[Intro] [Room chatter] [Heart] Hang on. Wait, wait— Is that who I think it is? [Crowd reacts] You son of a— What are you carrying? [Man answers off mic] Of course you are. Get him a chair. [Crowd laughs] No, right here. You remember this one? [Short flugelhorn phrase] [Heart laughs] Apparently he does. All right. Don't announce him. He got invited. [Groove begins] [Verse 1] Used to knock like hell On every door I found Thought wanting something badly Meant I had to make it loud Shoulder to the hinges Fist against the frame Walked into some rooms exhausted Then wondered why I couldn't stay Started standing further back Let my hands fall to my side Funny how much you can hear When you ain't begging to get inside [Flugelhorn answers] Some doors stayed closed Good. Some opened wide Better. Took me years to learn I didn't have to take every entrance personal [Pre-Chorus] There's wanting in And there's needing them to know you came Those ain't the same Those ain't the same [Chorus] I wasn't announced— [Crowd] YOU WERE INVITED! [Heart] Didn't clear the room— [Crowd] YOU WERE INVITED! Didn't need my name hung over the doorway Didn't need somebody shouting it inside I wasn't announced I was invited Door was already open So I walked in like I had time [Flugelhorn lifts the chorus out] [Verse 2] Seen a man arrive so tired He couldn't enjoy the chair Spent everything proving He deserved to finally be there I've been him. [Beat] There goes that again. [Crowd laughs] I've worn that coat I've made that sound Mistook breaking through a doorway For proof I belonged around Then one night I showed up late Expected everybody gone Door cracked open Music playing Somebody yelled— [Crowd Member] ABOUT DAMN TIME! [Heart laughs] Yeah. Something like that. Nobody checked my papers Nobody asked where I'd been They just moved a chair six inches And somebody said, "Come in." [Chorus] I wasn't announced— [Crowd] YOU WERE INVITED! Didn't fight my way— [Crowd] YOU WERE INVITED! Didn't need my name hung over the doorway Didn't need somebody shouting it inside I wasn't announced I was invited Door was already open So I walked in like I had time [Instrumental] [Heart] Hey— give him some room. [Band drops back] [Flugelhorn takes a warm imperfect solo] [Crowd reacts] [Heart] Still doing that thing where you come in late and make everybody else look bad. [Friend] You invited me. [Heart] ... Well, shit. [Bridge] [Upright bass, brushes, guitar, flugelhorn] Maybe the invitation ain't a letter Maybe nobody calls your name Maybe one day you quit wrestling the handle And notice you've been standing at the wrong frame Maybe arrival ain't a trumpet— [Flugelhorn interrupts] [Crowd erupts] [Heart] Oh, fuck you. [Laughter] All right. Sometimes apparently it is. [Band slides back in without count] [Final Chorus] I wasn't announced— [Crowd] YOU WERE INVITED! [Heart] Didn't force the lock— [Crowd] YOU WERE INVITED! Some doors never opened [Crowd] LET 'EM STAY CLOSED! Some doors swung wide [Crowd] WALK INSIDE! [Heart] No parade No permission No proving I was right Just somebody moving a chair And saying— [Crowd] COME INSIDE! [Full band and horn] I wasn't announced I was invited And maybe that's why for the first damn time I wasn't tired when I arrived [Outro] [Band settles into groove] [Heart] You staying for the next one? [Friend] Wasn't planning on it. [Heart] Good. Neither were we. [Flugelhorn plays the opening phrase again] [Heart] Leave the chair.
