Going to Kirby Sigston
Lyrics
We boarded up the windows
And we sealed the door shut
And we let the special chicken
Build a nest right by the window
Your face was glowing
The heat was strong
We ate cold black eggs all day long
In the winter when the wind kicked up
I saw your body moving
Through the incandescent light
You were dancing by yourself there
Your sweater hugged your shoulders and it was alright
We plucked sugar crystals from the cold English air
I had a present for you hidden somewhere
In the winter when the wind kicked up
Banter
- How's it going? It's so good to be here. [cheering] Y'all vaccinated? [YEAH! WOO! cheering] Y'all having any luck convincing your coworkers to get vaccinated? [NOOOO, other sad yelling] I'm up the road in North Carolina, and I live in Durham, and Durham's kind of, like, a pocket, y'know, in Durham we all feel like, North Carolina's pretty mellow actually. Sure, we have our problems, and we're working through structural racism, and stuff like that, but y'know. And then you get about 40 miles outside of Durham, and you start talking like that, and...[long pause] You say, "y'all vaccinated?" and get "well, that's how they getcha." Kind of terrifying these days. It's really good to be in a room full of people who I know will take care of each other. [raucous cheering] In the middle part of the set I've been throwing in old stuff, and there's two kinds of old stuff. There's stuff that people really wanna hear, that are well known, among the subset of old songs that most of the world will never give a shit about, but within the fanbase, it's, oh, nah, there's that one. And then there's the other ones that I think are cool, that people in the fanbase are like "oh, okay, uh..." This is one of those. I was messing around with the guitar upstairs and thought I'd play Going to Kirby Sigston. (2021-08-08 The Saturn)
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