[Announcer] Coming up on Studio 3 LIVE, it's Raine Stern.

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[Raine Stern] I was always attracted to the melodies and soulfulness of other instruments besides the voice. Something particularly drew me to electric guitar. How it wails, how it emotes. I ended up getting an electric guitar for Christmas one year in middle school, and that was the beginning.

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(Applause)

Good evening, and welcome to Studio 3 LIVE. I'm your host, Mickey Davis. Tonight, we are excited to welcome Raine Stern to the stage. A singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Raine's soulful music and talent provide the perfect backdrop to deliver lyrics both introspective and urgent regarding issues important to her, including environmentalism and equality. Raine's talent has not gone unnoticed in the larger music industry. Along with features on PBS and NPR and headlining shows across the country, she was featured on Season 20 of NBC's "The Voice." Please help me welcome to the Studio 3 LIVE stage, Raine Stern.

(Cheers and applause)

(Up-tempo music playing)

♪ They say that you can't teach an old dog new tricks
♪ You're too old now
♪ They say that you've wasted your time
♪ So just keep on laying down

♪ But, baby, you should know heart is the only way
♪ They say it's all a state of mind
♪ And you can do anything

♪ Yeah

♪ Well, it's all true, babe
♪ So which belief do you want?
♪ I'm just saying
♪ 'Cause, baby, you should know heart is the only way, yeah

Oh, do it again!

♪ Look to the sky now and hear her say
♪ You're clinging to stories killing you
♪ That's belief not of the heart

♪ Status quo minds without their truth
♪ All the same and so apart
♪ You do not have to accept this deal

♪ Oh, is the way I feel

♪ I'm-a play double Dutch and none of that telephone game
♪ No, no
♪ Oh, no

♪ My friends, young and old
♪ We see ourselves one and the same
♪ Yeah
♪ 'Cause, baby, we all know heart is the way to see, yeah

♪ Well, you can stay close and choose to be
♪ Clinging to stories killing you
♪ That's belief not of the heart

♪ Status quo minds without their truth
♪ All the same and so apart
♪ You do not have to accept this deal
♪ Oh, is the way I feel

♪ Oh-ohhh-oh

♪ Who is in your true self?
♪ Who is you?
♪ And where do you find true self?
♪ Do you know who 

♪ Is just you, your true self? 
♪ Where do you find this truth? 
♪ Clinging to stories killing you 
♪ That's belief not of the heart

♪ The status quo mind without its truth 
♪ All the same and yet you're so apart 
♪ Clinging to the stories 
♪ And they're the same ones killing you

That's belief not of the heart.

♪ Heart 
♪ Oh-oh, ohhh 
♪ Ahhh 
♪ Belief not of the heart

♪ Same ones

♪ Clinging to stories 
♪ Is belief not of the heart
♪ Status without truth
♪ Is belief not of heart

♪ You're buying the story
♪ That's belief not of the heart
♪ But you do not have to accept this deal
♪ Oh, is the way I feel

That's belief of the heart!

(Music ends)

(Cheers and applause)

[Raine] Hello. Good evening, everybody. How are you guys doing? Thank you, Iowa PBS, for having us. And thank you to this wonderful band. Throughout the course of this show tonight is gonna be about heart expansion, mind opening. They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but I'm pretty stubborn to show you to not be so stubborn. But what's up next is just something fun. Let's do it. Ready? All right.

(Mid-tempo blues music playing)

♪♪

That feels good.

♪♪

(Echoing)

♪ If I give you
♪ What you want from me
♪ Will it unlock
♪ All of your, your mystery?

♪ Could I ever satisfy, satiate you and your drive?
♪ Lift you up and be enough
♪ So you're not always searching for another's touch?
♪ 'Cause if not

♪ Do not touch me, baby
♪ Do not touch me, babe
♪ Oh, oh
♪ Oh, do not try to give me your love

♪ Late, late in the night
♪ You've been touching another
♪ And that touching just don't feel right
♪ No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

♪ You told me
♪ You could not stand to lose me
♪ As your lover, babe
♪ And though you say nothing
♪ It's clear you've got
♪ Eyes for another

♪ Yeah, yeah

♪ I'm ready now
♪ Ready now
♪ To sell all those lies that I bought
♪ Yeah, yeah

♪ So, tell me, are you real with me?

♪ Are you real?
♪ 'Cause if not
♪ Do not touch me, baby
♪ Do not touch me, no

Ah, you sound good.

♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Oh, do not ♪

♪ Try to give me your love
♪ Late, late in the night
♪ You've been touching another
♪ And that touching just don't feel right
♪ No, no, no

♪ Oh, it's so sad

(Guitar solo)

♪ Oh, it's so sad
♪ Just let those tears roll back
♪ Into your eyes

♪ Oh, it's so sad
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah
♪ When you finally realize, oh

♪ Ooh, it's so sad
♪ So let those tears just roll,
♪ Roll, roll back into your eyes

♪ 'Cause you messed up bad
♪ Yeah, you messed up bad
♪ And now I
♪ I realize

(Instrumental break)

Yeah!

(Guitar solo)

♪ Do not touch me, baby
♪ Don't touch me, baby
♪ Oh, do not try to give me your love

♪ Late, late in the night
♪ You've been touching
♪ And that touching, it just don't feel right
♪ Just don't feel good now

♪ Oh, do not try to get me up
♪ 'Cause it don't feel right

(Cheers and applause)

(Outro playing)

♪♪

[Backup Vocalist] Come on, come on. Give it to her. Give it to her. Give it to her.

(Music ends, cheers and applause)

[Raine] Thank you guys so much. This next one that we're going to do is called "Zodiac." I've been spending a lot of time in Los Angeles. You cannot have a conversation with somebody that you're meeting for the first time for more than 30 second without them being like, "So what's your zodiac sign?"

(Laughter)

By the end of the show, each of you guys can have a sort of a guess what you think mine is.

(Laughter)

One, two, three.

♪ You look so good, you stop me in my tracks 
♪ I know that there's no turning back 
♪ I bet you match my zodiac and, oh, let's see 
♪ I'd even give a dollar to the mother of the flowers 

♪ To let me spend my hours in the air you breathe 
♪ Can't remember seeing you before 
♪ You were the thing I used to justify 
♪ The way I move, I can't sit still 

♪ But, babe, in every bit of me 
♪ There's something 'bout your energy 
♪ I like the way it made for you 
♪ And you for me, yeah 

♪ Would you like to see? 
♪ It doesn't matter if you believe 
♪ But I'll believe if you want me to, yeah 
♪ I'll take anything 

♪ As a sign 
♪ If it's pointing me to you 
♪ Yeah, yeah 

Ah! Ah!

♪ And now I gotta come on over there 
♪ 'Cause I feel that you also share that really love 
♪ That truly care that this world needs 

♪ You know, people just look beautiful 
♪ Without really being whole 
♪ But you've got both a soul and that physique, yeah 

♪ I can see when you smile 
♪ Inside those eyes that you got it, girl 
♪ I want it, too, so I'll help you 
♪ To change the whole world together 

♪ Yeah, we'll see better weather 
♪ Hey, it doesn't 
♪ Matter if you believe 
♪ But I'll believe if you want me to, yeah 

♪ I'll take anything 
♪ As a sign 
♪ If it's pointing me to you 
♪ Oh-oh 

Make it funky now.

(Instrumental break)

Where you going?

♪ I know you're my type 
♪ 'Cause you've got that thing I like 
♪ You should bring yourself over here 
♪ I'll take a bite 

♪ I promise it won't hurt 
♪ Girl, you know I'm really nice 
♪ We locked eyes and the stars aligned 
♪ 'Cause you've got that zodiac sign 

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 

♪ It doesn't matter if you believe 
♪ But I'll believe if you want me to 
♪ I'll take anything as a sign 
♪ If it's pointing me to you 

♪ Oh, you, babe 

♪ So, baby, just take my hands 
♪ We'll do our cosmic dance 
♪ 'Cause you're my perfect match 
♪ Yeah, you're my zodiac, yeah 

♪ So, baby, just take my hands 
♪ We'll do our cosmic dance 
♪ 'Cause you're my perfect match, yeah 
♪ Yeah, you're my zodiac 

Come on, keys. Let's go.

(Keyboard solo)

(Guitar solo)

(Instrumental break)

(Music ends, cheers and applause)

[Mickey] Raine, thank you so much for being here on Studio 3 LIVE. Tell us a little bit how you got started in music.

[Raine] Oh, my gosh. Okay. Um, when I was in middle school, my brother picked up the bass and so the bass was in the house and he was playing it. And me, being the little sister, was like, "Well, I gotta have something."

(Laughter)

[Mickey] Yeah.

[Raine] Something particularly drew me to electric guitar, um, which was how it wails, how it emotes, right? I find it to be one of the better lead instruments when it comes to, like, almost feeling vocal and crying. So I ended up getting an electric guitar for Christmas one year in middle school. And that was the beginning.

[Mickey] Watching you perform, I see a lot of, like, blues influence in how you approach the guitar.

[Raine] Totally. Yeah.

[Mickey] Is that a product of, like, early influences? How you learned guitar? Who you gigged with over time? Or a mix of all of those?

[Raine] Definitely all of those things.

[Mickey] Okay.

[Raine] Blues is such a great place to start. Some of the easier scales to learn are sort of built around those blues progressions. But then as you keep diving into that and expanding outward, you realize that it is kind of, like, a center for which a lot of other music expands upon, right? Like, funk, rock, jazz -- A lot of those things start at that core. So I started at that core, too.

♪ There's magic, there's magic in sound 
♪ Even that which brings you down

♪ Yeah
♪ Mm-mm-mm 
♪ Uhhhh

♪ So you've finally surrendered 
♪ And you've peeled back the layers

♪ And what you find 
♪ Is something inside that 
♪ Casts a light on 
♪ All you see

♪ Well, staying still is not safer 
♪ And now is always better than later 
♪ And you are your own maker
♪ But leaders still need a savior

♪ No, I don't believe 
♪ In powers that be, but I 
♪ I believe in 
♪ I believe in love

♪ No, I'm not sure how 
♪ But we'll find a way out 'cause I 
♪ I believe in 
♪ I believe in love

Yes.

♪ They can be close 
♪ Or even your blood 
♪ And they can be so wrong 
♪ About what is love

♪ And, God, when it hurts so much 
♪ I'll cry beauty into this cup 
♪ And alchemize it as I sing 
♪ 'Cause there's magic in everything

♪ No, I don't believe 
♪ In powers that be, but I 
♪ I believe in 
♪ I believe in love

♪ I'm not sure how 
♪ But we're gonna find a way out 
♪ 'Cause I 
♪ I believe in

♪ Love

Take me to the bridge!

♪♪

Yes, I believe!

♪♪

♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh 
♪ Oh, yeah 
♪ Yeah, yeah

Come on.

♪ There's magic, there's magic in sound 
♪ Even that which brings you down 
♪ There's magic in life 
♪ And there's magic in pain 
♪ There's magic to behold after it rains

♪ I don't believe 
♪ In powers that be, but I 
♪ I believe in
♪ Looooove

♪ Whoo-ooh, whoo-ooh-ooh-ooh 
♪ Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

♪ Yes, I believe in

♪ Whoo-hoo-hoo ♪

♪ There's magic, there's magic in sound 
♪ Even that which brings you down 
♪ There's magic in life 
♪ And there's magic in pain

♪ There's magic to behold after it rains

Oh, yeah!

♪ There's magic, there's magic in sound 
♪ Even that which brings you down

♪ There's magic in life 
♪ There's magic in pain 
♪ There's magic to behold after it rains

♪ Yes, I believe 
♪ In love 
♪ In love 

(Instrumental break)

♪♪

Okay, okay. All right.

(Music stops, cheers and applause)

♪ Yes, I believe
♪ Sue me

(Laughter)

♪ We believe
♪ In love 

♪ Yeah
♪ Yeah, yeah-eah-eah-eah-eah

(Outro plays, audience cheers)

[Raine] Thank you guys.

(Applause)

♪♪

♪ I woke up, medication
♪ But it could not fix my hesitation, no
♪ What's wrong with me?
♪ I’ve got the source I need
♪ Sit down and plan it all out
♪ You can't fix the world when you're feeling so down
♪ So take the time to breathe in, to breathe out

♪ All I want is to love you 
♪ All I want is to set us free 
♪ Running 'round in circles
♪ They've got you chasing money instead of dreams 

♪ So give us humility
♪ And give us the strength
♪ I must love me 'cause
♪ You and I are one and the same
♪ Oh, is it too much to ask for
♪ God to show up and put you on my path?
♪ Oh, you've just got to ask
♪ 'Cause the stars gave me love
♪ And I'm here to give it back

♪ Baby, give me all your trust
♪ I've got enough love
♪ I won't let you down
♪ 'Cause the heat is rising up
♪ I'd bleed all my blood
♪ Time is running out

(Instrumental break)

♪♪

♪ Wake up, age of information
♪ Hyperspeed, devaluing creation
♪ I had to stop and cry when I wrote this line
♪ How am I to figure it out?
♪ My sister's giving up while mother burns down
♪ Body's a machine, and my head's in the clouds
♪ They made damn sure to leave your heart on the ground, but

♪ All I want is to love you 
♪ All I want is to set us free 
♪ Running 'round in circles 
♪ They've got you chasing money instead of dreams

♪ Give us humility 
♪ Give us the strength 
♪ I must love me 'cause 
♪ You and I are one and the same

♪ Oh, is it too much to ask for 
♪ God to show up and put you on my path? 
♪ Oh, you've just got to ask 
♪ 'Cause the stars gave me love 
♪ And I'm here to give it back

♪ Baby, give me all your trust 
♪ I've got enough love 
♪ I won't let you down 
♪ 'Cause the heat is rising up 
♪ I'd bleed all my blood 
♪ Time is running out

♪ Come cry on my shoulder, dear 
♪ I've often felt the same fears 
♪ Shared the same tears
♪ Dehumanizing towards the soul is rising but so are we 
♪ And I believe it's cosmic timing 
♪ The light in the dark 
♪ Listen to your heart 
♪ I am here when you are ready

(Instrumental break)

♪♪

I'm here.

(Guitar solo)

♪♪

♪ Oh, is it too much to ask for 
♪ God to show up? 
♪ Oh, you've just got to ask 
♪ 'Cause the stars gave me love 
♪ I'm here to give it back

♪ Baby, give me all your trust 
♪ I've got enough love 
♪ I won't let you down, no 
♪ 'Cause the heat is rising up 
♪ I'd bleed all my blood 
♪ Time is running out

♪♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh 

♪♪

(Outro plays, cheers and applause)

(Music ends)

(Cheers and applause)

[Raine] Thank you so much.

Give it up for this band here.

We've got Brian on drums holding it down...

(Cheers and applause)

...Danté on bass...

(Cheers and applause)

...Rich on keys...

(Cheers and applause)

...and Deisha on vocals.

(Cheers and applause)

[Deisha] And the queen of the stage, y'all know... Raine.

[Raine] When I picked up guitar, the thing I was the most drawn to right away was songwriting. I already had so much to say, but what music gave me the ability to do was to put some oomph behind it and some gusto. And, you know, the truth is, is that people are far more likely to listen to you if you're a young woman who can rip on guitar.

[Mickey] Yeah. Talk a little bit about your creative process. When you're in the studio or you're working on songs, initially you're playing a lot of the instruments and putting a lot of those tracks down. How did you start that process of kind of producing and being in the driver's seat? And how do you then bring other musicians into the fold?

[Raine] The truth is, is I never attack the song the same anymore. I'll pick up bass. I'll pick up guitar. But when I first started bringing that stuff, that material to other musicians, then I got to start being like, "Oh, right." Like, seeing what other people were trying. As a drummer, seeing where their brain was going, it just started to kind of go, like, mind meld. And I started to be like, "Okay, drummer brain. And, like, bass player brain." And now I feel as -- And I've observed that I approach music more from a producer standpoint.

[Mickey] How you creatively engage with the world doesn't end at music.

[Raine] Yeah.

[Mickey] Can you talk a little bit about what kind of other endeavors that you're working on, as well?

[Raine] Yeah, absolutely. So one of them is this climate music project in which I have been in direct communication with environmental scientists for a few years. And I've been like, "Give me the good news." Like, the people are swamped with bad news. People don't necessarily think, "I am going to actively seek out good news." So I was like, "Let me do that." So I was like, "Give me your data solutions." And I then automated and converted their X and Y data and their graphs into sound...

[Mickey] Wow.

[Raine] ...and into music, which the piece "Feel It All" that we're playing, is that piece. There's always opportunities then to share that information because the melodies that are in the song are based on really true and -- and also good. Like, these are solutions data. Where we put our attention, we're more likely to breed more of it.

(Vocalizing)

♪♪

♪ They say that there's no hope now 
♪ You might as well lay down and cry 
♪ The system's rigged and we're too late 
♪ "This is our fate," they say as they just drive by 
♪ Well, I don't want you to despair 
♪ That's not fair, for us to take away your life 
♪ So, child, listen close 
♪ You should know it's truth 
♪ From the light

♪ Show me how 
♪ You find good news 
♪ I've been down 
♪ And I'm looking to you 
♪ The poet and the scientist 
♪ We hold them both inside 
♪ They teach the heart to look with love 
♪ The mind to open wide

♪ I've seen the innovation 
♪ It's so amazing 
♪ The things that people can do 
♪ She's the gift that keeps giving 
♪ We bring death, she's a-living 
♪ And the solution sounds like

♪ Come on, there's no excuse 
♪ For this abuse 
♪ Since we have the tools 
♪ And I'm showing you the foolproof truth 
♪ And it feels like

♪ Show me how 
♪ You find good news 
♪ I've been down 
♪ And I'm looking to you 
♪ The poet and the scientist 
♪ We hold both inside 
♪ They teach the heart to look with love 
♪ The mind to open wide

(Instrumental break)

♪♪

♪ Oh, all my life 
♪ Has come to this 
♪ I know there's a way, I know that there's a way to feel it 
♪ You know the way, you know the way 
♪ You know the way to feel it 
♪ I'll show the way, I'll show the way 
♪ Show the way to feel it all

♪ To feel it all 
♪ Is the way 
♪ Ay-ay-ay 
♪ To feel it all 
♪ Is the way 
♪ Oh, I know there's a way, I know that there's a way to feel it

♪ You know the way, you know the way 
♪ You know the way to feel it 
♪ I'll show the way, I'll show the way 
♪ I'll show the way to feel it all

♪ Don't let yourself become numb 
♪ My friend, you know the time has come 
♪ You've got to be under the sun to feel it all 
♪ Don't let yourself become numb 
♪ My friend, you know the time has come 
♪ You've got to be under the sun to feel it all
♪ Oh, to feel it all 
♪ Is the way

(Outro playing)

(Music ends, cheers and applause)

[Raine] Thank you so much.

Okay, this next one is called "Don't Let Them Find the Internet."

(Intro playing)

♪♪

♪ Is there someone out there
♪ Who is unscathed?

♪ Ooh, ooh 
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

♪ Oh, God, please don't let them find the Internet 
♪ And lose their way 
♪ She's a dystopic map set in the future 
♪ And she's L.A. and I'm just some first-person shooter

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh

♪ God, I'm not scared of the storm 
♪ I'm just scared of the norm 
♪ That we all look at our feet as we walk 
♪ No, I'm not scared of robots 
♪ I'm scared of people so lost 
♪ And they are still calling shots

Do the one again.

♪ My safe space is 
♪ Staying in flow

♪ Ooh, ooh 
♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

♪ I don't like landing much 
♪ 'Cause flying feels like home

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh

♪ Can't reason with my 
♪ My intuition 
♪ It feels like I'm spinning on ice 
♪ Rationing out my gut instinct 
♪ I must be out of my mind

♪ God, I'm not scared of the storm 
♪ I'm just scared of the norm 
♪ That we all look at our feet as we walk 
♪ No, I'm not scared of robots 
♪ I'm scared of people so lost 
♪ And they are still calling shots

(Guitar solo)

♪♪

(Keyboard solo)

♪♪

♪ Oh, don't forget 
♪ Your esteem is not about the rules 
♪ And don't forget to 
♪ Eat, too 
♪ I can't reason with my 
♪ My intuition 
♪ It feels like I'm spinning on ice 
♪ Rationing out my gut instinct 
♪ I must be out of my mind

♪ God, I'm not scared of the storm 
♪ I'm just scared of the norm 
♪ That we all look at our feet as we walk 
♪ No, I'm not scared of robots 
♪ I'm scared of people so lost 
♪ And they are still calling shots

(Outro playing)

♪♪

(Applause)

[Mickey] Switching gears, you had a bit of kind of a music industry brush in being on Season 20 of "The Voice."

[Raine] Yeah.

[Mickey] What was different about that experience for you than you anticipated when you kind of first got involved?

[Raine] Sure. In the beginning, I think they really wanted somebody like myself because I'm a specific character. It's a reality TV show, and all the other singers that were there, for the most part - I'm not gonna speak to absolutely 100% of people - but, like, that was a dream of theirs, to be on the show. And it really wasn't for me because they called me and said, like, "Hey, we saw your YouTube videos and stuff. Like, we're interested."

And if it weren't for it being the pandemic actively at that time, I genuinely wouldn't have done it. I would have been too busy...

[Mickey] Yeah.

[Raine] ...like, playing festivals and all this other stuff.

[Mickey] Yeah.

[Raine] But there was nothing going on. And my family and my friends and my girlfriend at the time were like, "Do it, do it, do it. What's the worst that could happen?"

[Mickey] Yeah. Can you tell me the inspiration behind the song "Why You Gotta"?

[Raine] "Why You Gotta" is actually really interesting. So it's actually from the perspective of essentially a sociopath or a person who, you know, has demonstrated sociopathic behaviors who's also in a position of power. "But I'm a nice guy." You know, like - And, like, kind of this whole - them trying to rationalize their behaviors that they got from, you know, a kind of a peek inside, where did that come from? Did it come from this troubling, you know, upbringing? And then how does that person get to a place where they're able to rationalize their bad behavior and see themselves as a victim? Yeah. So what an interesting song choice. Thanks for asking about it.

[Mickey] Definitely. Yeah, of course. Well, Raine, thank you so much for being here on Studio 3 LIVE. Thank you for joining us on Iowa PBS.

[Raine] Yeah. Thank you.

(Intro to "Why You Gotta" playing)

♪♪

♪ Why you gotta do me like that?
♪ You're standing your ground, like I'm bad
♪ You put your foot down and you wall up
♪ A line in the sand, say you've had enough

♪ Ouch!

♪ Don't you care that I'm in pain? 
♪ You've gotta hear what I'm gonna say 
♪ 'Cause I'm the one under attack 
♪ So why you gotta do me like that? 

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah 

♪ Well, open up your mind 
♪ So that you can see 
♪ All this pain behind 
♪ These bullets I'm shooting 

♪ Oh, slip and slide 
♪ On my bloody ice 
♪ You can try to drive 
♪ But you'll meet my bullet three times 

♪ I will never forget when my daddy said 
♪ Donnie, don't be a wuss, get up! 
♪ And I'll never be like that again 
♪ I will never forget when my mother said 
♪ Frank, stop, please, that's enough 
♪ And sometimes I just 

♪ Why you gotta do me like that? 
♪ Standing your ground, like I'm bad 
♪ You put your foot down and you wall up 
♪ A line in the sand, say you've had enough 

♪ Ouch!

♪ Don't you care that I'm in pain? 
♪ You gotta hear what I've gotta say 
♪ 'Cause I'm the one under attack 
♪ So why you gotta do me like that? 

♪ Yeah 

♪ You're closing up your mind 
♪ So that you can't see 
♪ All of these lies 
♪ I've been fabricating 

♪ Oh, slip and slide 
♪ On my bloody ice 
♪ You can try to hide 
♪ But my men will find you in time 

♪ I will never forget when my daddy said 
♪ Donnie, don't be a wuss, get up
♪ And I'll never be like that again 
♪ I will never forget when my mother said 
♪ Frank, stop, please, that's enough
♪ And I'm not like my dad but sometimes I just

♪ Do me like that 
♪ You're standing your ground, like I'm bad 
♪ You put your foot down and you wall up 
♪ A line in the sand, say you've had enough

♪ Oh!

♪ Don't you care that I'm in pain? 
♪ You're kind of cute, I've got to say 
♪ Well, I'm the one under attack 
♪ So why you gotta do me like that?

(Guitar solo)

♪♪

♪ I will never forget when my daddy said 
♪ Donnie, don't be a wuss, get up 
♪ So I learned to be the biggest, baddest wolf
♪ There ever was 
♪ I will never forget when my mother said 
♪ Please, stop, that's enough
♪ And I'm not like my dad, but sometimes I just...

♪ So why you gotta do me like that? 
♪ Standing your ground like I'm bad 
♪ You put your foot down and you wall up 
♪ A line in the sand, say you've had enough

♪ Ah!

♪ Don't you see that I'm in pain? 
♪ You've gotta hear what I've gotta say 
♪ 'Cause I'm the one under attack 
♪ So why you gotta do me like that?

♪♪

Oh, yeah!

♪ Ohhhhhh

(Music ends, cheers and applause)

[Raine] We have one more for you guys.

(Mid-tempo music playing)

♪♪

♪ Look in the water 
♪ And tell me, what do, what do you see? 
♪ Yeah 
♪ Something to drink from 
♪ Or a reflection of your own vanity? 
♪ Oh, 'cause it's so unsteady, love 
♪ To want it all 
♪ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-whoa, oh-oh 
♪ It's a leap of faith 
♪ So when you're ready 
♪ To fall 
♪ Go ahead and fall

♪ We're so precarious 
♪ Whoa-oh, oh 
♪ This love is nefarious 
♪ I'm evil

♪ I'm so precarious 
♪ Whoo-ooh-ooh, yeah 
♪ Maybe that's what's wrong with me 
♪ Is what's wrong with us

♪ We're precarious 
♪ Well, ooh, she wants ya 
♪ Ooh, she wants your 
♪ Romance, yeah 
♪ But you're healing and concealing, baby

♪ She's depending 
♪ On chance 
♪ One foot, only one foot, oh 
♪ You're trying to dance 
♪ No, no, no, no, no, no 
♪ I said, one foot, only one foot 
♪ You're trying to stand 
♪ But it's getting out of hand

♪ We're so precarious 
♪ Whoa-oh, oh 
♪ This love is nefarious 
♪ I'm evil 
♪ I'm so precarious 
♪ Whoo-ooh-ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah 
♪ Maybe that's what's wrong with me 
♪ Is what's wrong with us

♪ I don't know if I 
♪ Will ever be 
♪ Anything like 
♪ Anything like steady 
♪ Ah-ah 
♪ I don't know if we 
♪ Will ever feel 
♪ Oh, oh-oh, ah 
♪ Oh, yeah, yeah 
♪ Anything like

Ah.

♪ Ah, the real deal 
♪ The real deal, babe 
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 
♪ Oh-oh 
♪ Ah. Ah! Ah!

It is...

♪ So precarious 
♪ Da-da, da 
♪ This love is nefarious, baby 
♪ Love is nefarious 
♪ So precarious 
♪ Oh, oh-oh 
♪ Oh-oh

♪♪

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Studio 3 LIVE featuring Raine Stern
Raine Stern — Guitar & Vocals
Danté McCloud — Bass
Richard Burdine — Keys
Brian Barnes — Drums
Deisha Eaves-Vance — Backing Vocalist

Host — Mickey Davis
Producer & Director — Josh Buettner
Production Supervisor — Sean Ingrassia
Audio Mix — Raine Stern
FOH Sound — Richard DeFrancisco
Production Technicians — Reid Denker, Neal Kyer, Kevin Rivers
Camera Operators — Eric Gooden, Chris Gourley, Kenny Knutson, Scott Faine, Liam Brennan, Phil Blobaum
Recording & Post Audio — David Feingold
Set Design — Rob Sunderman
Set Construction — Vince Rubino
Lighting Design — Will Coeur
Lighting Technician — Elijah Heginger
Graphics — Joe Bustad, Brent Willett
Executive Producer — Andrea Coyle
Copyright 2026 Iowa PBS
)

(Music ends, cheers and applause)

[Raine] Thank you so much, Iowa PBS. Thank you so much. You've been a lovely audience. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you.

A-one. Two.

[Mickey] Studio 3 LIVE is also available as a podcast. Get it wherever you get your podcasts.

Funding for Studio 3 LIVE is provided by...

The Gilchrist Foundation, founded by Jocelyn Gilchrist, furthering the philanthropic interests of the Gilchrist family in wildlife and conservation, the arts and public broadcasting, and disaster relief.

Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino supports Studio 3 LIVE on statewide Iowa PBS, sharing cultural experiences across Iowa. Learn more at prairiemeadows.com.

Funding for this program was provided by Friends, the Iowa PBS Foundation, as well as generations of families and friends who feel passionate about the programs they watch on Iowa PBS.