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This week welcoming, Br it Taylor.

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(applause and cheering) (applause and cheering) (lively country music) ♪ I used to like drinking, smoking too ♪ ♪ But now I don't Jones for anything but you ♪ ♪ Anything but you ♪ ♪ Whatever you did, it wrecked by brain ♪ ♪ 'Cause now I can't think about anything but you ♪ ♪ Anything but you ♪ ♪ Anything but you just won't do ♪ ♪ Lord have mercy if we come unglued ♪ ♪ I'd go crazy, I'd go blue ♪ ♪ If I had to have anything but you ♪ ♪ Anything but you... ♪ (lively country music) ♪ Don't need diamonds, don't need pearls ♪ ♪ Don't want a damn thing in this world but you ♪ ♪ Anything but you ♪ ♪ They can take my money, take my house ♪ ♪ The only one thing I can't live without is you ♪ ♪ Anything but you ♪ ♪ Anything but you just won't do ♪ ♪ Lord have mercy if we come unglued ♪ ♪ I'd go crazy, I'd go blue ♪ ♪ If I had to have anything but you ♪ ♪ Anything but you ♪ (lively country music) (lively country music) ♪ Anything but you just won't do ♪ ♪ Lord have mercy if we come unglued ♪ ♪ Anything but you just won't do ♪ ♪ Lord have mercy if we come unglued ♪ ♪ I'd go crazy, I'd go blue ♪ ♪ If I had to have anything but you ♪ ♪ Anything but you ♪ ♪ Anything but you, all right ♪ (lively country music) (lively country music) (applause and cheering) - Thank y'all so much.

Well, I'm Brit Taylor.

A lot of y'all probably don't know me yet.

I hope that I make some friends tonight though.

(audience applauds) I've been in Nashville, Tennessee for, (chuckles) coming close to 15 years now, (audience member cheers) and uh, thank you, thank you.

In 2020, I released my first record as a solo artist and I'm gonna play a song from that record.

It's called, "Waking Up Ain't Easy."

(audience applauds) (gentle country music) (gentle country music) ♪ Hey, sun, please don't come up ♪ ♪ Coffee, don't bother filling my cup ♪ ♪ Hey, morning bird, don't go singing outside my window ♪ (gentle country music) ♪ Sweet dreams, please don't end and let reality set in ♪ ♪ I wanna take my head and lay it on this pillow ♪ (gentle country music) ♪ Waking up ain't easy ♪ ♪ It's hard enough just breathing ♪ ♪ Without you, I can't face another day ♪ (gentle country music) ♪ Waking up ain't easy ♪ ♪ I could spend my whole life sleeping ♪ ♪ 'Cause in my dreams, you're not so far away ♪ (gentle country music) ♪ As soon as my eyes open and my feet hit the floor ♪ ♪ I look around, reminded you're not here anymore... ♪ (gentle country music) (gentle country music) ♪ As soon as my eyes open and my feet hit the floor ♪ ♪ I look around, reminded you're not here anymore... ♪ ♪ Waking up ain't easy ♪ ♪ It's hard enough just breathing ♪ ♪ Without you, I can't face another day ♪ (gentle country music) ♪ Waking up ain't easy ♪ ♪ I could spend my whole life sleeping ♪ ♪ 'Cause in my dreams, you're not so far away ♪ (gentle country music) ♪ Oh, 'cause in my dreams, you're not so... ♪ ♪ Far away ♪ (gentle country music) ♪ Oh... ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh... ♪ (gentle country music) (audience applauding) (audience applauding) - So, like I said, I moved to Nashville close to 15 years ago.

I learned real quick that my story was no different than any other artist in Nashville.

We all, ah, we wait tables.

We clean houses.

(audience applauds) I got to thinking one day and writing a song of it, and I just wonder what it would be like to be a rich, little girl.

(audience member cheers) ♪ One, two, three, four ♪ (lively country music) ♪ Rich little girls are cute and funny ♪ ♪ Rich little girls spend daddy's money ♪ ♪ Everything's always pretty and sunny ♪ ♪ In their perfect world ♪ ♪ Well, I'm out working my fingers to the bone ♪ ♪ Hoping this car keeps hanging on ♪ ♪ And there ain't no bank ♪ ♪ Just handing out loans to a working girl ♪ ♪ 9 to 5, honey, I wish ♪ ♪ More like 24/7 ♪ ♪ The only days off that I'm gonna get ♪ ♪ Are when I get to heaven... ♪ (lively country music) ♪ Well, rich little girls have rich little friends ♪ ♪ They ride around town in their Rovers and their Benzes ♪ ♪ Doing cocaine, the party never ends ♪ ♪ In their perfect world ♪ ♪ While they're all staying out all night long ♪ ♪ I'm clocking in at the crack of dawn ♪ ♪ It's whatcha gotta do to keep the lights turned on ♪ ♪ When you're a working girl ♪ ♪ 9 to 5, honey, I wish ♪ ♪ More like 24/7 ♪ ♪ The only days off that I'm gonna get ♪ ♪ Are when I get to heaven ♪ ♪ Clink, clink, they drink Champagne ♪ ♪ Another hundred dollars ain't no thing ♪ ♪ I'm digging through the cushions ♪ ♪ For a little bit of change to put a little gas in the tank ♪ ♪ Rich little girls smell like flowers ♪ ♪ Posing on their phones for hours and hours ♪ ♪ They got all the money ♪ ♪ So they got all the power in their perfect world ♪ ♪ Well, everybody plays with the cards they're dealt ♪ ♪ Hey, everybody's gotta work it out for their self ♪ ♪ But I wouldn't wanna be ♪ ♪ anybody else but a working girl ♪ ♪ 9 to 5, honey, I wish ♪ ♪ More like 24/7 ♪ ♪ The only days off that I'm gonna get ♪ ♪ Are when I get to heaven ♪ ♪ 9 to 5, honey, I wish ♪ ♪ More like 24/7 ♪ ♪ The only days off that I'm gonna get ♪ ♪ Are when I get to heaven... ♪ (lively country music) ♪ When I get to heaven ♪ (lively country music) (cheering and applause) - All right, I wanna play you one.

It's called, "Back in the Fire."

I hope y'all like it.

(lively country music) (lively country music) ♪ You think by now I'd know ♪ ♪ Leaving you has been a blessing ♪ ♪ But, some way, some how ♪ ♪ I don't seem to wanna learn my lesson ♪ ♪ So I'm back in the fire again ♪ (lively country music) ♪ You run around and play ♪ ♪ Instead of bringing home the bacon ♪ ♪ You ain't, you ain't, you ain't ♪ ♪ Worth this trouble that you're making ♪ ♪ So I'm back in the fire again ♪ (lively country music) ♪ These flames are hypnotizing ♪ ♪ It's no surprising I get burned ♪ (lively country music) ♪ I feel that heat start rising ♪ ♪ I know I'll get what I deserve ♪ (lively country music) ♪ Hey ♪ (lively country music) ♪ It started with an ember ♪ ♪ A warm and tender little spark ♪ (lively country music) ♪ I feel my soul surrender ♪ ♪ We end up glowing in the dark ♪ (lively country music) ♪ Back in the fire again ♪ (lively country music) ♪ Back in the fire again ♪ (lively country music) ♪ I'm back in the fire... ♪ ♪ Again... ♪ (instrumental music) (audience applause) (audience applause) - Thank y'all so much.

(audience applause) (upbeat drum music) (upbeat drum music) - I gotta take that big coat off for this one.

I'm getting ready.

(upbeat music) Are you guys ready?

You look ready, aren't they handsome and beautiful?

(chuckles) (lively country music) ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Well, you strung me out to dry ♪ ♪ Like those clothes out on that line ♪ ♪ But like that jay bird perched at the top of the pole ♪ ♪ Baby, this bird's gotta fly ♪ ♪ And it's all right, it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ If you don't wanna love me ♪ (lively country music) ♪ Well, I think I'll take to drinking ♪ ♪ Maybe do a little dancing too ♪ ♪ Let someone try my biscuits, let 'em try my gravy too ♪ ♪ It's all right, it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ If you don't wanna love me ♪ (lively country music) ♪ If you don't want these peaches ♪ ♪ Don't go shaking on this tree ♪ ♪ If you don't wanna love me ♪ (lively country music) ♪ If you don't wanna love me ♪ (lively country music) ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh♪ (lively country music) (lively country music) ♪ Well, I told you that I loved you ♪ ♪ And every word I said was true ♪ ♪ But these days, it ain't been too hard ♪ ♪ To find somebody new ♪ ♪ It's all right, it's all right, it's all right ♪ ♪ If you don't wanna love me ♪ (lively country music) ♪ If you don't want this honey ♪ ♪ Don't go messing with this bee ♪ ♪ You don't wanna love me ♪ ♪ If you don't want these peaches ♪ ♪ Don't go shaking on this tree ♪ ♪ If you don't wanna love me ♪ (lively country music) ♪ You don't wanna love me, (you don't wanna love me) ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ (cheering and applause) (cheering and applause) - So I grew up with all kinds of different music.

My papa introduced me to bluegrass music, and then, from there, I found Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs, who are also in the country music world.

I found country music and fell in love while my parents introduced me to the '80s and '60s and '50s, and so I fell in love with the Bee Gees and disco.

So this is a song that I like to call, Hillbilly Disco.

This is called, "For A Night."

(audience applauds) (upbeat country music) (upbeat country music) ♪ I confess to a feeling ♪ ♪ And it's feeling, kinda nice ♪ ♪ I can't guess what you're thinking ♪ ♪ But I'm thinking, for a night ♪ ♪ For a night, I could be your lover ♪ ♪ For a night, I could be your friend ♪ ♪ If it's all right ♪ ♪ I could keep you smiling again and again ♪ ♪ For a night, we could share some secrets ♪ ♪ Or keep it light if you're wanting to ♪ ♪ We'll let tomorrow be what it's gonna be ♪ ♪ Tonight's just me and you... ♪ ♪ For a night... ♪ ♪ For a night... ♪ ♪ Let's get out of the city... ♪ ♪ If you're ready, ♪ ♪ so am I... ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ It's the sound of your laughter... ♪ ♪ That I'm after... ♪ ♪ For a night... ♪ ♪ For a night, I could be your lover ♪ ♪ For a night, I can be your friend ♪ ♪ If it's all right ♪ ♪ I could keep you smiling again and again ♪ ♪ For a night, we could share some secrets ♪ ♪ Or keep it light if you're wanting to ♪ ♪ We'll let tomorrow be what it's gonna be ♪ ♪ Tonight's just me and you ♪ ♪ For a night... ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ For a night, I could be your lover ♪ ♪ For a night, I could be your friend ♪ ♪ If it's all right, I could keep you smiling ♪ ♪ Again and again ♪ ♪ For a night, we could share some secrets ♪ ♪ Or keep it light if you're wanting to ♪ ♪ We'll let tomorrow be what it's gonna be ♪ ♪ Tonight's just me and you... ♪ ♪ For a night... ♪ ♪ For a night... ♪ ♪ I could keep you smiling again and again... ♪ ♪ For a night, we could share some secrets ♪ ♪ Or keep it light if you're wanting to ♪ (upbeat music) - Y'all, thank you so much!

I'm Brit Taylor!

(audience applauding) Thank you.

(applause and cheering) Thank you.

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