Talk It Up - Live at Koko

Are you ready? HERE WE GO

Smoky walls, dusty halls, no one calls
And all the window plants are dying
(la la la la la la la la)

You talk it up, half empty cup, half-hearted love
Half of the time, halfway through crying
But she don't live here by herself
Sleeping in the bed she's made
Reading books about self help
Working late on Saturdays
'Less she got something at stake

For heaven's sake, keep him awake and make no mistake
He breaks down daily with no warning
Crying' 'bout it
20 years old, do as you're told, get bought and sold
It's coldest early in the morning

And he's living on Tenth Street
Getting home at around dawn
Every night of every week
Proving everybody wrong
Any day now, it won't be long
Listen, I say

Don't you stop it now
Give 'em all what they came here for
Never been done the same before
Talk it up
LONDON SING IT
(La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la)
Captain, how can you be so sure?
Talking up what I came here for

I've been holding my own
My rag and bone, locked up alone
And I don't forget to double check it, no, no, no, no, no, no
And I learned to rely on me and I, straighten my tie
I lace my own boots, zip my own jacket
You see I did the best I could
Got taken down again
But I got fire in my blood
We got sugar on our skin
And we got no where to begin
Listen I say

Don't you stop it now
Give 'em all what they came here for
Never been done the same before
Talk it up 'til your face gets sore
Don't you stop it now, c'mon
Half a mile and we'll see the shore
Captain, how can you be so sure?
Talking up what the saxophone say

See you get what you put in
But you cannot get upset
You're just dipping your foot in
'Cause you don't wanna get wet
And you ain't made it big yet, ooh
Ooh
Everybody in this band get on down
Hello London
This is the part where we like to simmer down for a second
And sit in this feeling we got going on in here
You feel that right?
There's something special in this room, London
It is an honor of our lives to be here tonight
And we're so so grateful for you coming out
See we spend so much time jumping ups and down with each other
It takes a lot of trust to be quiet with somebody, don't it?
That's how much we trust ya
We're so grateful for you trusting us tonight
You see, don't it feel good to be amongst friends tonight everybody?
And don't it feel good to know we got a safe space tonight everybody?
So however long you were waiting to come see The Friends in London
However long The Friends was waiting to come see you in London
We're here now and it ain't gonna last forever
So why don't we reach up, let's do this
Let's reach up and whatever this magic is in this room
Let's stir it around a little bit with our fingers
Now let's grab a little bit
Let's get some and take it with us for later
Now you bring that back out to your community
And you tell them that The Friends sent you, everybody
Can you do that? You got it?
I'm done playing with ya now
Are you ready? Here we go

Don't you stop it now
Give 'em all what they came here for
Gotta talk it up 'til your face gets sore
Don't you stop it now, c'mon
Half a mile and we'll see the shore
Captain, how can you be so sure?
Talking up what I'm doing it all for

Don't you stop it now
Give 'em all what they came here for
Never been done the same before
Talk it up 'til your face gets sore
Don't you stop it now, c'mon and
Half a mile and we'll see the shore
Captain how can you be so sure?
Talking up what I came here for

Don't you stop it now, woah
It's never been done the same
Talk it up 'til your face gets sore
Don't you stop it now, c'mon
Half a mile and we'll see the shore
Captain, how can you be so sure?
Talking up what I came here for
That's right