chair home?

Work on it from there?

I mean, it's a project for sure,

but I think it's doable.

You want to take it?

All manner of men

coming at my door

Since the one that was up

ain't around anymore

Got one he lay naked,

sang Zeppelin to me

Drives a matte black

You got to have people who will

try anything to help move your

career along.

If you're lucky, you got them.

People that won't

take no for an answer.

People that'll get you to fly

all the way to New York

for something

you're out there chasing down.

Look in the mirror...

These days

are one long night

And I hear my mother

calling out my name

I've listened to you.

I don't know if, five or

six months on, on the radio.

And I've taken quite a liking

to your, I guess, personality.

You do a great job on the radio,

but that's not really your first

pursuit in show business, is it?

Well, I'm a singer

first. And a songwriter.

As a little kid.

That's what I did. Yeah.

And what was your family like?

Oh, they're a bunch

of hillbillies.

No, no, I mean they're

beautiful people.

Where are you from?

I'm from Florida.

I grew up in Florida,

but my mother was a

Yay!

My mother was a hillbilly singer

from Charleston, West Virginia.

Right.

And when daddy got out of

jail for running moonshine,

he moved in next door to her.

Wow. So one day,

his woman left him.

Aha.

And she felt so sorry for him.

She made him a big pot of beans

and took him beans.

Yeah. Beautiful.

Thank you. David Letterman.

For my writing, my podcast

Well thank you for

inviting me.

That I'm trying to do.

But, would, you and I have

talked about this before,

and I've never asked you

anything but superficial

inquiries.

Oh, great here we go.

You,

at the hands of somebody.

I don't know who,

they wanted you to be

a different kind of act.

And that kind of act

typically does very well on

country music

stations, and beyond.

And now is that an accurate

assessment of what they wanted

from you.

Yeah.

I mean they have research and

studies and you know rooms

with big conference tables that

a ton of people sit around and

they,

they try to predict

what their market wants.

And they are also funded by

advertising around that music.

Was it a mutual realization

that this wasn't

fitting you and

the record label.

Um no. I went to them

and asked to be released

from my contract.

How'd that go?

Did that k*ll you a little bit?

Did it hurt you in Nashville?

Were people saying,

oh, she's difficult?

We don't want any part of her?

Or was it just an isolated event

that nobody gets hurt by?

No. I think I was completely,

dismissed as difficult.

Just didn't didn't jive with

what they were laser focused on.

And I was not going to fit into

I was not going to be a

widget to go down,

go down their factory line.

But, man, I just so I started

working, you know, odd jobs.

And I mean- When you say

odd jobs, out of music?

Mmhmm. Like what?

I waited tables.

I was really bad at

that. But I think that.

I used that moment

and I didn't mean to, to write,

you know, ba*ls To Be a Woman.

And that was, couldn't have been

and I knew that would be

really even more

repulsive to them.

It's freeing in a way.

It's also scary as hell.

Some mud covered dogs

guarding shotgun shacks

A red door on a green Cadillac

Goin' down to the well

To us, to New York City?

Mmm. I'm excited about this.

I can tell.

Janis!

Wasn't this bar

two blocks south?

I could have sworn

it was on a different corner?

Um no.

I'm going to have to take

this up with the management

because something is wrong

with this location.

It's incredibly good to see you.

How are you?

Oh terrible and

in love with life.

You know, same as usual.

Hi.

Hi-JANICE: You must be EC,

I am Janice.

Pleasure to meet you.

I don't know about that, but

kind of you to be optimistic, I

like optimists.

I've wanted you to

meet EC for a while,

as you know.

And, we were in town to

record with David Letterman

and thought this was

the perfect time.

Letterman?

I thought he was dead.

No, he's not even that old,

he just looks old because he's

kind of like that white beard.

Honey you know it's very hard

to pull off the white hair.

Everybody looks like they're one

foot in the grave except women.

Women look gorgeous

with a full head of white hair.

You know, like Barbara Bush.

Gorgeous.

But a man always looks like he's

about to croak with the white

hair.

So.

I don't know what kind of B.S.

this one's been

telling you about me.

But there's certain things

that we have to get clear.

I am not a magician.

That can just get you a gold

record out of nowhere, okay?

I mean, as a matter of fact,

a lot of people go

broke because of me.

I myself am chronically broke.

However, every now and then.

I can take an artist

like you and match you up with,

you know, an industry

executive or a producer

and make a hit.

I don't know how I

do it, so don't ask.

But all the good things you've

heard about how brilliant I am

those are all true.

I try to be humble, but I've

been in this business way too

long.

So, have you listened to

any of the files I sent you?

- Of course I have.

- Get an idea of like what.

I got it right here.

I wanted you to, like,

get a sense of.

What EC was going for.

Yeah. Mmhm.

Janice I

sent them digitally.

I know you did, Ricky.

Janice, they can't

be in your bag.

I know I have my interns

transfer the digital files

because I f*cking hate them to a

cassette.

And I listen on my Walkman.

That's awesome.

Well, let me tell you something.

The Walkman is the

best way to hear

how things sound

when they're in bad conditions.

That's how most people

listen to stuff.

No, what I'm looking

for is my notes.

Okay. Oh, here we go.

Okay, okay. EC.

What is your favorite place

in the entire world?

I mean, if I could just beam you

someplace, where would it be?

Oh, God um.

Close your eyes.

Now you are not in this bar.

Where are you?

The Satilla River.

Never heard of it.

Where is that?

It's way down south.

It's like on the

Georgia/Florida state line.

It's magical. There's

no place like it.

Really? Fast moving river?

No slow, extremely slow.

Okay, give me a minute.

Ahh.

Okay.

That's what I got for you.

Thank you.

- What is that?

- It's a phone number.

This is my niece's cousin,

got the gift.

This producer is

going to get you.

You're going to

change people's lives.

So thanks

for the drink.

Let me know how it goes.

I'll send you a bill.

Tell Letterman he owes me money.

What the f*ck just happened?

You'll thank me later.

I don't think it's a

talent game anymore.

I think it's a

perseverance game.

I think it's whether or not

you can be strong enough

to just survive and keep going.

No matter what.

What the hell?

How did you do that?

Well, I reckon you're

safe to sit in now.

I got something

else for you, too.

It's just a little

song I'm working on.

It's nothing finished

or anything like that,

but I'm thinking

about calling it.

'Bad on Paper.'

What is that referring to?

Is that about me? No, no,

it's not about you.

Not exactly.

Okay this is stupid.

Give it. I wanna see it.

All right, all right. Sheesh.

We both come from

hard-luck places

Houses built on sinking sand

Stranger to love's

sweeter graces

That's all I got so far.

But I guess I need a line

that rhymes with sand.

Yeah.

I really want to write this song

with you for real.

Well, why don't we start with me

making you something to eat.

Let me see this. Okay.

It's a good start.

You know how it could go?

Tell me.

Well, I'll be damned.

Tye?

Hey. I've

been calling you.

Where you been, man?

How are you doing, Liam?

I've been on the

road, you know that.

Hey you know EC, don't you?

Hey, EC. EC: Liam.

Yeah. EC: Yeah.

Look,

can we get together sometime?

Call Michael.

Michael will get me alright,

we'll get together.

All right. Thank you brother.

All right, sure.

Let's see if you look any

different, now that you're a

single lady.

I think you're well aware

I've been a single lady

for several years now.

I look

the same, don't I?

Just older.

Oh, hell, I don't know.

Let me get a look at you.

Older.

So I feel like the universe

is trying to tell me something.

But I don't take

well to being told what to do,

not even by the universe.

So what would you

do if you ran into an ex-lover?

You ain't seen in a hot minute?

And you knew it wasn't a

good idea back in the day.

But now he's there

and he's kind of looking at you,

and you're kind of looking at

him, and it kinda feels like

I don't know, maybe

should we do this? I don't know,

should I do that?

I might not stay,

but at least I

would have been around

Cause there's something

about what

happens when we talk

Something about what happens

when we talk

I got to take this.

Ok.

I know. Well, if they're

gonna keep moving it then I'm...

Okay. Yeah, I will.

All right, I got to go.

All right.

Cologne campaign

they keep switching

up the dates on me.

A cologne campaign?

Yes.

Are you.

Are you leaning against

a barn with, like,

a piece of straw in your mouth,

looking all bronzed

and weathered?

Yeah.

Are you wearing denim?

Tell me you're in denim.

There could be denim involved.

Hell, I'll wear

anything they ask me to,

as much money as they're paying.

Seriously, it's stupid.

It's like enough

to buy an island.

Well, you can't buy an island

because how will you get all

your trucks and motorcycles to

the island?

You can't do long distance

with motorcycles.

They won't understand.

They're just so sensitive right?

They are.

That's why I have my boats.

Oh, yeah.

I just.

I like talking with you Shug.

That part hasn't even

changed a little bit.

f*ck.

One sec, I'm sorry.

I've got to respond to Diane.

Bad news?

Actually, my roof is leaking,

and I thought it was a minor

thing.

And apparently that's

a major thing so.

That's the problem

with those old houses.

Always something going wrong.

Yeah, just a sec.

You know you wouldn't have to

deal with these things if you

just stayed with me in L.A.

I mean, we don't even

get rain out there.

I like rain, just

not my kitchen.

Still.

You can't be serious.

Why can't I? I'm serious. I am.

Don't get all freaked

out on nothin'.

I just think.

We've had a lot of fun.

Shug.

There's still a lot to be had.

f*ck. Hold on.

Yeah.

You do realize

this is a temporary

solution, right?

I mean, I don't think that'll

work for a little while.

I'm not going to say it.

You can say it.

If you would just call the

Lovetree people,

make nice and explain yourself.

I think it would go

a long way.

Like now.

Hey, Randy, it's EC,

how ya doing, man?

I just wanted to call you guys

and tell you,

like, how pumped I am

about that new foundation.

Whoo, yes, it is, it

is good stuff, man.

And I'm just so proud to be

associated with the brand, and

really just wanted to say how

sorry I am about that

unfortunate photo,

that is in no way

reflective of my real lifestyle.

And it won't happen again.

Yeah, I know, I

know, yeah, it was.

Yeah.

Well,

I just wanted to give you a call

and try and set you guys at

ease,

and thank you so much.

And oh man, yeah,

that moisturizer, too,

has got me good and dewy.

Yes.

How do you do,

come on in old friend

you are welcome any time

Sit right down and

we'll have talkin'

and then you can tell me

what's on your mind

That's it? TYE: Yep.

Then in the evenin'

about sundown,

up on the hill

and above the town

Hear him talk

and you can hear him sing

It is tequila time.

An old retired couple,

and he just does

whatever he wants.

Now it's not gonna be,

like it was supposed to be

It's been a

a long time thinking of us,

not thinking of me

Baby but so are you

This whole mess

ain't all on me,

darlin' it takes two...

How are you?

Hey you, how you doing?

I've been doing damage control.

I had to make up

with the makeup people.

What's that mean?

Well, basically, I had to call

them and beg for their

forgiveness.

They were displeased about the

photo of me from your party.

Forgiveness for what?

You didn't do anything.

Well, I know that

and you know that.

And everybody that was

there knows that.

But you know how

the internet is,

it has has its way of

telling its own little story.

Listen to me.

You do not have

to stoop like that

kiss those people's asses.

Hell, no.

You should just live your life

and not care about any of that.

You care far too much

about that kind of stuff anyway,

what the like mainstream

country people think,

and the corporate types think.

They're never gonna be

comfortable with who you are.

I'm not kissing their a*s,

I just trying to stop the deal

from falling apart,

keep a little money rolling in.

Well, you can't control the

world you know.

You have to find peace and

purpose in being completely

yourself.

That's what artists do.

I'm not trying

to control the world.

Not all of us

can be free-rolling hippy dudes

with a cult of young,

disenfranchised males

following us around

like we're Jesus.

Okay, what does that mean?

Some of us, especially

those of us with t*ts,

quite literally get punished

when we don't play by certain

rules.

You got to give me a break, man.

I have to hustle and pay my

bills when and how I can.

You got to stick your neck out

and be brave.

Otherwise you're just going to

be another one of those broads

playing by their rules.

Those broads?

You know,

one time Bob Dylan said

he didn't really

like girl singers

because they're always whoring

themselves out on stage.

- Bob Dylan really

say that? - He sure did.

I feel really nervous

and uncomfortable

to talk sh*t about Bob Dylan.

EC.

Man, if I just make

music, write honestly,

live my life out in

the open like you do,

my retirement home's gonna

be under a bridge.

Nobody in this business knows

what to do with me,

and I can't help it if the

music industry has no ba*ls

and is so weak

and greedy and run

by lizard brained men that the

only thing they can think of to

do

is chase down a quick buck

instead of putting out

meaningful music

for their own f*cking people.

I can't help them.

How long are you going to

blame bad men

or the music industry

for your problems,

huh?

Do you really think

there was ever a time

where the music

business was fair?

I have to buy a

new roof, Charlie.

I have literal water

coming into my house.

Let the rain fall in your house

and you'll write the

album of your life.

If Charlie lets the

rain fall in his house.

He's a deeply arty,

eccentric, un-materialistic man.

But if my roof caves

in, I'm just a sad, crazy lady.

And for the record,

the proverbial rain

has fallen in my house

for about five years now

and I am brave.

So g*dd*mn brave every day.

And it is exhausting,

and it is risky,

and I got nothing left.

My sister's obsessed

with butterflies,

she's got angel eyes,

she is still a child

If you're lucky to flourish.

Having some level of fame,

being a hot topic around town.

She go lightly

Knowing people are

just watching you,

wondering if you're

going to make it or not,

being ridiculed,

feeling embarrassed,

feeling shame.

She go lightly,

without a prayer

And to still get

up and do it again

and to write that next song

that comes to you.

I won't stand before a

fast-moving train,

before I let your shame

I need to mean it.

I need it to mean

something to me.

She go lightly

without a prayer,

without a prayer,

without a prayer,

without a prayer

My sister's obsessed

with butterflies,

she's got angel

eyes, she is still...

Hey!

Hey!

What's going on?

Not much.

About to drive down to Florida,

pulling my brother's

boat back home.

Not been very inspired

to catch any fish up here,

so it's just sitting

around catching rain.

I hear that.

You feel like

taking a road trip?

Like now? Yeah now.

Like.

I mean

I'm just going there and back.

Maybe we'll write a

song or something.

I sure could stand to get out

of here about now.

Especially heading

that direction.

Is that a yes?

Meg!

Well it only

took a hundred calls.

I had to clear it

with my probation officer, so.

This is my friend,

I guess, Clay.

He was kind enough

to drive me south, so.

Hi there, nice to meet you.

Well hi there, Clay.

Nice to meet you.

You look like a

probation officer.

Why, thanks.

Does that thing float?

Sure does, like a six-pack.

Oh, I just happen

to have a six pack.

I bet you do.

You want to get it wet?

Don't look at me, I got time.

That sucks about your roof.

That ain't cheap.

Yeah.

Oh, guess who

I ran into at the wine shop?

I can never begin to guess.

Tye.

What did he say?

He offered to take

me for a drive.

It was lovely

and relaxing.

All right, she's ready.

What about you?

Let's do it.

All right. I don't need that.

Okay.

Who do you think I am anyway?

Well if I could I would

stay drunk all the time

Then again I'd never

never get to know

the sober heart of mine.

Seems like your life is

pretty complicated.

Well, I damn sure don't

mean for it to be.

I didn't realize simply wanting

to live life on my own terms

meant I would be challenged

from every freaking angle.

You know, baby,

I'm not here to challenge you.

It's not my job.

And I,

I understand why you left that

deadbeat husband.

He's a loser.

I told you that, though.

I told, I'm not saying I told

you so, but I did, I did.

I told you so.

But I don't understand why

you didn't follow Tye to L.A.

and I don't understand

why you don't follow him now.

I mean,

baby girl, that would

solve all your problems.

It would solve money problems.

Well,

that's a big problem.

And it solves the

being alone problem,

and you'd still be

in the music world.

I don't see why

being alone is such a problem.

And my music world would

be his music world.

I'd be his woman in his world.

Well, okay.

Yeah, but that man, he drives

around in a convoy of busses,

that's a

pretty good world.

And I'm not saying

that, you know,

you're tricked-out van

and your hard-won career

aren't awesome.

We're so proud of you.

I don't understand why you can't

be yourself and still be with

him.

When we were together before,

it was clear how it would be.

He's the sun and I'm

just in his orbit.

He'd show off my cute little

career and his cool taste in

arty women,

but I couldn't a whole lot with

my band in a studio

and make records

or run off on tour.

It would be a much

more traditional role,

with traditional expectations,

you know what I mean.

I'm just not that woman.

I don't want you to

make any sacrifices

that you don't want

to make, darling.

I want the whole world for you.

But you know where I come from,

which also happens to be

where you come from,

putting the roof over your

head comes first

and men on their good side, men

on their bad side come second.

It's like women have been doing

it for thousands of years, you

know?

It's like a social construct.

I know, I can't get over my

audacity of wanting security

and freedom at the same time.

Well, I love your audacity.

I just, you know,

maybe it's time you

know, take that exit,

easy street.

God, I love this river.

Well, you are the queen of it.

Hey there. Clay.

Yup, I'm still here.

You know this lovely lady here?

Hmm.

She was Miss Satilla 1991.

Really?

Why are you bringing

up old sh*t?

Oh, I'm not that surprised.

You know, my mama was

Miss Speckled Perch

back in her day. Oh,

so we're probably related.

Oh, God, I hope not.

That can be a little

problematic down the road.

Hello.

Hello?

Hi. Hey, I'm Ricky.

Yeah, Billy Castaway.

Nice to meet you. Pleasure.

Hey, I'm EC. It's nice

to finally meet you.

I heard a lot about you

from Janice, your cousin.

Oh, God. Janice. Yeah.

Well, it's a pleasure

to finally meet you.

Just for the record, I'm

a fan of your radio show,

your music,

especially your writing.

This new stuff is not

like my old stuff.

I can't seem to write the same

kind of song twice.

Okay.

It's not that rock,

it's not country.

Well, I'm agnostic

when it comes to genre.

Oh, God. Me too.

High five. Who cares?

Ah the labels.

Yeah, yeah, well,

labels like labels,

but let's hear it.

I must look ready to

make bad decisions

I must look wonderful tonight

You rolled up on

me with tunnel vision

But baby don't

turn on the light

Oooh

I should've stayed home

and watched television

I should've tried not to drink

I should've kept your

key out of my ignition

And not care

what nobody thinks

Oooh

It was rainin'

on the court steps,

I had a feeling

I was slipping away

Can't remember

last time I slept,

but believe me

It won't be today,

there's no way...

It stopped there.

There's a couple more verses.

These new songs

are running a little long.

No, you're telling a story.

Sometimes it takes a minute.

That's got vibes, man. I dig it.

I think I found

someone, not like that.

I think I found someone

that, that gets it

maybe, that gets it.

This woman, Billy. She might be

some kind of wizard or

something.

She's older, and she

just got that wisdom.

She sent me the way of a

producer that I think is

powerful.

I, I need a partner in that.

And I feel like I

might have found one.

Well, we'll see, it

might be, it might be cool,

it might be squirrely.

And it might be,

where it's just drums, you know

like during those holes like

where it would just be vocals.

Feeling that.

Yeah?

It ain't perfect, but

it's rock and roll.

Fix it, Diddy.

I think it's great. All right.

I think it's cool.

I don't I like them when the

doubles are loose, you know?

Just makes it fun to listen to.

Okay.

Thick Georgia

woman, her body knows

Basket of peaches

under her clothes

Very cool. One last thing.

Take that last note and

down real quick so

it goes right into.

I'm just wanting to hear a train

wreck of the to go

like that, like one

end to the other.

That's cool.

I love it myself.

See what kind of

vibe we're getting.

Stay on your

side of the street

Worry bout the ground

under your own feet

Might find yourself

danglin' by a ladder

Makin' you nervous,

what's the matter?

Better watch

out, better lay low

Half Hanged Mary

gettin' ready to blow

Welcome to my world

Won't you come on in?

Miracles, I guess

I used to care

about being a star.

And then I stopped

caring about being a star.

And when I stopped

caring about that,

I thought, well, what exactly is

it that I'm trying to do here?

What are we trying to do

as artists and songwriters?

Welcome to my world

Sometimes the hardest part

is just hanging in there.

Well, Ricky pulled

another one out of her hat.

Next thing I know, I'm

packing for a tour in Europe.

Thick Georgia woman,

her body knows

Basket of peaches

under her clothes

She's gonna lock the door,

take off her bra

Call up her sister in Arkansas

Pour her rights in jar of wine

Talk about class in decline

In her chest is

a treasure trove

Rich as the

groceries on the stove

A world of hurt in disguise,

happy as hell otherwise

Thick Georgia woman

They were trying to tell

me earlier

how you say thank you in Danish.

Dutch. Dutch!

I know where I am.

I know exactly where I am.

As anybody does, you go

through a lot in life,

and I'm going to do a few

new songs for y'all tonight,

because I figure y'all are cool

and won't tell nobody.

I heard Lucinda Williams say,

when a reporter asked her once,

like,

now that you're happy

and more balanced in your life,

aren't you worried that you

won't have anything to write

about?

And she's like, oh

no, I have a lifetime

of trauma to write about.

This will never end,

there's plenty.

So I sort of feel that way too.

So I wrote this song

in sort of a simple song,

but it's just something I wanted

to say. And it's called The Easy

Kind.

Well, I swear I'm trying

to rehabilitate

I've sat and told strangers

what I contemplate

I open the drawers,

thrown out the razors

I've walked straight through

the emotional craters

I listed goodbyes,

I talked till I cried

At times nobody was on my side

I made big plans

And I changed my mind

There's all kinds of women

I'm not the easy kind,

the easy kind

Getting my music

out into the world

on whatever level I can,

in the purest form I can,

is all I care about now.

And is it an

exercise in futility?

An exercise in fate?

Sometimes I don't know.

I just know it's my nature,

it's honest, and

the story is mine.

I listed goodbyes,

I talked till I cried

At times nobody

When I was younger,

I thought the deal was just to

put on a pretty outfit and

perform.

But for me that felt so empty.

It felt so vain.

Old southern girls

got nothin' to lose,

I got nothing to lose

It's taken a few trips

around the sun to gather

this kaleidoscope

of emotions and experiences

and it keeps on spinning.

I talked till I cried

At times,

nobody was on my side

Like a never-ending riddle,

and there's no answer.

And I changed my mind

There's all kinds of women

I'm not the easy kind

The easy kind

But that's why there's a song.

Half Hanged Mary don't mind

the weather. Birds of a feather

gonna burn together

You can come loose,

but that's okay

She coming down anyway

Not a witch before

but sure one now

Her tongue'll look ya in

the eye and lie ya out a vow

Ain't worried about fate,

ain't worried about sin

Can't make her

afraid of dyin' again

Blow, Blow

Ladies who lunch

stood around watchin'

Counted on her to cover

their debauchin'

Tying her dress

with a tattered sash

Now her necklace

is a ropey rash

Had to put her down

with them wicked rabies

Fore she made more

black cat babies

Can't serve antiquated charms

Please your countrymen

with them marked up arms

When you're spookin' the cow,

spillin' the hay

Boilin' bedsores

and forgettin' to pray

Blow, Blow

Who gets to say

how you make magic?

How the hell they know

that heaven ain't tragic?

Rife with those

who are deceased

There lies your wives

and your daddy increase

Take the pain

and lay on penance

With a navel gazing

run-on sentence

Invisible things

they want you to see

Are the ones that

paint them righteously

Make 'em holier than water,

holier than rain

Tell ya what is

and what ain't insane

Blow, Blow

Think through the trigger

'fore you pull it

No such thing

as a silver b*llet

When you're dealing with

the devil and Pentacostin'

Believe they let

her off in Boston

Better watch

out, better lay low

Half Hanged Mary

gettin' ready to blow

Stay on your

side of the street

Worry 'bout the ground

under your own feet

Might find yourself

danglin' by a ladder

Makin' you nervous,

what's the matter?

Better watch

out, better lay low

Half Hanged Mary

gettin' ready to blow