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Barnaby Bright
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Barnaby Bright performs alt-Americana live at Appleton's Mile of Music festival.
Barnaby Bright blends Brooklyn, Nashville, and Kansas roots into alt-Americana and folk stylings at the 2024 Mile of Music festival. Nathan and Becky Bliss perform two original songs at The 513 in Appleton, Wisconsin: "Just The Same," featuring Andy Kahn, and "Here Am I."
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Barnaby Bright
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Barnaby Bright blends Brooklyn, Nashville, and Kansas roots into alt-Americana and folk stylings at the 2024 Mile of Music festival. Nathan and Becky Bliss perform two original songs at The 513 in Appleton, Wisconsin: "Just The Same," featuring Andy Kahn, and "Here Am I."
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["Just the Same" by Barnaby Bright] ♪ And I'm the kind of girl your parents warned you of ♪ ♪ I wish I could hold a steady job like I can love ♪ ♪ And I swear sometimes I feel like I could drown ♪ ♪ At the thought of settling down ♪ ♪ Like every other good girl does ♪ ♪ But you still love me when push comes to shove ♪ ♪ And I pinch myself every day ♪ ♪ Still can't believe it, when I hear it, hear you say ♪ ♪ Oh thank God you were born this way ♪ ♪ I like you just how you came ♪ ♪ Oh thank God you were born this way ♪ ♪ 'Cause you and I, we're just the same ♪ [gentle acoustic guitar music] ♪ And I've got a way of winning every time we fight ♪ ♪ I can't admit it, but you're almost always right ♪ ♪ And bless my bleeding heart and all its hurts and holes ♪ ♪ That make me who you know ♪ ♪ This stubborn soul here at your side ♪ ♪ Boy you must love me to let so much slide ♪ ♪ And I pinch myself every day ♪ ♪ Still can't believe it, when I hear it, hear you say ♪ ♪ Oh thank God you were born this way ♪ ♪ I like you just how you came ♪ ♪ Oh thank God you were born this way ♪ ♪ 'Cause you and I, we're just the same ♪ ♪ When somebody knows you, when somebody needs you ♪ ♪ When somebody loves you in spite of you ♪ ♪ Oh thank God you were born this way ♪ ♪ 'Cause I like you just how you came ♪ ♪ Oh thank God you were born this way ♪ ♪ 'Cause you and I, we're just the same ♪ ♪ 'Cause you and I, we're just the same ♪ ♪ 'Cause you and I, we're just the same ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] ["Here I Am" by Barnaby Bright] [upbeat folk music] ♪ I went out to the fortune teller ♪ ♪ On the corner of town ♪ ♪ I said, help me find my purpose ♪ ♪ And I laid my money down ♪ ♪ She said, love, love hold your tongue ♪ ♪ You got time and too much fire in your lungs ♪ ♪ I said, but who will change the courses ♪ ♪ Of the earth and wind and sea?
♪ ♪ Seems no one else is trying ♪ ♪ So why the hell not me?
♪ ♪ And I left her tiny room ♪ ♪ With my tail between my legs ♪ ♪ I left with no more wisdom than I had before I came ♪ ♪ And I looked up to the heavens ♪ ♪ And I pleaded with the sky ♪ ♪ I'm small and I'm tired and I'm hopeless ♪ ♪ But I'm here, world ♪ ♪ Oh I'm here, world ♪ ♪ Here am I ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, oh oh oh ♪ ♪ I walked by the old woman ♪ ♪ Who begs along my street ♪ ♪ I passed her many times ♪ ♪ And never once our eyes did meet ♪ ♪ But today I slowed my pace and looked her way ♪ ♪ The woman so many have ignored ♪ ♪ And I said, I'm very sorry ♪ ♪ That I never stopped to say ♪ ♪ How are you this morning?
♪ ♪ It's a very lovely day ♪ ♪ And her eyes grew rather wide ♪ ♪ And her mouth turned up to smile ♪ ♪ She took a few steps forward and she said ♪ ♪ Why, thank you child ♪ ♪ Most days I feel unseen ♪ ♪ Forgotten and unclean ♪ ♪ But I've lived and I've learned and I'm trying ♪ ♪ And I'm here world ♪ ♪ Oh I'm here world ♪ ♪ Here am I ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh, oh oh ♪ ♪ Oh yeah yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh yeah ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ooh ♪ ♪ I sat down at the table with a relative long lost ♪ ♪ I dread this every time and smiled ♪ ♪ Although that's what I thought ♪ ♪ But her words pierced a hole in my heart ♪ ♪ She said honey, when did all this fighting start ♪ ♪ You can stay right there on your side ♪ ♪ And I'll stay right here on mine ♪ ♪ None of us is budging ♪ ♪ No one's changing no one's mind ♪ ♪ I know we can't agree on almost everything ♪ ♪ But we're flesh and we're blood and we're human ♪ ♪ So much more the same than we are different ♪ ♪ To survive like we know what the hell we're doing ♪ ♪ Here I am world, hear am I ♪ ♪ Here I am world, hear am I ♪ ♪ Here I am, oh here I am, oh here I am ♪ ♪ Here I am, oh here I am, oh here I am ♪ ♪ Here I am, oh here I am, oh here I am, whoo ♪ ♪ Here I am, oh here I am, oh here am I ♪ [audience applauding and cheering] Thank you so much, we're Barnaby Bright.
Thank you, Andy.
Thank you, Mile of Music, we love you.
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