Amsterdam (Live)

In a way your greatest hits, you left them Here the day you split. Bass guitar and Shaq's CD, well, They don't mean that much to me right now. Going through your things. These blues are changing all my strings. Gonna write you a letter. Gonna write you a book. I wanna see your reaction. I wanna see how it looks. The way up on your mind. You've been hiding out. And are you getting somewhere? Or did you get lost in Amsterdam? You won't get too far from me, Believing everything you read. Wasted in the great unknown, and I am finally Ready to dispose. Your vintage clothes. Your trucks and every secret Code. Gonna write you a letter. Gonna write you a book. I wanna see your reaction. I wanna see how it looks. The way up on your mind. You've been hiding out. And are you getting somewhere? Or did you get lost in Amsterdam? From your red balloon, you were a super high-tech Jet fighter. Floating over planet Earth, come back down here, I'll show you Earth. Take this bitter pill. Easy to Swallow. Gonna write you a letter. Gonna write you a book. I wanna see your reaction. I wanna see how it looks. The way up on your mind. You're never coming down. And are you getting somewhere? Or did you get lost in Amsterdam? Amsterdam. We wanna thank our friend Ben Kweller for coming Out, uh, and playing tonight. You'll be seeing him a little later. And, um, I was sort of, you know, the whole idea Of doing a, uh, concert around an album f- You know, still being an active band that st- Still makes records and writes songs, you wanna be Careful not to, uh, continually trade in nostalgia. But I also, as a fan of music, if One of my favorite bands were to play one Of my favorite records in its entirety, I've been There, I've done it, and it's magical. And so it means a lot that you guys Are here to celebrate this with us, and we Know that we've been a part of your lives, And yeah. Cheers to you, beardo dude. Cheers to all of you. Thank you very much. It means an awful lot To us, seriously.