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>>> this is an abc color presentation.

>> dicky: From hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live."

tonight riz ahmed and music from tim mcgraw.

And now, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: Hello, I'm jimmy.

I'm the host of the show. Who forgot to button his jacket.

Thank you for watching. Thanks to our studio audience

who came down from their cubicles to be here.

The sound of clapping you hear is the skeleton staff we've

assembled to pretend they enjoy me.

[cheers and applause] >> jimmy: Thank you.

Thank you very much. My security guard, guillermo, is

beside me as always. How are you tonight?

>> guillermo: Fantastic, jimmy. >> jimmy: Do you like the stool

I provided for you? >> guillermo: I feel like a baby

in a high chair, but I like it. >> jimmy: You look like a baby

in a high chair to be honest. I was worried you'd been getting

too much exercise while we were at home.

Did you watch the lakers last night?

What happened? >> guillermo: We were losing by

about 20 points and we tried to come back in the last quarter,

but we couldn't come back and lost by six, I think.

>> jimmy: That kind of analysis could actually get you a job at

espn. >> guillermo: Maybe uni vision.

>> jimmy: Time magazine has unveiled their annual list of

the 100 most influential people. The list includes donald trump,

joe biden, megan thee stallion, all the world leaders.

I actually wrote a little blurb about dr. Fauci for it.

They asked me to write it. And I said“how many people

passed on this before you got to me” they claimed it was only

one. Anyway, I wrote it because I

respect dr. Fauci and also because I'm hoping he'll sneak

me an early vial of the vaccine. If I ever meet him, I'm going to

just turn around and gently lower my pants.

"got anything for me"? Although I do that when I meet

most health professionals. "time" also announced that the

least influential person of the year was this lady, who, despite

the signs and a lot of yelling, was unable to effect any change

to baskin robbin's mask policy. You know, because of the

pandemic, the cdc is urging families to skip trick or

treating this year which really screws me up.

That's my bit! I'm the one who takes the kids

candy away! The cdc now recommends that if

your kids want to do something spooky on Halloween, they should

sit quietly and think about how badly the administration handled

the pandemic response. Halloween is a major source of

revenue for the candy companies. It's a five billion dollar

industry. But I think with a little bit of

re-branding, these companies could embrace covid and really

cash in. For example --

are you ready for examples? [cheers and applause]

>> jimmy: You better be or you're all fired!

Here are the examples. Who wouldn't enjoy a bag of

“pandem&m's?" or“now and ventilators?"

“lemon droplets”“feverishly hot tamales”“no more payday”

“reese's sneezes”“good and fauci”“circus ppenuts”“stand

milky way over there”“three masketeers”“stuck at home with

sour patch kids” and finally -- “mike and ike are dead”

meanwhile, there are new -- new concerns about foreign

interference in our election. Because of all the mail-in

ballots, it could take a while for the votes to be counted

which means there's a good chance we may not know who won

on election night or maybe even for days later.

The fbi yesterday issued a warning that so-called“foreign

actor” might try to use that extra time between voting and

results to“spread disinformatio” and“undermine

confidence in u.S. Democratic institutions” the foreign

actors they are specifically worried about are these, the

cast of "schitt's creek." first they come for our emmys,

then they come for our democracy.

There's increasing concern that even if he loses, trump will

refuse to leave the white house. But here's the thing, that's

simple. If the american people want to

guarantee that donald trump will leave us, there's an easy thing

we can do, marry him. I miss the drummer sometimes,

you know? By the way, you know who is

gonna be voting for the first time ever this year?

Mike tyson. Tyson tweeted yesterday that he

is proud that he will finally cast a vote.

In this election. And I think that's great.

If for no other reason than I want to hear mike tyson say the

words“participating in democracy."

speaking of prize fights, we are now less than a week away from

the first presidential debate between donald trump and

joe biden. The debate will be held in

cleveland at case western reserve university.

Never heard of it. Trump has reportedly been

preparing for the debates by watching tv.

That's right. He's been training twelve hours

a day for the past four years for this.

They say that biden considered taking a page from trump's book

and putting the women who accused him of sexual assault in

the audience for the debate but they're not allowed to have more

than 400 people in the crowd. [cheers and applause]

watching joe biden in these debates will be like watching

your kid in the school play. You'll be like -- very good.

All right. There will be no audience for

the debate so the president has been warming himself in front of

a series of crowds. Trump was in moon township,

pennsylvania last night where he once again floated this strange

idea slash accusation that he and joe biden should take drug

tests. >> this guy doesn't have a clue.

He doesn't know where the hell he is.

And they'll give him a shot of something.

I don't know. He's going to get something,

elli he'll be, you know, I watched

him so badly in the debates, and then with bernie, he was

average. He got through.

And I said what the hell is he taking?

And I said that, we want a drug test.

We want a drug test. Weel b

we'll both take it, we'll both take it.

>> jimmy: I don't think lipitor is considered to be

performance-enhancing. I hope biden takes him up on

that! I would love to see trump's drug

test! Propecia, cialis, adderall,

dexatrim, that one that stops you from leaking.

He'd probably just get the same guy who took his s.A.T.S for

him. Kamala harris is gearing up for

her one and only vice presidential debate with

mike pence next month. During her practice sessions,

which don't seem that necessary, mayor pete buttigieg has been

standing in for mike pence. You know, they do these practice

debates. Do you even need a person to

fill in for mike pence? Just put a white wig on a mop

and call it a day. There's a lot on the line for

pence. For one thing, he'll be forced

to be in the same room as a woman without mother standing

by. Which is difficult.

I'm worried about mike pence if he wants to knock this debate

out of the park, he needs to get some new material.

Pence has been on the road telling the same phony story

about his“daily conversatio” with president trump over and

over again. >> I got to tell you, when I

told him I was going to be in michigan tonight when he was in

london, I think he sounded just a little bit jealous.

When I told him last night that I was headed to iowa, I think he

looked just a little jealous. When I told him yesterday that I

was headed to wisconsin, I think he was a little jealous.

Headed to the keystone state, headed to louisiana.

Headed to pennsylvania, I think he looked just a little bit

jealous. I thought he sounded just a

little bit jealous. I think he sounded just a little

bit jealous. I think he sounded just a little

bit jealous. I think he sounded just a little

bit jealous. I think he sounded just a little

bit jealous. >> jimmy: I think you might need

to be rebooted, mr. Vice president.

Charges were filed today in the case of breonna taylor who, as

you know, was killed by police in a raid of her apartment even

though she had done nothing. Many are upset.

There are protests in louisville and elsewhere as well.

So the president, as he is known to do, took a moment to offer

words of healing and unity and condolences to the taylor

family. >> mr. President, do you believe

that justice was served in the breonna taylor case in kentucky?

And what is your message to the black community, who believe

that perhaps justice was not served by the decision that was

rendered by the grand jury in kentucky?

>> well, my message is that I love the black community, and

I've done more for the black community than any other

president, and I say with the possible exception of abraham

lincoln, and I mean that. With opportunity zones and

criminal justice reform, prison reform, with what we've done for

historically black universities, colleges, schools, what we've

done, nobody's done more. Abraham lincoln, let's geoff him

t the nod but beyond that,

nobody's done more. >> jimmy: It's amazing.

No matter what you ask him, he makes it about himself.

“mr president, what do you think about the celtics in the

playoffs”“nobody's done more for the irish!

Nobody's driven more snakes out of ireland than me.

Maybe st. Patrick” thank you for yet another sweatysburg

address. Can't we just have the election

now? Is anyone actually undecided?

This kind of tells you all you need to know with all that is

going on right now all the division and fear and

unemployment. Last month, the trump campaign

spent $477,000 on fireworks. For real.

Roll the tape here. Not only did mexico not pay for

the wall, trump paid them half a million dollars for fireworks.

This is the display for the republican national convention.

And it's a beautiful display, no question about that.

And the fact that they toppled the washington monument, well,

I'm sure they'll get that all taped up.

Trump never could understand why they built a monument to

denzel washington in the first place.

This is our first week here in the studio after more than six

months of working from home. And when you're a couple and

you've been cooped up together for half the year, you have a

chance to rediscover each other for better or worse.

You remember what you like the most about your partner and

maybe happen upon some new things that you don't.

So we asked our staff, those who have a plus one, to share with

us the significant things they've learned about their

significant others during quarantine.

And I hope you find some comfort in this for your own

relationship. ♪

>> I've learned that my wife likes to angle the computer

towards an open doorway during her work zooms.

So, on more than one occasion, all of her co-workers have seen

me pass by naked. >> my girlfriend's a

copyrighter, which apparently means watching endless tiktoks

at full volume while doing very little writing.

>> I've learned that my wife in quarantine likes to vacuum three

times a day. Once in the morning, once in the

afternoon, and once right before bed, for some reason.

>> she needs to have the ac, 24/7, okay, 24/7.

And it gets cold, so I don't like that.

So at nighttime I weak up and go turn that off, and I told her,

listen, you don't pay the bill, the bills are going to be real

expensive. >> during my time together with

my fiance, I learned that she's person on zoom calls that uses

all those business jargon terms like "kirle back", "touch base",

and my least favorite, "turn key".

>> while my husband loves the idea of cooking from scratch

he's not that great of following through.

The refrigerator is full of sar dough starter.

>> we have two different types of kitchen scissors.

>> after nearly six months of working from home, down the hall

from my husband, I've learned that he will literally work in

his own filth and trash for days, sometimes weeks.

I have found half-eaten grapes on the table.

And the other day our 1-year-old daughter had some mustard on the

bottom of her foot and I eventually figured out that my

husband had left a paper plate with mustard on the floor, and

I'm guessing she stepped in that, so.

Yeah. >> jimmy: The bug zapper is a

nice touch, too. Just get some yellow carpet,

mustard problem solved. Tonight on the show, tim mcgraw

is here. And we'll be right back with

riz ahmed. So stick around!

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progressive. ♪

[ applause ] >> jimmy: Welcome back.

Tonight, his album is called "here on earth," the one and

only tim mcgraw is standing by from nashville.

Tomorrow night, we will visit with norman reedus.

We will honor a healthcare hero and hear music from amine.

So please join us for that tomorrow.

Our first guest is an emmy-winning actor and rapper,

he's a raptor in fact. You know him from“girl” and

“veno” and lots of other stuff. His new movie“sound of meta”

opens in theaters November 20th and premieres on amazon prime

video December 4th. And this is his album“the long

goodbye." please welcome riz ahmed.

Hello, riz! >> hey, gejimmy, how are you

doing? >> jimmy: I'm good, how are you.

>> I'm good. I'm virtually at home.

>> jimmy: Your home is beautiful.

It's white and clean. Where are you?

You look like you're in an apple commercial.

>> I'm in l.A. >> jimmy: Oh, you are.

>> yeah, I've just made it here. I thought l.A. Would be a bet

are place to be. >> jimmy: No.

>> with corona and everything than the uk, be a bit more

sunnier, a bit more outdoorsy, but you guys are going through a

situation here. >> jimmy: Yes, yes, we r there

are a lot of people working very hard to fight those fears there.

Did you not know about that? Were you unaware of that in the

uk? >> they started pretty much just

as I kind of landed. >> jimmy: Got you.

>> so I got to l.A., ready to kind of walk around outside, and

then the sky was on fire. >> jimmy: Yeah, yes, it is.

>> that was intense. Hopefully they get it under

control and it will be a wakeup call.

>> jimmy: Oh, it won't be. We'll keep doing the same stupid

things over and over and over again.

That's spirit of the united states is what it is.

But let's talk about -- by the way, how was your flight?

Were there people on your flight?

>> it was kind of surreal, actually.

Yeah, I mean there were a couple of people on the flight.

And it was kind of strange. Because they wiere serving food

but there was no -- they were serving it like kind of serving

it but not really serving it. >> jimmy: That's every flight

I've ever been on. >> you never quite sure were

aware of where the boundaries were.

There was a family where it was their first flight back for a

lot of the crew. There was a lot of distrust,

like most of my relationships. So it was comfort zone for me in

a way. >> jimmy: Did you get nuts?

Did they give you nuts? Did they give you nuts?

>> they did give me nuts. >> jimmy: Okay, all right.

>> there are still nuts, so it's still okay.

>> jimmy: Also like a lot of relationships, right?

>> yes. >> jimmy: I'm glad you made it

safely. How long at home were you cooped

up? Were you by yourself?

What was your situation? >> yeah, it was kind of intense,

but I was lucky in I could socially distance.

I could, you know, shelter at home.

Obviously a lot of people are out working.

They had to work. So I was very grateful for that

and grateful is a keyword because they were out doing

their thing. In the uk, you'd come out every

Thursday night and they would clap and it was very moving, but

I have to say, yeah. I was losing it a little bit.

>> jimmy: Were you? >> if you're like me, you're

always on the go. So when you're forced to stop

and sit with yourself, that's when you have to kind of face

all your demons, really, all the stuff you're running away from,

by working all the time. >> jimmy: What demons?

>> psychological, yeah. >> jimmy: What demons did you

face? Did you have people in the

house? Pets?

Did you have anyone? >> um, well, I don't want to

overlook potella or anything. It wasn't too intense.

I was thinking about getting a dog at one point.

A lot of people got these covid dogs.

>> jimmy: Yeah, right. >> I felt like that would be a

good idea for a week, and then it would be a hassle.

So instead I got a robot vacuum cleaner.

You got one of those? It's really good.

If you're thinking about getting a dog, you're thinking things

are quiet at home. You like a pet but not the mess,

it cleans up after itself. >> jimmy: Instead of getting

hair on the rug it gets hair off of the rug.

>> it's perfect. >> jimmy: How are your parents

doing? They live in london, sdplebt.

>> they do, they do. I was on some, I know it's like,

I thought I was kind of being this heroic son and looking out

for my aging parents. I'd go to drop off fruit and veg

and they'd open the door with ready-cooked meals in

tupperware, here you go. It's the classic asian mom kind

of thing. But even in this situation they

couldn't help but try and -- >> jimmy: You come home with

more food than you brought. >> yeah, it was really not what

I had been planning on. >> jimmy: I saw on instagram you

lost a couple family members, your aunt and uncle to covid,

right? >> yeah, that's right.

>> jimmy: And your uncle seemed like a character and a great

guy, based on what I saw. >> yeah, he was, he was.

His name was shaquille. And both my, so it was my dad's

side and my mom's side, an aunt and an uncle, and both of them

had really eventful lives growing up in the uk at a time

that was maybe slightly less tolerant and making their way

through that, making a success of their lives, but both of them

ultimately turning towards faith.

And my uncle in particular, shaquille mamu, he as wearing

silk shirts coming down to here with open necks and medallions

and working for a banker trying to provide support to the

immigrant community, and after that he became a preacher.

So he really had the gift of the gab between being a teddy boy,

working in banking sales and then almost being a door to door

kind of preacher. He always had jokes and stuff.

And I think about his, this video from his 60th birthday

with his twin brother, he gave their beautiful speech and said

I hope all your dreams come true to everyone here.

And if they do, I hope you don't mind sharing a little bit.

And that was his vibe, you know. He always had a little joke, but

when I think about where we are as a species right now, I feel

like his words are ringing in his ears.

A lot of the challenges that we face are ones that we share, and

the way out of them is also sharing resources or health

care, you know. >> jimmy: Yeah.

>> so his spirit is kind of, is with me, I think, as I kind of

move forwards. >> jimmy: Did he get a kick out

of your career, your music career, your acting career?

>> he did, yeah. He did, I think.

I mean, he was kind of interesting, because he always

kept you grounded. So he'd say listen, I saw this

thing. Oh, pretty cool, pretty good.

But like, have you been praying recently?

There's always that kind of angle like ah, yeah, you're

right. I've got to stay grounded.

I've got to remember what really matters.

But he was just always full of jokes and I think a lot of

people think of faith and sadly you think possibly in america a

lot of people might associate islam with a stern kind of

faith. To me he was kind of the most

compassionate, loving guya, anda machb

man of faith and faith that we could all do well with.

>> jimmy: When we come back I want to talk about your movie

and an album you released unfortunately in March.

We'll be back with more from riz after this.

♪ [ applause ]

>> dicky: Portions of "jimmy kimmel live" are brought to you

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>> jimmy: We are back with riz ahmed.

Tim mcgraw is on the way. Are you familiar with the music

of tim mcgraw, riz? >> I'm familiar with that taylor

swift song about tim mcgraw, yeah.

>> jimmy: Did you ever listen to country music growing up?

>> I didn't, you know, it's not huge in northwest london, maybe

a gap in the market there. >> jimmy: How did you get

involved in hip-hop music? How old were you when you

discovered it and how? >> you know, I discovered it

through my big brother like a lot of things, a lot of things

good and bad, and my brother would, you know, bootleg all

these cassettes and say make sure you don't listen to these,

because they have swearing on them.

So as soon as he left the house I was memorizing all the verses.

And to be honest, I was a hyperactive kid, so I liked to

run the motor mouth of memorizing the lyrics.

But it kind of got me in trouble at school a little bit.

>> jimmy: What cassettes did he have?

>> associate man, all those '90s things, biggie, and also the

darker horror rap like gravediggers.

Really graphic stuff. >> jimmy: And you would do this

at school? >> yeah, exactly.

We were a science museum trip, and they were like, this is a

recording studio. You all can go in and record

your message to your mom or whatever.

And I was 10, 11 years old, and I started spitting these wutang

words. >> jimmy: I imagine that

wouldn't go over well with mom or the faculty at the school,

yeah. This is the album.

The album is, you release td in March, which is unfortunate

timing wise, but it's called "the long good-bye", and it's

about a story that was really like the big story of March,

before covid hit, brexit, right? I guess your personal brexit.

>> the album is a breakup story, going through a breakup with

your country. It's a story that people in the

uk can relate to, a lot of people in the u.S. Feel like

they're going through a breakup. The philippines, india, hungary.

It's a tumultuous time. People feel like I'm breaking up

with this country or it's breaking up with me, so the

album goes through that breakup, ang

anger, depression, grief, and it ends up with great love.

And we have great guests, people like mindy kaling and yara

shahidi. They're my friends helping me

through this breakup. So it really tells that story.

>> jimmy: I didn't know it was a m

metaphor. So when I was listening to the

album, I'm like, whoever this girl is, she's going to be

really mad. >> she's already mad.

Britannia is kind of pissed. It's heartbreaking because you

care about the place. On both sides of the atlantic,

we can go through some couples counseling and come out the

other side with new relationships in tact.

>> jimmy: You have a new movie coming out called "sound of

metal." I saw the trailer.

It looks really, really good. Who is the director of this

film? >> it's an amazing first time

director, darius marrder. It's a movie with a lot of

heart. It's got a very particular sound

design. The character I play, ruben,

goes through a process of hearing loss through the film.

So the sound design is immerse new that hearing loss.

The whole movie is captioned, so hearing audiences and

non-hearing audiences can all experience ruben's journey, and

then the film is equally accessible to all audiences.

>> jimmy: You play a punk rock drummer.

Do you know how to play the drups?

D did you know how to play the

drums before the movie? >> I did not.

The intention initially was that I would be a metal drummer.

It became very clear very quickly that even with my

three-hour lessons every day for seven months I'm not going to

become a metal drummer. But we downgraded it or made it

a slightly less technical style of drumming, but my drama drum

teacher was incredibly patient. >> jimmy: And you learned sign

language. >> I did.

Ruben's journey is an introduction to deaf culture.

My friend, jeremy lee stone, yeah, we would kind of spend

that seven months just spending hours together every day and

introducing me to friends and members of that community and

exposing me to the richness of deaf culture.

>> jimmy: We have the brand-new trailer for "sound of metal."

have you seen the trailer yet? >> I haven't seen the latest

trailer, I saw a rough one ages ago, so I'm excited to see it.

>> jimmy: Pay close attention. This is the new amazon original

movie "sound of metal." and on prime December 4.

Thank you, riz. ♪

>> your hearing is deteriorating, rapidly.

>> it will come back. We'll keep going, okay?

>> no. No.

>> you have to understand, your first responsibility is to

preserve the hearing. >> I can't hear you.

You understand me? I can't, I'm deaf!

I'm deaf! >> found a place.

>> I think it's important if you stay here with us right now,

ruben. We're looking for a solution to

this. Not this.

>> I need you to wait for me. You have to wait for me.

>> trying to save my life? >> ruben.

The road does keep moving. It can be a damn cruel place,

but there are moments of stillness.

When this crappy, mundane world suddenly becomes ready to make

the magnificent, all the fear is gone.

That place will never abandon you.

>> dicky: And now, cisco presents the man of a thousand

impressions. >> this is bob webb, the man of

a thousand impressions. This is number 12.

I've been making a lot of movies lately, and I used to be a

professional wrestler. So go and see my movies, they're

really good. That was the rock or dwayne

johnson. For more, check out my youtube

channel under bob webb. I know there's more than one bob

webb, but look for me. >> dicky: We can smell what

you're cookin', bob. ♪

[ applause ] >> jimmy: Welcome back to the

show. My next guest has sold more than

75 million albums. He has three grammy awards and

married one faith hill. His latest album is called "here

on earth", please say hi to tim mcgraw, how are you doing?

>> I'm well, I'm well, how are you?

>> jimmy: I'm doing well, where are you right now, at home?

>> I'm at home in the one room I'm still allowed in.

I've been shuffled from room to room and finally allowed to stay

here until I'm called out. >> jimmy: What are you doing,

the girls are there, the family's all congregated?

>> we had all of our girls here, we have three daughters.

We had all of our girls here for this summer, I don't know, about

four weeks. We had every here.

We had a lot of fun, we cooked dinners, we played games.

We watched movies. Now all we have is our youngest

daughter who's still here and graduated high school this year.

Our other two are out in california.

But our youngest daughter is really tired of us.

Oh, my god, can you imagine graduating high school in March

and she's been stuck with us since March.

We've done three, four trips cross country in an old cadillac

escalade that's like the griswold family cruiser.

She spent a couple days with us, listening to dad jokes and my

music. She's really over us.

My wife's been over me for about 24 years coming up.

My wife's been over me for about 20 years, but my kinyoungest ki

really over me. >> jimmy: Sounds like things

have taken a bad turn for you. >> I need to do some shows.

I need to work. >> jimmy: Get in the escalade

and come spend some time with us.

It was faith's birthday on Monday, right?

>> faith's birthday on Monday. Look, my wife is, I'm way up out

of my coverage. The older she gets the better

looking she gets, the smarter she gets, the dumber I get.

I've done really well. So this birthday has been a

milestone for us, our kids moving out, we're going to be

empty nesters coming up. She's stuck with me now.

>> jimmy: Did you get her anything good?

How does that work after all these years?

Are you still able to come up with gift ideas?

>> no, it's tough, man. I mean, you know, we've got each

other extravagant things over the years.

A couple years ago we decided that what we're going to do is

we're only going to spend $100 each like for christmases or

birthdays. I mean every now and then I'll

go over the limit and do something stupid.

But for the most part for the last four or five years we've

tried to stick to $100 each to give to, this year she just got

some roses. That was all she got.

>> jimmy: You're pretty limited with $100.

>> yeah. Yeah.

But I did give a good christmas gift one year.

>> jimmy: What did you give her? >> look, I'm artistic, right?

>> jimmy: I've always said that about you.

I mean, we can see that from your album cover.

[ laughter ] [ applause ]

>> it was my airbrushing that was so good.

It's like florida, 1984. >> jimmy: The first country

music artist on neptune, there you go.

>> whatever it takes, man, whatever it takes.

But, you know, I thought I would do something really special and

something really good, so what I did, I'll go get it.

Is it all right if I leave for just a second?

>> jimmy: Yes, of course, I'll talk to the adirondack chair.

So, how are you enjoying tim's bottom?

>> that is dis -- not, not as much as it should be.

That's decidedly not an adirondack chair.

>> jimmy: Sorry of. >> I'll let her, but anyway, I

thought, look, I'm artistic. I'm creative.

>> jimmy: Mm-hm. >> I can do something really

cool and something really special that means a lot to my

wife. So what I did is I went to a

ceramic shop and got a cup because she likes her coffee in

the morning. So I got this cup and did this

beautiful paint job on this cup. I wrote this beautiful phrase on

the back, I painted it. It was so beautiful.

If I show this to you now, we have to go into business.

>> jimmy: I'd love to see your etsy shop for sure.

>> this is it right here. This was a home run, I got to

tell you. >> jimmy: Wow.

That is beautiful. >> yeah.

Isn't that gorgeous? Come on.

You're not going to be abe to raid it.

>> jimmy: What does that say? >> it says, I don't know if I

can read it. It says, this is my, this is my

intelligent song writing. >> jimmy: Okay.

>> as the sun sets, I will love you more.

>> jimmy: That's beautiful, except for don't you drink

coffee in the morning? >> well, I know.

You know, she, she could throw some tequila in it for the

evening. >> jimmy: I love the idea of you

in a color-me mind carefully painting that mug.

>> this was very carefully done, as you can tell.

>> jimmy: I can see. >> the writing, I mean, that's

exquisite. >> jimmy: They call that

outsider art, tim. It's a very valuable piece.

>> and the times that we live in, I've got to find something,

something to supplement my income.

>> jimmy: Well, tim, you got a new album, it's called "here on

earth." when you come back, you are

going to play a song for us. What song are you going to play

for us? >> we're going to play "I called

mama." this album, we took two and a

half making this album and had it ready before the world fell

apart. "mama" was caught right before

this. It's a great country song, but,

as the world changed, the song really took on a meaning about

who's important to you? Who are the people who ground

you? Who are the people you count on

who can put you back in order when things are out of control,

and more importantly, you got to look at yourself and think who

are the people who count on you and are you there for them and

can you be there for them, and that's just as important as

thinking about the people who are important to you.

>> jimmy: You've given my a lot to think about, tim.

>> don't hurt yourself. [ laughter ]

>> jimmy: Go shave and get ready.

We'll be back with music from tim mcgraw.

♪ >> dicky: The "jimmy kimmel

live" concert series is presented by mercedes benz, the

best or nothing. Live" concert series is

♪ >> dicky: The "jimmy kimmel

live" concert series is presented by mercedes benz.

The best or nothing. >> jimmy: I'd like to thank

riz ahmed. Apologies to matt damon.

"nightline" is next. But first, his album is called

"here on earth." here with the song“i called

mama” tim mcgraw! [cheers and applause]

♪ I got a call from a friend about a friend

it's the news ♪ ♪ no one ever wants to hear

it hit me like a punch it took my breath ♪

♪ he was just getting into his best years

yeah something like ♪ ♪ that'll shake you up

wake you up so I stopped off ♪

♪ at a texaco bought a slim jim and a coke

parked out by the water ♪ ♪ just to watch

that river flow grabbed my guitar ♪

♪ from the back seat wrote a song just for me

and I sung it ♪ ♪ for the blue sky

and a couple live oak trees I thought of home ♪

♪ grabbed my phone from my pocket

and I called mama ♪ ♪ it rang a couple times

and she picked up I can always hear ♪

♪ her smile when I call I just called to tell you

that I loved you ♪ ♪ I was missin' you and dad

and home that's all I got to really thinkin' ♪

♪ this mornin' about what's important

so I stopped off ♪ ♪ at a texaco

bought a slim jim and a coke parked out by the water ♪

♪ just to watch that river flow

grabbed my guitar ♪ ♪ from the back seat

wrote a song just for me and I sung it ♪

♪ for the blue sky and a couple live oak trees

I thought of home ♪ ♪ grabbed my phone

from my pocket and I called mama ♪

♪ ♪ and from now on

I ain't gonna wait so long to stop off at a texaco ♪

♪ buy a slim jim and a coke park out by the water

just to watch ♪ ♪ that river flow

grab my guitar from the back seat ♪

♪ write a song just for me sing it for the blue sky

and a couple ♪ ♪ live oak trees

and think of home grab my phone ♪

♪ from my pocket instead of saying tomorrow

I'm gonna ♪ ♪ and I call mama

and I call mama ♪ ♪ ♪