[Intro] [Adding-machine keys clicking] [Heart] Anybody remember this? [Ledger drops onto table] Been carrying this damn thing since before most of you knew us. [Crowd Member] WHAT'S IN IT? [Heart] Numbers. Names. Bad handwriting. [Crowd laughs] [Heart] Problem is... I opened it this morning to see how rich I was. [Adding-machine lever pulls] [CHA-CHUNK] Got halfway down the page... forgot what the hell I was counting. [Cash-register bell] [Bass drops in] [Verse 1] Started with a column for coming in Column beside it for going out Kept every number nice and straight Like numbers knew what life was about Then somewhere between a dollar and a Sunday Somebody's name got written down Cup of coffee Good conversation Tuesday afternoon with nobody around I crossed it out Put it back Hell, I didn't know where it belonged Turns out I'd been keeping two different kinds of books On the same damn page all along [Pre-Chorus] Money came in Time went out Love showed up Couldn't figure the amount [Heart] How do you put that in a column? [Crowd Member] YOU DON'T! [Heart] Exactly. [Chorus] The ledger doesn't know what kind of rich! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! [Heart] Something got added! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! Something got spent! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! Could be money Could be Tuesday Could be somebody you ain't met yet The ledger doesn't know what kind of rich And I'm done making it choose Some things pay you back in money Some things— pay you back in you [Cash-register bell] [Verse 2] Watched one number crawl for years Little by little Line by line Everybody loves the day it jumps Nobody loves the waiting time But I knew that rhythm I'd heard it before Same damn beat in another room Hours spent when nobody cared Planting something that hadn't bloomed Same with people Same with songs Same with learning when not to move Same stubborn patience that grew one column Was quietly building the other one too [Heart] That's when the book started getting weird. [Crowd laughs] Had a good year— [CHA-CHUNK] Had a good friend— [CHA-CHUNK] Had enough— [CHA-CHUNK] Knew enough to know enough changes— [CHA-CHUNK] [Heart] That one's expensive. [Chorus] The ledger doesn't know what kind of rich! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! Something got added! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! Something got spent! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! Could be money Could be Tuesday Could be somebody you ain't met yet The ledger doesn't know what kind of rich And I'm done making it choose Some things pay you back in money Some things— pay you back in you [Break] [Band drops except upright bass] [Adding-machine keys] [Heart] Somebody asked me once— "You wealthy?" I said, "Depends which page you're reading." [Crowd laughs] [Heart] They thought I was joking. [Pause] I wasn't. [Adding-machine lever] [CHA-CHUNK] [Bridge] One page says I waited One page says I stayed One says what I earned One says what I gave away One's got numbers One's got names One's got coffee stains and dates And there's a page I still can't read yet [Crowd quiets] 'Cause apparently... I haven't lived it. [Pause] [Heart] Leave that one blank. [Upright bass continues] [Hammond enters] [Acoustic enters] [Drums enter] [Heart] See? Compounds. [Final Chorus] The ledger doesn't know what kind of rich! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! [Heart] Good people! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! Good years! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! Good songs! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! [Heart] Good love! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! [Heart] Enough money! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! [Heart] Enough time! [Crowd] CHA-CHUNK! [Heart] Enough life left to fill another page! [Crowd erupts] The ledger doesn't know what kind of rich Maybe neither do I But I stopped needing one final number To tell me I was doing all right [Outro] [Band drops away] [Adding-machine keys] [Heart] Let's see... Money... People... Songs... Tuesdays... [Crowd Member] SMILEY! [Heart] Smiley? [Smiley, off mic] I'm a liability. [Crowd laughter] [Heart] That's going in the other column. [CHA-CHUNK] [Heart closes ledger] Some pages aren't finished. Good. [Cash-register bell]
