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The RiffRiders
Season 2021 Episode 3 | 59m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
This Episode of Sounds Around Town features The RiffRiders.
This Episode of SAT is sponsored by Erie Arts & Culture, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and National Fuel.
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The RiffRiders
Season 2021 Episode 3 | 59m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
This Episode of SAT is sponsored by Erie Arts & Culture, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and National Fuel.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[gentle music] PRESENTER: Support for Sounds Around Town is provided in part by the Clarence E. Beyers Music Performance Fund of the Erie Arts Endowment, Erie Arts and Culture, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, National Fuel, and by viewers like you.
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♪ Hit the road ♪ ♪ We've got nowhere to go ♪ ♪ Hit the road ♪ ♪ We've got nowhere to go ♪ ♪ It's just you and me babe and that highway below ♪ ♪ Now you got that ball and chain that won't let you be ♪ ♪ Let's break away, like it's you and me ♪ ♪ Hit that road ♪ ♪ You know what to do ♪ ♪ Gonna take that highway far away with you ♪ ♪ Oh eastbound, westbound ♪ ♪ Anywhere but this town ♪ ♪ Two-way highway, sunshine or rainy day ♪ ♪ Break that rear-view mirror, don't look behind ♪ ♪ Yeah, fast lane, slow lane ♪ ♪ We ain't making no time ♪ ♪ Oh, hit the road ♪ ♪ Now hit the road ♪ ♪ Well, don't take the rails ♪ ♪ Don't take the sky ♪ ♪ Only way to reach the horizon line ♪ ♪ Is that road ♪ ♪ Hell, you know what to do, yeah ♪ ♪ Gonna take that highway far away with you ♪ ♪ Oh, oh yeah, baby ♪ ♪ Eastbound, westbound, anywhere but this town ♪ ♪ Two-way highway, sunshine or rainy day ♪ ♪ Break that rear-view mirror ♪ ♪ Don't look behind ♪ ♪ Oh fast lane, slow lane ♪ ♪ We ain't making no time ♪ ♪ Yeah, hit the road ♪ ♪ Oh, hit the road ♪ ♪ So here it goes again ♪ ♪ Always feels like me, yeah ♪ ♪ Bust out through the door ♪ ♪ Oh no I can't, I can't take you no more ♪ ♪ No, no more ♪ ♪ So what?
It's no use ♪ ♪ It's just another fight I'm gonna lose ♪ ♪ Wrap it up and fly away ♪ ♪ You'll go for days, ♪ ♪ Oh, with nothing to say ♪ ♪ That's just your own way ♪ ♪ Oh no, I can't, I can't take it ♪ ♪ One more moment on that space ♪ ♪ Oh love is all we make it ♪ ♪ So I never go again now ♪ ♪ I bounce back to you ♪ ♪ No matter you put me through ♪ ♪ Now I bounce back to you ♪ ♪ And everything you, you do ♪ ♪ No, I don't want to be free ♪ ♪ Now you got me down on my knees ♪ ♪ Illusion wins the day ♪ ♪ Oh, but there's, there's a price I'm gonna pay ♪ ♪ Someday ♪ ♪ Oh, so I take, I take my vow ♪ ♪ But it don't matter anyway ♪ ♪ 'Cause it happens all the time ♪ ♪ We go from to last rites to all right ♪ ♪ To let's get together tonight ♪ ♪ Oh no, I can't, I can't take it ♪ ♪ One more moment on that space ♪ ♪ Oh love was all we make it ♪ ♪ So now I go again, now ♪ ♪ I bounce back to you ♪ ♪ And everything you put me through ♪ ♪ Now I bounce back to you ♪ ♪ No matter what you, you do ♪ One, two.
♪ You stay out all night till the break of day ♪ ♪ Snap me up at every word I say ♪ ♪ Little by little ♪ ♪ Now I losing you I can see ♪ ♪ Well, bit by bit ♪ ♪ I see your love slipping away from me, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, now what you doing baby ♪ ♪ Don't you know it ain't right ♪ ♪ How I wonder what you're doing ♪ ♪ Don't know ♪ ♪ What you do that take takes you all night ♪ ♪ Well, bit by bit ♪ ♪ I see your love slipping away from me, yeah ♪ ♪ And I said Oh, oh, oh, ♪ ♪ Oh, baby that's the way I feel ♪ ♪ Now I said Oh, oh, oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Honey, that's the way I feel ♪ ♪ And I said, ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Sugar, that's the way I feel ♪ ♪ Whoa oh ♪ ♪ Well, I get so disgusted when I try and kiss you ♪ ♪ Just don't feel like it used to do ♪ ♪ Oh, little by little ♪ ♪ Now I'm losing you, I can see.
♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh hey, bit by bit now ♪ ♪ I see your love slip away from me, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh I went to where you're on last night ♪ ♪ But in my car ♪ ♪ I was so scared that I might find ♪ ♪ No, just what I ♪ ♪ Just what I looking for ♪ ♪ And bit by bit ♪ ♪ I see that love slip away from me now ♪ ♪ When I said oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh baby, that's the way I feel ♪ ♪ And I said oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Yeah sugar that's the way I feel ♪ ♪ And I said woo, hoo, hoo, ♪ ♪ Yeah baby, that's the way I feel now ♪ ♪ Oh oh oh ♪ ♪ Well I said oh, oh, honey ♪ ♪ Oh baby that's the way I feel ♪ ♪ Woah oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Well, I said oh, oh, oh now ♪ ♪ Honey, that's the way I feel ♪ ♪ And I said ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Sugar that's the way I feel ♪ ♪ It's rollin' ♪ ♪ Way down that road ♪ ♪ It's howlin' ♪ ♪ Nowhere to go ♪ ♪ It's burnin', and churnin' ♪ ♪ Dark clouds turning ♪ ♪ Rollin' and thunderin' ♪ ♪ The streets are scattering, I won't move ♪ ♪ No, no, I won't go ♪ ♪ I'm planted ♪ ♪ Nothing can take me from my home ♪ ♪ Oh no, no ♪ ♪ I'm standing on this ground ♪ ♪ Till it swallows my soul ♪ ♪ I see you coming ♪ ♪ Way down that road ♪ ♪ No, there's no hiding, no ♪ ♪ Your only cause is your own ♪ ♪ Gritty and petty ♪ ♪ Oh, you're plain and dirty ♪ ♪ Hollow and rottin' ♪ ♪ You must've forgotten that I don't move ♪ ♪ Oh no I never, never go ♪ ♪ Hmm ♪ ♪ I'm planted ♪ ♪ Nothing will ever break my soul ♪ ♪ Oh no, no, no ♪ ♪ I'm standing on this ground ♪ ♪ Till there's nothing left but my soul ♪ ♪ It's been a long road ♪ ♪ Eating at my soul too long if I'm gonna roll ♪ ♪ Nothing more at stake ♪ ♪ Since my last heartbreak rolled me out on the floor ♪ ♪ I don't remember what, when, or where ♪ ♪ Or who's stolen my last care ♪ ♪ Another cold wind, here we go again ♪ ♪ Do I stand or do I bend ♪ ♪ Rollin', tumbling ♪ ♪ Howlin', growling ♪ ♪ It don't matter what you got, I'm digging in ♪ ♪ Lost time, spent my last time making sure that I survive ♪ ♪ Took a long way, setting out this way ♪ ♪ Searching for a place to hide ♪ ♪ A cradle of every good luck charm ♪ ♪ To keep us all from harm ♪ ♪ Another cold wind, here we go again ♪ ♪ Do I stand or do I bend ♪ ♪ Rollin', tumbling ♪ ♪ Howlin', growling ♪ ♪ Even if it's my own grave, I'm digging in ♪ ♪ I'm digging in ♪ ♪ Rollin', tumbling ♪ ♪ Howlin', growling ♪ ♪ Even if it's my own grave, I'm digging in ♪ ♪ I'm digging in ♪ ♪ I'm digging in, yeah ♪ [audience clapping] Hey, thank you.
Anybody out there like the casino, like gambling, like taking chances, risk, losing money.
[laughs] winning money.
This song is about all that.
It's called, "Back Door Kenny."
♪ Hit the town ♪ ♪ Hmm, take a look around ♪ ♪ And close your eyes, click three times ♪ ♪ Then lay your money down ♪ ♪ They'll pay your dreams in chips ♪ ♪ Only if the shoe fits ♪ ♪ Make a split ♪ ♪ Take another hit ♪ ♪ The dealer fills the hole ♪ ♪ Where you buried your soul ♪ ♪ Now you spent your last penny ♪ ♪ Waiting for back door Kenny ♪ ♪ Round and round, round and round ♪ ♪ Round and round it goes ♪ ♪ Round and round, up and down ♪ ♪ Where she stops nobody knows ♪ ♪ Rolling and a-tumbling ♪ ♪ Spinning and a-jumping ♪ ♪ Round and round to the ground ♪ ♪ How low can you go ♪ ♪ Ashes to ashes ♪ ♪ And it all falls down ♪ ♪ Wheels are turning, lights are burning ♪ ♪ Like daylight, every night ♪ ♪ The funhouse knows no time of day ♪ ♪ When you go, you're here to stay ♪ ♪ Till you wise up ♪ ♪ Until your time's up ♪ ♪ Yeah, While you're away ♪ ♪ Those thieves have drained your cut ♪ ♪ Grinding out another day ♪ ♪ Oh, rounding out another night ♪ ♪ Gotta keep those cards turning ♪ ♪ Oh, until the morning light ♪ ♪ You could find another way ♪ ♪ Those fickle hands led you astray ♪ ♪ They did like she's such a tease ♪ ♪ Well, now she's got you on your knees ♪ ♪ Round and round, round and round ♪ ♪ Round and round it goes ♪ ♪ Round and round, up and down ♪ ♪ Where she stops nobody knows ♪ ♪ Rolling and a-tumblin' ♪ ♪ Spinning and a-jumpin' ♪ ♪ Round and round to the ground ♪ ♪ How low can you go ♪ ♪ Keep those cards turning ♪ ♪ Till you find another way ♪ ♪ The wheel keeps on spinning ♪ ♪ They have to die another day ♪ ♪ Burn your luck to ashes ♪ ♪ And it all falls down ♪ [audience clapping] Hey, thank you.
Hey, this next song is about, you know, that thing that we all get, Well, at least I get in a lot of trouble with.
It's called, "Trouble."
Enjoy.
♪ Drown it in whiskey ♪ ♪ Drown it in wine ♪ ♪ Wrote it down on paper ♪ ♪ Set it on fire ♪ ♪ Smoked it out a cigarette ♪ ♪ Shouted I'll be something but I forget ♪ ♪ What it was ♪ ♪ But the trouble ♪ ♪ Oh, trouble stays after you made it ♪ ♪ I took it out back ♪ ♪ Buried it deep ♪ ♪ Laid it flat on the pavement ♪ ♪ Leveled it with my Jeep, yeah ♪ ♪ Tossed it off a bridge ♪ ♪ But it just drags me down with it ♪ ♪ Yes it did ♪ ♪ 'Cause that trouble ♪ ♪ Oh, trouble stays after you made it ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ And there's no way ♪ ♪ No, no way it will let me be ♪ ♪ Oh no, no ♪ ♪ Cause that trouble ♪ ♪ Oh, trouble keeps calling me ♪ ♪ Oh why do I try and get away ♪ ♪ Oh, when it's no use anyway ♪ ♪ I guess I'll never pass the test ♪ ♪ When it just keeps taking my best ♪ ♪ I paid a visit to the reverend ♪ ♪ I paid him up just to make it end ♪ ♪ I got some holy sprinkled on tap ♪ ♪ Still it never stop ♪ ♪ Tried to crowd it out ♪ ♪ Tried to shout it out ♪ ♪ Turned up my tunes and I try to blast it out ♪ ♪ Got myself distracted ♪ ♪ Till I almost forgot what it was ♪ ♪ But that trouble ♪ ♪ Oh, trouble stays under my skin ♪ ♪ Oh no, no ♪ ♪ Now there's no way ♪ ♪ No, no way ♪ ♪ No way I will win ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ ♪ Might as well give in ♪ ♪ And get myself into trouble ♪ ♪ No, no, no ♪ ♪ No, no ♪ [audience clapping] ♪ My, my, the tales I tell ♪ ♪ My my, the most I care myself in ♪ ♪ Oh it's a sin ♪ ♪ Oh, hell no, I'm getting well ♪ ♪ When will I ever learn my lesson ♪ ♪ Don't hold your breath ♪ ♪ But I ignored the signs ♪ ♪ Oh, it happens every time ♪ ♪ Well, you can set me straight ♪ ♪ Oh it's little not, not too late ♪ ♪ My, my, I don't mind ♪ ♪ Well hey, I'll do my time ♪ ♪ Won't cry ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's nobody's fault ♪ ♪ But of mine ♪ ♪ Oh, it's the same old story every time ♪ ♪ It's same old story, that same damn rhyme ♪ ♪ It don't matter if I lose my mind ♪ ♪ I'll search it out ♪ ♪ Right across the line ♪ ♪ Now I will play the same game ♪ ♪ No matter the price I have to pay ♪ ♪ My, my, I don't mind ♪ ♪ Well hey, I'll do my time ♪ ♪ Won't cry ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's nobody's fault ♪ ♪ But of mine ♪ ♪ Maybe it's meant to be ♪ ♪ Because I'm past this song I sing ♪ ♪ My, my, I don't mind ♪ ♪ Maybe I'll do my time ♪ ♪ Won't cry ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's no, no ♪ ♪ Nobody's fault but of mine ♪ ♪ My, my, I can't lie ♪ ♪ My, my, oh it's just time ♪ ♪ Won't cry ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's nobody's fault ♪ ♪ But it's nobody fault ♪ ♪ Matter of fact there ain't nobody's fault ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Nobody's fault but of mine ♪ ♪ Mine, oh yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, no ♪ ♪ Nobody's fault but of mine ♪ Hey, another cover from one of our favorite bands, Southern Culture on the Skids.
Look them up, this is "Nitty Gritty" ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ Some folks know all about it ♪ ♪ Some don't ♪ ♪ Some will learn to shout it ♪ ♪ Some won't ♪ ♪ Sooner or later baby, here's a ditty ♪ ♪ Say you're gonna get ♪ ♪ Right down to your real nitty gritty, yeah ♪ ♪ Right down to your real nitty gritty ♪ ♪ Say, now one, two ♪ ♪ Nitty gritty oh, yeah, hmm ♪ ♪ Nitty gritty now ♪ ♪ Ooh, wee ♪ ♪ Right down to your real nitty gritty all night ♪ ♪ Ooh, wee ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ Double beatin' ♪ ♪ You're double beatin' babe ♪ ♪ Right down to your nitty gritty all night ♪ ♪ Double beatin' ♪ ♪ Now keep repeatin' ♪ ♪ Get on right down to your real nitty gritty, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh, wee ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ Double beatin' ♪ ♪ You're double beatin' babe ♪ ♪ Right down to your nitty gritty, all night ♪ ♪ Double beatin' ♪ ♪ Now keep repeatin' ♪ ♪ Get on right down to your real nitty gritty, yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh, wee ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Double beatin' ♪ ♪ You're double beatin' babe ♪ ♪ Right down to your nitty gritty, all night ♪ ♪ Double beatin' ♪ ♪ Now keep repeatin' ♪ ♪ Get on right down to your real nitty gritty ♪ ♪ Said some folks will learn about it ♪ ♪ Some don't ♪ ♪ Some will learn to shout it ♪ ♪ Some won't ♪ ♪ Sooner or later baby, here's your ditty ♪ ♪ Say you're gonna have get down ♪ ♪ Right down to your real nitty gritty, yeah ♪ ♪ Right down to your real nitty gritty ♪ ♪ Say now one, two ♪ ♪ Nitty gritty, oh yeah, hmm, ♪ ♪ Nitty gritty now ♪ ♪ Ooh wee ♪ ♪ Oh, hey ♪ ♪ Right down now ♪ ♪ To the real ♪ ♪ I said the real nitty gritty ♪ ♪ Right down, yeah ♪ ♪ Get down now ♪ ♪ Get on right down to your real nitty gritty yeah ♪ [audience clapping] [chuckles] Thank you.
Anyway, this next song is dedicated to my children.
It's called, "Leave me Alone."
[Amy chuckles] ♪ You said I party too much ♪ ♪ And that I got no drive ♪ ♪ There are things you don't know ♪ ♪ That keep me alive ♪ ♪ Oh babe ♪ ♪ You just don't understand ♪ ♪ You said keep it all business ♪ ♪ Leave me alone ♪ ♪ Now, now, I toil and I struggle ♪ ♪ Keep trying to get all right ♪ ♪ Sometimes this creation ♪ ♪ Seems way out sight ♪ ♪ Now, oh babe ♪ ♪ You just don't understand ♪ ♪ You said keep it all business ♪ ♪ Leave me alone ♪ ♪ Now you need to know these things that I do ♪ ♪ Are not only for me but also for you ♪ ♪ Before you criticize the way I am ♪ ♪ Relax and listen to this jam ♪ ♪ Oh now, you need to know these things that I do ♪ ♪ Are not only for me, but also for you ♪ ♪ Now there is more than one way to skin a black cat ♪ ♪ Not losing you is where I'm at ♪ ♪ So the player, we'll keep playing ♪ ♪ I'm not changing my wicked ways ♪ ♪ Following a different path now ♪ ♪ Avoiding your craze ♪ ♪ But oh now, babe ♪ ♪ Still can't forget what you said ♪ ♪ You said keep it all business ♪ ♪ Leave me alone ♪ ♪ Keep it all business ♪ ♪ Leave me alone ♪ ♪ I keep it all on business now and leave me alone ♪ ♪ Why don't you leave me alone ♪ ♪ Why don't you leave me alone, oh ♪ [audience clapping] ♪ You never cared about life ♪ ♪ You never cared saving lives ♪ ♪ You never cared about who dies ♪ ♪ You just want your time up in the sky ♪ ♪ You better learn how to fly ♪ ♪ Currency of fools ♪ ♪ I put you to send useful tools ♪ ♪ Broadcasting your virtue ♪ ♪ Do what you say now won't you do, oh ♪ ♪ How far will you go ♪ ♪ Oh, the lies that make me fall on ice ♪ ♪ Monetize our broken lines ♪ ♪ Parents will plead, spread your disease ♪ ♪ But every sound bites ♪ ♪ One man dies a nursing bed ♪ ♪ One man dies with a knee on his neck ♪ ♪ Cry hate for one but not the other ♪ ♪ Demonstrates or baits your wannabe followers ♪ ♪ Oh the lies that fly before our eyes ♪ ♪ Monetize our broken lines ♪ ♪ Parents will plead, spread your disease ♪ ♪ With every sound bite ♪ ♪ Oh, the lies that fly before our eyes ♪ ♪ Monetize your broken lines ♪ ♪ Parents will plead, spread your disease ♪ ♪ With every sound bites ♪ ♪ With every sound bites ♪ ♪ With every sound bites ♪ [audience clapping] ♪ Going down ♪ ♪ Down, down, down, down, down ♪ ♪ Yeah, going down ♪ ♪ Down, down, down, down, down ♪ ♪ Well, I've got my head out the window ♪ ♪ Got my fat feet on the ground ♪ ♪ He's gone ♪ ♪ Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone ♪ ♪ Yeah, he's gone ♪ ♪ Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone ♪ ♪ Well, I've got my head out the window ♪ ♪ Got my fat feet on the ground ♪ ♪ Oh now, let me down now ♪ ♪ Close that box car door ♪ ♪ Oh yeah, yeah, let me down ♪ ♪ Close that box car door ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm goin' back to Chicago ♪ ♪ And I'll crash on my sister's floor ♪ ♪ Oh yeah, now I'm going down ♪ ♪ Down, down, down, down, down ♪ ♪ Oh yeah, going down ♪ ♪ Going down, down, down, down, down, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, Well I've got my head out the window ♪ ♪ And my fat feet are on the ground ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ Now I'm going down ♪ ♪ Oh down, down, down, down, down ♪ ♪ Oh no, I'm going down, yeah ♪ ♪ Down, down, down, down, down ♪ ♪ Oh no, I got my head out the window ♪ ♪ And my fat feet on the ground ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I've got my head out the window ♪ ♪ And my fat feet on the ground ♪ ♪ Oh yeah ♪ ♪ I've got my head out the window ♪ ♪ And my fat feet on the ground ♪ ♪ Oh, whoa, whoa ♪ [audience cheers] Hey, thank you.
Huge thank you to WQLN, thank you so much for having us tonight.
You guys are awesome, thank you Jocelyn Joycelyn.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: You got it, girl.
Awesome.
Thank you, girl