The Tallest Man On Earth

Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

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4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The Tallest Man On Earth's second appearance at the Tiny Desk comes almost 10 years to the day after his first. He returns with a touch of grey and a beard, but no less intense or moving.

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0:00.0	I'm Bob Boylan from All Songs Considered. The following is the audio from our latest Tiny Desk concert.
0:05.2	To see the video, subscribe to the All Songs Considered Tiny Desk Concerts.
0:10.2	Or go to NPR.org slash Tiny Desk concerts. Oh, Some of you honey in my hand in a silver dollar in my shoe time and never been so kind
1:01.1	the naked spring, the weightless songs, and the memories will be young and the
1:10.6	breath will get now.
1:15.0	And days are wanting to stay within without.
1:18.0	Keep my green ass open for what I do.
1:22.0	You can get around.
1:25.0	Ha! I open up my windows now
1:41.4	right through my country home.
1:44.0	Land my nose just fly around.
1:47.0	Then get some rest upon the lawn.
1:51.0	Where so many years of leaves at fall like a bed of all what's been and
1:59.6	days of wanting to stay within without.
2:03.0	Keep my green eyes open for what I
2:08.0	and kick it around.
2:10.0	I leave at night before the dreams are in.
2:16.0	Can lay and wait for their unraveling.
2:22.0	I need my manners not my wary soul
2:27.0	And there's so much kindness in the world. Some of your honey in my hand and a silver dollar in my shoe.
2:48.0	Time and they've never been so bold.
2:52.0	I caught my laws just leave the ground.
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