Actually, this next song was recorded right here in Memphis, Tennessee at Royal Studios. With the legendary Willie Mitchell and crew. It's the most soulful song on the record and it was recorded here! It was one of the greatest experiences I ever had in the studio. Recorded live, to a tape, if you can believe that. And I'm really proud to have done it in this city where I'm sure that vibe was teeming through me when I was playing it. And I'm sure we're gonna play it just like that tonight. It's our send-off song, and it goes like this.
[Plays "I'm Gonna Find Another You"]
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You know, I wrote a song one time. And then I really liked that song. I was like, this is my song, I wrote this and people want to hear it. A lot. And so they did. And too much. But how can I help that? I kind of want people to hear my music too much. It's a better problem than not enough, I assure you. I will gladly improvise over these good problems I have in my life.
But then everybody started joking about it. And I'm just a yellow-bellied bastard, so I went along with it. [Exaggerated nervous laugh] "Ha ha, yeah, it's not very good, it's early music, heh." Because people wanted to beat me up for my lunch money. Those people are called bloggers.
So I got ashamed of it for a little while. But then I doubled back, as you probably do and will most times in your life. You double back to the things you were originally ashamed of and realize, not only were they not even that bad, but in a way that nobody would ever let you see, they were actually kind of cool. Cause they were yours.
Now I've come all the way back to possessing this song once again. And I will never leave it, because it has done me so well in my life, and I will not apologize for it, and in fact I will play it with you to the best of my ability right now.
[Plays "Your Body is a Wonderland"]