In keeping with the show theme, she described growing up in a middle class family planted among upper class neighbors, talked about her mother losing her religion, and revealed her own messed up Christmas story experienced at last year’s family Christmas gathering. Guest comedian Jen Kirkman was then introduced to do her set. I truly appreciated this pleasing and sincere rendition of a song which I had hoped would be played, but hadn’t actually expected to hear that night. Joey’s strong lead vocal swelled through the choruses as he appeared to get lost in the song - I haven’t seen him sway so much when singing before. With the frequent and heavy rain across the Los Angeles basin over the last few weeks, this was certainly an apt choice. He denied this interpretation, saying, “No, it is about Joey’s marriage.” Joey looked momentarily abashed as he noted, “My wife is in the audience tonight.” Part of the draw of their live shows is to witness such on stage banter, as the two attempt to poke holes in each other’s armor in a never-ending game of often deadpanned, unmerciful one-upmanship.įor the next number, they performed an old local favorite, “Broken Headlights” which can be found on their Retrospect album, released before the two decided on a band name. Mining from their most recently released album The Only Ones, the two men sang “I Meant Every Word I Said.” This song begins with the line, “I don’t want to fight anymore.” Kenneth explained that some people believe this is about the relationship between Kenneth and Joey. “A Sea of Roses” includes the testimonial lines, “That is right, I don’t believe anymore than skies above, it’s just me and those I’ve loved under a blanket of roses.” Note: When you embed the widget in your site, it will match your site's styles (CSS).Upon conclusion of the first two songs, Joey took a moment to speak to the audience: “Welcome to Sad Songs Comedy Hour Christmas Edition.” After discussing the content of the night’s material with the upcoming special guests backstage, Joey deemed the theme of the night to be, “A F*cked Up Christmas.” In keeping with this theme the pair had, as Joey posited, “kicked it off with two songs that affirmatively deny our belief in a savior.” For evidence, the “Younger Years” lyrics include the line, “The love inside our hearts is the only kind of savior we’ve been sent.” Joey explained that some people say, “There are no atheists in a foxhole…They never met Kenneth in a foxhole.” It was noted that this belief held true even “in the face of cancer” (which Kenneth conquered). Get the embed code The Milk Carton Kids - All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn't Do Album Lyrics1.A Sea of Roses2.All the Things.3.Big Time4.Younger YearsThe Milk Carton Kids Lyrics provided by I'll take others too but not one anymore than you I know I'll take you with me everywhere I take my body and soul They hear what I'm saying but no way they know what i know I'm telling this story about what you taught me of love How we became lovers, how we became friends I'll tell you where I've been, you'll tell me how you've been We laugh at the stories we cried to before I'm sure that you cried and you cried and you cried, so did IĪll the things that I did and all the things that I didn't try We know became very real scary, and at times too muchīut we'd held it together and we doubled down on our luckįor all of the times I counted the lines in your hair I bury my feelings down deep where my heart never goesĪll the things that I did and all the things that I didn't know That would follow us around and around and around Just to take you to dinner and boy was that worth all the years I tell only the truth every last little thing that I knewĪll the things that I did and all the things that I didn't do Light turns to dark and my tears turn to iceĪs I turn to my lover and thinking I'm right I have the weight of the world on my chestįor real when my minds at its best I still feel afraid
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