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Dillon Spurlin "Desperate Times"
7/12/2025 | 5m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Dillon Spurlin, Detroit Lakes, MN, performs "Desperate Times".
Dillon Spurlin, originally from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, is a classically trained solo-acoustic musician who writes and performs his own unique style of easy listening music. His gentle voice and dynamic range combine to create the complexity of his compositions. The vulnerability in his lyrics provide the listener a glimpse into Dillon's youth and his curiosity of life and love.
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Prairie Public Shorts is a local public television program presented by Prairie Public
Prairie Public Shorts
Dillon Spurlin "Desperate Times"
7/12/2025 | 5m 27sVideo has Closed Captions
Dillon Spurlin, originally from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, is a classically trained solo-acoustic musician who writes and performs his own unique style of easy listening music. His gentle voice and dynamic range combine to create the complexity of his compositions. The vulnerability in his lyrics provide the listener a glimpse into Dillon's youth and his curiosity of life and love.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle guitar music) ♪ Innocence departed ♪ ♪ It started a long time ago ♪ ♪ But in a sense I let it ♪ ♪ I regret it ♪ ♪ I wish I hadn't let go ♪ ♪ What did I know then ♪ ♪ What do I know now ♪ ♪ I think I knew more when ♪ ♪ I did not know how ♪ ♪ I did not know how ♪ ♪ Desperate times call for ♪ ♪ Desperate measures ♪ ♪ All my life I've been ♪ ♪ Chasing pleasures ♪ ♪ I want more than these earthly treasures ♪ ♪ Desperate times calls for ♪ ♪ Desperate pleasures ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo ♪ ♪ Decadence descending ♪ ♪ And I'm pretending the ending's distant ♪ ♪ While I'm desperately extending ♪ ♪ Back to memories nonexistent ♪ ♪ What did I know then ♪ ♪ What do I know now ♪ ♪ I think I knew more when ♪ ♪ I did not know how ♪ ♪ I did not know how ♪ ♪ Desperate times call for ♪ ♪ Desperate measures ♪ ♪ All my life I've been ♪ ♪ Chasing pleasures ♪ ♪ I want more than these earthly treasures ♪ ♪ Desperate times calls for ♪ ♪ Desperate pleasures ♪ ♪ When I grow up I will be young ♪ ♪ When I grow up I will be young ♪ ♪ When I grow up I will be young ♪ ♪ When I grow up I will be young ♪ ♪ When I grow up I will be young ♪ ♪ When I grow up I will be young ♪ ♪ Desperate times call for ♪ ♪ Desperate measures ♪ ♪ All my life I've been ♪ ♪ Chasing pleasures ♪ ♪ I want more than these earthly measures ♪ ♪ Desperate times calls for ♪ ♪ Desperate pleasures ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo ♪ ♪ Ooh-hoo ♪ - [Announcer] Funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4th, 2008.
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