"Now, the drive-by truckers." "[ playing "a ghost to most" ]" "¶ I guess I'll never grow a sideburn ¶" "¶ it's a shame with all I've got to go between ¶" "¶ I hope somebody's cause takes soon ¶" "¶ it's gettin' hard to find a place a root can sink ¶" "¶ mama said a lot of things ¶" "¶ and "be thankful" was the one she never minded sayin' twice ¶" "¶ thanks to her, I can think clear enough ¶" "¶ to be thankful that she died before tonight ¶" "¶ baby, every bone in my body's gone to jumpin' ¶" "¶ like they're gonna come through my skin ¶" "¶ if they could get along without the rest of me ¶" "¶ it wouldn't matter if they did ¶" "¶ but skeletons ain't got nowhere to stick their money ¶" "¶ nobody makes britches that size ¶" "¶ and besides, you're a ghost to most before they notice ¶" "¶ that you ever had a hair or a hide ¶" "¶ saving' everybody takes a man on a mission ¶" "¶ with a swagger that can set the world at ease ¶" "¶ some believe it's god's own hand on the trigger ¶" "¶ and the other dumping' water in the streets ¶" "¶ talkin' tough's easy when it's other people's evil ¶" "¶ and you're judgin' what they do or don't believe ¶" "¶ it seems to me you'd have to have a hole in your own ¶" "¶ to point a finger at somebody else's sheet ¶" "¶ baby, every bone in my body's gone to jumpin' ¶" "¶ like they're gonna come through my skin ¶" "¶ if they could get along without the rest of me ¶" "¶ it wouldn't matter if they did ¶" "¶ but skeletons ain't got nowhere to stick their money ¶" "¶ nobody makes britches that size ¶" "¶ and besides, you're a ghost to most before they notice ¶" "¶ that you ever had a hair or a hide ¶" "¶ I don't know how much good it does a man ¶" "¶ to keep on tellin' him how good it is he's free ¶" "¶ free to wash his ghost down the drain ¶" "¶ free for them to tell him there's no such a thing ¶" "¶ baby, every bone in my body's gone to jumpin' ¶" "¶ like they're gonna come through my skin ¶" "¶ if they could get along without the rest of me ¶" "¶ it wouldn't matter if they did ¶" "¶ but skeletons ain't got nowhere to stick their money ¶" "¶ nobody makes britches that size ¶" "¶ and besides, you're a ghost to most before they notice ¶" "¶ that you ever had a hair or a hide ¶" "[ applause ]" "Thank you." "That's johnny neff on the pedal steel." "[ playing "the righteous path" ]" "1, 2, 3, 4!" "¶ got a brand new car that drinks a bunch of gas ¶" "¶ got a house in a neighborhood that's fading' fast ¶" "¶ got a dog and a cat that don't fight too much ¶" "¶ got a few hundred channels to keep me in touch ¶" "¶ got a beautiful wife and three tow-headed kids ¶" "¶ a bunch of big secrets I'd kill to keep hid ¶" "¶ I don't know god but I fear his wrath ¶" "¶ I'm tryin' to stay focused on the righteous path ¶" "¶ got a bunch of big opinions that I hold dear ¶" "¶ got a whole lot of debt and a whole lot of fear ¶" "¶ got an itch that needs scratching ¶" "¶ but it feels all right ¶" "¶ got the need to blow it out on Sunday night ¶" "¶ trouble in the backyard and a case of beer ¶" "¶ a boat that ain't seen the water in years ¶" "¶ got more bills than money, I can do the math ¶" "¶ I'm tryin' to stay focused on the righteous path ¶" "¶ I'm tryin' to stay focused as I drive down the road ¶" "¶ on the ditches and the curves and the heavy load ¶" "¶ ain't worried 'bout things that ain't in my grasp ¶" "¶ just tryin' to stay focused on the righteous path ¶" "¶ there's this friend of mine I've known all my life ¶" "¶ who can't get it right, no matter how hard he tries ¶" "¶ got kids he ain't seen, a bunch of ex-wives ¶" "¶ a list of bad decisions 'bout eight miles wide ¶" "¶ trouble with the law and the irs ¶" "¶ and where he'll get the money's anybody's guess ¶" "¶ he's a long way off but if you was to ask ¶" "¶ he'd say, "I'm tryin' to stay on the righteous path" ¶" "¶ tryin' to stay focused as we drive down the road ¶" "¶ like back in high school before the heavy load ¶" "¶ now the brakes are thin and the curves are flat ¶" "¶ we're tryin' to hold steady on the righteous path ¶" "¶ we're hangin' out, we're hangin' on ¶" "¶ we're doin' the best we can to keep on keepin' on ¶" "¶ got messed-up minds for these messed-up times ¶" "¶ and it's a thin, thin line separating' yours from mine ¶" "¶ now, I'm tryin' to hold steady on the righteous path ¶" "¶ 80 miles an hour with a worn-out map ¶" "¶ I don't worry 'bout things that ain't in my grasp ¶" "¶ I'm tryin' to hold steady on the righteous path ¶" "[ cheering ]" "Thank you!" "I'm so glad they let all of y'all in." "[ cheering ] [ playing "space city" ]" "¶ if I could have one wish right now ¶" "¶ I'd be about as half as tough as I pretend I am ¶" "¶ I wouldn't care how empty this old house feels ¶" "¶ I could take her things ¶" "¶ and take them far away from here ¶" "¶ I could make sure no dirt ever got on her name ¶" "¶ 'cause lookin' at that stone wouldn't bring me so much pain ¶" "¶ I could go into town wearing' my finest clothes ¶" "¶ I could turn these tears into blood ¶" "¶ and make it run ice-cold ¶" "¶ space city's one hour up the road from me ¶" "¶ it's one hour away from as close to the moon ¶" "¶ as anybody down here's ever gonna be ¶" "¶ and somewhere beyond that big, white light ¶" "¶ is where my heart is gone ¶" "¶ and somewhere, she's wonderin' what's takin' me so long ¶" "¶ my hands are as good to me as they've ever been ¶" "¶ and I ain't ashamed of anything my hands ever did ¶" "¶ but sometimes the words I used were as hard as my fist ¶" "¶ she had the strength of a man ¶" "¶ and the heart of a child, I guess ¶" "¶ space city's one hour up the road from me ¶" "¶ it's one hour away from as close to the moon ¶" "¶ as anybody down here's ever gonna be ¶" "¶ and somewhere beyond that big, white light ¶" "¶ is where my heart is gone ¶" "¶ and somewhere, she's wonderin' what's takin' me so long ¶" "Thank you very much." "[ playing "3 dimes down" ]" "¶ it was a straight shot ¶" "¶ all it took was luck to not get caught ¶" "¶ I laid 3 dimes down ¶" "¶ and the machine wanted 25 cents ¶" "¶ in the back seat, her and a friend ¶" "¶ one out the window and the other on the other end ¶" "¶ one belt loop away from Sunday night's news ¶" "¶ if the part about being who he was ¶" "¶ didn't help tom get loose ¶" "¶ what's a guy without a t gonna get?" "¶" "¶ totally screwed while chicken-wing puke ¶" "¶ eats the candy-apple red off his corvette ¶" "¶ 3 dimes down and 25 cents shy ¶" "¶ of a slice of the doublemint twins ¶" "¶ come back, baby, rock 'n' roll never forgets ¶" "[ playing "puttin' people on the moon" ]" "¶ mary alice had a baby and she looked just like I did ¶" "¶ we got married on a Monday and I been workin' ever since ¶" "¶ every week, down at the ford plant ¶" "¶ but now, they're shutting' down ¶" "¶ that damn bush is in the white house ¶" "¶ and nobody gives a damn ¶" "¶ double-digit unemployment, tva be shutting' soon ¶" "¶ while over there in huntsville ¶" "¶ they're puttin' people on the moon ¶" "¶ so I took to runnin' numbers for a man I used to know ¶" "¶ and I sell a few narcotics and I sell a little blow ¶" "¶ I ain't gettin' rich now, but I'm gettin' more than by ¶" "¶ it's really tough to make a living ¶" "¶ but a man's still got to try ¶" "¶ and if I died in colbert county ¶" "¶ would it make the evening news?" "¶" "¶ they're too busy blowing' rockets ¶" "¶ putting' people on the moon ¶" "¶ mary alice, she quit askin' why I do the things I do ¶" "¶ I ain't sayin' that she likes it ¶" "¶ but what else I'm gonna do?" "¶" "¶ if I could solve the world's problems ¶" "¶ probably start with hers and mine ¶" "¶ they can put a man on the moon ¶" "¶ but I'm stuck down here just scraping' by ¶" "¶ mary alice got cancer, just like everybody here ¶" "¶ it seems everyone I know is gettin' cancer every year ¶" "¶ and we can't afford no insurance ¶" "¶ I been 10 years unemployed ¶" "¶ so she didn't get no chemo and our lives was destroyed ¶" "¶ nothin' really changes, the cemetery gets more full ¶" "¶ and over there in huntsville even nasa's shut down, too ¶" "¶ a mad man's in the white house ¶" "¶ say a change ain't comin' round ¶" "¶ but I'm workin' at the wal-mart ¶" "¶ mary alice in the ground ¶" "¶ and all them politicians ¶" "¶ they're all lying' sacks of it ¶" "¶ and the preacher on the t.V. Says it ain't too late for me ¶" "¶ but I'll bet he's drivin' a cadillac ¶" "¶ and I wish I was still an outlaw ¶" "¶ was a better way of life ¶" "¶ I could clothe and feed my family ¶" "¶ still have time to love my pretty wife ¶" "¶ and if you say I got it comin' ¶" "¶ he got better things to do ¶" "¶ turning' mountains into ocean, puttin' people on the moon ¶" "¶ turning' mountains into ocean ¶" "¶ putting' people on the moon ¶" "[ wailing ] ¶ ah..." "Ah ¶" "Next, a new voice" "In the great tradition of texas songwriters " "Ryan bingham." "[ playing "hard times" ]" "¶ when I was young, my daddy said, son ¶" "¶ never be ashamed of where you're from ¶" "¶ there's nothing wrong with your last name ¶" "¶ so don't be lookin' for people to blame ¶" "¶ 'cause hard times, they come and they go ¶" "¶ most of the time they're in the middle of your road ¶" "¶ the same pain, in different ways ¶" "¶ don't you know, son, when it pours, it rains?" "¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ creepin' up on the good folks you know ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ yeah, hard times ¶" "¶ from the california hills to the cumberland road ¶" "¶ you've had yours and I'll have mine ¶" "¶ lots of good folks have tried and tried ¶" "¶ to make a living on a minimum wage ¶" "¶ you're comin' up short nearly every day ¶" "¶ what's enough and what's the cost?" "¶" "¶ when you're all broke down 'cause all is lost ¶" "¶ the oil is up and your doors are locked ¶" "¶ there's a poor boy livin' on every block ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ in the middle of your road ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ creepin' up on the good folks you know ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ huddlin' around a wood-burnin' stove ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ from the california hills to the cumberland road ¶" "¶ when I was young, my daddy said, son ¶" "¶ never be ashamed of where you're from ¶" "¶ there's nothing wrong with your last name ¶" "¶ so don't be lookin' for people to blame ¶" "¶ 'cause hard times, they come and they go ¶" "¶ and most of the time they're in the middle of your road ¶" "¶ the same pain, in different ways ¶" "¶ don't you know when it pours, it rains?" "¶" "¶ and they'll always be around ¶" "¶ following' you from town to town ¶" "¶ but you can get up when they put you down ¶" "¶ 'cause everybody's got 'em, if you look around ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ in the middle of the road ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ creepin' up on the good folks you know ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ your daddy wakes up in the liquor store ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ from the califoia hills to the cumberland road ¶" "¶ hard times ¶" "¶ yeah, hard times ¶" "¶ hard times, every little sign ¶" "¶ got real hard times ¶" "¶ hard times, let it roll ¶" "¶ down on it, everywhere I go ¶" "Thank you very much." "Mr. Reid schaub on the guitar." "[ cheering and whistling ]" "[ playing "tell my mother I miss her so" ]" "¶ oh, take me to see the voodoo queen ¶" "¶ let her put a spell on me ¶" "¶ a little bit of change to ease my pain ¶" "¶ gonna set a young man free ¶" "¶ 'cause I been down through your hometown and ¶" "¶ all across your distant land ¶" "¶ one thing's for sure -- honey, I've been gone ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ on and on and on ¶" "[ cheering ]" "¶ oh, take me to see the voodoo queen ¶" "¶ let her put a spell on me ¶" "¶ a little bit of change to ease my pain ¶" "¶ gonna set a young man free ¶" "¶ 'cause I been down in your hometown and ¶" "¶ all across your distant land ¶" "¶ one thing's for sure -- honey, I've been gone ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ on and on and on ¶" "[ cheering ]" "¶ can you count the medicine man ¶" "¶ well, let a feather set a man free ¶" "¶ out on the range, a-runnin' them trains ¶" "¶ you're never gonna see me leave ¶" "¶ 'cause I been down through your hometown and ¶" "¶ all across your distant land ¶" "¶ one thing's for sure -- honey, I've been gone ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ on and on and on ¶" "¶ take me to see the voodoo queen ¶" "¶ let her put a spell on me ¶" "¶ a little bit of change to ease my pain ¶" "¶ gonna set a young man free ¶" "¶ 'cause I been down through your hometown and ¶" "¶ all across your distant land ¶" "¶ one thing's for sure -- honey, I've been gone ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ on and on and on ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ tell my mother I miss her so ¶" "¶ on and on and on ¶" "¶ falling' down on me before you taste the rage ¶" "¶ wanna burn me down?" "I'm a book, not a page ¶" "¶ lend me your dream, here's a wing from my pay ¶" "¶ when the shoe's on the other foot ¶" "¶ you ain't got much to say ¶" "¶ I know you see the ghost on the side of the road ¶" "¶ silhouettes of headlights where you're gonna go ¶" "¶ you see your mama smile, you hear a song that you adore ¶" "¶ amazing grace won't unlock your door ¶" "¶ now, it's time for you to shed the snake-eyes ¶" "¶ it's time for you to go ¶" "¶ lay on the table the rest of your lies ¶" "¶ it's time for you to go ¶" "¶ 'cause all the crying's over, all the love is gone ¶" "¶ and all that remains are the words in a song ¶" "¶ anywhere but here is where I belong ¶" "¶ 'cause none of your prophecies have ever seen where I've gone ¶" "¶ now, it's time for you to shed the snake-eyes ¶" "¶ it's time for you to go ¶" "¶ lay on the table the rest of your lies ¶" "¶ it's time for you to go ¶ [ cheering ]" "Thank you, thank you." "[ playing "southside of heaven" ]" "¶ when I die, lord, won't you put my soul up on a train ¶" "¶ send it southbound, give it a cool, bluesman name ¶" "¶ I've been lost on them back roads so many times ¶" "¶ I've gone blind ¶" "¶ losing' faith in my family ¶" "¶ has driven me out of my damn mind ¶" "¶ but on the southside of heaven ¶" "¶ won't you take me home ¶" "¶ 'cause I've been gone for so long ¶" "¶ it's gettin' cold ¶" "¶ I've been a desperado in west texas ¶" "¶ so long, I need a change ¶" "¶ and for ten long years ¶" "¶ this place ain't seen a drop of rain ¶" "¶ and the wind blows every day, lord ¶" "¶ just like a desert snow ¶" "¶ like a lost bound train ¶" "¶ runnin' on cocaine, out of control ¶" "¶ and on the southside of heaven ¶" "¶ won't you take me home ¶" "¶ 'cause I've been gone for so long ¶" "¶ it's gettin' cold ¶" "¶ yeah, on the southside of heaven ¶" "¶ won't you take me home ¶" "¶ 'cause I've been gone for so long ¶" "¶ it's gettin' cold on the road ¶" "¶ take me on home ¶" "¶ them louisiana byways ¶" "¶ lonesome highways roll on ¶" "¶ won't you take me where the poor man lives ¶" "¶ it's where I call my home ¶" "¶ and can't you see that a breeze ¶" "¶ is nothing but a change in pace ¶" "¶ and money can't buy my soul ¶" "¶ 'cause it comes from a hard-earned place ¶" "¶ but on the southside of heaven ¶" "¶ won't you take me home ¶" "¶ 'cause I've been gone for so long ¶" "¶ it's gettin' cold ¶" "¶ yeah, on the southside of heaven ¶" "¶ won't you take me home ¶" "¶ 'cause I've been gone for so long ¶" "¶ it's gettin' cold on the road ¶" "¶ take me on home ¶" "Mr. Joe ely, ladies." "Thank you, guys, once again, for having us tonight." "We sure do appreciate it, it's a pleasure and an honor" "To be here on this stage." "[ playing "bread  water" ]" "Thank y'all very much." "[ cheering ] 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4." "¶ I've been without bread and I've lived without water ¶" "¶ stuck outside, the middle of the desert ¶" "¶ wishing' I was home ¶" "¶ long way from nowhere, wishing' I was somewhere ¶" "¶ sangre de cristo to the devil's backbone ¶" "¶ I've been to california and new york city ¶" "¶ hung with the hippies in austin ¶" "¶ and the cowboys of mexico ¶" "¶ laid up in fort worth with beautiful ladies ¶" "¶ hitchhiked on down 281, hit the rodeo in san antone ¶" "¶ in the back of a ranchero, well, I rode down to laredo ¶" "¶ had a good time at la posada, hey, you know I was left alone ¶" "¶ on a rig out of el paso it was rainin' down in houston ¶" "¶ told joe driver put the pedal to the metal ¶" "¶ 'cause houston gets me down ¶" "¶ I'm bound for louisiana, whiskey river landing ¶" "¶ crawfish pie and eat jambalaya ¶" "¶ and wear a big ol' cajun smile ¶" "Thank y'all very much." "Thank you, austin, texas." "Thank y'all." "Visit the "austin city limits" website at pbs.Org" "For clips, interviews, and more information" "On current and archival episodes." "Lickona:" "So which came first, the bull riding or the music?" "The bull riding did -- I started riding steers" "And junior rodeos when I was about 12." "And when I was learning how to play the guitar," "I was working for a rodeo company put of del rio, texas." "And the guy that ran the rodeo coany" "Started booking me to play gigs at the rodeos," "All my buddies and stuff." "And I'd write songs, going down the road" "And they have little after-parties," "Before and after the rodeos, and I'd play" "And kind of got to a point where I started getting" "More gigs playing music than I did, you know, rodeos." "I don't ever really sit down" "With a pen and paper and try" "And write down songs, I just " "I don't know, I just start playing." "Usually, I'll get the music first," "You know, the tune on the guitar," "And I'll just be playing," "Sitting around in a chair" "And start mumbling words and something " "All this stuff just starts pouring out, you know?" "And I don't know, it just kind of happens like that." "Sometimes I'll write a song in 2 or 3 minutes," "And sometimes I won't write a song for a month or so." "And I don't ever really sit down and try," "I just, you know, kind of, when it happens," "It happens, just kind of let it come." "Let it be what it is, even if it's good" "Or bad or whatever, it's always something" "That I feel, so I don't really worry about it."