here he is -- Dierks Bentley!

[ Cheers and applause ]

[ Slow music plays ]

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-♪ My buddies think I'm on the lake ♪

♪ Boss thinks I've been sick for days ♪

♪ And Mama's probably on her way ♪

♪ 'Cause I ain't picked up the phone ♪

♪ I've been a million places ♪

♪ But they're all up in my head ♪

♪ Overdrinking, overthinking ever since you left ♪

♪ I've been gone, I've been gone ♪

♪ I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long ♪

♪ All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out ♪

♪ How a good thing went wrong ♪

♪ Faster than that freight train ♪

♪ Farther than that airplane ♪

♪ Sadder than a country song ♪

♪ Headed down that highway ♪

♪ Anywhere but my way ♪

♪ Ever since you moved on, I've been gone ♪

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♪ Took a trip down Memory Lane ♪

♪ Checked in to Hotel Heartbreak ♪

♪ Passed rock bottom on the way ♪

♪ Without leaving my living room ♪

♪ I've been a million places ♪

♪ But they're all up in my head ♪

♪ Overdrinking, overthinking ever since you left ♪

♪ I've been gone, I've been gone ♪

♪ I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long ♪

♪ All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out ♪

♪ How a good thing went wrong ♪

♪ Faster than that freight train ♪

♪ Farther than that airplane ♪

♪ Sadder than a country song ♪

♪ Headed down that highway ♪

♪ Anywhere but my way ♪

♪ Ever since you moved on, I've been gone ♪

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♪ Yeah, I've been gone ♪

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♪ All the clothes are on the floor ♪

♪ All the mail's by the door ♪

♪ All the whiskey bottles in my bed ♪

-♪ My bed ♪

-♪ All the dishes in the sink ♪

♪ All the gas is in the tank ♪

♪ All the neighbors probably think I'm dead ♪

♪ I've been gone, I've been gone ♪

♪ I've been sittin' on the couch watching TV all day long ♪

♪ All day long, I've been tryin' to figure out ♪

♪ How a good thing went wrong ♪

♪ Faster than that freight train ♪

♪ Farther than that airplane ♪

♪ Sadder than a country song ♪

♪ Headed down that highway ♪

♪ Anywhere but my way ♪

♪ Ever since you moved on, I've been gone ♪

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♪ Yeah, I've been gone ♪

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♪ Gone ♪

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[ Cheers and applause ]