Bill and Gloria Gaither: Precious Memories

Josh Turner - I Serve A Savior

January 11, 2025 | S25:E2

Homecoming Friends join Bill and Gloria in this nostalgia-filled video journey.

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Bill and Gloria Gaither: Precious Memories | Josh Turner - I Serve A Savior | January 11, 2025

Bill gaither: life is made up of moments...
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... like turning the pages of a photograph album.
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Our memories preserve for us the relationships...
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... and events that tell the stories of each of our lives.
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Happy, sad, joyful, and painful.
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The memories of our days make up the fabric...
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... of who we are.
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(choir singing) ♪precious memories♪
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♪how they linger♪
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♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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Bill gaither: an unforgettable memory was made when dozens of friends...
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... who had spent their lives in gospel music...
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... gathered to sings some songs from their own...
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... personal treasure of memories.
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For these folks, many precious memories...
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... had begun around a piano somewhere.
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They're sharing songs about how their lives have been changed...
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... by god's amazing grace.
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♪precious scenes unfold♪
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Unfold♪
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♪ in the lord, i say. ♪
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- when josh turner first stepped
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On the stage of the grand ole opry back in 2001,
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His life was about to change forever.
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On that december night,
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This young belmont university graduate
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Debuted a new song that he had written
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Called "long black train."
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The audience gave him a standing ovation
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Before the song was even finished.
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And for the encore, he was asked to sing it again.
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- ♪ on that long black train. ♪
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Bill: since that life-changing performance,
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Josh turner has become
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A multiplatinum country sensation.
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- ♪ early in the morning, talking it over, ♪
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♪ me and god. ♪
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Bill: his smooth, classically trained voice
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Has warmed the hearts of country music audiences
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For nearly two decades now.
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And he has consistently turned out hits
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That express his abiding affection
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For traditional country music.
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- ♪ i pray my way out of trouble. ♪
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Bill: but his influence doesn't stop there.
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This young man's faith has been paramount
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During every mile of his journey
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As an artist and a family man.
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Josh: ♪ morning by morning, ♪
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♪ new mercies i see. ♪
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Bill: today we're going to get to know him
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A whole lot better.
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And he's going to share with us
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Some of the great old hymns that he grew up on.
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- ♪ praise the lord, i saw the light. ♪
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Bill: "rolling stone" magazine called him a country purist,
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And i'm grateful to call him my friend.
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This is bill gaither inviting you
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To enjoy some great music and wonderful conversation
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Featuring the one and the only josh turner.
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[upbeat country music]
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- ♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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♪ i looked over jordan and what did i see, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home? ♪
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♪ a band of angels a-comin' after me, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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All: ♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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[lively guitar solo]
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ i'm sometimes up and sometimes down ♪
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♪ and sometimes i feel alone, ♪
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♪ but i know my soul is heavenly bound. ♪
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♪ one day, jesus gonna carry me home. ♪
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All: ♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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[twangy guitar music]
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♪ ♪
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[lively piano music]
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ well, if you get there before i do, ♪
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♪ just make yourself at home. ♪
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♪ but tell all my friends i'm a-comin' too. ♪
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♪ and tell 'em that it won't be long. ♪
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♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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All: ♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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♪ swing low, sweet chariot, ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me home. ♪
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♪ comin' for to carry me... ♪
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- ♪ home. ♪
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♪ ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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- josh, i can't tell you how much
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I've been looking forward to this day in time.
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But i--but i gotta be honest with you.
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I've been working this entire morning
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To try to get my voice down low enough
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That i can talk to josh turner.
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- yeah.
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[both laugh]
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I can still hear you in your normal register.
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- [laughs]
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- so you just be you. [laughs]
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- what a voice.
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You must have had some experience in the past
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Singing bass in a gospel quartet somewhere, right?
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- it was funny, 'cause i had always kind of
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Gravitated towards those lower voices.
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And so our church actually had an older men's quartet,
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And every time they would sing there at the church,
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I would just idolize that bass singer.
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You know, i just thought he was like a superhero to me.
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And i got to thinking one sunday, i was like,
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"man, you know, i could find a few other guys my age
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And we could start our own quartet,"
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And so that's what we did.
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We called ourselves the thankful hearts.
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And on some songs, you know, i actually sang the lead,
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But for most of the songs, i actually sang the bass part
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'cause nobody else could hit those low notes.
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[both laugh]
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- man, you do have a low range.
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Can you remember some of the songs
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That you sang with that group?
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- yeah, we sang songs like "feelin' fine;"
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"anxious for nothing."
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You know, actually, "without him"
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Is actually one of the songs on this record.
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That's actually one of the songs that we would sing.
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But we'd sing all kinds of stuff.
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- we're in the little town where i was born.
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And i was telling you earlier,
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I haven't strayed very far from here.
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But you also grew up in a small little town.
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- i did.
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I never really called it a town
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Because it wasn't really a town.
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It was more of a-- just a farming community
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There in rural south carolina.
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Well, there's a lot of tobacco farmers
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In my, you know, lineage and--
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Bill: was your dad a farmer?
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Josh: no.
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He--he was, i guess, the first one in his family
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To actually go to college.
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And the philosophy or the idea, you know,
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In their minds was that, you know,
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They wanted to do better than their parents did
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And they wanted, you know, me and my siblings
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To do better than they did in life.
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And that's pretty much what's happened.
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Um, and it's because they made sacrifices
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And did what it took to get us to where we needed to be
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To chase our dreams and chase our passions.
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And they would push me to get out there,
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And i would sing at beauty pageants
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And private parties and--
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Anywhere anybody wanted a singer,
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They would push me to go out there.
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'cause a lot of times, i didn't want to.
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I didn't think it was necessary.
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But they saw that i needed to hit the ground running
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And work hard at it and develop myself.
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- you know, one of the biggest questions that i get asked,
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Because i've done this for so long, is this.
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How do you get started?
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- [laughs]
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- so if you're listening out there,
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Josh just told you how to get started.
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- yeah. - anytime a door opens--
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- that's right.
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- i'll never forget one time talking with vince gill.
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I said, "why do you sing with anybody who asks you to sing?"
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You know what he said? - [laughs]
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- he said, "because for so long, nobody asked me."
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I thought, "what a great-- what a great answer."
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I was in the studio the day that you were
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Recording this song that you wrote.
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And i know this record is very important to you
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Because of--because of your church background.
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And i read your book.
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- oh, well, thank you.
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- and a very interesting book
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About how your faith has guided you
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In about everything that you have done:
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Picking a mate for life, picking a life's vocation,
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What kind of songs you're gonna sing.
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And so the hymns were obviously
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A very important part of where you came from.
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And they must have inspired you,
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But at the same time in inspiring you,
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You said, "i want to write a song myself
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That says exactly what i want to say."
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- when it came time for me to do this gospel record,
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I didn't want to just make it, you know,
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Chock-full of just the old standards
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That everybody's heard a million times.
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And so this one particular day--
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I had this title written down
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For a long time, "i serve a savior."
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I just thought it had a good ring to it.
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And... [sighs]
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We started writing it, and we were like,
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"we need to write, like, a modern-day hymn."
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And that's exactly what happened.
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And i even--i even managed
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To get a little recitation in there, so--
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- yeah. - [laughs]
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- well, it was a joy to be there that day.
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Gloria was with me,
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And to hear you do it,
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You do it very beautifully.
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- well, thank you. - let's listen to it.
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[soulful music]
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ god sent his only son ♪
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♪ to save us. ♪
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♪ he died upon a cross ♪
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♪ for all our sin. ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ i praise the precious name ♪
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♪ of jesus. ♪
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♪ he walked out of the grave ♪
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♪ they laid him in. ♪
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♪ i serve a savior. ♪
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♪ it's what i was made for. ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ his grace and love ♪
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♪ i don't deserve. ♪
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♪ i will be faithful, ♪
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♪ humble, and grateful. ♪
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♪ my life is greater ♪
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♪ 'cause i serve a savior. ♪
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[soulful music continues]
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♪ ♪
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♪ this world can be ♪
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♪ so full of heartache. ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ the pain it causes cuts ♪
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♪ just like a knife. ♪
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♪ ♪
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Oh, but the bible says the one
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Who loves his life will lose it
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And the one who hates his life in this world
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Will keep it for eternal life.
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If anyone serves me, he must follow me.
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Where i am, there my servant also will be.
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If anyone serves me, the father will honor him.
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♪ ♪
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♪ i serve a savior. ♪
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♪ it's what i was made for. ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ his grace and love ♪
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♪ i don't deserve. ♪
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♪ i will be faithful, ♪
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♪ humble, and grateful. ♪
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♪ my life is greater ♪
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♪ 'cause i serve a savior. ♪
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♪ my life is greater ♪
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♪ 'cause i serve a savior. ♪
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[soulful music continues]
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♪ ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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- ♪ great is your faithfulness, ♪
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♪ o god, my father! ♪
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♪ there is no shadow ♪
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♪ of turning with thee. ♪
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♪ you never change. ♪
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♪ your compassions, they fail not. ♪
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♪ as you have been, ♪
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♪ you forever will be. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness. ♪
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♪ morning by morning, ♪
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♪ new mercies i see. ♪
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♪ all i have needed, ♪
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♪ your hands have provided. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness, ♪
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♪ lord, unto me. ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ summer and winter ♪
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♪ and springtime and harvest; ♪
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♪ sun, moon, and stars ♪
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♪ in their courses above ♪
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♪ join with all nature ♪
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♪ in manifold witness ♪
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♪ to your great faithfulness, ♪
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♪ mercy, and love. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness. ♪
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♪ morning by morning, ♪
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♪ new mercies i see. ♪
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♪ all i have needed, ♪
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♪ your hands have provided. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness, ♪
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♪ lord, unto me. ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ pardon for sin ♪
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♪ and a peace that's enduring, ♪
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♪ your own dear presence ♪
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♪ to cheer and to guide, ♪
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♪ strength for today ♪
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♪ and bright hope for tomorrow: ♪
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♪ blessings all mine, ♪
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♪ with 10,000 beside. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness. ♪
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♪ morning by morning, ♪
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♪ new mercies i see. ♪
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♪ all i have needed, ♪
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♪ your hands have provided. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness, ♪
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♪ lord, unto me. ♪
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♪ great is your faithfulness, ♪
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♪ lord, unto me. ♪
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[solemn music continues]
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♪ ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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- okay, josh, you're looking at the biggest
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Hank williams fan ever from the beginning,
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Mainly because of his writing.
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To me, i still think
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One of the greatest songs ever written is,
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"hear that lonesome whip-poor-will.
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It sounds too blue to fly."
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- oh, yeah.
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- "the midnight train is whining low."
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Both: "i'm so lonesome, i could cry."
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- [laughs]
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- he must have experienced
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Some depression in his life
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To write a song with that much passion.
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So back again to man stuff. - yeah.
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- it's great when real men say,
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"hey." - oh, yeah.
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- "i got kicked in the stomach, and it hurt."
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[laughs] - oh, yeah. yeah.
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- but he could express it, couldn't he?
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- he didn't try to overcomplicate things.
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He kept things very simple. - very simple.
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- he got right to the heart of the matter,
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And that's the way it is with this song, "i saw the light."
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You know, he--he just basically talks about how,
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You know, he was going through a time
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Or at least the singer in the song
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Is going through a time
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Of, like, he's-- he's rejecting the truth.
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He's rejecting the lord;
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He's rejecting the goodness that he can bring,
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And he just talks about how he's going through
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This rough spot where he's pushed everything away,
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But finally after some time and going through this journey,
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He's--he finally gets it.
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He finally opens his eyes and sees what it's all about.
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And, um--but the interesting thing to me--
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I've always loved hank's version of this song,
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But every version since then, to me, just sounds like,
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You know, some song that somebody would get a tambourine
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And jump around a campfire or something.
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You know, it's just some big happy song.
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But to me, when you read the lyrics,
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There's redemption in the song, but this guy's--
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He's gone through hell and back
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To try to--to try to get to where he is.
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- where he saw the light. - and so...
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I was toiling over this song, trying to figure out
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How i was gonna go in and record this song.
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And so one night, i'm laying in bed,
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And it just--all of a sudden,
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It's like i jumped out of bed and i grabbed my guitar
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And i turned my recorder on on my phone
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And start playing this version that you're about to hear.
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So i'm proud of this the way it came out,
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And, you know, i would like to think
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That hank would be proud of it too.
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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
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♪ i wandered so aimless, life filled with sin. ♪
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♪ i wouldn't let my dear savior in. ♪
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♪ then jesus came like a stranger in the night. ♪
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♪ praise the lord, i saw the light. ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ i saw the light. i saw the light. ♪
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♪ no more darkness; no more night. ♪
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♪ now i'm so happy, no sorrow in sight. ♪
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♪ praise the lord, i saw the light. ♪
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♪ ♪
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♪ just like a blind man, i wandered along; ♪
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♪ worries and fears i claimed for my own. ♪
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♪ then like the blind man that god gave back his sight, ♪
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♪ praise the lord, i saw the light. ♪
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♪ i saw the light. i saw the light. ♪
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♪ no more darkness; no more night. ♪
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♪ now i'm so happy, no sorrow in sight. ♪
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♪ praise the lord, i saw the light. ♪
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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
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♪ i was a fool to wander and stray. ♪
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♪ strait is the gate and narrow's the way. ♪
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♪ now i have traded the wrong for the right. ♪
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♪ praise the lord, i saw the light. ♪
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♪ i saw the light. i saw the light. ♪
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♪ no more darkness; no more night. ♪
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♪ now i'm so happy, no sorrow in sight. ♪
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♪ praise the lord, i saw the light. ♪
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♪ praise the lord, ♪
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♪ i saw the light. ♪
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- one, two, three.
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[upbeat music resumes]
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ praise the lord, ♪
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♪ i saw the light. ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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- ♪ without him, i could do nothing. ♪
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♪ without him, i'd surely fail. ♪
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♪ without him, i would be drifting ♪
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♪ like a ship without a sail. ♪
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♪ jesus. ♪
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♪ oh, jesus. ♪
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♪ do you know him today? ♪
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♪ do not turn him away. ♪
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♪ oh, jesus. ♪
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♪ oh, jesus. ♪
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♪ without him, how lost i would be. ♪
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[solemn music continues]
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♪ ♪
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♪ without him, i would be dying. ♪
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♪ without him, i'd be enslaved. ♪
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♪ without him, life would be hopeless. ♪
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♪ but with jesus, thank god i'm saved. ♪
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♪ jesus. ♪
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♪ oh, jesus. ♪
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♪ do you know him today? ♪
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♪ do not turn him away. ♪
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♪ oh, jesus. ♪
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♪ oh, jesus. ♪
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♪ without him, ♪
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♪ how lost i would be. ♪
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♪ without him, ♪
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♪ how lost i would be. ♪
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♪ ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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- josh, is it true that you sang this song,
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The "long black train," on the opry?
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Did you sing it before you got--
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Before it was on a record, or had you recorded it?
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- i hadn't even recorded it yet.
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- and you sang-- [laughs]
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Now, that is very seldom done.
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So you told the folks,
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"hey, folks, here is a new song," right?
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- yeah, it--
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Well, and it took me a lot of years to understand
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The significance of my opry debut.
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2001 was an incredible year for me.
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I started dating my wife in early 2001.
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I graduated from belmont in august, i think, of '01.
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And then i signed my publishing deal in october of '01.
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I signed my record deal in november of '01.
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And then i made my opry debut in december of '01.
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And so here i was--
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I basically had to beg my way onto the opry stage.
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My manager at the time, jody williams, and i
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Had gone to pete fisher,
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The general manager of the opry,
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And basically begged him for me to go on.
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And then he finally relented. he was like, "you know what?
00:31:47.328 --> 00:31:49.530
"i'll just let you go on late
00:31:49.530 --> 00:31:51.466
"one friday night before christmas, you know,
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"and sing one song with the staff band
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Late in the show."
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- throw you to the wolves.
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- yeah, and so i was like,
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"hey, that's fine by me."
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And so the only song that we had rehearsed
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With the staff band was "long black train."
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I had given them a chart of a demo that i had done of it.
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It wasn't even the record version.
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I hadn't even recorded my record yet.
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I didn't have, you know, a video.
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Nobody knew who josh turner was.
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And that's kind of what i'm getting at
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Is that i go out and i sing this song,
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And about halfway through the first pass of the song...
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- they start applauding.
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- people start standing up.
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People start clapping and stomping the floor.
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And i mean, by the end of the song,
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The whole crowd was on their feet.
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They're chanting.
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They're clapping and everything.
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And i leave. i wave good-bye, you know.
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And i'm going back to my dressing room.
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- and they call you back.
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- and i had already started my way up the steps,
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And they're--
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You know, people are calling for me.
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They're, "bill wants you back out onstage."
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And i'm like, "for what?
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I don't have any more songs to play."
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[laughter]
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And so... - you sang it again.
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- i started the song over again from the top,
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And somewhere in that first or second verse,
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I just completely, like--
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I got overwhelmed with emotion,
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And i just-- i got choked up.
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And i lost my place.
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I started singing all over the place.
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The band's doing their darndest
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To try to follow me and figure out where i'm at.
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Well, that became a historic night
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Because nobody had ever seen anything like that
00:33:19.921 --> 00:33:22.623
Since hank williams had made his debut, where he--
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And that's all i could think about that night was,
00:33:26.627 --> 00:33:28.629
"i'm standing in the same spot
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That hank stood during his debut."
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He got six or seven encores from "lovesick blues."
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I'm looking up at the same balcony
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And standing on the same stage and everything.
00:33:35.303 --> 00:33:37.371
It was--i was overcome with the gravity of this.
00:33:37.371 --> 00:33:40.741
- so were you in the ryman or the new--
00:33:40.741 --> 00:33:42.076
- i was at the ryman, yeah.
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- that's the place, yeah.
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- and so...
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That's when it finally dawned on me, like,
00:33:46.314 --> 00:33:47.949
Why it was so genuine and so emotional that night
00:33:47.949 --> 00:33:53.421
Was because it was strictly because of the song
00:33:53.421 --> 00:33:59.293
And just my delivery of it.
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Like, that's what just got people going that night.
00:34:00.962 --> 00:34:04.932
- you know what we call that kind of thing in our world,
00:34:04.932 --> 00:34:07.268
And i think you'd agree?
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A god thing.
00:34:08.769 --> 00:34:09.804
- yeah. it was.
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It was. - you know, i mean,
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How else do you explain that?
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- that was just one of many things
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That, you know, just reminded me
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That he's got his hand on me and he's looking out for me
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And he's helping me along the way,
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Because lord knows i've faced a lot of challenges, you know,
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In the business that i'm in, so...
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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
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♪ there's a long black train ♪
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♪ comin' down the line, ♪
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♪ feedin' off the souls ♪
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♪ that are lost and cryin'. ♪
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♪ rails of sin, ♪
00:34:47.341 --> 00:34:49.477
♪ only evil remains. ♪
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♪ watch out, brother, ♪
00:34:52.813 --> 00:34:55.149
♪ for that long black train. ♪
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♪ ♪
00:34:59.453 --> 00:35:02.790
♪ look to the heavens. ♪
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♪ you can look to the skies. ♪
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♪ you can find redemption ♪
00:35:08.663 --> 00:35:10.898
♪ starin' back into your eyes. ♪
00:35:10.898 --> 00:35:14.435
♪ there is protection ♪
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♪ and there's peace the same ♪
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♪ burnin' your ticket ♪
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♪ for that long black train. ♪
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♪ 'cause there's victory ♪
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♪ in the lord, i say. ♪
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♪ victory in the lord. ♪
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♪ cling to the father ♪
00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:40.828
♪ and his holy name ♪
00:35:40.828 --> 00:35:44.298
♪ and don't go ridin' ♪
00:35:44.298 --> 00:35:46.567
♪ on that long black train. ♪
00:35:46.567 --> 00:35:50.838
♪ ♪
00:35:50.838 --> 00:35:53.708
♪ there's an engineer ♪
00:35:53.708 --> 00:35:56.477
♪ on that long black train ♪
00:35:56.477 --> 00:36:00.147
♪ makin' you wonder ♪
00:36:00.147 --> 00:36:02.350
♪ if the ride is worth the pain. ♪
00:36:02.350 --> 00:36:05.553
♪ he's just a-waitin' ♪
00:36:05.553 --> 00:36:07.922
♪ on your heart to say, ♪
00:36:07.922 --> 00:36:11.592
♪ "let me ride ♪
00:36:11.592 --> 00:36:13.594
♪ on that long black train." ♪
00:36:13.594 --> 00:36:17.365
♪ but you know there's victory ♪
00:36:17.365 --> 00:36:20.935
♪ in the lord, i say. ♪
00:36:20.935 --> 00:36:24.639
♪ victory in the lord. ♪
00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:30.177
♪ cling to the father ♪
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♪ and his holy name. ♪
00:36:32.313 --> 00:36:35.916
♪ don't go ridin' ♪
00:36:35.916 --> 00:36:38.085
♪ on that long black train. ♪
00:36:38.085 --> 00:36:41.455
♪ yeah-ee. ♪
00:36:41.455 --> 00:36:46.460
♪ ♪
00:36:46.460 --> 00:37:00.641
♪ well, i can hear the whistle ♪
00:37:04.445 --> 00:37:06.580
♪ from a mile away. ♪
00:37:06.580 --> 00:37:09.717
♪ it sounds so good, ♪
00:37:09.717 --> 00:37:12.486
♪ but i must stay away. ♪
00:37:12.486 --> 00:37:15.489
♪ that train is a beauty, ♪
00:37:15.489 --> 00:37:17.992
♪ makin' everybody stare, ♪
00:37:17.992 --> 00:37:21.128
♪ but its only destination ♪
00:37:21.128 --> 00:37:23.764
♪ is the middle of nowhere. ♪
00:37:23.764 --> 00:37:27.735
♪ and you know there's victory ♪
00:37:27.735 --> 00:37:30.771
♪ in the lord, i say. ♪
00:37:30.771 --> 00:37:34.375
♪ victory in the lord. ♪
00:37:34.375 --> 00:37:40.214
♪ cling to the father ♪
00:37:40.214 --> 00:37:42.350
♪ and his holy name ♪
00:37:42.350 --> 00:37:45.853
♪ and don't go ridin' ♪
00:37:45.853 --> 00:37:48.055
♪ on that long black train. ♪
00:37:48.055 --> 00:37:52.159
♪ i said cling to the father ♪
00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:55.162
♪ and his holy name ♪
00:37:55.162 --> 00:37:58.432
♪ and don't go ridin' ♪
00:37:58.432 --> 00:38:00.835
♪ on that black train. ♪
00:38:00.835 --> 00:38:05.339
♪ yeah, watch out, brother, ♪
00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:07.875
♪ for that long black train. ♪
00:38:07.875 --> 00:38:12.613
♪ that devil's a-drivin' ♪
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♪ that long black ♪
00:38:16.350 --> 00:38:23.023
♪ train. ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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Of the last century.
00:39:39.433 --> 00:39:42.736
In the churches today, we talk a lot about
00:39:42.736 --> 00:39:44.738
Praise and worship.
00:39:44.738 --> 00:39:47.041
But the greatest one was this one.
00:39:47.041 --> 00:39:49.343
"and when i think that god, his son not sparing,
00:39:49.343 --> 00:39:53.914
"sent him to die, i scarce can take it in
00:39:53.914 --> 00:39:57.184
"that on the cross, my burdens gladly bearing,
00:39:57.184 --> 00:40:00.721
He bled and died to take away my sin."
00:40:00.721 --> 00:40:03.958
What a great, great song.
00:40:03.958 --> 00:40:05.292
- see, you're so good at that.
00:40:05.292 --> 00:40:06.427
'cause i can't recite lyrics.
00:40:06.427 --> 00:40:08.195
I have to sing them because i can't think of what they are
00:40:08.195 --> 00:40:10.397
If i just talk.
00:40:10.397 --> 00:40:12.500
But "how great thou art" obviously is a song
00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:16.036
That most everybody knows,
00:40:16.036 --> 00:40:17.271
Whether you're a christian or not,
00:40:17.271 --> 00:40:18.873
And this is one of those songs that i had considered--
00:40:18.873 --> 00:40:24.545
And i did change a few lyrics within the song,
00:40:24.545 --> 00:40:28.215
But it was just literally one or two or three.
00:40:28.215 --> 00:40:32.520
And i even toyed with the idea
00:40:32.520 --> 00:40:35.589
Of changing it to "how great you are"
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Because that's how we would say it nowadays.
00:40:38.158 --> 00:40:40.561
- yeah, yeah.
00:40:40.561 --> 00:40:41.762
- but i was like, "i can't change this."
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- you probably shouldn't have done that.
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Wise, wise decision. [laughs] - yeah, yeah.
00:40:45.766 --> 00:40:48.035
My life would be in danger if i did that.
00:40:48.035 --> 00:40:50.104
There's just some things you don't mess with,
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And this is one of them, so...
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I left it as is.
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[soft music]
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♪ ♪
00:40:59.246 --> 00:41:02.316
♪ o lord, my god, ♪
00:41:02.316 --> 00:41:07.888
♪ when i, in awesome wonder, ♪
00:41:07.888 --> 00:41:13.727
♪ consider all the worlds ♪
00:41:13.727 --> 00:41:19.166
♪ your hands have made, ♪
00:41:19.166 --> 00:41:24.538
♪ i see the stars, ♪
00:41:24.538 --> 00:41:30.044
♪ i hear the rolling thunder, ♪
00:41:30.044 --> 00:41:35.416
♪ your power throughout ♪
00:41:35.416 --> 00:41:39.687
♪ the universe displayed, ♪
00:41:39.687 --> 00:41:46.160
♪ then sings my soul, ♪
00:41:46.160 --> 00:41:50.130
♪ my savior, god, to thee, ♪
00:41:50.130 --> 00:41:57.071
♪ "how great thou art. ♪
00:41:57.071 --> 00:42:02.743
♪ how great thou art." ♪
00:42:02.743 --> 00:42:08.015
♪ then sings my soul, ♪
00:42:08.015 --> 00:42:12.019
♪ my savior, god, to thee, ♪
00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:19.026
♪ "how great thou art. ♪
00:42:19.026 --> 00:42:24.565
♪ how great thou art." ♪
00:42:24.565 --> 00:42:30.070
♪ and when i think ♪
00:42:30.070 --> 00:42:35.376
♪ that god, his son not sparing, ♪
00:42:35.376 --> 00:42:40.914
♪ sent him to die, ♪
00:42:40.914 --> 00:42:44.918
♪ i scarce can take it in ♪
00:42:44.918 --> 00:42:51.825
♪ that on the cross... ♪
00:42:51.825 --> 00:42:54.561
- ♪ there on the cross. ♪
00:42:54.561 --> 00:42:57.398
- ♪ my burden gladly bearing, ♪
00:42:57.398 --> 00:43:02.670
♪ he bled and died ♪
00:43:02.670 --> 00:43:06.807
♪ to take away my sin. ♪
00:43:06.807 --> 00:43:12.780
♪ ♪
00:43:12.780 --> 00:43:16.450
♪ when christ shall come ♪
00:43:16.450 --> 00:43:21.822
♪ with shouts of acclamation ♪
00:43:21.822 --> 00:43:27.161
♪ and take me home, ♪
00:43:27.161 --> 00:43:31.432
♪ what joy shall fill my heart. ♪
00:43:31.432 --> 00:43:38.305
♪ then i shall bow ♪
00:43:38.305 --> 00:43:43.644
♪ in humble adoration ♪
00:43:43.644 --> 00:43:49.149
♪ and there proclaim, ♪
00:43:49.149 --> 00:43:53.320
♪ "my god, how great thou art." ♪
00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:59.727
♪ then sings my soul, ♪
00:43:59.727 --> 00:44:03.864
♪ my savior, god, to thee, ♪
00:44:03.864 --> 00:44:10.871
♪ "how great thou art. ♪
00:44:10.871 --> 00:44:16.410
♪ how great thou art." ♪
00:44:16.410 --> 00:44:21.582
♪ then sings my soul, ♪
00:44:21.582 --> 00:44:25.486
♪ my savior, god, to thee, ♪
00:44:25.486 --> 00:44:32.392
♪ "how great thou art." ♪
00:44:32.392 --> 00:44:35.496
- ♪ "how great thou art." ♪
00:44:35.496 --> 00:44:38.298
- ♪ "how great thou art. ♪
00:44:38.298 --> 00:44:43.670
♪ "how great thou art. ♪
00:44:43.670 --> 00:44:49.977
♪ "how great ♪
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♪ thou art." ♪
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♪ ♪
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[applause]
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[mouthing words]
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- josh, i have so much respect for country writers.
00:45:13.834 --> 00:45:18.672
First of all, they are extremely creative and clever.
00:45:18.672 --> 00:45:24.111
But i love what they do even on gospel subjects,
00:45:24.111 --> 00:45:28.515
Because they can take more risks,
00:45:28.515 --> 00:45:30.184
I guess, than gospel writers.
00:45:30.184 --> 00:45:31.952
We have to make sure our "thee"s and "thou"s
00:45:31.952 --> 00:45:34.254
And everything is correct.
00:45:34.254 --> 00:45:35.589
It just seems like they look into another window
00:45:35.589 --> 00:45:37.958
When they look at the gospel.
00:45:37.958 --> 00:45:39.760
So i have so much respect for them.
00:45:39.760 --> 00:45:42.830
But you are an interesting case here
00:45:42.830 --> 00:45:45.666
Where you're not a gospel writer
00:45:45.666 --> 00:45:48.068
Or you're not a gospel singer, as such,
00:45:48.068 --> 00:45:50.904
But you are a christian person who sings country music.
00:45:50.904 --> 00:45:55.475
I think it's fantastic.
00:45:55.475 --> 00:45:56.777
- well, we country artists
00:45:56.777 --> 00:45:58.579
Are allowed to be grammatically incorrect too,
00:45:58.579 --> 00:46:00.380
So we have a lot more freedom.
00:46:00.380 --> 00:46:03.417
Hence the song "me and god."
00:46:03.417 --> 00:46:05.385
- [laughs]
00:46:05.385 --> 00:46:06.553
- and, you know, but hey,
00:46:06.553 --> 00:46:08.655
Don't let grammar get in the way of a good song, right?
00:46:08.655 --> 00:46:10.891
- a good song, never.
00:46:10.891 --> 00:46:12.392
- so i've had a lot of people ask me,
00:46:12.392 --> 00:46:14.695
"why didn't you get into gospel music?
00:46:14.695 --> 00:46:16.029
"why didn't you become
00:46:16.029 --> 00:46:17.130
A christian contemporary singer?"
00:46:17.130 --> 00:46:18.932
Or what have you.
00:46:18.932 --> 00:46:20.901
And the answer is pretty simple.
00:46:20.901 --> 00:46:22.736
I tell them that god called me to be a country singer.
00:46:22.736 --> 00:46:24.872
- absolutely.
00:46:24.872 --> 00:46:25.973
- and that's what--
00:46:25.973 --> 00:46:27.374
That's where my heart's always been.
00:46:27.374 --> 00:46:29.343
That's what i've always loved.
00:46:29.343 --> 00:46:31.945
I've been a student of country music
00:46:31.945 --> 00:46:34.014
From a very early age.
00:46:34.014 --> 00:46:36.717
But i grew up in a christian home.
00:46:36.717 --> 00:46:38.151
I grew up going to church. i grew up reading the bible.
00:46:38.151 --> 00:46:40.120
And i've had a lot of spiritual experiences in my life
00:46:40.120 --> 00:46:43.023
That have kind of defined me and my life and my path,
00:46:43.023 --> 00:46:47.661
You know, that i've been on.
00:46:47.661 --> 00:46:49.463
When it comes to the way i kind of express myself
00:46:49.463 --> 00:46:54.001
And the way i tell people about who i am
00:46:54.001 --> 00:46:56.570
And what i'm about, what my beliefs are,
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I try to just be as real about it as i possibly can
00:46:58.572 --> 00:47:02.576
Because i feel like nonbelievers and non-christians
00:47:02.576 --> 00:47:06.713
Are looking for that.
00:47:06.713 --> 00:47:08.081
They don't want some, you know,
00:47:08.081 --> 00:47:10.984
Holy roller kind of thing, you know.
00:47:10.984 --> 00:47:13.453
They don't want to be preached to.
00:47:13.453 --> 00:47:15.022
You know, they want things in simple terms,
00:47:15.022 --> 00:47:17.591
And they want things broken down
00:47:17.591 --> 00:47:19.159
To where they can understand it.
00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:21.295
♪ praise god, ♪
00:47:21.295 --> 00:47:22.896
♪ from whom all blessings flow. ♪
00:47:22.896 --> 00:47:28.769
♪ praise him, ♪
00:47:28.769 --> 00:47:30.404
♪ all creatures here below. ♪
00:47:30.404 --> 00:47:36.076
♪ praise him above, ♪
00:47:36.076 --> 00:47:39.079
♪ ye heavenly host. ♪
00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:44.051
♪ praise father, son, ♪
00:47:44.051 --> 00:47:47.220
♪ and holy ghost. ♪
00:47:47.220 --> 00:47:52.626
♪ amen. ♪
00:47:52.626 --> 00:47:59.166
Man: one, two, three.
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[upbeat music]
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♪ ♪
00:48:04.404 --> 00:48:11.478
- ♪ there ain't nothing that can't be done ♪
00:48:14.681 --> 00:48:17.617
♪ by me and god. ♪
00:48:17.617 --> 00:48:21.088
♪ ain't nobody gonna come between ♪
00:48:21.088 --> 00:48:24.358
♪ me and god. ♪
00:48:24.358 --> 00:48:26.927
♪ one day, we'll live together ♪
00:48:26.927 --> 00:48:29.930
♪ where the angels trod, ♪
00:48:29.930 --> 00:48:32.866
♪ me and god. ♪
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♪ ♪
00:48:35.469 --> 00:48:39.906
♪ early in the morning, talking it over, ♪
00:48:39.906 --> 00:48:43.210
♪ me and god. ♪
00:48:43.210 --> 00:48:46.113
♪ late at night, talking it over, ♪
00:48:46.113 --> 00:48:49.549
♪ me and god. ♪
00:48:49.549 --> 00:48:52.786
♪ you could say we're like two peas in a pod, ♪
00:48:52.786 --> 00:48:58.125
♪ me and god. ♪
00:48:58.125 --> 00:49:01.395
♪ he's my father. ♪
00:49:01.395 --> 00:49:04.398
♪ he's my friend. ♪
00:49:04.398 --> 00:49:07.601
♪ the beginning ♪
00:49:07.601 --> 00:49:10.637
♪ and the end. ♪
00:49:10.637 --> 00:49:13.940
♪ he rules the world ♪
00:49:13.940 --> 00:49:17.344
♪ with the staff and the rod. ♪
00:49:17.344 --> 00:49:20.347
♪ we're a team, ♪
00:49:20.347 --> 00:49:23.417
♪ me and god. ♪
00:49:23.417 --> 00:49:27.954
♪ ♪
00:49:27.954 --> 00:49:33.660
♪ i am weak, and thou art strong. ♪
00:49:33.660 --> 00:49:36.830
♪ me and god. ♪
00:49:36.830 --> 00:49:40.000
♪ he forgives me when i'm wrong. ♪
00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:43.203
♪ me and god. ♪
00:49:43.203 --> 00:49:46.339
♪ he's the one i lean on ♪
00:49:46.339 --> 00:49:49.309
♪ when life gets hard. ♪
00:49:49.309 --> 00:49:51.812
♪ me and god. ♪
00:49:51.812 --> 00:49:55.148
♪ he's my father. ♪
00:49:55.148 --> 00:49:58.018
♪ he's my friend. ♪
00:49:58.018 --> 00:50:01.488
♪ the beginning ♪
00:50:01.488 --> 00:50:04.558
♪ and the end. ♪
00:50:04.558 --> 00:50:07.727
♪ he rules the world ♪
00:50:07.727 --> 00:50:11.131
♪ with the staff and the rod. ♪
00:50:11.131 --> 00:50:14.067
♪ we're a team, ♪
00:50:14.067 --> 00:50:17.204
♪ me and god. ♪
00:50:17.204 --> 00:50:21.374
♪ ♪
00:50:21.374 --> 00:50:29.483
♪ he rules the world ♪
00:50:29.549 --> 00:50:33.186
♪ with the staff and the rod. ♪
00:50:33.186 --> 00:50:36.056
♪ we're a team, ♪
00:50:36.056 --> 00:50:39.192
♪ me and god. ♪
00:50:39.192 --> 00:50:42.195
♪ we're a team, ♪
00:50:42.195 --> 00:50:45.499
♪ me and god. ♪
00:50:45.499 --> 00:50:51.037
♪ ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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[gentle music]
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♪ ♪
00:51:02.749 --> 00:51:08.355
♪ amazing grace, ♪
00:51:08.355 --> 00:51:12.959
♪ how sweet the sound ♪
00:51:12.959 --> 00:51:17.964
♪ that saved a wretch ♪
00:51:17.964 --> 00:51:22.335
♪ like me. ♪
00:51:22.335 --> 00:51:26.840
♪ i once was lost ♪
00:51:26.840 --> 00:51:31.678
♪ but now am found, ♪
00:51:31.678 --> 00:51:36.449
♪ was blind, ♪
00:51:36.449 --> 00:51:38.585
♪ but now i see. ♪
00:51:38.585 --> 00:51:44.791
♪ ♪
00:51:44.791 --> 00:51:53.733
♪ 'twas grace that taught ♪
00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:59.606
♪ my heart to fear ♪
00:51:59.606 --> 00:52:06.213
♪ and grace my fears ♪
00:52:06.213 --> 00:52:12.619
♪ relieved. ♪
00:52:12.619 --> 00:52:18.258
♪ how precious did ♪
00:52:18.258 --> 00:52:24.564
♪ that grace appear ♪
00:52:24.564 --> 00:52:31.171
♪ the hour i first ♪
00:52:31.171 --> 00:52:37.110
♪ believed. ♪
00:52:37.110 --> 00:52:41.648
♪ ♪
00:52:41.648 --> 00:52:43.283
♪ through many dangers, ♪
00:52:43.283 --> 00:52:50.290
♪ toils, and snares, ♪
00:52:50.290 --> 00:52:56.096
♪ i have ♪
00:52:56.096 --> 00:52:58.999
♪ already come. ♪
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♪ ♪
00:53:06.006 --> 00:53:08.108
♪ his grace has kept ♪
00:53:08.108 --> 00:53:14.514
♪ me safe thus far, ♪
00:53:14.514 --> 00:53:21.054
♪ and grace will ♪
00:53:21.054 --> 00:53:24.524
♪ lead me home. ♪
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♪ ♪
00:53:30.964 --> 00:53:33.166
♪ the lord has promised ♪
00:53:33.166 --> 00:53:40.040
♪ good to me. ♪
00:53:40.040 --> 00:53:45.912
♪ his word my hope ♪
00:53:45.912 --> 00:53:52.252
♪ secures. ♪
00:53:52.252 --> 00:53:58.158
♪ he will my shield ♪
00:53:58.158 --> 00:54:04.264
♪ and portion be ♪
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♪ as long as life ♪
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♪ endures. ♪
00:54:16.910 --> 00:54:21.648
♪ ♪
00:54:21.648 --> 00:54:23.083
♪ when we've been there ♪
00:54:23.083 --> 00:54:29.189
♪ 10,000 years, ♪
00:54:29.189 --> 00:54:35.829
♪ bright shining ♪
00:54:35.829 --> 00:54:39.432
♪ as the sun, ♪
00:54:39.432 --> 00:54:48.108
♪ we've no less days ♪
00:54:48.108 --> 00:54:54.114
♪ to sing god's praise ♪
00:54:54.114 --> 00:55:00.787
♪ than when ♪
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♪ we first begun. ♪
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♪ ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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Thank you.
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[reverent music]
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♪ ♪
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[cheers and applause]
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S memories."
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Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
00:57:16.523 --> 00:57:19.959
... share more of your favorite songs.
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♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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Josh Turner - I Serve A Savior

January 11, 2025 | S25:E2

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