Jon Anderson: Thank you so much. [???]. It's great to be with you. It's great coming out tonight [???]. We're traveling around America again. We're going to keep going into the 21st Century and this is a song that..uh is about America. The idea we have yet to find the true America. Paul Simon wrote a beautiful song and here it is. Woo!
before 'Open Your Eyes'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Steve Howe on guitar. Woo! Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Over the last..uh couple of years we have been doing a lot of recording. We have..uh new albums out at the moment and..uh in fact this..uh new album we finished..uh a couple of months ago is coming out tomorrow. [???] We had a great friendship and relationship with a guy who was producing our last album 'Key To Ascension' project and..uh we got together earlier in the year and starting writing songs together and doing things so I said "You just got to get some serious shoes and join the band'. Here he is. Multi-talented guy. Mr. Billy Sherwood. I see your shoes. Here's a song, here's a song he put together with Chris and then I joined in with Steve and Alan and it's..uh the title track of the new album. It's called 'Open Your Eyes'.
before 'And You And I'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Thank you so much. Thank you. Just..uh thank you so much. We've been practicing, been practicing the Beatle bow. Just..uh as long as we can get on the Ed Sullivan show. It was a long time ago before I was born we recorded this next song. [???] been rehearsing for a few minutes I think. [???] and we have been rehearsing this song for a while and decided that we could better get it recorded. So our engineer at that time was a wonderful guy called Eddie Offord and..uh he could roll the biggest joints you couldn't believe [???] and..uh. But..uh it was afternoon, it was Thursday afternoon ten past four and we would have our tea, magical mint tea [???] and..uh this song really changed my life. It really changed my whole..or was it the tea? I think it was the song. So I heard this sorta sound in the corner of the studio and I said 'Hey quick, start recording now' so this is sorta what it sounded like.
before 'Arayo'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Chris Squire on bass guitar. Woo! Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. It gives me great pleasure to introduce you to the capable hands, fingers, and..uh guitars. Wonderful guitar player, Mr. Steve Howe.
before 'Diary Of A Man Who Vanished'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Steve Howe: Thank you very much. Thank you.
before 'Classical Gas'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Steve Howe: Thank you very much, Tulsa. Good to be back. Thank you. [???] Thank you. I had the..uh I had the wonderful opportunity to play for you tonight..uh 'Arayo' and 'Mood For A Day' and that was called 'Diary Of A Man Who Vanished'..um of course from..uh Oklahoma came the guy who wrote. [???] Williams.
before 'Clap'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Steve Howe: [???] Williams. Now here's something for you as I leave you to get on with the group show. As it is so much part of this Yes show. I'll play one more tune for and it's going to be 'Clap'.
before 'Children Of Light'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Steve Howe: Thank you so much. Really nice to play for you Tulsa.
Jon Anderson: Alright. Mr. Steve Howe. [???] As I was saying earlier the fact we recorded a lot of new songs and..uh we did this 'Keys To Ascension' last November and..uh 'Keys To Ascension 2' is now in your stores. [???] 'Mind Drive' is this..okay I'll tell this. It's a new computer just came out. You put your sorta finger in a metal thing and look at the screen and the words will come up on the screen what your thinking. That is what it is 'Mind Drive'. [???] Woo! Slow down, slow down. Here's a song..uh from 'Keys To Ascension 2' that I I wrote these lyrics this idea quite a long time ago, fifteen, sixteen years ago as a poem and I would like to dedicate this to my lovely wife Jane, who takes care of me and you know guys, keeps me warm every night. You know what its like guys. Anyway it's a song called..uh 'Children Of Light'.
before 'Khoroshev Solo'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. As..uh most of you know. We always gone through so many changes in the course of the bands sorta history and this years is no exception as you can see and..uh [???] chance to meet the right people at the right time to carry on the tradition of the band and..uh we were lucky to meet this guy. He's from Moscow living in Boston for a while. He's a great keyboard player. Mr. Igor Khoroshev.
before 'Owner Of A Lonely Heart'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Woo! Master of the bass guitar. Mr. Chris Squire and on the drums. Mr. Drama himself. Mr. Alan White.
before 'I've Seen All Good People'
transcribed by: Pete Whipple
Jon Anderson: Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. I want to take this..uh opportunity to thank you all for coming along this evening and have a great Thanksgiving tomorrow. Have a good time. I hope the Cowboys get beat again. Sorry. [???] I need to thank..uh show our appreciation and enjoying it for the great production team that put this show together, light and sound. Let's hear it for the guys. Woo! Great road crew. Great road crew. Yeah. Great road crew. Great road crew. Really Great road crew. God I can't think of any more words than 'Great road crew' 'Great road crew. 'Really Great road crew." They do what they do. They do what they do. They're a great road crew. They do what they do. They're a great road crew. Okay. So I leave you. [???] required on this next great song, sing along please.