Thao Nguyen: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

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4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Thao is joined by two cellists in this remarkable set for our Tiny Desk quarantine series.

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0:00.0	Hey there, Bob Boylan here.
0:01.6	This concert's part of our tiny desk home concert series.
0:04.9	We started back in mid-March of 2020
0:07.3	when we couldn't record concerts at my desk at NPR due to the pandemic.
0:11.3	You can watch this concert at NPR.org or on the NPR music YouTube channel.
0:16.8	Enjoy.
1:00.0	I lost my city in the light of day.
1:11.6	Thick smoke, helicopter blades,
1:15.0	Heaven and Earth, I've never moved so fast.
1:20.2	You never know the fear your mind has.
1:24.2	I know your father can't call anymore.
1:29.6	You never meant to be a man of war.
1:33.5	But we found freedom, what would you do now?
1:38.8	Very the burden, baby, make us proud.
1:42.8	I lost my city in the light of day.
1:48.3	Thick smoke, helicopter blades,
1:52.2	Heaven and Earth, I want to remember when.
1:57.8	Our people, baby, die and live a man.
2:08.1	Look at this one, I want you to see.
2:13.3	Fashion was high, my hair was so low.
2:18.6	This was maybe 73.
2:23.5	You know I have been adored by good and kind man.
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