State & Water
S06 E11: TyJon Charlie from The Unemployed Architects | Pt 2
Season 6 Episode 11 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Part 2 of 2: Style translates well to a moving and memorable solo experience.
Part 2 of 2: Tyler Sweitzer branches out from the Unemployed Architects after more than a decade on the Central Illinois music circuit. His well-honed style translates well to a moving and memorable solo experience.
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State & Water
S06 E11: TyJon Charlie from The Unemployed Architects | Pt 2
Season 6 Episode 11 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Part 2 of 2: Tyler Sweitzer branches out from the Unemployed Architects after more than a decade on the Central Illinois music circuit. His well-honed style translates well to a moving and memorable solo experience.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[Upbeat Blues Music] - [Announcer] From the WTVP Studios in the Warehouse District and the corner of entertainment.
This is State and Water.
Tonight, The Unemployed Architects.
Featuring Tyjon Charlie.
[Blues Music Fades] [Guitar Playing] [Soulful Vocalizing] [Falsetto Vocalizing] [Soulful Vocalizing With Guitar] [Upbeat Music Playing] ♪ Her blue eyes ♪ Are running red ♪ He said what he said.
He did what he did ♪ ♪ Now her dreams are all put to rest ♪ ♪ She did what she does ♪ She gave it her ♪ Best ♪ Her best ♪ Her best ♪ Oh Glory ♪ Gloria ♪ Here's one more sad story ♪ Here's one more for ya ♪ Gloria ♪ Gloria ♪ Here's one more for ya [Vocalizing] ♪ And another one has come and gone ♪ ♪ Her eyes rolled up ♪ And then rolled on ♪ And this record's broke ♪ Sick with the screaming violin ♪ ♪ Continuing sad song ♪ No means to an end ♪ An end ♪ An end ♪ And the key change never came ♪ ♪ And the best track ♪ No one could remember her name ♪ ♪ This broken 45 could never be ♪ ♪ The ♪ The same ♪ What's her name ♪ Oh Glory ♪ Gloria ♪ Here's one more sad story ♪ Here's one more for ya ♪ Gloria ♪ Gloria ♪ Here's one more for ya [Vocalizing] ♪ Gloria ♪ Gloria ♪ Gloria [Guitar Plays Softly And Fades] [Clapping And Cheering] [Upbeat Guitar] ♪ Planes, trains and automobiles ♪ ♪ Always looking for some faster wheels ♪ ♪ To get to the places unknown ♪ For our trouble, it's ours to own ♪ ♪ Possessions, obsessions, they'll find a way ♪ ♪ To stay in your head for another day ♪ ♪ And when I want to get away ♪ There's always a price to pay ♪ ♪ When you're down and have you have nothing to lose ♪ ♪ Just go ahead ♪ And tie this noose 'round your head ♪ ♪ It's so funny that when you're so close to being dead ♪ ♪ It's the most alive ♪ You've ever been ♪ You've ever been ♪ You've ever been ♪ You've ever been [Upbeat Guitar Solo] ♪ And gravity isn't the only thing that ♪ ♪ Weighs so heavily down on me ♪ And if I could leave this prison behind ♪ ♪ Maybe then I would find ♪ What its like just to be ♪ And everyone around that needs to see ♪ ♪ They'd understand finally what its like to be free ♪ ♪ To be free ♪ When you're down and you have nothing to lose ♪ ♪ Just go ahead ♪ And tie this noose 'round your head ♪ ♪ It's so funny that when you're so close to being dead ♪ ♪ It's the most alive you've ever been ♪ ♪ You've ever been ♪ You've ever been ♪ You've ever been ♪ You've ever been ♪ You've ever been [Upbeat Rock Music Playing] ♪ You've ever been ♪ You've ever been ♪ Planes, trains and automobiles ♪ ♪ Always searching for some faster wheels ♪ [Clapping And Cheering] [Upbeat Guitar] [Rock Music Builds] ♪ I'll be searching while you'll be working ♪ ♪ On a reason to stay for another day ♪ ♪ You saw my dreams and ♪ You said like quicksand ♪ I'll put all these nightmares to rest ♪ ♪ I thought I'd try it ♪ You knew I'd buy it ♪ Then your hands washed away ♪ All the gifts that you gave ♪ So I tried to save what was left of myself ♪ ♪ Cause I knew you wouldn't ♪ No you couldn't help ♪ My mouth is sore from fighting this war ♪ ♪ And the wounds we left ♪ Bore a hole in my chest ♪ And the worst always won ♪ Like the bullets from a gun ♪ You watched me fall to the ground ♪ ♪ Without a sound ♪ So quit your crying now ♪ Cause you were fine without ♪ When you give me your best ♪ I'll just cover my chest ♪ So that's all the rest ♪ Just a steel vest ♪ You weren't loud enough We're all just scared ♪ ♪ My mouth is sore from fighting this war ♪ ♪ And the wounds we left ♪ Bore a hole in my chest ♪ And the worst always won ♪ Like bullets from a gun ♪ You watched me fall to the ground ♪ ♪ Without a sound ♪ Why ♪ Why ♪ Why don't you, why don't you ♪ Say Goodbye ♪ Say Goodbye ♪ Why ♪ Why don't you die ♪ My mouth is sore ♪ From fighting this war ♪ And the wounds we left ♪ Bore a hole in my chest ♪ My mouth is sore from fighting this war ♪ ♪ And the wounds we left ♪ Bore a hole in my chest ♪ And the worst always won ♪ Like the bullets from a gun ♪ You watched me fall to the ground ♪ ♪ Without a sound ♪ Why ♪ Why ♪ Why don't you, why don't you ♪ Say goodbye ♪ Say Goodbye ♪ Why ♪ Why don't you die [Clapping And Cheering] [Soft Guitar Playing] ♪ And your words ♪ Hit my ear ♪ Like they don't even care ♪ In the springtime ♪ In the winter ♪ Out your window ♪ I remember ♪ The cold breeze ♪ And how its bite would blow ♪ My eyes completely there ♪ Completely closed ♪ Completely closed ♪ Completely closed ♪ And your heart was there ♪ And now your hands are cold ♪ And I play mine, but now I have to fold ♪ ♪ Cause the river's dry ♪ And I got got all I could get ♪ ♪ If I had my way ♪ My way would have to bear ♪ Oh my way ♪ Maybe it's not ♪ Maybe it's not too late ♪ And your heart froze ♪ And your mind chose ♪ That's how it went ♪ I guess that's how it goes ♪ Your heart froze ♪ And your mind chose ♪ That's how it went ♪ I guess that's how it ♪ Goes ♪ That's how it ♪ Goes [Upbeat Rock Music Plays] ♪ And your love grows ♪ And your mind chose that's how it went ♪ ♪ I guess that's how it goes ♪ Your heart froze ♪ And your mind chose that's how it went ♪ ♪ I guess that's how it ♪ Goes [Vocalizing] [Guitar Solo] [Audience Cheering And Clapping] ♪ On empty and I'm waiting ♪ To be untied and revived ♪ I'm borrowed in the shadows [Vocalizes] ♪ struck down ♪ Waiting for some light ♪ Will I survive ♪ Vacant with no mind ♪ Am I alive ♪ Am I alive ♪ Am I alive ♪ [Unintelligible] and corrupted ♪ ♪ Can we please ♪ Make a means to any end of certainty ♪ ♪ Will it kill me ♪ Set me free, set me free ♪ Set me free, set me free ♪ Set me free ♪ Waiting for some light ♪ Will I survive ♪ Vacant with no mind ♪ Am I alive ♪ Am I alive ♪ Am I alive ♪ Running with scissors ♪ I can't fall down ♪ Glasses are fogged up ♪ No sign of the ground ♪ [Vocalizes] ♪ My muscles, They lead me like a machine ♪ ♪ So tired and weary ♪ The sun is so mean ♪ But unseen ♪ Running towards the light ♪ Will I survive ♪ Naked in the sunlight ♪ Am I alive ♪ Am I alive ♪ Am I alive ♪ Am I alive ♪ Am I alive [Guitar Plays Quietly] ♪ Her name is misery ♪ She loves herself some company ♪ ♪ I volunteered to be a guardian to that city ♪ ♪ That's so cold when it's warm ♪ ♪ That's so calm when it storms ♪ ♪ When it storms ♪ The smell of sulfur ♪ It softens old hardened wounds ♪ ♪ And there's no sign of sky ignited harvest moons ♪ ♪ So how do I get home ♪ No direction path ♪ Paths to roam ♪ Oh salvation, I'm looking ♪ Too bad I love this misery ♪ This misery ♪ And time wraps around my feet ♪ ♪ Around my hands ♪ Just can't cheat ♪ His hands are mocking me ♪ I'm never late or early ♪ How do I get home ♪ No directions path ♪ Two paths to roam ♪ And oh salvation, I'm looking ♪ ♪ Too bad I love this misery ♪ This misery ♪ Ooh Oh ♪ Ooh Oh ♪ Ow ♪ Ow ♪ Whoo ♪ Whoo ♪ And misery I've been calling ♪ In your pictures ♪ I keep drawing on the pavements ♪ ♪ Of my shell ♪ And I'm asking with no answer ♪ ♪ For a cure to a cancer ♪ That weakens such a hollow shell ♪ ♪ I'm a man on a mission ♪ And I'm writing non-fiction onto which I fell ♪ ♪ I'm not breaking tradition ♪ With no intuition ♪ I'm writing the laws on the walls of my hell ♪ ♪ My hell ♪ My hell ♪ My hell ♪ My hell [Rock Music Plays] [Guitar Fades] [Cheering And Clapping] [Blues Guitar] ♪ Back again and back again ♪ Without a friend, I chase the end ♪ ♪ Back again, I chase the end ♪ I can pretend it's not coming ♪ ♪ Tongue tied, tagged and trying ♪ ♪ Can't hide from you ♪ Why I begged and tried ♪ No shade pulled through ♪ Can't hide ♪ From the inside ♪ Of my eyes ♪ I climb, can't stop ♪ I fall down every time ♪ I'm close to the top ♪ Ground loss is the hardest ♪ To find ♪ So unkind ♪ I'll be back again and back again ♪ ♪ Without a friend, I'll chase the end ♪ ♪ Back again, I'll chase the end ♪ ♪ I can't pretend it's not coming ♪ [Blues Guitar] ♪ Your haste will be wasted ♪ And replace the taste ♪ Your haste will be wasted ♪ And replace the taste ♪ Your haste will be wasted ♪ And replace the taste ♪ But I'll back again and back again ♪ [Guitar Riff] [Upbeat Music Plays]
S06 E11:TyJon Charlie from The Unemployed Architects|Trailer
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