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Published: Jan. 6, 2020, 11 a.m.

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Download Chris Thile's Song of the Week, "Fail Better (Three Advil and a Coffee)," from our January 4, 2020 show (originally from January 12, 2019). The band: Gaby Moreno, Mike Elizondo, Tyler Chester, Chris Eldridge, Alex Hargreaves, and Trevor Lawrence Jr.

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Lyrics:

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Three Advil and a coffee

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Could cure whatever ailed me

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In my twenties:

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Sunlight loomed like a wall

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(On a late morning after)

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I woke up in a well

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(They threw me a ladder)

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I said \\u201cthank God for y\\u2019all

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(I thought I was a goner\\u201d)

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They said \\u201cwe're happy to help

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(At least \\u2018til you\\u2019re older)

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Soon it won\\u2019t be last call

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(That\\u2019s leaving you hammered)

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It\\u2019ll be the plight of the world

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(And the vanity of your efforts)

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So keep your eye on the ball

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(Your mind over matter)

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And they\\u2019ll help find you a girl

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(Sooner or later)

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And when you fall down a well

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(She\\u2019ll throw you a ladder)

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And when the world goes to hell

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(You can crawl out together)

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Singing

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\\u2018Darling you\\u2019re my Advil

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Darling you\\u2019re my coffee

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In the bitter light of morning

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Darling you\\u2019re my Advil

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Darling you\\u2019re my coffee

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In the bitter light of 2019

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Everybody trying to do the right thing

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If only for their own\\u2019\\u201d

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So Darling be my Advil

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Darling be my coffee

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In the bitter light of morning

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Darling be my Advil

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Darling be my coffee

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In the bitter light of 2019

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Everybody\\u2019s trying to do the right thing

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Who knows? It might get done

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