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It's really quite an honor to be here tonight,
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and I'm really glad that I stayed here and listened
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because I've really been inspired.
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And I'm going to play some songs for you tonight
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that are, literally, world premieres.
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I've been working on my new record
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and I've never played these songs for anybody
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except the microphone.
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This is a song that I wrote
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about the meaning of technology,
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which goes perfectly with this gathering.
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I started thinking about -- when I was in college,
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especially as a blind person,
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doing a research paper was a major undertaking.
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You had to go to the library,
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see if you could get them to find the books for you,
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you know, footnotes and all that.
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Now you can just go on Google. Just look it up.
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I wish I had that when I was in college.
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Anyway, this is a song about:
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we have all this, but what are we going to do with it?
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It's called "All the Answers."
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♫ What is the weather in Cincinnati? ♫
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♫ What is the time in Tokyo? ♫
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♫ Who is this little child's daddy? ♫
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♫ And who the hell needs to know? ♫
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♫ Why do memories of you linger ♫
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♫ when I'm trying to reach my goal? ♫
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♫ And why must I move my fingers ♫
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♫ to the music in my soul? ♫
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♫ I don't know. ♫
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♫ I don't have to know. ♫
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♫ 'Cause here I go ... ♫
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♫ and I got all the answers ♫
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♫ right here in my hand. ♫
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♫ And I got all the answers ♫
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♫ and I don't have to understand ♫
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♫ 'cause I got all the answers. ♫
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♫ Think I'll rummage through the century ♫
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♫ while I listen to the sea. ♫
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♫ Oh, it's good to be so free, ♫
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♫ so free. ♫
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♫ Who was mayor of Chicago ♫
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♫ back in 1964? ♫
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♫ And why did Shakespeare create Iago ♫
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♫ to tear apart a love so pure? ♫
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♫ How can my dreams be so vivid ♫
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♫ in a psychosonic way? ♫
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♫ Why must I become so livid ♫
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♫ about the news I hear today? ♫
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♫ I don't know. ♫
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♫ I don't have to know. ♫
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♫ And here I go ... ♫
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♫ 'cause I got all the answers ♫
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♫ right here in my hand. ♫
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♫ And I got all the answers. ♫
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♫ See, I don't have to understand ♫
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♫ 'cause I got all the answers. ♫
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♫ I think I'll browse on through ♫
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♫ the tabloid news ♫
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♫ while I sip my tea. ♫
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♫ Mm, it's good to be so free. ♫
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(Trumpet sounds)
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♫ I never ever have to be alone. ♫
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♫ I can do it all right here in my home. ♫
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♫ Yeah, mm-hmm ... ♫
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♫ Everything that's ever been known, ♫
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♫ I can punch it up right here on my phone. ♫
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♫ Freedom train, coming soon ♫
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♫ right here in my living room ♫
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♫ from Baton Rouge to Saskatoon ♫
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♫ and all points in between. ♫
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♫ 'Cause I got all the answers ♫
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♫ right here on my screen. ♫
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♫ And I got all the answers, yeah. ♫
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♫ I got every book and magazine. ♫
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♫ I got all, I got all, I got all ... ♫
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♫ I got all the answers, ♫
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♫ all the answers, oh yeah. ♫
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♫ Uh-huh ... ♫
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♫ But I tell you what I'm going to do: ♫
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♫ I'm going to find the capitol of Peru ♫
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♫ or the latitude of Kathmandu. ♫
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♫ I'm gonna Google it ♫
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♫ 'cause everybody's doing it. ♫
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♫ And then I'll rummage through the century. ♫
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♫ I got all, I got all, I got all ... ♫
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♫ I got all the answers. ♫
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♫ Yeah, yeah ♫
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♫ I got all the answers. ♫
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Thank you.
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Whew! It's a miracle I didn't make any mistakes on that song.
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That's the first time I've ever played it.
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(Applause)
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It's a "feel the fear and do it anyway" kind of thing.
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This next song is a song
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that started out as a dream -- a childhood dream.
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It was one of the titles
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that I was sort of thinking about calling my record,
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except there's a couple of problems.
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One thing is, it's unpronounceable.
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And it's a made-up word.
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It's called "Tembererana."
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And the song is based on
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what I think was my first
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childhood attempts
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to think about invisible forces.
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So "tembererana" was these dreams,
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in which I would be running away
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from bad feelings -- is the only way I can put it.
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So this is called "Tembererana."
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It's based on an Argentinian rhythm
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called "carnivalito."
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♫ A dream within a dream, ♫
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♫ a world within a world, ♫
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♫ the sound of a primal scream ♫
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♫ travels out across the land. ♫
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♫ Images flickering, ♫
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♫ the sound of the war machine, ♫
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♫ a procession of limousines ♫
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♫ travels slowly across the land. ♫
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♫ Another child could use a hand. ♫
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♫ Reaching out from within ♫
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♫ tembererana, hey, tembererana ... ♫
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♫ Annihilation moves. ♫
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♫ The earth is an open tomb. ♫
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♫ The sound of the final boom ♫
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♫ rumbles fiercely across the land. ♫
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♫ Fear, you're the enemy. ♫
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♫ Obliterating all but thee. ♫
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♫ You see what you want to see. ♫
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♫ Before I'm blinded, I will toast ♫
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♫ the shade of power that I love most, ♫
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♫ the power of creation. ♫
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♫ Tembererana, hey, tembererana ... ♫
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♫ Da, da, da, da ♫
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♫ Da, da, da, da, da, da, da ♫
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♫ As a child, alone and afraid, ♫
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♫ escaping the impressions every feeling made, ♫
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♫ I would run, run away ♫
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♫ into a world where the good was the aim of the game ♫
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♫ and the sum of invisible power ♫
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♫ had a name. ♫
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♫ It's the same name. ♫
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♫ Tembererana, hey, tembererana ... ♫
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♫ Da, da, da, da, da, da, da ♫
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♫ Tembere, tembere, tembere, tembererana ♫
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♫ Tembere, tembere, tembere, tembererana, hey ♫
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♫ Tembererana, hey ♫
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♫ Tembererana ... ♫
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