that's our report. we appreciate your time. >> thank you for bei "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- nicole kidman. from "a million little things", ron livingston. and music from the smashing pumpkins. and now, with all due respect, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome. guillermo. hi, everyone. thank you very much. very nice. hi there, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. we have a fun show for you in store. we have a lot planned, but before that, it is -- it's that

time of the year, it's the time of the year when all the of the year honors are handed out and one of the most prestigious of them all from "time" magazine today named their person of the year from 2018 which turned out to be persons of the year. they called them "the guardian"s, these are journalists. some of whom were murdered in the search for the truth. they were named persons of the year, beating out donald trump, who was runner-up, which explains why there's a tiny fist-size hole in the wall of the oval office today. trump really wanted that person of the year honor. he mentioned it about a dozen times, and it wasn't a great day for trump overall. he got worked by chuck schumer and nancy pelosi today. he had a sitdown with the two top democrats to talk about this wall. trump is threatening to shut the government down unless congress fully funds the border wall. trump said he would be, quote, proud to shut the government down for border security. he's basically a toddler threatening to keep screaming on the floor of toys "r" us until

congress buys him a hatchimal but this meeting was interesting. a lot of it was televised. nancy pelosi kept demanding they have a fact-based debate about border security. has she met the president? he's not having a fact-based debate about anything. the meeting was supposed to be closed to the press but then trump called an audible and invited reporters in to watch which didn't accomplish much other than possibly launching a new reality tv franchise. >> this week on the real white house wives of d.c. >> we need the wall. we need more than anything. >> we have a lot of disagreements here but that's not the point here. we have a disagreement about the wall. >> you don't want to shut down the government. the last time you shut it down, you got killed. >> you want to shut it down. >> the last time, chuck, you shut it down. you know what i'll say? yes, if we don't get what we want one way or the other, i will shut down the government. and i am proud -- and i'll tell you what. it was very violent, very vicious, and terrible. >> only on c-span bravo.

>> jimmy: well, that looks like a fun show. i would for sure watch that. the best part of the meeting was mike pence just sitting there quietly, patiently waiting to be president. not saying a word. trump also pushed back today on reports that he's been having trouble finding a new chief of staff. according to him, there are a lot of people interested in the gig. >> people for chief of staff. people want the job. a lot of people want the job. lot of friends of mine want it. a lot of people that chuck and nancy know very well want it, i think people you'd like. we have a lot of people that want the job, chief of staff, so we'll be seeing what happens very soon. we're in no rush. >> jimmy: his plan is to give the job to whoever he picks as his secret santa this year. his first choice is mike pence's chief of staff, nick ayers, but nick turned the job down which is apparently a big and unpleasant surprise and trump

found out yesterday that his second pick, colonel sanders, isn't available because he died like 40 years ago. so it is crazy how many people have jumped or been shoved off this ship. senior staff turnover is now at 62% which is way up from the first two years of obama and bush. trump has lost nine cabinet members in less than two years and you know, ben carson, ben carson wandered off eight months ago. no one has seen him. president is said to be very angry over this situation with the chief of staff. according to one source, he is super pissed. >> the president is, quote, super pissed. >> the president is, quote, super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> super pissed. >> the president is, and we quote, super pissed. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, when is he not super pissed? he's either pissed or super pissed. the last time -- i think the last time he was happy was the day kim kardashian came to visit

the white house. and while it's easy to assume that ours is the only country in a tailspin right now it's important to remember there's plenty of unpleasantness going on in governments all over the world, including great britain where prime minister theresa may headlined an especially spirited brexit debate in parliament. >> mr. speaker, nine times the prime minister assured us there would be no early general election and still it happened. as recently as this morning, her hapless, ever changing band of ministers were out on the air waves assuring us there would be a meeting tomorrow before this premature parliamentary ejaculation that has put the lie to the claim that she sticks to her guns. >> i'm tempted to say to the young lady if she looks carefully, i think she'll see i'm not capable of a parliamentary ejaculation. >> jimmy: oh, my. how ribald. back here at home, facebook is working on new and exciting ways to defeat privacy.

facebook filed a number of patent applications for technology that can use your data to predict your future whereabouts. they want to use your information to figure out not only where you are but where you are going. so, now when you're interviewing for a job and they ask, where do you see yourself in five years, you can say, hold on, let me ask facebook. i want to speak directly to the engineers at facebook for a minute because you are, i assume, among the best and brightest computer engineers in the whole world. you have an almost magical gift to take lines of computer code and turn them into applications that enrich our lives, things we can enjoy, but instead, you're working on technology to figure out who likes to go to chipotle after they hit the gym so you can send them a coupon while they're there. is that what you want? is that what you imagined you'd be doing when you were a kid, some day, ma, i'm going to be a high level computer programmer and when i am, i'm going to give a huge corporation the power to track people to make sure they save money on little caesar's

crazy bread. here's an idea for facebook, i would love you to consider this. what if every morning we agree to send you all the places we plan to be and you just stop following us around, okay? it's like, facebook has become the adult version of elf on a shelf, which i mentioned this week. i've shared a story or two this week about my ongoing struggle with the elf in our shelf at home. if you don't know what it is, this is a very sneaky way to get kids to behave. the elf watches everything your child does and then goes to santa and rats them out when they do bad things, but now, there's a new holiday character to counter that little narc, to help kids spin their bad deeds and hopefully make christmas great again. >> tired of the elf on a shelf snitching on your every move? from the creators of trump on a stump and pence on a fence, a new elf to spin your bad deeds. introducing huckabee in a tree.

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[ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: they have a lot of stuff there. they really do. we're going to take a break. when we come back, we have something fun and maybe even educational too. there's a popular youtube channel called joseph's machines. a guy named joseph builds these complicated machines to solve simple -- i guess you could call them problems. but here's one he did for thanksgiving. >> today i'm going to show you a super simple turkey recipe that gives you the most perfect, delicious bird every time. we'll need one cup of celery, one cup of carrots, an ex, and a dog. >> jimmy: see how easy it is? tonight, joseph has brought machines to make your holidays more convenient and maybe even more dangerous for your pets too. so stick around. we'll be right back with that.

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>> jimmy: welcome back to the show. nicole kidman, ron livingston and the music from the smashing pumpkins is on the way. but first, the holidays can be such a stressful time of the year, but that is about to change right now because here with some christmas time contraptions to make your december a walk in the park from joseph's machines on youtube, please welcome joseph herscher. how are you? so, joseph, just so we can learn a little bit about you, you've been doing this for a very long time, correct? since you were a child? >> i made my first machine when i was 6 years old. >> jimmy: your first machine when you were 6 years old. let's look at a photograph. it's called what? the lolly machine. it was for storing and managing my candy.

>> jimmy: so it was a box. >> it was a box with a tube. >> jimmy: and you would put the candy down the tube? >> exactly. >> jimmy: and you were encouraged by your family, they said this is a wonderful invention. >> yeah, well, it was useful but it made them laugh and that spurred me on. >> jimmy: i see. very good. so tell us what you have here. what is this? is it proper to call it an invention? >> correct. this was actually, well, if you're having a big christmas dinner, cutting slices of ham for everyone can end up being quite a lot of work. >> jimmy: it's one of the most exhausting things you can do. >> thank you. so, this is a labor saving device that will cut the whole ham for you. when i slide out this object here, the ham moves forward so we can use this to determine how thick we want each slice. if you're a person that prefers a thin slice of ham, you could use a thin object like a domino. if you prefer thicker slices, you can use a battery.

this one, everyone at your dinner should be happy. >> jimmy: if you're real hungry, maybe a cinder block. >> yes, excellent. you're getting the hang of it. so if you can hold the broom there for me. >> jimmy: all right. >> and i'm going to turn on the electric knife. hang on one second. >> jimmy: these are designed for children under 2, correct? >> 3. >> jimmy: okay. >> hold that there. >> jimmy: all right. >> okay, let go. >> jimmy: what? >> hands up. >> jimmy: i'm having trouble hearing you. oh. all right. here we go. wow, look at that. you're right. it is cutting a nice thin slice of ham and look, now it's cutting a nice thick slice of ham. wow. unbelievable. and you're telling me you won the nobel prize for this? incredible. >> look, thin, medium, large. >> jimmy: wow. i would eat it but you just put your finger on all of it. well, that's -- that is quite amazing. that's quite well done. what do we have here?

i see trains. i see ball bearings. >> one of the least fun tasks at christmas time, in my opinion, is writing all the christmas cards. >> jimmy: that may be the least fun things about christmas. >> it's repetitive and tedious. >> jimmy: i agree. >> so, this is an easy way to write multiple christmas cards at the same time. so these red toy trains move left and right so when i draw this horizontal line over here, it's going to copy it across on those other cards. another layer of trains move forwards and backwards and you get two dimensional movement so you can write anything. jimmy, would you like to write this card for me? >> jimmy: i would love to write something, yes. >> hold it up here. write as big as possible and don't lift the pen off the card. >> jimmy: a lot of rules here. this is like a low-tech reply all that i'm doing here right now. all right. all right. so, i'm going to draw a human

butt. >> that's lovely, jimmy. >> jimmy: thank you. look at that. it's five butts for one. [ applause ] or you could send an e-mail. yeah. oh, hi. we're over here now. okay. all right. >> okay. so, if you like knitting. >> jimmy: who doesn't. >> yes. and if you like drinking eggnog. >> jimmy: don't like that either, but yes. >> well, i like them both but i find it difficult to do them both at the same time. >> jimmy: you're right, that is a task. >> you've got both your hands on the knitting needles. >> jimmy: two hands on the needles and how are you supposed to drink the nog? >> right. you're feeling me here. so, this is a way to do them both simultaneously. >> jimmy: all right.

>> we're going to need a test subject. >> jimmy: oh, how about that guy right there. >> guillermo: yeah, sure. >> jimmy: have a seat. [ applause ] >> okay. start knitting. >> jimmy: is there any chance he'll be killed? >> no. >> jimmy: okay. all right. it's going. here we go, guillermo. you keep knitting and we'll see what happens. here comes the nog. oh, it's a bowl of nog. and now what happens? now we wait for the clock to strike midnight. [ cheers and applause and at the stroke -- well, like a kitten. [ applause ] wow. that is absolutely so practical and how does it take --

guillermo, you're not supposed to wipe on the sweater. >> guillermo: it tastes great. >> jimmy: you enjoyed the experience overall? >> guillermo: this is amazing. >> jimmy: it's amaze. you got to pitch this on "shark tank." you could be a multimillionaire with something like this. we have another thing? >> we have one more we can show you right now. >> jimmy: guillermo, there's another one. we have one more. oh my gosh. wow. what have we here? >> oh, so, decorating the christmas tree is kind of a pain in the neck. >> jimmy: yes, it's terrible.>> baubles fall off the tree. >> jimmy: it's exhausting. you got to get on a ladder. >> right. >> jimmy: millions of people are killed. >> so this is an easy way to decorate a tree that anyone can do at home and it will be done in ten seconds. >> jimmy: okay. ten-second tree. >> you need a lazy susan. >> jimmy: i have that. >> ribbon. >> jimmy: got that. >> drill. >> jimmy: got one of those. >> you're going to operate the drill, jimmy. >> jimmy: excellent.

>> sit on that stool. thank you. this machine, it actually kind of changed my life. >> jimmy: do i do it now? >> no, no. i'll tell you when. [ laughter ] i used to always put the tree up at the last minute because i couldn't be bothered decorating it, but now it's done in ten seconds. >> jimmy: angel on the top of the tree where it belongs. >> yes. >> jimmy: this is a two-person operation, i guess. >> it is. >> jimmy: all right. all right. >> are you ready? >> jimmy: i'm ready. is the audience ready? [ cheers and applause ] >> pull the trigger all the way. go. >> jimmy: pull it all the way. here we go. ♪

>> jimmy: wow! [ cheers and applause ] it's beautiful. all right. and for more of joseph's work, go to joseph's machines on thank you, joseph. we'll be right back.oh mic from smhingumin ron rit ba witnile kidman,so stick . james r. and associates. anna speaking... ♪ james r. and associates. anna. ♪ [phone ringing] baker architects. this is anna baker. at northwestern mutual, this is what our version of financial planning looks like. tomorrow is important, but you're ready to bet on yourself today. find an advisor at northwesternmutual.com.

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matty matheson will cook and chat, and we'll have music from rita wilson. and on thursday amy adams, jeff ross, and dave attell and music from kurt vile. so please join us for all that. our first guest tonight is a highly-decorated performer with an oscar, two emmys, five golden globes, and a bunch of grammys she borrowed from her husband too. she is nominated again for a golden globe for her new movie "destroyer." >> i'm not good. i'm the one who's bad. it's not you. all right? i'm sorry for lying to you. i lied. i stole. and worse. >> jimmy: "destroyer" opens christmas day. please welcome nicole kidman. [ cheers and applause ]

>> jimmy: thank you for being here. nicole, i hate to put you on the spot, but there are a couple of your country people here tonight, and they really -- >> that's who's making all the noise. >> jimmy: they would love to see a celebrity's home. can they come to your house tonight? >> absolutely. >> jimmy: oh, that's great. see that? done. deal. there you go. and then i'm going to tell you something. next time you go through customs, you're going to meet a guy, and he's going to wave you right through, all right? >> yes. >> jimmy: so we got it all covered. how are you? >> good. >> jimmy: this movie, which is a heavy movie and gripping in many ways, you are made to look, i

won't say unattractive, but as close to unattractive as you can get, i think. how does that go? like do they have a whole team of people that have to make you look not beautiful? and isn't that a great sign? just in general. >> but that -- no, that was just me. i was tired. no, that -- i mean, as an actor, i think, and i'm always -- i love the mystery of acting so i love whatever it takes to create a performance sort of should be kept secret. that's -- i know that's very old school, but i do. i still kind of try to -- yeah. so, that is a woman who's been damaged, deeply damaged. >> jimmy: right. >> and has been an addict most of her life, is trying to atone for a lot of the bad mistakes that she's made, and that's the wreckage of her in terms of on her body and her face but also

on her psyche. >> jimmy: when you read the part and you decide whether you're going to do it or not, do you think of someone you know and think, like, oh, this is someone that i can relate it to this person? or is it made up entirely? >> i always enter from within, so i don't know how the character comes to me, but i sort of -- i start emotionally and then i layer it and it starts to -- and people always talk to me about how the character's name is erin bell, how she walks and moves. i mean, it's obviously a noir thriller. >> jimmy: i see. >> so that's the template for the film. but it's a character study. >> jimmy: you're in that, you're looking like that, do you go -- do you take that opportunity to, like, go to the store or anything? >> i did get to walk around the streets and nobody batted an eyelid. nobody would even open a door for me. >> jimmy: really? wow. that's a harsh realization,

isn't it? you see what we go through? >> i was just -- no, i was trudging. i have a particular walk in it where i really look dangerous, actually. >> jimmy: your husband, keith urban, i was just talking about all the awards you guys have. are you guys -- >> we don't have that many. >> jimmy: between the two of you, are you so sick of going to award shows because you go to all the acting awards shows and then all the music awards shows, you always seem to be there to support each other at each other's award shows. >> we're married. >> jimmy: well, yeah, no, i got it, but i feel like you two have been to more awards shows than any other human beings on earth. >> stop. >> jimmy: is it possible? do you know anyone who's been to more? i mean, really. like if your kids win a softball trophy, is there any room on the shelf? >> my kids have -- actually, i offered, when i won the emmy for "big little lies," i won one for producing and one for acting, which was an incredible thing to

happen, and i have -- i was, like, okay, i can put one on your shelf some day and one on your shelf, and they're yours and sunday didn't want it. she said, i want to earn my own. >> jimmy: oh, wow. i like that. >> and i'm like, you go, girl. >> jimmy: well, that's interesting. before you got these awards for acting, did you ever win an award -- >> i haven't won that many awards. >> jimmy: you've won a lot of awards. >> i've been very, very fortunate in the sense of i've had -- >> jimmy: won a lot of awards. >> i've won some key awards at different times in my life, but i'm always -- i say, i make films that need -- they need the attention because they're not -- i mean, obviously, i'm in "aquaman". >> jimmy: yeah. >> that doesn't need the attention. >> jimmy: you'll probably get an olympic gold medal for swimming for "aquaman." >> i got to wear, you know, i

got to wear a great suit and a crown. >> jimmy: that must be -- yeah, that's quite a difference from "destroyer." >> very different. >> jimmy: is it more fun to play a character -- "aquaman's" mom? aqua mom. >> please do not say aqua mom. >> jimmy: too late. it already happened. >> i'm done. >> jimmy: you don't want to be aqua mom? >> i birthed him, so hey. i'll take it. >> jimmy: that's right. yes. >> what was the question? >> jimmy: i don't remember. it doesn't matter. where will you spend christmas? what's the plan? >> no, wait, there was a good question. go back to it. >> jimmy: the question was, i was talking about the difference in playing this very kind of heavy role and then playing, you know, a half fishman's mother. yeah. >> i like the balance. >> jimmy: you do. you like to do them both. >> it's a fantastic opportunity to be able to put your toe in the water. obviously, i'm an actor, so my love and my passion is complicated, great roles. >> jimmy: right, right.

>> and these --. >> jimmy: but you also recognize that this is fun too. >> it's lovely to go and have some fun, and james is such a talent and so to be able to be in one of his films and also, you know, hold jason momoa. >> jimmy: to cradle jason, it's a dream for me, i know. well, so, there are two movies. nicole has two movies she needs you to watch. "destroyer," which opens christmas day and "aquaman" in theaters one week from friday. we'll be right back.

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>> jimmy: you know our next guest from "swingers" from "office space," and now as a dead man named jon in "a million little things." the winter finale airs tomorrow night on abc. please welcome ron livingston. [ cheers and applause ]

>> jimmy: how you doing? good. >> jimmy: very good to see you. i hope you take this as a compliment. you look like a star from another era. you come out and i feel like you could, you know, like elvis or something like that. >> i was born in another era. >> jimmy: yeah. >> so, yeah, i'll take that as a compliment. >> jimmy: you should take it as a compliment. >> thanks, jimmy. >> jimmy: how's everything? >> good. >> jimmy: your character, as i mentioned, is dead on the show. >> yeah. >> jimmy: that must be freeing in a way because you know they can't kill you off. >> no, yeah, they started that way. >> jimmy: yeah. >> and yeah, it's -- it is kind of freeing, actually. the thing i like about it is that the character kind of everybody -- the other actors have to play to character because they have to talk about him all day long and that's a day when i have off. i'm at home, you know? >> jimmy: you're working, doing two shows at once. you do "loudermilk" which is a

show i watch and enjoy and that's a very different character. are you doing those at the same time? >> i did do those at the same time, yeah. the summer of july and august, i was down there doing "million little things" monday through -- no, i'm sorry, i was doing "loudermilk" monday through friday. >> jimmy: people know that is strange because, like, on "loudermilk," your character is [ bleep ] and [ bleep ]. >> pretty much. >> jimmy: and you have to go back and forth. is that easy to do? like that? >> yeah, it's -- i mean, it's funny because it's almost like they're opposite. i feel like it's a palate cleanser. if it were the other way around, if i had to be the suicidal guy five days a week and -- no. but this way, it's kind of great. it's fun all week and then i think about killing myself for 12 hours and then i go home to my kids. >> jimmy: do the kids ever see any of your work? have they seen anything you've been in?

>> i think maybe they caught 30 seconds of "swingers." >> jimmy: really? >> and it was like, daddy. >> jimmy: that is pretty good. they recognize you, though, from it. >> yeah. they've been to, you know, they've been to set. >> jimmy: right. >> so they sort of know the process. they think of it as just, like, the land of candy because of the craft service table. >> jimmy: a table with candy on it, yeah. yeah, i think it's how my kids think of this show too, just a place to get candy for free. >> right. >> jimmy: and that's kind of how i think of it, to be honest. so, they go to vancouver with you when you're shooting. >> yeah, we got to go this summer because it was over the summer, and it's great to have them around. the first year we did it, i had to -- i was flying back on weekends, and you know, that works too but it's -- >> jimmy: it's tough. >> i enjoyed having them up there. >> jimmy: i would think so and your wife is an actor as well and she, from time to time, has

to do this stuff also. does your career take precedence over hers? >> it shouldn't. it really shouldn't. because if you know her work, she's really twice the actor that i am. >> jimmy: she's a great actor. >> but she's a woman and we're, you know, things aren't fair. >> jimmy: yeah, things aren't fair. but the kids love her more is probably the reason, right? >> the kids definitely love her more. yeah. no, it's -- you know, you know the deal. >> jimmy: i know how it goes. what was your first audition and i know you're from cedar rapids, originally. >> yeah. >> jimmy: what was the first thing you auditioned for out here? >> this is a strange one because i did a couple years in chicago and when i got here, the very first audition they sent me on was for a pilot presentation of this show called "the real world." so -- >> jimmy: the mtv show. >> yeah. and i'm, you know, so i show up with my shakespeare monologue and my contemporary dramatic, you know, and like i'm ready to go.

they don't have any scenes, you know? and then it's just a bunch of people sitting around on a stage and they're saying, all right, just talk for -- everybody talk for a while. and it was the oddest thing, and sean -- >> jimmy: that was the first reality show, right? >> that was the very first. had no idea what it was. even if you'd have explained it to me, i still wouldn't have understood what it was about. ultimately, i think they were just looking for the people who kind of talked the loudest over each other and then that's the show. but i left there and i saw -- there was a buddy that i had gone to school with that happened to be there and i hadn't seen him for a while, and i was like, is this what the auditions are like in l.a.? and he was like, no, i don't know what that was. it was a one-off. >> jimmy: and then was "swingers" the first thing, like, real thing that you did? >> yeah. "swingers" was the first thing i did that anybody paid any attention to. >> jimmy: that is a great movie. i mean, it still holds up. it really was great. but it was like an out of nowhere, no budget movie.

>> it just kind of sprang from, you know, the mind of jon favreau. vince is just fantastic in it. >> jimmy: he is. >> you put the two of those guys together, and it's just gold. and i knew both of those guys. i knew them from -- i knew jon from chicago and i met vince out here through jon and so it was a little bit of a microcosm. that's home movies for me to watch that because we were going to the dresden and going to the derby. >> jimmy: the club. what happened to the club? >> i don't know. >> jimmy: people didn't stop stealing cars. >> i don't know. maybe they just were like, yeah, that's right. like, did it -- who did it thwart? and -- yeah. i don't know. >> jimmy: maybe no one. maybe they figured out, like, oh, the club doesn't work or maybe there's still the club going on in different places. >> i still have one. maybe now the cars all come with

the electronic alarm stuff and back then, they didn't all have that. >> jimmy: yeah, but even with the alarm, all that does is annoy you. i'm sorry. i've gotten off track. "swingers." did you get paid anything to be in "swingers"? >> not much. like low budget scale. which was a ton at the time. i mean, that was, you know, like, whoa! $50 a day! >> jimmy: right. >> oh my god. >> jimmy: and i know that -- i know jon with ironman and all the movies he's doing, do you ever talk about doing some 20 years later version of that film? >> i don't think so. you know, the funny thing is, i remember he wrote a sequel script. >> jimmy: he did? >> he did. he wrote a sequel script for it, i think, a couple -- like a couple years after they did it, and then he just had other opportunities that came up that made more sense. >> jimmy: yeah. wow. >> and we're too old to play those guys now. >> jimmy: those people live.

people live into their 50s, sometimes their 60s. >> it's true. that's true. >> jimmy: well, it's great to see you. "a million little things" airs tomorrow night here on abc, 10:00 p.m. ron livingston, everybody. we'll be right back with the smashing pumpkins. >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by mercedes-benz, the best or nothing.

>> dicky: the jimmy kimmel live concert series is presented by mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jimmy: i want to thank nicole kidman, ron livingston, apologies to matt damon. nightline is next, but first this is their album "shiny and oh so bright, vol. 1 / lp: no past. no future. no sun." here with the song "silvery sometimes ghosts," the smashing pumpkins! ♪ ♪ blur like a rocket torch like

a dying sun snap like a dragon dive like a pelican ♪ ♪ kingdoms of my kingdom come skip like a prophet spit like a poet's gun but say how long can ♪ ♪ this go on stumbling before you speak stunning ♪ ♪ and stunning and stunning the black you turn turncoat inward to ♪ ♪ seek out all your hosts it's your signals that hurt me most we're in the middle ♪

♪ we're in the middle ghosts we're in the middle we're in the middle ♪ rule like a tyrant make like a valentine tear like a siren ♪ kingdoms of my kingdom come it's all but one so ♪ ♪ row like a felon drown like a captain's son but say how long can this go on ♪ ♪ we're in the middle we're in the middle we're in the middle ♪ ♪ we're in the middle

♪ stumbling before you speak stunning and stunning with ♪ ♪ canons to lead and tigers tight you scan the field someone dies tonight ♪ ♪ it's tragic but at least it's not you we're in the middle we're in the middle ♪ ♪ ghosts we're in the middle we're in the middle ghosts ♪ ♪ we're in the middle we're in the middle ghosts we're in the middle ♪ ♪ we're in the middle ghosts ♪

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ find an open road ♪ catch the blank star ♪ climb out of that house to

wonder where we are ♪ ♪ we're happen ♪ i'm going to vow forever ♪ ♪

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