Meet Me (Live at The Red Room, Chicago, 9/7/2023)

(Yeah)

I thought I saw you walking down the street

You're everywhere in my periphery

But I need you right in front of me

Why don't you meet me in New York City

Why don't you meet me in New York City

And be with me till it's time to go (yeah)

You're iridescent like a butterfly

And effervescent like Italian wine

I make you giggle when I squeeze you too tight

Why don't you meet me in the Windy City

Why don't you meet me, hoo, in the Windy City (yeah)

And be with me till it's time to go (yeah)

I need your voice when my day's begun

A soothing sound through the commotion

I need you like the ocean needs to catch the sun

Come on and meet me in the City of Angels

Why don't you meet me, hoo-ooh, in Hollywood

And be with me till it's time to go

(Hey-hey-yeah)

Alright

So, that's where I thought the song ended

But then there's whatever's next

Like capital W, capital N "Whatever's Next," like

'Cause I really do believe that our loved ones are still with us

And they're just energy and they're all around us and I can prove it

'Cause Howard said to me in the hospital, he was like

"You better be careful 'cause I'm gonna fuck with you"

And I was like, "You mean like Interstellar?

You're gonna drop a book off a shelf?" And he's like, "You'll see"

And he has, he has done some things that I just can't share with you

But one thing that I can is, uh, Right before our, ah

Right before the memorial for Howard I went and got my haircut

At the same place that we would always go together

And as the barber was trimming up my mustache I was thinking, like

How much I loved when we would get our haircuts together 'cause, ah

Trimmin, up the mustache makes the smooches better

And just as I was thinking I would give anything

To just kiss Howard one more time

The light bulb popped above the barber's chair

And the barber was like, "Hey Howard"

Yeah

I really, I really do think that, um

If you're kind and you're generous and you use everything you have

To-to fight for other people, to give a voice to the voiceless

That maybe you get to be a masterful spirit

And you get to fly around this existence free of space and time

And just fuck with the people you loved when you were here on earth

So there's one more verse

I'll follow you until the end of time

I'll cover you until the next life

You let us know it's gonna be alright

I know you'll meet me in the heavenly city (yeah)

I know you'll meet me, hoo, in the heavenly city

And be with me till it's time to go

I know you'll meet me in the heavenly city

I know you'll meet me, hoo, in the heavenly city

And be with me till it's time to go

Thank you guys so much for being here

Thank you

Thank you guys