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[cheering]

♪ ♪

What's going on?

[cheering]

What's up, Amazon Music?

[cheering]

We got any country music fans in the house tonight?

[cheering]

♪ I'm a county jail revival ♪

♪ I'm a bottle and a Bible ♪

♪ I'm a rolling stone disciple ♪

♪ With a cross across my face ♪

♪ I'm a trailer park tornado ♪

♪ Jagged edges on my halo ♪

♪ Hope the chariot gon' swing low ♪

♪ And carry me away ♪

I got you.

♪ This little light of mine ♪

♪ Damn near burned me alive ♪

♪ Lord knows that mama tried ♪

♪ And I don't know if I'm... ♪

♪ Halfway to heaven or halfway to hell ♪

♪ My angels and my demons at war with myself ♪

♪ One foot in the fire and I still can't tell ♪

♪ If I'm halfway to heaven ♪

♪ Halfway to heaven or hell ♪

Yes!

♪ I'm a dive bar Sunday sermon ♪

♪ Holy water with my bourbon ♪

♪ Standing on the bridge I'm burning ♪

♪ With a can of gasoline ♪

♪ Am I worth saving if I'm always faded ♪

♪ It feels like I'm caught in between ♪

Let's go.

♪ Halfway to heaven or halfway to hell ♪

♪ My angels and my demons at war with myself ♪

♪ One foot in the fire and I still can't tell ♪

♪ If I'm halfway to heaven ♪

♪ Halfway to heaven or hell ♪

Yes!

♪ This little light of mine ♪

♪ Damn near burned me alive ♪

♪ Lord knows that mama tried ♪

♪ And I don't know if I'm... ♪

♪ Halfway to heaven or halfway to hell ♪

How y'all feeling out there tonight?

Talk to me, baby!

-[cheering] -Let's go!

♪ Halfway to heaven or halfway to hell ♪

♪ My angels and my demons at war with myself ♪

♪ One foot in the fire and I still can't tell ♪

♪ If I'm halfway to heaven ♪

♪ Halfway to heaven or hell ♪

Yeah!

♪ I'm halfway to heaven or hell ♪

[cheering]

♪ ♪

Oh, yeah.

Well, if y'all don't mind, I would now like to turn

Amazon Music Live into a honky-tonk

in the spirit of country music if that's cool with y'all.

[cheering]

This man up here...

He's the only person in our band with a good credit score, y'all.

That's right, one of us had to have our stuff

halfway together and he's the guy.

His name's Joe Andrews and he's a guitar picker

from Northern Alabama, y'all.

Right there on the bass guitar,

get your lunchbox ready because we call this

man Ham Sandwich, y'all.

Alex Howard on the bass guitar tonight.

[shouts]

[cheering]

♪ I light every bridge I see, yeah, ♪

♪ Just to watch it burn ♪

♪ If you seen all the hell I've seen ♪

♪ It'd make your stomach turn ♪

♪ I think you know why I do ♪

♪ What I do, when I do ♪

♪ Mmm ♪

Hold up.

♪ I could tell some stories ♪

♪ 'Bout some things you won't believe ♪

♪ It takes more than an offer now to set this sinner free ♪

♪ I think you know how I try, when I try ♪

♪ Lord, I try ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ I might drink a little ♪

♪ I might smoke a lot ♪

♪ Counting down the good times ♪

♪ Staring down the clock ♪

♪ I throw some hallelujahs ♪

♪ To the big man in the sky ♪

♪ I show up Sunday morning looking just like last night ♪

♪ Yeah, that's how I get by ♪

♪ Oh, that's how I get by ♪

♪ Thousand miles of gravel ♪

♪ I've been walking with no shoes ♪

♪ No matter how far I come I can't outrun my roots ♪

♪ I think you know how I try when I try, Lord I try ♪

♪ I might drink a little ♪

♪ I still smoke a lot ♪

♪ Counting down the good times ♪

♪ Staring down the clock ♪

♪ I throw some hallelujahs ♪

♪ To the big man in the sky ♪

♪ Show up Sunday morning looking just like last night ♪

♪ Yeah, that's how I get by ♪

♪ Oh, that's how I get by ♪

Listen to it.

-♪ Na, na, na, na, na ♪ -♪ Na, na, na, na, na ♪

♪ Say na, na, na, na, na ♪

♪ Na, na, na, na, na ♪

♪ Say whoa ♪

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Say whoa-ho ♪

♪ Whoa-ho ♪

♪ Say L.A., tell me how you feel tonight ♪

♪ L.A., tell me how you feel tonight ♪

♪ Amazon, tell me how you feel tonight ♪

♪ Amazon, tell me how you feel tonight ♪

♪ Some of y'all smell like ♪

Y'all know what I'm talking about, California.

You smell it too, don't you?

♪ I might drink a little ♪

♪ That's how I get by ♪

♪ Counting down the good times ♪

♪ 'Cause that's how I get by ♪

♪ Thursday night on Amazon, baby ♪

♪ That's how I get by ♪

♪ I'm gonna wake up tomorrow morning still ♪

Woo!

Let's go!

♪ I drank a little ♪

♪ And I still smoke a lot ♪

♪ Counting down the good times ♪

♪ Staring down the clock ♪

♪ Throw some hallelujahs ♪

♪ To the big man in the sky ♪

♪ Show up Sunday morning looking just like last night ♪

♪ Yeah, that's how I get by ♪

♪ Oh, that's how I get by ♪

♪ Yeah, that's how I get by ♪

[cheering]

Oh yes.

What a beautiful evening it is.

What an incredible opportunity this is for me, y'all.

Man, this is a big deal.

My name is Jason "Jelly Roll" DeFord,

I'm from Nashville, Tennessee y'all,

and this is crazy.

We're on Prime Live right now for the world to watch.

I want you to know that if this is your first time

encountering me in any way at all,

it's real simple what we do.

We make real music for real people

with real problems, that's what we do.

We make therapeutic music.

I want y'all to know that I'm the kind of guy

that'll burn it down Saturday night but

I still show up every Sunday morning

in that back row pew baby.

♪ ♪

♪ I never get lonely ♪

♪ I get these ghosts to keep me company ♪

♪ I took the rearview off of this old Ford ♪

♪ I only see in front of me ♪

♪ Now the past is out of sight and out of mind ♪

♪ I swore I changed, now I'm back chasing these white lines ♪

♪ I'm just a long-haired son of a sinner ♪

♪ I'm searching for new ways I can get gone ♪

♪ I'm a pedal to the highway ♪

♪ If you ever wonder why we ♪

♪ Write these songs ♪

Yeah, baby.

♪ 'Cause I'm only one drink away from the devil ♪

♪ But I'm always one call away from home ♪

♪ Look, I'm somewhere in the middle ♪

♪ I guess I'm just a little ♪

♪ Right and wrong ♪

♪ These back roads guide me ♪

♪ These pills pretend to be my friend ♪

♪ I'm done for the last time ♪

♪ Well, I'm lying to myself again ♪

♪ I always say that ♪

♪ Now I'm on my way back here somehow ♪

♪ I should know by now ♪

♪ That I'm just a long-haired son of a sinner ♪

♪ I'm searching for new ways I can get gone ♪

♪ I'm a pedal to the highway ♪

♪ If you ever wonder why we ♪

♪ Write these songs ♪

Oh man, I love y'all baby, thank you all.

♪ 'Cause I'm only one drink away from the devil ♪

♪ But I'm always one call away from home ♪

♪ Look, I'm somewhere in the middle ♪

♪ I guess I'm just a little ♪

♪ Right and wrong ♪

♪ Mistakes I made, I paid for them in cash ♪

♪ I walked a million miles on broken glass ♪

♪ I'm feeling like I'm fading ♪

♪ My heart's been slowly breaking ♪

♪ Might pop a pill and smoke and maybe drink ♪

♪ Talk to God and tell Him what I think ♪

♪ At first, He's gonna hate me ♪

♪ But eventually He'll save me ♪

♪ I'm a long-haired son of a sinner ♪

♪ I'm searching for new ways I can get gone ♪

♪ I'm a pedal to the highway ♪

♪ If you ever wonder why we ♪

♪ Write these songs ♪

There we go, baby, yeah!

♪ 'Cause I'm only one drink away from the devil ♪

♪ But I'm always one call away from home ♪

♪ Look, I'm somewhere in the middle ♪

♪ I guess I'm just a little ♪

Sing it!

-♪ Right and wrong ♪ -Yes!

[cheering]

Here we go, baby.

I'm gonna be honest,

we are on Amazon Music Live right now for the third season.

This is the first episode of the third season.

And we are in the beautiful Los Angeles, California.

[cheering]

So I figured while we're early in this hour

that we're gonna spend together out there,

and it is a big week for me because my album

just came out, "Beautifully Broken"

about five days ago.

I think it's about time we bring a special guest out.

What do y'all think? We been out here long enough.

This guy right here, this is deeper than music with us.

This is deeper than a song or two.

This is what feels like a lifelong friendship developing.

I love this guy.

He has done so much for me as a human.

So much for me as a creative.

He's been one of the most inspirational voices in my life.

I'm glad the world is getting to see the sweetheart

that he actually is for once.

I want to bring my friend to the stage right now

from Cleveland, Ohio, Mr. MGK!

[cheering]

♪ ♪

[cheering]

♪ Lonely road, take me home, ♪

♪ Take me home ♪

♪ Lonely road ♪

♪ Hey, I'ma go downtown ♪

♪ Ain't been in a long time ♪

♪ I'm takin' back Sundays ♪

♪ Since you took away my life ♪

♪ There's some things that I know now ♪

♪ Couple songs that I'd rewrite ♪

♪ Start over like Mondays ♪

♪ Pourin' strong on a weeknight ♪

♪ See, I hear the devil wears Prada ♪

♪ But I couldn't read the tags ♪

♪ And your horns started showin' when I seen you mad ♪

♪ But I'll wait for you 'cause this is not the face I knew ♪

♪ I probably could've saved us but instead, I let us crash ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't trust no one to love me back ♪

♪ But she say, "I do" ♪

♪ And this is not the place for you ♪

-Let's sing! -Sing it to him!

♪ Lonely road, take me home ♪

♪ To the place ♪

I need y'all.

♪ Where we went wrong ♪

♪ Where'd you go now? ♪

♪ It's been a ghost town ♪

♪ And I'm still here all alone ♪

♪ When the days feel long and the nights get cold ♪

♪ And I'm thousands of miles away ♪

♪ I use alcohol just to fill that hole ♪

♪ Will our home ever be the same? ♪

♪ See, I hear the devil wears Prada ♪

♪ But I couldn't read the tags ♪

♪ And your horn started showin' when I see you mad ♪

♪ But I'll wait for you 'cause this is not the face I knew ♪

♪ And I probably could've saved us ♪

♪ But instead, I let us crash ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't trust no one to love me back ♪

♪ But you say, "I do" ♪

♪ And this is not the place for you ♪

-You gonna sing it? -Everybody!

♪ Lonely road, take me home ♪

♪ To the place that we went wrong ♪

♪ Where'd you go now? ♪

♪ It's been a ghost town ♪

♪ And I'm still here all alone ♪

♪ And if you could salvage my soul ♪

♪ Would you sacrifice this life to not die alone? ♪

♪ 'Cause even a palace ain't home without you ♪

♪ So I might leave here soon ♪

♪ But I wanna leave you this song ♪

Hey!

♪ Lonely road ♪

-♪ Take me home ♪ -♪ Won't you take me home? ♪

♪ To the place that we went wrong ♪

-♪ Where'd you go now? ♪ -♪ Where'd you go now? ♪

♪ It's been a ghost town ♪

-♪ And I'm still here ♪ -♪ I'm still here ♪

♪ All alone ♪

♪ Lonely road ♪

-♪ Feeling so alone ♪ -♪ Lonely road ♪

♪ Take me home ♪

-♪ This lonely road ♪ -♪ Mm, I'm on this road now ♪

♪ Lonely road ♪

♪ Take me home, mm ♪

[cheering]

What's up, y'all?

Our friend has a huge album out right now.

This is a very big deal.

He's opening the season three of the worldwide event.

-This is crazy, dude. -This is awesome.

Speaking of that album, something y'all don't know

behind the scenes is that you find out

who your friends are when it's time

to release your album because you call all of them

and you pressure them to do stuff for you

with very little time left to do it.

And if y'all don't mind, we've never

sung this song together before.

It's a good chance y'all watching on TV right now

are going to watch us completely blow this 100%.

For sure.

But he was one of my friends that came through for me

and featured on my album, y'all.

It's my favorite song on my album.

I did not think I was going to be able to figure this song out.

And he came through and brought life back into it.

I really feel like it's more his song than mine,

but we'd like to debut it here for y'all.

Is that okay?

[cheering]

This song is called "Time of Day."

♪ 'Cause even a spotlight or a movie ♪

♪ Couldn't show the side that I've been hiding lately ♪

♪ And lately ♪

♪ Even the old me's not the new me ♪

♪ But the same me still inside that I'm containing ♪

♪ Unchain me ♪

♪ And I don't cry like I used to ♪

♪ 'Cause I know these tears don't wash my sins away ♪

♪ And I don't pray like I used to ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't think I deserve the time of day ♪

♪ Listen, I'm sorry ♪

♪ Since you saw me ♪

♪ I've sawed through bones ♪

♪ Took my heart out my body ♪

♪ Have you forgot me? ♪

♪ Longing for the times when time was nonexistent ♪

♪ Kaleidoscope lines I envision ♪

♪ Combine our lives with a two-word sentence ♪

♪ You said “I do”, but I did not listen ♪

♪ And I don't cry like I used to ♪

♪ 'Cause I know these tears don't wash my sins away ♪

♪ And I don't pray like I used to ♪

♪ I don't pray 'cause I ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't think I deserve the time of day ♪

♪ The cross I bear I wear for my protection ♪

♪ I wear for my protection ♪

♪ Abandoned and I'm searching for connections ♪

♪ I'm searching for connection ♪

♪ I barely recognize my own reflection ♪

♪ It was my own reflection ♪

♪ 'Cause all I ever wanted was connection ♪

♪ I fear rejection ♪

♪ And I don't cry like I used to ♪

♪ 'Cause I know these tears don't wash my sins away ♪

♪ Wash my sins away ♪

♪ And I don't pray like I used to ♪

♪ I don't pray no more ♪

♪ 'Cause I don't think I deserve the time of day ♪

[cheering]

[cheering]

-Love you, brother. -I love you more, baby.

One more time for my brother, MGK, everybody.

My brother, y'all, one of my best friends in the world.

I love you, brother. Thank you.

That was special.

I told that boy he's a singer, man.

Working on it.

-[chuckles] -Working on it.

I'm sorry. I don't even know the set list,

I got to look at it. I got to cheat.

I'm sorry. That was so good.

I wrote this song for my new album,

something I experienced.

It was one of the most beautiful things

I've ever experienced in my entire life,

and it's called "Winning Streak."

[cheering]

♪ ♪

♪ The broken glass of a bottle makes a jagged rock bottom ♪

♪ And right now, I got two shaky hands ♪

♪ Only one way to stop 'em ♪

♪ And I haven't touched a drop in seven hours three minutes ♪

♪ Hardly sobered up already want to quit quittin' ♪

♪ Sweatin' in an old church basement ♪

♪ Wishin' I was wasted ♪

♪ Never thought I'd say this ♪

♪ "Hello, my name is Jason" ♪

♪ And I've been losing myself ♪

♪ I've been losing my mind ♪

♪ And I've been standing in the rain just trying to stay dry ♪

♪ I was so ashamed to be in this seat ♪

♪ 'Til I met a man who was twenty years clean ♪

♪ He said “Everybody here's felt the same defeat ♪

♪ Nobody walks through these doors on a winning streak” ♪

♪ Hold on, hold on ♪

♪ Hold on, hold on ♪

♪ The broken man in the mirror won't look at me ♪

♪ 'cause he's guilty ♪

♪ And I swear that the last couple weeks ♪

♪ That mother tried to kill me ♪

♪ By the time I saw it coming it was done with already ♪

♪ It's hard to run from it when it runs in the family ♪

♪ A problem with a thousand more it's causing ♪

♪ Damn, it's all exhausting ♪

♪ This is why I walked in ♪

♪ “Thanks for letting me share y'all” ♪

♪ And I've been losing myself ♪

♪ I've been losing my mind ♪

♪ And I've been standing in the rain ♪

♪ Just trying to stay dry ♪

♪ I was so ashamed to be in this seat ♪

♪ 'Til I met a man who was twenty years clean ♪

♪ He said “Everybody here's felt the same defeat ♪

♪ Nobody walks through these doors on a winning streak” ♪

♪ Yeah-eh-eh ♪

Woo!

♪ Yeah-eh-eh ♪

♪ Ooh yeah ♪

♪ Yeah-eh-eh ♪

♪ I'm tired of being broken ♪

♪ I'm sick of feeling hopeless ♪

♪ Way down here at my lowest ♪

♪ At the end of my rope At the end of my rope ♪

♪ So, what do I do? ♪

♪ What do I do? ♪

♪ What do I do? ♪

♪ And I've been losing myself ♪

♪ I've been losing my mind ♪

♪ And I've been standing in the rain ♪

♪ Just trying to stay dry ♪

♪ I was so ashamed to be in this seat ♪

♪ 'Til I met a man who was twenty years clean ♪

♪ He said “Everybody here's felt the same defeat ♪

♪ Nobody walks through these doors on a winning streak” ♪

♪ Hold on, hold on ♪

♪ Hold on, hold on ♪

[cheering]

Thank y'all for everybody up here tonight.

Who's celebrating or out there watching,

your recovery or your sobriety.

We just want to let y'all know we're happy

for y'all tonight, baby.

Congratulations on another day.

[cheering]

Speaking of fighting that craving,

this is a new song on my new album as well.

Yeah, let's just start this thing, boys.

Let's just have fun with this. And what y'all say?

We've never sung it. We're going to blow it.

So just get ready for it.

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

One second. Hold on.

Okay, no, I know what we're doing now, I got you.

Nice, there...

[laughing]

Oh, we're on live TV and I'm blowing it so bad.

[cheering]

[crowd chanting] Jelly! Jelly! Jelly!

I got it, I got it, we're ready, I'm sorry,

I got it, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sorry y'all.

It happens. This is live music, y'all.

The instruments are plugged in, so is the microphone.

If we blow it, it's real, I'm sorry.

Yep, I'm ready.

♪ ♪

♪ I miss you ♪

♪ I need you ♪

♪ But only when I'm weak ♪

♪ Yeah sometimes ♪

♪ My past life still got a hold on me ♪

♪ And just 'cause I ain't reaching for the bottle ♪

♪ And I ain't got a smoke between my lips ♪

♪ Oh, just cause I ain't trying to numb my sorrows ♪

♪ With any kind of vice, I ain't tried yet ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't want to ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't feel like it sometimes ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't crave it ♪

♪ And taste it in every corner of my mind ♪

♪ Just 'cause I ain't tempting that temptation ♪

♪ Or lighting up that fuse ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't want to ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't want to ♪

I would like to bring my friend

Mr. Keith Urban to the stage right now, y'all!

[cheering]

♪ My battle ♪

♪ My shadow ♪

♪ Ain't ever far from me ♪

♪ It's moment by moment ♪

♪ Damn it's always gonna be ♪

♪ And just 'cause I ain't reaching for the bottle ♪

♪ And I ain't got a smoke between my lips ♪

♪ Oh, and just 'cause I ain't running from my problems ♪

♪ Or cashing in my good luck for a hit ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't want to ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't feel like it sometimes ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't crave it ♪

♪ And taste it in every corner of my mind ♪

♪ Just 'cause I ain't tempting that temptation ♪

♪ Or lighting up that fuse ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't want to ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't want to ♪

♪ Jelly Roll, no ♪

♪ And just 'cause I ain't reaching for the bottle ♪

♪ And I ain't got a smoke between my lips ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't want to ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't feel like it sometimes ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't crave it and taste it ♪

♪ In every corner of my mind ♪

♪ Just 'cause I ain't tempting that temptation ♪

♪ Or lighting up that fuse ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't want to ♪

♪ Don't mean I don't want to ♪

♪ No, no ♪

One of the greatest entertainers of our generation, everybody.

I am just proud to call him a friend.

Keith Urban!

[cheering]

Woo!

I just told Keith and I mean it.

I want the rest of the world to hear it.

I say, Keith, this song is gonna help people, baby.

This song is gonna help people.

Speaking of songs that help people,

I want y'all to know that it's important

every time we do a show

that we create a space where for one night,

you can just let the music do all the talking

and you can just let the weight of the world

just fall off your shoulders for just a second

and you can just breathe.

I believe that music is more than music.

I believe that music is medicine.

I believe that music is magical.

I believe in the power of music.

That's just what I believe, y'all.

I felt worthless, I felt hopeless

and I felt helpless at so many moments of my life.

I felt moments I would never get myself out of the hole

that I had dug myself in.

I had moments where I felt like I didn't deserve

to step forward or breathe one more breath.

And if you were out there tonight

and you felt that way before or you currently feel that way,

I'm just here to tell you that it's gonna be all right, baby.

It's okay to not be okay.

It's gonna be all right, baby.

♪ ♪

♪ I am not okay ♪

♪ I'm barely gettin' by ♪

♪ I'm losin' track of days ♪

♪ I'm losin' sleep at night ♪

♪ I am not okay ♪

♪ I'm hangin' on the rails ♪

♪ So if I say I'm fine ♪

♪ Just know I've learned to hide it well ♪

♪ I know I can't be the only one ♪

♪ Who's holdin' on for dear life ♪

♪ But God knows, I know ♪

♪ When it's all said and done ♪

♪ I'm not okay ♪

♪ But it's all gonna be alright ♪

♪ It's not okay ♪

♪ But we're all gonna be alright ♪

Ain't that right, Amazon Music Live?

[cheering]

♪ I woke up today ♪

♪ I almost stayed in bed ♪

♪ Had the devil on my back ♪

♪ And voices in my head ♪

♪ Some days it ain't all bad ♪

♪ Some days it all gets worse ♪

♪ Some days I swear I'm better off ♪

♪ Layin' in that dirt ♪

♪ I know I can't be the only one ♪

♪ Who's holdin' on for dear life ♪

♪ But God knows, I know ♪

♪ When it's all said and done ♪

♪ I'm not okay ♪

♪ But it's all gonna be alright ♪

♪ It's not okay ♪

♪ But we're all gonna be alright ♪

♪ Gonna be alright ♪

♪ Gonna be alright ♪

♪ I know one day ♪

♪ We'll see the other side ♪

♪ The pain'll wash away ♪

♪ In a holy water tide ♪

♪ And we all gonna be alright ♪

Come on!

♪ I know I can't be the only one ♪

♪ Who's holdin' on for dear life ♪

♪ But God knows, I know ♪

♪ When it's all said and done ♪

♪ I'm not okay ♪

♪ But it's all gonna be alright ♪

♪ It's not okay ♪

♪ But we're all gonna be alright ♪

♪ I'm not okay ♪

♪ But it's all gonna be alright ♪

[cheering]

Oh, yes.

♪ I only talk to God when I need a favor ♪

[cheering]

Oh, y'all know that one?

[cheering]

Maybe we should do that, then.

♪ I only talk to God when I need a favor ♪

♪ And I only pray when I ain't got a prayer ♪

♪ So, who the hell am I ♪

♪ Who the hell am I to expect a savior ♪

♪ Ohh ♪

♪ If I only talk to God when I need a favor ♪

♪ But God I need a favor ♪

♪ I know Amazing Grace ♪

♪ But I ain't been livin' them words ♪

♪ I swear I spend more Sundays ♪

♪ Drunk off my ass than I have in church ♪

♪ Hardcover King James ♪

♪ Only been savin' dust on the nightstand ♪

♪ And I don't know what to say ♪

♪ By the time I fold my hands ♪

♪ I only talk to God when I need a favor ♪

♪ And I only pray when I ain't got a prayer ♪

♪ So, who the hell am I ♪

♪ Who the hell am I to expect a savior ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ If I only talk to God when I need a favor ♪

♪ But God I need a ♪

♪ Yeah, I owe you more than one ♪

♪ And beggars can't be choosers ♪

♪ I'll pay for all I've done ♪

♪ Please don't let me lose her ♪

♪ I only talk to God when I need a favor ♪

♪ And I only pray when I ain't got a prayer ♪

♪ Who the hell am I ♪

♪ Who the hell am I to expect a savior ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ If I only talk to God when I need a favor ♪

♪ But God I need a ♪

♪ Amen ♪

♪ Amen ♪

♪ Amen ♪

♪ Hangin' in there, just barely ♪

♪ Throwin' up prayers ♪

♪ If you're still there ♪

♪ Oh my God, oh my God ♪

♪ Hangin' in there, just barely ♪

♪ Throwin' up prayers like Hail Mary's ♪

♪ If you're still there, Lord spare me ♪

How you all feeling out there?

♪ I only talk to God when I need a favor ♪

♪ And I only pray when I ain't got a prayer ♪

♪ Who the hell am I to expect a savior ♪

♪ If I only talk to God when I need a favor ♪

Yeah!

♪ Amen ♪

♪ Amen ♪

[cheering]

What a fun Thursday night this has been, right?

[cheering]

Coming all right after a Thursday night football

on Prime, dude, I even wore my football gear.

I...

Yeah, thank you.

Y'all mind if I tell you a story right quick?

You just set it right there. I'll deal with it.

Thank you, my friend.

I, um, I love songs that have stories.

And if y'all don't mind, I want to share one with y'all tonight.

I, um, I've always took a great responsibility

as a songwriter to write songs for people

who traditionally don't have songs written for them.

I think it's just important that I represent where I'm from

and where I came from and what I've been through.

And I think that maybe my story could help other people

know that they could overcome as well.

And, um, but I always realize

that it's not always about my story.

Sometimes you hear stories and they imprint on your soul

in a way that you can't shake them.

And I don't want to sound too artsy here,

but there's nights where you can't sleep

because you've heard something and you just got to get it out

of you in a way that you can't even describe.

It just burns you inside.

And I had heard a story a long time ago from my wife

and I had been wanting to write this song forever.

And I came into a room and I wrote it

and I just could not figure it out.

We had got everything together,

but it was something about the chorus that was off.

And we were about three weeks ago,

we were getting ready to turn the album in,

"Beautifully Broken" and I kept going,

I can't sleep at night without this song being on the album.

I don't know what's wrong with it.

I got to figure it out.

And I could almost hear it clear that God was kind of

letting me know that it was missing a voice.

That because of the subject matter of the song,

it needed a specific voice.

And I was thinking about a woman who I knew that I think

is one of the greatest singer-songwriters ever.

And somebody who wasn't afraid to tackle

such a deep and heavy subject.

And if it's okay with y'all,

I would like to bring to the stage my friend

Mrs. Skylar Grey right now to sing a song with me

if that's okay with y'all.

[cheering]

I sent this song to Skylar Grey

and she finished writing the song.

She wrote the chorus completely by herself.

I've always thought she was once in a generation talent

and she's proved me right every single time.

I think she's one of

the greatest songwriters that's ever lived.

Thank you so much.

[cheering]

This song is heavy.

I just want to warn everybody out there

watching this song is heavy.

But I think that this is a group of people

who have never been properly spoken for in music

and I believe Skylar said the same thing.

And God knows that I needed an angel on this song

and he sent me one.

And this song is called "Past Yesterday."

It's on my new album.

[cheering]

♪ ♪

♪ Don't judge me if I get too high tonight ♪

♪ My journey isn't yours it's only mine ♪

♪ The damage has been done ♪

♪ So, this I pray ♪

♪ God give me the strength ♪

♪ To get myself past yesterday ♪

♪ Her Mom and Daddy trusted ♪

♪ That neighbor she grew up with ♪

♪ They were working days and nights ♪

♪ So, he took her home from school sometimes ♪

♪ One day when she came home ♪

♪ It looked like she saw a ghost ♪

♪ She snuck up to her room to cry ♪

♪ With a lifelong scar to hide ♪

♪ Young enough for princess posters ♪

♪ Suddenly she's lifetimes older ♪

♪ He stole the innocence from her ♪

♪ Before she knew the meaning of the word ♪

♪ Hours in the shower standing ♪

♪ She still never felt clean ♪

♪ When she curls into a ball ♪

♪ Some things you can't wash off ♪

♪ Don't judge me if I get too high tonight ♪

♪ My journey isn't yours it's only mine ♪

♪ The damage has been done ♪

♪ So, this I pray ♪

♪ God give me the strength ♪

♪ To get myself past yesterday ♪

♪ A few paths in life she could take ♪

♪ But neither one of them I could blame ♪

♪ Finding ways to overcome ♪

♪ Finding ways to keep her numb ♪

♪ I pray that God will right that wrong ♪

♪ And pray that girl will carry on ♪

♪ 'Cause you ain't the Hell that you've been through ♪

♪ You're more than what's been done to you ♪

♪ Don't judge me if I get too high tonight ♪

♪ My journey isn't yours it's only mine ♪

♪ The damage has been done ♪

♪ So, this I pray ♪

♪ God give me the strength ♪

♪ To get myself past yesterday ♪

♪ In those corners you'll find ♪

♪ That you're broken and scared ♪

♪ There's no one by your side ♪

♪ Still all your angels are there ♪

♪ At your lowest of lows ♪

♪ When life's been cruel and unfair ♪

♪ I just hope that you know ♪

♪ All your angels are there ♪

♪ All your angels are there ♪

♪ Don't judge me if I get too high tonight ♪

[cheering]

-Skylar Grey. -Thank you, guys.

Y'all, Skylar Grey!

She is truly, I sent her this song

and I said Skylar, if I don't get this song back

in the next like 30 hours,

it's not going to be able to make the album.

Skylar wrote that chorus by herself that morning

and sent it right back that afternoon, y'all.

I mean, she is truly a gift from God, y'all.

She is one of the greatest to ever do it.

One more time, Amazon Music Live, Skylar Grey.

[cheering]

Well, I'm up here telling stories

and singing sad songs on a Tuesday night.

I wrote a song about my children

and I want to share it with y'all

because I'm a proud father.

I'm a super proud father. It changed my life.

It's one of the greatest privileges

I've ever had and every dad song I ever heard was

like super lovey-dovey and I understand that

but I don't know, I just come from a place

where fatherhood scared me initially

because I was afraid the generational curses

was going to continue to pass down

and I had already experienced the landslide

of generational curses to me

and I would hope that I could stop

and I said maybe that's the song well write.

I wrote this song about my children.

♪ ♪

♪ Your blood is my blood ♪

♪ And poison runs deep ♪

♪ Knowing you're mine scares the hell out of me ♪

♪ 'Cause pain is a sickness ♪

♪ And trauma is too ♪

♪ And I'd rather die than to pass it to you ♪

♪ 'Cause that's my cross to carry ♪

♪ My scars to heal ♪

♪ My pain to bury ♪

♪ Not yours to feel ♪

♪ I pray every day I can love you enough ♪

♪ So, my cross to carry ♪

♪ Won't be yours to pick up ♪

♪ I hope to God you don't get my addictions ♪

♪ Don't deal with my demons or make my decisions ♪

♪ Yeah, I pray the apple falls far from the tree ♪

♪ And the sins of the father stop right here with me ♪

♪ 'Cause that's my cross to carry ♪

♪ My scars to heal ♪

♪ My pain to bury ♪

♪ Not yours to feel ♪

♪ I pray every day I can love you enough ♪

♪ So, my cross to carry ♪

♪ Won't be yours to pick up ♪

♪ Won't be yours to pass down ♪

♪ And when you make mistakes on your own ♪

♪ I hope that you know ♪

♪ You'll never go through it alone ♪

♪ 'Cause that's my cross to carry ♪

♪ My scars to heal ♪

♪ And my pain to bury ♪

♪ It's not yours to feel ♪

♪ I pray every day I can love you enough ♪

♪ So, my cross to carry ♪

♪ Won't be yours to pick up ♪

♪ Won't be yours to pick up ♪

♪ Won't be yours to pick up ♪

[cheering]

If you heard that you can be anything other than great,

I want you to know that the devil is a liar,

The devil is a liar and I mean it!

♪ ♪

♪ I ♪

♪ I let you drive around my mind ♪

♪ I can't count the times you made me feel ♪

♪ Like I'm nothing ♪

♪ Played me like a fool ♪

♪ Like a fool ♪

♪ Saying drink another whiskey ♪

♪ Pop another pill ♪

♪ Money makes you happy ♪

♪ Heaven isn't real ♪

♪ You won't find nobody to love ♪

♪ Because your heart's too broke ♪

♪ Now I know ♪

♪ You ain't nothing but a liar ♪

♪ Yeah, I walked right out the fire ♪

♪ Yeah, they try to bring me down ♪

♪ Try to put me underground ♪

♪ But I'm only going higher ♪

♪ I hear you in my head ♪

♪ In my bed, when I'm dreaming ♪

♪ You try to be my friend, but you're blowing smoke ♪

♪ Oh, and now I ain't scared ♪

♪ I'm telling you where you can go ♪

♪ 'Cause I know you're nothing but a liar ♪

♪ You burned me one too many times ♪

♪ Like a devil in disguise hiding your true colors ♪

♪ Just leave me alone ♪

♪ Keep leading me on ♪

♪ Drink another whiskey ♪

♪ Pop another pill ♪

♪ Money makes you happy ♪

♪ Heaven isn't real ♪

♪ You won't find nobody to love ♪

♪ Because your heart's too broke ♪

♪ Oh I know ♪

♪ You ain't nothing but a liar ♪

♪ Yeah, I walked right out the fire ♪

♪ Yeah, they try to bring me down ♪

♪ Try to put me underground ♪

♪ I'm only going higher ♪

♪ I hear you in my head ♪

♪ In my bed, when I'm dreaming ♪

♪ You try to be my friend, but you're blowing smoke ♪

♪ Oh, and now I ain't scared ♪

♪ Of telling you where you can go ♪

♪ Look I know ♪

♪ You're nothing but a ♪

Jeff playing that Schecter tonight.

♪ If I was doing what you do ♪

♪ Then you would swear I poisoned you ♪

♪ You're nothing but a liar ♪

♪ Yeah, I walked right out the fire ♪

♪ Yeah, they try to bring me down ♪

♪ Try to put me underground ♪

♪ I'm only going higher ♪

♪ I hear you in my head ♪

♪ In my bed, when I'm dreaming ♪

♪ You try to be my friend, but you're blowing smoke ♪

♪ Oh, and now I ain't scared ♪

♪ Of telling you where you can go ♪

♪ 'Cause I know you're nothing but a ♪

♪ Liar ♪

-[cheering] -Yeah. All right.

If y'all don't mind, I want to take a second to...

First of all, I just want to thank Amazon,

I want to thank Prime, Thursday Night Football,

just... this is a huge production y'all.

I mean, dude, they had a whole football thing

out there for y'all. This is crazy.

This is like one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

This is unbelievable.

Thank y'all for giving me such a beautiful

and amazingly large platform on the week

that God knows I needed it the most.

"Beautifully Broken" is out now.

If you're just stumbled on this by chance

of just wondering who the big dude was singing songs

and you didn't hear it when I started,

you can tell everything I do in three simple phrases

of we make real music for real people with real problems.

We call it therapeutic music.

We believe that music can heal people,

that music can help people.

We believe in the power of music y'all.

That's just something we stand beside,

it's something we believe in.

We believe music is therapy, that's just what we believe.

[cheering]

This song, there's an old phrase in music business

that there's a song that is the quote unquote

"horse that we all rode to town on."

This is the song that I guess you could say

I kind of rode to town on.

This is the song that kind of changed my life.

If you know it I'd appreciate if you

sang along out there with me tonight.

[cheering]

♪ ♪

♪ Somebody save me ♪

♪ Me from myself ♪

♪ I've spent so long ♪

♪ Living in hell ♪

♪ They say my lifestyle ♪

♪ Is bad for my health ♪

♪ It's the only thing ♪

♪ That seems to help ♪

♪ All of this drinkin' and smokin' is hopeless ♪

♪ But feel like it's all that I need ♪

♪ Somethin' inside of me's broken ♪

♪ I hold on to anything that sets me free ♪

♪ I'm a lost cause ♪

♪ Oh baby, don't waste your time on me ♪

♪ I'm so damaged beyond repair ♪

♪ Life has shattered my hopes and my dreams ♪

♪ I'm a lost cause ♪

♪ Oh baby, don't waste your time on me ♪

♪ I'm so damaged beyond repair ♪

♪ Life has shattered my hopes and my dreams ♪

Yes.

♪ What if the night sky ♪

♪ Was missin' the moon? ♪

♪ And there were no shootin' stars ♪

♪ To use wishin' on you ♪

♪ And all of my sorrows ♪

♪ I'd just wash them down ♪

♪ It's the only peace ♪

♪ I've ever found ♪

♪ All of this drinkin' and smokin' is hopeless ♪

♪ But feel like it's all that I need ♪

♪ Somethin' inside of me's broken ♪

♪ I hold on to anything that sets ♪

Scream it if you know it.

-♪ I'm a ♪ -[audience] ♪ Lost cause ♪

Yes.

♪ Baby, don't waste your time on me ♪

♪ I'm so damaged beyond repair ♪

♪ Life has shattered my hopes and my dreams ♪

Come on!

-♪ I'm a ♪ -[audience] ♪ Lost cause ♪

Oh, I love y'all.

♪ Baby, don't waste your time on me ♪

♪ I'm so damaged beyond repair ♪

♪ Life has shattered my hopes and my dreams ♪

Oh, yeah!

This has been episode one of season three

of Amazon Music Live!

My name is Jason "Jelly Roll" DeFord!

Thank y'all for coming.

Thank you, Keith Urban! Thank you, Skylar Grey!

Thank you, MGK!

Thank you, Prime!

Thank you, Amazon!

I love y'all!

[cheering]

♪ ♪

[cheering]