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The Best of David Phelps | Gaither Gospel Hour

April 16, 2026 | 57:29

The Best of David Phelps | Gaither Gospel Hour
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Gaither Gospel Hour | The Best of David Phelps | Gaither Gospel Hour | April 16, 2026
  • ♪(humming)♪
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  • 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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  • - ♪ oh, and a love ♪
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  • ♪ so amazing. ♪
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  • - david phelps is among the most extraordinary tenors
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  • In the field of gospel music or any field of music.
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  • This dynamic, classically trained young talent
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  • Joined the gaither vocal band in 1997
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  • And has wowed audiences all over the world ever since.
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  • - ♪ it flies ♪
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  • ♪ over ♪
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  • ♪ the door. ♪
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  • - david rejoined the gaither vocal band in 2009
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  • After a four-year break,
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  • And not only is he back.
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  • He is back and better than ever.
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  • - ♪ tua bocca ♪
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  • ♪ lo dir . ♪
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  • - but david is more than just a voice.
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  • He is a husband to lori,
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  • A father of four,
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  • An inventive artist,
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  • A dear friend,
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  • And an all-around good man.
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  • - ♪ for the first time in my life, ♪
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  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
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  • - today we are going to get to know the man
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  • Behind this phenomenal voice a little better,
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  • And we're bringing together all of the best-loved moments
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  • From his history on the homecoming stage.
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  • - ♪ let ♪
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  • ♪ freedom echo. ♪
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  • - this is bill gaither inviting you to join me now
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  • For the best of david phelps.
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  • - ♪ just a few more ♪
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  • ♪ weary days, ♪
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  • ♪ and then ♪
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  • ♪ i will fly away ♪
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  • ♪ to that home where ♪
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  • ♪ joy will never end. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away, oh, glory. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
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  • ♪ when i die, ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, by and by, ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away, oh, glory. ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly away. ♪
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  • ♪ when i die, ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah, by and by, ♪
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  • ♪ i'll fly ♪
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  • ♪ away. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - the cleanup hitter.
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  • [laughter]
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  • We put three people on the base, and then we say,
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  • "okay, david, it is your turn to hit the ball."
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  • - that brings back some great memories.
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  • - this is gonna be a fun time.
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  • You know, everybody knows you've got a fantastic voice,
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  • And everybody thrills nightly about your singing.
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  • But you're gonna get to know the real david phelps
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  • During the next few minutes.
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  • - uh-oh.
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  • - if i do my job well,
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  • You're gonna get to know the real david--david phelps.
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  • You have been a delight to work with, though, david.
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  • What was it, 13, 14 years ago when you first came?
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  • - thank you.
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  • Yeah, it was '97, 1997,
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  • And i had just moved to nashville
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  • And living on a prayer, you know,
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  • And i had sung solo for about nine years before that
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  • And then decided it was--
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  • You know, my wife, lori,
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  • Who has been involved in every decision i've made--
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  • We met in college--
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  • Decided--we said, "okay, we're gonna move to nashville.
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  • We're gonna make the-- make the big jump, okay?"
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  • So we moved to nashville
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  • And starved for about six months.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And it seemed like it was a lot longer than that,
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  • And then it was mark lowry
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  • Who made the connection there for us.
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  • - god bless mark.
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  • He was listening that day, wasn't he?
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  • - yes, he's been very--
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  • He's been a great mentor for me, you know, all these years.
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  • - and--and one of the joys of doing what we do is,
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  • We've done it all over the country
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  • And all over the world,
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  • Memphis, tennessee,
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  • And we're gonna-- and we're gonna do
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  • A lot of bits and pieces here this afternoon,
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  • Because you're the cleanup hitter.
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  • Here's the last verse of god is good.
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  • - ♪ well, he's the one you call ♪
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  • ♪ in the middle of the night ♪
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  • ♪ when your body moans with pain. ♪
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  • ♪ well, don't worry about that, wayward child, ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause he's heard you call his name. ♪
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  • ♪ he'll put food in your kitchen ♪
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  • ♪ when you don't have a dime, ♪
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  • ♪ 'cause he's not good just now and then. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good ♪
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  • ♪ all the time. ♪
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  • - ♪ god is good. ♪
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  • ♪ yes, he is. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ god is good. ♪
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  • ♪ you know he is. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ you can search the whole world over, ♪
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  • ♪ and no greater friend you'll find. ♪
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  • ♪ he's not good just once in a while. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ well, god is good. ♪
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  • ♪ yes, he is. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ god is good. ♪
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  • ♪ you know he is. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ you can search the whole world over, ♪
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  • ♪ and no greater friend you'll find. ♪
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  • ♪ he's not good just once in a while. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good all the time. ♪
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  • ♪ you can search the whole world over, ♪
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  • ♪ and no greater friend you'll find. ♪
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  • ♪ he's not good just once in a while. ♪
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  • ♪ he's good ♪
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  • ♪ all the time. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • - why not?
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  • Probably the first tune that you did
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  • That happened for you
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  • Was this song that we're gonna do, end of the beginning.
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  • Well, you had written some other songs,
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  • But this was the first big one, right?
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  • - well, as any writer does, you write a lot of songs.
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  • - i had written 52 songs before i wrote he touched me.
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  • - oh, you did?
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  • Well, i've written i don't know how many before that,
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  • But i--they won't ever be heard.
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  • There's quite a few like that, but--
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  • - we're all in that category.
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  • - and, you know, at some point, you--
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  • An idea comes to you,
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  • And the sun is at the right angle,
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  • And you've had just enough coffee
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  • Or whatever it is,
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  • And somehow it all gets put together just right,
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  • And this turned out to be one of those moments for me.
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  • - and you know me.
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  • To get a song on my program
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  • Or to take four or five minutes on my program,
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  • It better be pretty good.
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  • - it better be pretty good,
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  • Or you have to own the publishing.
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  • [laughter]
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  • - you rascal, you.
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  • So we went--
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  • - yeah.
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  • - so we tried it out in fort worth and several places,
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  • And the people every night were on their feet
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  • Yelling and cheering,
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  • And so we said, "we're going to carnegie hall.
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  • "so if we're gonna go there, let's do it
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  • And do it right."
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  • - ♪ i was taking a trip on a plane the other day, ♪
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  • ♪ just wishing that i could get out, ♪
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  • ♪ when the man next to me saw the book in my hand ♪
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  • ♪ and asked me what it was about. ♪
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  • ♪ so i settled back in my seat, ♪
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  • ♪ "a best-seller," i said, ♪
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  • ♪ "a history and mystery in one." ♪
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  • ♪ then i opened up the book and began to read ♪
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  • ♪ from matthew, mark, luke, and john. ♪
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  • ♪ he was born of a virgin one holy night ♪
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  • ♪ in the little town of bethlehem. ♪
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  • ♪ angels gathered round, ♪
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  • ♪ came underneath the stars, ♪
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  • ♪ singing praises to the great i am. ♪
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  • ♪ he walked on the water, ♪
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  • ♪ healed the lame, ♪
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  • ♪ and made the blind to see again, ♪
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  • ♪ and for the first time here on earth ♪
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  • ♪ we learned that god could be a friend. ♪
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  • ♪ and though he never, ever did a single thing wrong, ♪
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  • ♪ the angry crowd chose him, ♪
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  • ♪ and then he walked down the road ♪
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  • ♪ and died on the cross, ♪
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  • ♪ and that was the end ♪
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  • ♪ of the beginning. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, oh. ♪
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  • ♪ "that's not a new book. ♪
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  • ♪ that's a bible," he said, ♪
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  • ♪ "and i've heard it all before. ♪
  • 00:10:23.579 --> 00:10:25.715
  • ♪ "i've tried religion.
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  • ♪ "it's shame and guilt,
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  • ♪ "and i don't need it anymore. ♪
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  • ♪ "it's superstition, made-up tales ♪
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  • ♪ just to help the weak to survive." ♪
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  • ♪ "well, let me read it again," i said, ♪
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  • ♪ "but listen closely. ♪
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  • ♪ this is gonna change your life." ♪
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  • ♪ he was born of a virgin one holy night ♪
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  • ♪ in the little town of bethlehem. ♪
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  • ♪ angels gathered round, ♪
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  • ♪ came underneath the stars, ♪
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  • ♪ singing praises to the great i am. ♪
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  • ♪ he walked on the water, ♪
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  • ♪ healed the lame, ♪
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  • ♪ and made the blind to see again, ♪
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  • ♪ and for the first time here on earth ♪
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  • ♪ we learned that god could be a friend. ♪
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  • ♪ and though he never, ever did a single thing wrong, ♪
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  • ♪ the angry crowd chose him, ♪
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  • ♪ and then he walked down the road ♪
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  • ♪ and died on the cross, ♪
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  • ♪ and that was the end ♪
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  • ♪ of the beginning. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ "the end of the beginning?" he said with a smile. ♪
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  • ♪ "what more could there be? ♪
  • 00:11:37.953 --> 00:11:39.622
  • ♪ "he's dead. ♪
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  • ♪ "you said they hung him ♪
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  • ♪ "and put nails in his hands ♪
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  • ♪ and a crown of thorns on his head." ♪
  • 00:11:44.627 --> 00:11:47.396
  • ♪ i said, "i'll read it again, ♪
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  • ♪ "but this time, there's more, ♪
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  • ♪ "and i believe that this is true.
  • 00:11:51.567 --> 00:11:53.702
  • ♪ "his death wasn't the end ♪
  • 00:11:53.702 --> 00:11:55.704
  • ♪ "but the beginning of life ♪
  • 00:11:55.704 --> 00:11:57.606
  • ♪ "that's completed in you. ♪
  • 00:11:57.606 --> 00:12:00.342
  • ♪ "don't you see? ♪
  • 00:12:00.342 --> 00:12:01.777
  • ♪ he did all this for you." ♪
  • 00:12:01.777 --> 00:12:06.415
  • ♪ he was ♪
  • 00:12:06.415 --> 00:12:09.552
  • ♪ born of a virgin one holy night ♪
  • 00:12:09.552 --> 00:12:11.921
  • ♪ in the little town of bethlehem. ♪
  • 00:12:11.921 --> 00:12:14.523
  • ♪ all the angels singing ♪
  • 00:12:14.523 --> 00:12:17.927
  • ♪ praises to the great i am. ♪
  • 00:12:17.927 --> 00:12:20.429
  • ♪ he walked on the water, ♪
  • 00:12:20.429 --> 00:12:21.997
  • ♪ healed the lame, ♪
  • 00:12:21.997 --> 00:12:23.399
  • ♪ and made the blind to see. ♪
  • 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:28.037
  • ♪ and did you know that god could be a friend? ♪
  • 00:12:28.037 --> 00:12:31.607
  • ♪ and though he never did a single thing wrong, ♪
  • 00:12:31.607 --> 00:12:34.777
  • ♪ he was the one the crowd chose, ♪
  • 00:12:34.777 --> 00:12:37.246
  • ♪ and then he walked, ♪
  • 00:12:37.246 --> 00:12:38.581
  • ♪ and he died, ♪
  • 00:12:38.581 --> 00:12:40.316
  • ♪ but three days later, ♪
  • 00:12:40.316 --> 00:12:46.155
  • ♪ three days later, ♪
  • 00:12:46.155 --> 00:12:51.694
  • ♪ he ♪
  • 00:12:51.694 --> 00:12:53.462
  • ♪ rose. ♪
  • 00:12:53.462 --> 00:13:02.304
  • ♪ three days later, he ♪
  • 00:13:02.304 --> 00:13:05.007
  • ♪ rose. ♪
  • 00:13:05.007 --> 00:13:15.718
  • ♪ you see, ♪
  • 00:13:15.718 --> 00:13:17.019
  • ♪ he came, ♪
  • 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:19.088
  • ♪ and he lived, ♪
  • 00:13:19.088 --> 00:13:20.923
  • ♪ and he died, ♪
  • 00:13:20.923 --> 00:13:24.860
  • ♪ but that was the end ♪
  • 00:13:24.860 --> 00:13:29.999
  • ♪ of the ♪
  • 00:13:29.999 --> 00:13:32.034
  • ♪ beginning. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:13:35.337 --> 00:13:48.550
  • That was something else.
  • 00:13:52.121 --> 00:13:53.722
  • You know, you really don't-- at least for me, if i--
  • 00:13:53.722 --> 00:13:57.927
  • I found if i think about it too much,
  • 00:13:57.927 --> 00:14:00.429
  • I get too-- i get too nervous.
  • 00:14:00.429 --> 00:14:03.265
  • So i end up not counting my steps as i'm going through,
  • 00:14:03.265 --> 00:14:05.834
  • And then you look back on something and go,
  • 00:14:05.834 --> 00:14:07.569
  • "wow, that was..."
  • 00:14:07.569 --> 00:14:08.771
  • - "that was pretty good."
  • 00:14:08.771 --> 00:14:09.772
  • - "quite a moment.
  • 00:14:09.772 --> 00:14:10.773
  • That was something else."
  • 00:14:10.773 --> 00:14:12.141
  • You know, because you're just so into it at the time.
  • 00:14:12.141 --> 00:14:14.176
  • You know, i will never forget--
  • 00:14:14.176 --> 00:14:16.078
  • And i just got to tell you this story.
  • 00:14:16.078 --> 00:14:18.380
  • We were in carnegie hall.
  • 00:14:18.380 --> 00:14:19.882
  • We were--we had set up and everything,
  • 00:14:19.882 --> 00:14:22.084
  • And then we went-- we were performing the next day,
  • 00:14:22.084 --> 00:14:24.186
  • And we were in a hotel, a real fancy hotel,
  • 00:14:24.186 --> 00:14:26.188
  • Kind of next to carnegie hall,
  • 00:14:26.188 --> 00:14:28.991
  • And i called my mom, and it was april 1st,
  • 00:14:28.991 --> 00:14:32.294
  • April fools' day.
  • 00:14:32.294 --> 00:14:33.462
  • I have this relationship with my mom
  • 00:14:33.462 --> 00:14:35.164
  • Where we always do-- we play jokes on each other,
  • 00:14:35.164 --> 00:14:38.634
  • Always have,
  • 00:14:38.634 --> 00:14:40.035
  • And i called her, and i said,
  • 00:14:40.035 --> 00:14:41.203
  • "mom, i-- i'm here at carnegie hall,
  • 00:14:41.203 --> 00:14:44.873
  • "and i'm in this hotel room, and the windows open weird.
  • 00:14:44.873 --> 00:14:47.910
  • "i went to open it, and it pushed open,
  • 00:14:47.910 --> 00:14:50.245
  • "and i fell out the window onto the sidewalk below,
  • 00:14:50.245 --> 00:14:53.148
  • "and i broke both legs,
  • 00:14:53.148 --> 00:14:55.484
  • "and i just got back from the hospital,
  • 00:14:55.484 --> 00:14:57.353
  • "and i don't know what i'm gonna do,
  • 00:14:57.353 --> 00:14:58.787
  • "because i'm supposed to sing end of the beginning
  • 00:14:58.787 --> 00:15:00.956
  • In carnegie hall tomorrow night."
  • 00:15:00.956 --> 00:15:02.458
  • And she just--she walked out of the restaurant
  • 00:15:02.458 --> 00:15:04.360
  • And was talking to me:
  • 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:05.361
  • "it's gonna be okay.
  • 00:15:05.361 --> 00:15:06.528
  • "you'll sit on a stool.
  • 00:15:06.528 --> 00:15:07.963
  • They'll help you up there to the middle of the stage."
  • 00:15:07.963 --> 00:15:10.199
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:10.199 --> 00:15:11.900
  • And i said, "well, they're coming
  • 00:15:11.900 --> 00:15:13.369
  • "to give me some more medicine.
  • 00:15:13.369 --> 00:15:14.703
  • "i've got to go, and remember, it's april fools.
  • 00:15:14.703 --> 00:15:16.805
  • Bye-bye."
  • 00:15:16.805 --> 00:15:17.806
  • [laughter]
  • 00:15:17.806 --> 00:15:19.842
  • And before i hung up, i heard, "david!"
  • 00:15:19.842 --> 00:15:23.045
  • Which i've heard a lot during my lifetime.
  • 00:15:23.045 --> 00:15:26.315
  • - "david" in a mother's tone, right?
  • 00:15:26.315 --> 00:15:27.983
  • - oh, that's right.
  • 00:15:27.983 --> 00:15:29.318
  • Actually, gloria has yelled that at me before too.
  • 00:15:29.318 --> 00:15:32.388
  • ♪ well, i kept on searchin', ♪
  • 00:15:32.388 --> 00:15:34.456
  • ♪ searchin'. ♪
  • 00:15:34.456 --> 00:15:35.758
  • ♪ i kept on searchin' till i found him. ♪
  • 00:15:35.758 --> 00:15:37.593
  • ♪ i kept on searchin', ♪
  • 00:15:37.593 --> 00:15:39.328
  • ♪ searchin'. ♪
  • 00:15:39.328 --> 00:15:40.763
  • ♪ i kept on searchin' till i found him. ♪
  • 00:15:40.763 --> 00:15:42.765
  • ♪ i kept on searchin', ♪
  • 00:15:42.765 --> 00:15:44.700
  • ♪ searchin'. ♪
  • 00:15:44.700 --> 00:15:46.001
  • ♪ i kept on searchin' till i found him. ♪
  • 00:15:46.001 --> 00:15:47.936
  • - ♪ changed my heart so i could live right. ♪
  • 00:15:47.936 --> 00:15:51.206
  • ♪ changed my mind so i could think right. ♪
  • 00:15:51.206 --> 00:15:53.642
  • ♪ changed my mouth so i could talk right. ♪
  • 00:15:53.642 --> 00:15:56.178
  • ♪ changed my feet so i could walk right. ♪
  • 00:15:56.178 --> 00:15:58.547
  • ♪ searchin' till i found the king of kings. ♪
  • 00:15:58.547 --> 00:16:05.220
  • - ♪ yeah. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:16:15.531 --> 00:16:19.501
  • - and for anybody watching that,
  • 00:16:19.568 --> 00:16:20.803
  • You were singing that up in the--
  • 00:16:20.803 --> 00:16:23.238
  • - the stratosphere, i think, is what it was.
  • 00:16:23.238 --> 00:16:25.374
  • - you were high.
  • 00:16:25.374 --> 00:16:28.243
  • Pretty amazing.
  • 00:16:28.243 --> 00:16:29.611
  • The interesting thing
  • 00:16:29.611 --> 00:16:30.979
  • When people ask me about the vocal band,
  • 00:16:30.979 --> 00:16:32.581
  • You know, and how--all the many turns that we have taken,
  • 00:16:32.581 --> 00:16:35.350
  • I say, "i usually go with the artists i have.
  • 00:16:35.350 --> 00:16:37.820
  • "i mean, if the guy is country,
  • 00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:39.988
  • "i'll go a little bit more country.
  • 00:16:39.988 --> 00:16:41.490
  • "if the guy is more classical, i'll go classical.
  • 00:16:41.490 --> 00:16:43.959
  • "if the guy is contemporary, i go a little contemporary.
  • 00:16:43.959 --> 00:16:46.195
  • "if he's south-- you know.
  • 00:16:46.195 --> 00:16:47.362
  • I usually go with the personnel that i have."
  • 00:16:47.362 --> 00:16:51.667
  • From what we normally did.
  • 00:16:51.667 --> 00:16:54.636
  • But they hear you do this, and they say, "oh, yes.
  • 00:16:54.636 --> 00:16:58.574
  • I know this piece."
  • 00:16:58.574 --> 00:17:00.042
  • It has become a special, special moment on--
  • 00:17:00.042 --> 00:17:03.545
  • You know, on our concert programs.
  • 00:17:03.545 --> 00:17:05.714
  • This was done in san antonio.
  • 00:17:05.714 --> 00:17:07.449
  • Watch.
  • 00:17:07.449 --> 00:17:11.019
  • - ♪ nessun dorma! ♪
  • 00:17:11.086 --> 00:17:16.492
  • ♪ nessun dorma! ♪
  • 00:17:16.492 --> 00:17:22.064
  • ♪ tu pure, o, principessa, ♪
  • 00:17:22.064 --> 00:17:27.503
  • ♪ nella tua fredda stanza, ♪
  • 00:17:27.503 --> 00:17:32.274
  • ♪ guardi ♪
  • 00:17:32.274 --> 00:17:35.611
  • ♪ le stelle ♪
  • 00:17:35.611 --> 00:17:37.980
  • ♪ che tremano d'amore ♪
  • 00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:44.253
  • ♪ e di speranza. ♪
  • 00:17:44.253 --> 00:17:52.094
  • ♪ ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me, ♪
  • 00:17:52.094 --> 00:17:58.534
  • ♪ il nome mio nessun saprà! ♪
  • 00:17:58.534 --> 00:18:03.472
  • ♪ no, no, sulla tua bocca ♪
  • 00:18:03.472 --> 00:18:10.145
  • ♪ lo dir ♪
  • 00:18:10.145 --> 00:18:15.184
  • ♪ quando ♪
  • 00:18:15.184 --> 00:18:17.252
  • ♪ la luce ♪
  • 00:18:17.252 --> 00:18:22.224
  • ♪ splenderà! ♪
  • 00:18:22.224 --> 00:18:35.237
  • ♪ ed il mio bacio ♪
  • 00:18:35.304 --> 00:18:38.440
  • ♪ scioglierà ♪
  • 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:41.276
  • ♪ il silenzio ♪
  • 00:18:41.276 --> 00:18:44.746
  • ♪ che ti ♪
  • 00:18:44.746 --> 00:18:46.782
  • ♪ fa mia! ♪
  • 00:18:46.782 --> 00:18:52.654
  • - ♪ il nome suo nessun saprà! ♪
  • 00:18:52.654 --> 00:18:58.894
  • ♪ e noi dovrem, ahime, morir! ♪
  • 00:18:58.894 --> 00:19:02.564
  • - ♪ no, no. ♪
  • 00:19:02.564 --> 00:19:04.666
  • ♪ dilegua, o notte!
  • 00:19:04.666 --> 00:19:08.937
  • ♪ tramontate, ♪
  • 00:19:08.937 --> 00:19:11.840
  • ♪ stelle! ♪
  • 00:19:11.840 --> 00:19:14.343
  • ♪ tramontate, ♪
  • 00:19:14.343 --> 00:19:17.546
  • ♪ stelle! ♪
  • 00:19:17.546 --> 00:19:20.415
  • ♪ all'alba vincer ! ♪
  • 00:19:20.415 --> 00:19:31.126
  • ♪ vincer , ♪
  • 00:19:31.126 --> 00:19:37.266
  • ♪ vincer ! ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:20:03.225 --> 00:20:11.733
  • - you know, for the vocal band's purposes,
  • 00:20:15.637 --> 00:20:17.372
  • You are going to be defined--
  • 00:20:17.372 --> 00:20:19.308
  • At least up until now;
  • 00:20:19.308 --> 00:20:21.510
  • Maybe there's another big one coming,
  • 00:20:21.510 --> 00:20:23.045
  • But at this point-- of let freedom ring.
  • 00:20:23.045 --> 00:20:26.848
  • And here, again, to follow up on your observation
  • 00:20:26.848 --> 00:20:31.386
  • Of the secular and the spiritual,
  • 00:20:31.386 --> 00:20:34.156
  • The first verse could be taken both ways,
  • 00:20:34.156 --> 00:20:36.391
  • Both spiritual and personal and maybe even political.
  • 00:20:36.391 --> 00:20:41.196
  • There's not a night that i am not grateful
  • 00:20:41.196 --> 00:20:44.166
  • That we live in a country where we can sing,
  • 00:20:44.166 --> 00:20:46.902
  • "this is my story. this is my song."
  • 00:20:46.902 --> 00:20:49.371
  • We can express our freedom, you know, in christ,
  • 00:20:49.371 --> 00:20:52.808
  • And when--and that first verse says, "let freedom ring..."
  • 00:20:52.808 --> 00:20:57.813
  • - "wherever minds know what it means to be in chains."
  • 00:20:57.813 --> 00:21:02.384
  • - "let freedom ring..."
  • 00:21:02.384 --> 00:21:04.052
  • - "wherever hearts know pain.
  • 00:21:04.052 --> 00:21:05.821
  • Let freedom echo through the lonely streets..."
  • 00:21:05.821 --> 00:21:09.124
  • - "where prisons..."
  • 00:21:09.124 --> 00:21:10.525
  • - "where prisoners have no key."
  • 00:21:10.525 --> 00:21:12.527
  • - "you can be free."
  • 00:21:12.527 --> 00:21:13.695
  • And you can sing that for anybody,
  • 00:21:13.695 --> 00:21:15.197
  • And i think people get that on both levels.
  • 00:21:15.197 --> 00:21:17.032
  • - oh, yeah, absolutely.
  • 00:21:17.032 --> 00:21:19.067
  • - but every night-- and i--
  • 00:21:19.067 --> 00:21:20.769
  • You thrill my heart every night that you do that last verse,
  • 00:21:20.769 --> 00:21:25.474
  • "god built freedom into every fiber..."
  • 00:21:25.474 --> 00:21:29.978
  • - "of creation."
  • 00:21:29.978 --> 00:21:31.146
  • What a great--
  • 00:21:31.146 --> 00:21:32.848
  • What a great transformation there to see
  • 00:21:32.848 --> 00:21:35.917
  • This is what freedom means on the surface,
  • 00:21:35.917 --> 00:21:37.819
  • But as people of faith,
  • 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:39.888
  • It has a deeper, more rich meaning.
  • 00:21:39.888 --> 00:21:46.328
  • ♪ god built freedom ♪
  • 00:21:46.395 --> 00:21:50.232
  • ♪ into every fiber ♪
  • 00:21:50.232 --> 00:21:54.469
  • ♪ of creation, ♪
  • 00:21:54.469 --> 00:21:57.739
  • ♪ and he meant for us ♪
  • 00:21:57.739 --> 00:22:01.243
  • ♪ to all be free ♪
  • 00:22:01.243 --> 00:22:05.247
  • ♪ and whole. ♪
  • 00:22:05.247 --> 00:22:09.651
  • ♪ but when my lord ♪
  • 00:22:09.651 --> 00:22:13.989
  • ♪ bought freedom ♪
  • 00:22:13.989 --> 00:22:16.124
  • ♪ through the blood ♪
  • 00:22:16.124 --> 00:22:17.959
  • ♪ of his redemption, ♪
  • 00:22:17.959 --> 00:22:22.397
  • ♪ his cross ♪
  • 00:22:22.397 --> 00:22:24.299
  • ♪ stamped pardon on ♪
  • 00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:27.436
  • ♪ my very soul. ♪
  • 00:22:27.436 --> 00:22:33.575
  • - ♪ and i'll sing out ♪
  • 00:22:33.575 --> 00:22:38.180
  • ♪ with every breath. ♪
  • 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:41.082
  • ♪ i'll let the whole world hear it, ♪
  • 00:22:41.082 --> 00:22:46.888
  • ♪ this hallelujah anthem ♪
  • 00:22:46.888 --> 00:22:52.194
  • ♪ of the free, ♪
  • 00:22:52.194 --> 00:22:59.768
  • ♪ that iron bars ♪
  • 00:22:59.768 --> 00:23:02.604
  • ♪ and heavy chains ♪
  • 00:23:02.604 --> 00:23:05.674
  • ♪ can never ♪
  • 00:23:05.674 --> 00:23:07.776
  • ♪ hold us captive. ♪
  • 00:23:07.776 --> 00:23:11.813
  • ♪ the son has made us free ♪
  • 00:23:11.813 --> 00:23:16.618
  • ♪ and free indeed. ♪
  • 00:23:16.618 --> 00:23:22.757
  • ♪ let freedom ring ♪
  • 00:23:22.757 --> 00:23:29.598
  • ♪ down through the ages ♪
  • 00:23:29.598 --> 00:23:32.400
  • ♪ from a hill ♪
  • 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:35.170
  • ♪ called calvary. ♪
  • 00:23:35.170 --> 00:23:37.873
  • ♪ let freedom ring ♪
  • 00:23:37.873 --> 00:23:42.777
  • ♪ wherever hearts know pain. ♪
  • 00:23:42.777 --> 00:23:49.885
  • - ♪ let ♪
  • 00:23:49.885 --> 00:23:52.420
  • ♪ freedom echo ♪
  • 00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:55.290
  • ♪ through the lonely streets ♪
  • 00:23:55.290 --> 00:23:58.260
  • ♪ where prisons ♪
  • 00:23:58.260 --> 00:24:00.228
  • ♪ have no key. ♪
  • 00:24:00.228 --> 00:24:02.831
  • - ♪ you can be free ♪
  • 00:24:02.831 --> 00:24:05.967
  • ♪ and you can sing. ♪
  • 00:24:05.967 --> 00:24:08.670
  • ♪ let freedom ring. ♪
  • 00:24:08.670 --> 00:24:14.609
  • - ♪ let ♪
  • 00:24:14.609 --> 00:24:17.279
  • ♪ freedom echo ♪
  • 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:20.048
  • ♪ through the lonely streets ♪
  • 00:24:20.048 --> 00:24:22.684
  • ♪ where prisons ♪
  • 00:24:22.684 --> 00:24:24.519
  • ♪ have no key. ♪
  • 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:27.422
  • - ♪ you can be free, ♪
  • 00:24:27.422 --> 00:24:30.292
  • ♪ and you can sing. ♪
  • 00:24:30.292 --> 00:24:33.295
  • ♪ let freedom ring. ♪
  • 00:24:33.295 --> 00:24:39.367
  • ♪ you can be free, ♪
  • 00:24:39.367 --> 00:24:42.804
  • ♪ and you can sing. ♪
  • 00:24:42.804 --> 00:24:48.710
  • ♪ let freedom ring. ♪
  • 00:24:48.710 --> 00:24:54.649
  • ♪ let freedom ring. ♪
  • 00:24:54.649 --> 00:25:06.962
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:25:06.962 --> 00:25:23.278
  • - ♪ oh, then i cried, ♪
  • 00:25:26.848 --> 00:25:29.084
  • ♪ "oh, rock of ages ♪
  • 00:25:29.084 --> 00:25:36.024
  • ♪ "hide thou ♪
  • 00:25:36.024 --> 00:25:40.395
  • ♪ me." ♪
  • 00:25:40.395 --> 00:25:44.666
  • - ♪ sometimes i feel ♪
  • 00:25:44.666 --> 00:25:48.603
  • ♪ discouraged, ♪
  • 00:25:48.603 --> 00:25:53.274
  • ♪ and i think ♪
  • 00:25:53.274 --> 00:25:55.810
  • ♪ my work's ♪
  • 00:25:55.810 --> 00:25:58.213
  • ♪ in vain. ♪
  • 00:25:58.213 --> 00:26:02.183
  • ♪ i'm tempted oft ♪
  • 00:26:02.183 --> 00:26:07.355
  • ♪ to murmur, ♪
  • 00:26:07.355 --> 00:26:12.327
  • ♪ to grumble ♪
  • 00:26:12.327 --> 00:26:14.863
  • ♪ and complain. ♪
  • 00:26:14.863 --> 00:26:20.735
  • ♪ oh, but then ♪
  • 00:26:20.735 --> 00:26:23.772
  • ♪ i think ♪
  • 00:26:23.772 --> 00:26:25.573
  • ♪ of jesus ♪
  • 00:26:25.573 --> 00:26:30.645
  • ♪ and all he's done ♪
  • 00:26:30.645 --> 00:26:35.016
  • ♪ for me. ♪
  • 00:26:35.016 --> 00:26:38.486
  • ♪ oh, ♪
  • 00:26:38.486 --> 00:26:40.121
  • ♪ then i cry, ♪
  • 00:26:40.121 --> 00:26:42.323
  • ♪ "oh, rock of ages, ♪
  • 00:26:42.323 --> 00:26:50.532
  • ♪ "hide ♪
  • 00:26:50.532 --> 00:26:53.034
  • ♪ "thou ♪
  • 00:26:53.034 --> 00:26:55.503
  • ♪ me." ♪
  • 00:26:55.503 --> 00:26:59.507
  • - sing it, now.
  • 00:26:59.507 --> 00:27:00.775
  • - ♪ oh, rock ♪
  • 00:27:00.775 --> 00:27:05.046
  • ♪ of ages, ♪
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  • ♪ hide ♪
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  • ♪ thou ♪
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  • ♪ me. ♪
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  • ♪ there is ♪
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  • ♪ no other ♪
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  • ♪ refuge ♪
  • 00:27:27.335 --> 00:27:31.840
  • ♪ can save, lord, ♪
  • 00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:35.877
  • ♪ but thee, ♪
  • 00:27:35.877 --> 00:27:40.849
  • ♪ and through this ♪
  • 00:27:40.849 --> 00:27:43.618
  • ♪ dark world ♪
  • 00:27:43.618 --> 00:27:46.521
  • ♪ i've wandered ♪
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  • ♪ far, ♪
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  • ♪ far from thee. ♪
  • 00:27:55.797 --> 00:28:01.336
  • ♪ oh, ♪
  • 00:28:01.336 --> 00:28:02.604
  • ♪ then i cried, ♪
  • 00:28:02.604 --> 00:28:04.706
  • ♪ "oh, rock ♪
  • 00:28:04.706 --> 00:28:07.242
  • ♪ "of ages, ♪
  • 00:28:07.242 --> 00:28:12.847
  • ♪ "hide ♪
  • 00:28:12.847 --> 00:28:15.316
  • ♪ "thou ♪
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  • ♪ me." ♪
  • 00:28:18.353 --> 00:28:33.635
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:28:28.396 --> 00:28:35.904
  • [laughter]
  • 00:28:35.904 --> 00:28:36.905
  • It's a long note.
  • 00:28:36.905 --> 00:28:38.373
  • - hovie would have been proud,
  • 00:28:38.373 --> 00:28:40.308
  • And jake would have been proud, i think.
  • 00:28:40.308 --> 00:28:42.110
  • - well, i hope so.
  • 00:28:42.110 --> 00:28:44.279
  • - well, at christmas, you have no problems working every night.
  • 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:49.651
  • You could work for 30 days before christmas.
  • 00:28:49.651 --> 00:28:53.555
  • 30 days left to christmas.
  • 00:28:53.555 --> 00:28:55.857
  • How many nights can david phelps stay home
  • 00:28:55.857 --> 00:28:57.859
  • And still do all the christmas dates?
  • 00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:59.561
  • - i know.
  • 00:28:59.561 --> 00:29:00.595
  • - nobody sings o holy night
  • 00:29:00.595 --> 00:29:02.197
  • Like you sing o holy night.
  • 00:29:02.197 --> 00:29:04.265
  • - well, thank you.
  • 00:29:04.265 --> 00:29:05.366
  • It's--it's been a wonderful thing.
  • 00:29:05.366 --> 00:29:06.901
  • Every year, i look forward to it,
  • 00:29:06.901 --> 00:29:08.269
  • 'cause it is still my favorite christmas carol.
  • 00:29:08.269 --> 00:29:11.172
  • ♪ the weary world rejoices, ♪
  • 00:29:11.172 --> 00:29:13.174
  • ♪ for yonder breaks ♪
  • 00:29:13.174 --> 00:29:17.679
  • ♪ a new and glorious morn. ♪
  • 00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:22.851
  • ♪ fall ♪
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  • ♪ on your knees. ♪
  • 00:29:26.521 --> 00:29:31.259
  • ♪ oh, hear ♪
  • 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:35.063
  • ♪ the angel voices. ♪
  • 00:29:35.063 --> 00:29:40.735
  • ♪ o night ♪
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  • ♪ divine. ♪
  • 00:29:46.274 --> 00:29:50.345
  • ♪ o night ♪
  • 00:29:50.345 --> 00:29:54.616
  • ♪ when christ ♪
  • 00:29:54.616 --> 00:29:56.784
  • ♪ was born. ♪
  • 00:29:56.784 --> 00:30:00.989
  • ♪ o night ♪
  • 00:30:00.989 --> 00:30:04.893
  • ♪ divine! ♪
  • 00:30:04.893 --> 00:30:11.366
  • ♪ o night, ♪
  • 00:30:11.366 --> 00:30:15.470
  • ♪ o night ♪
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  • ♪ divine. ♪
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  • ♪ truly ♪
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  • ♪ he taught us ♪
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  • ♪ to love one another. ♪
  • 00:30:28.082 --> 00:30:34.856
  • ♪ his law is love, ♪
  • 00:30:34.856 --> 00:30:37.892
  • ♪ and his gospel ♪
  • 00:30:37.892 --> 00:30:40.929
  • ♪ is peace. ♪
  • 00:30:40.929 --> 00:30:46.234
  • ♪ chains shall he break, ♪
  • 00:30:46.234 --> 00:30:50.071
  • ♪ for the slave ♪
  • 00:30:50.071 --> 00:30:52.373
  • ♪ is our brother. ♪
  • 00:30:52.373 --> 00:30:57.011
  • ♪ and in his name, ♪
  • 00:30:57.011 --> 00:31:00.381
  • ♪ all oppression ♪
  • 00:31:00.381 --> 00:31:04.085
  • ♪ shall cease. ♪
  • 00:31:04.085 --> 00:31:07.488
  • ♪ sweet hymns of joy ♪
  • 00:31:07.488 --> 00:31:11.826
  • ♪ in grateful chorus ♪
  • 00:31:11.826 --> 00:31:15.363
  • ♪ raise we. ♪
  • 00:31:15.363 --> 00:31:17.665
  • ♪ let all within us ♪
  • 00:31:17.665 --> 00:31:22.236
  • ♪ praise his holy name. ♪
  • 00:31:22.236 --> 00:31:29.911
  • - ♪ fall ♪
  • 00:31:29.911 --> 00:31:32.880
  • ♪ on your knees. ♪
  • 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:36.751
  • ♪ oh, hear ♪
  • 00:31:36.751 --> 00:31:39.320
  • ♪ the angel voices. ♪
  • 00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:43.758
  • ♪ o night ♪
  • 00:31:43.758 --> 00:31:47.161
  • ♪ divine. ♪
  • 00:31:47.161 --> 00:31:50.131
  • ♪ o night ♪
  • 00:31:50.131 --> 00:31:53.234
  • ♪ when christ was born. ♪
  • 00:31:53.234 --> 00:31:57.171
  • ♪ o night ♪
  • 00:31:57.171 --> 00:32:00.308
  • ♪ divine. ♪
  • 00:32:00.308 --> 00:32:07.348
  • ♪ o night, ♪
  • 00:32:07.348 --> 00:32:12.053
  • ♪ o night ♪
  • 00:32:12.053 --> 00:32:14.522
  • ♪ divine. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:32:26.034 --> 00:32:51.459
  • - i heard a story from a friend of mine
  • 00:32:55.363 --> 00:32:58.199
  • And a friend of yours,
  • 00:32:58.199 --> 00:33:00.535
  • And they were trying to lead the best christian life
  • 00:33:00.535 --> 00:33:04.005
  • That they could lead
  • 00:33:04.005 --> 00:33:06.474
  • And--and wanted to get the baby baptized
  • 00:33:06.474 --> 00:33:09.510
  • And so asked a pastor friend,
  • 00:33:09.510 --> 00:33:11.112
  • And the pastor lived out on a farm,
  • 00:33:11.112 --> 00:33:14.215
  • Baptized the baby, and it was a sweet moment,
  • 00:33:14.215 --> 00:33:18.019
  • And she told him,
  • 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:22.523
  • "you know, i was baptized as a kid,
  • 00:33:22.523 --> 00:33:24.592
  • And i--would you baptize me?"
  • 00:33:24.592 --> 00:33:26.394
  • It was obviously a very emotional time.
  • 00:33:26.394 --> 00:33:30.398
  • It was a very moving story,
  • 00:33:30.398 --> 00:33:32.433
  • But a statement came out of that story where she said,
  • 00:33:32.433 --> 00:33:36.070
  • "for the first time in my life, i felt clean."
  • 00:33:36.070 --> 00:33:40.208
  • Maybe she didn't say, "for the first time,"
  • 00:33:40.208 --> 00:33:41.943
  • But she did use the phrase, you know, "i felt clean."
  • 00:33:41.943 --> 00:33:45.680
  • Writers get song ideas from phrases like that,
  • 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:50.651
  • And there have been songs about baptism before,
  • 00:33:50.651 --> 00:33:53.921
  • But there's nothing like getting clean after working anything,
  • 00:33:53.921 --> 00:33:58.793
  • You know, where you get dirty,
  • 00:33:58.793 --> 00:34:00.061
  • Whether it's out as a kid out in the field,
  • 00:34:00.061 --> 00:34:03.498
  • And i kept thinking about that word "clean, clean, clean."
  • 00:34:03.498 --> 00:34:09.937
  • So i met with my good friend larry gatlin
  • 00:34:09.937 --> 00:34:11.706
  • And said, "we need to write a song
  • 00:34:11.706 --> 00:34:13.074
  • That just says the word 'clean.'"
  • 00:34:13.074 --> 00:34:15.243
  • He says, "that's funny."
  • 00:34:15.243 --> 00:34:17.645
  • I just want to hear...
  • 00:34:17.645 --> 00:34:19.013
  • ♪ clean, ♪
  • 00:34:19.013 --> 00:34:20.915
  • ♪ clean. ♪
  • 00:34:20.915 --> 00:34:21.916
  • "for the first time in my life,
  • 00:34:21.916 --> 00:34:23.651
  • I felt clean."
  • 00:34:23.651 --> 00:34:25.153
  • - mm-hmm.
  • 00:34:25.153 --> 00:34:26.454
  • - so we wrote this song, and--
  • 00:34:26.454 --> 00:34:28.723
  • - and it's beautiful.
  • 00:34:28.723 --> 00:34:30.291
  • You know, there's something about that moment
  • 00:34:30.291 --> 00:34:32.093
  • When we realize we have to admit
  • 00:34:32.093 --> 00:34:35.563
  • That we need to be forgiven.
  • 00:34:35.563 --> 00:34:37.298
  • - yeah. - you know?
  • 00:34:37.298 --> 00:34:38.866
  • All of the--the doctrine, all the doctrinal truths
  • 00:34:38.866 --> 00:34:42.703
  • That we sing about and talk about,
  • 00:34:42.703 --> 00:34:44.972
  • This is where it all--
  • 00:34:44.972 --> 00:34:47.642
  • The rubber meets the road, so to speak.
  • 00:34:47.642 --> 00:34:49.810
  • You know, all of that comes to this point.
  • 00:34:49.810 --> 00:34:52.813
  • We have to say, "lord, i'm not clean,
  • 00:34:52.813 --> 00:34:57.718
  • And i need to be that way."
  • 00:34:57.718 --> 00:34:59.287
  • - people would look at you, though, david, and say,
  • 00:34:59.287 --> 00:35:01.722
  • "oh, it's easy for you to say that."
  • 00:35:01.722 --> 00:35:03.457
  • You've never got to the drug problem.
  • 00:35:03.457 --> 00:35:05.893
  • You've never--you know, as far as people know about you,
  • 00:35:05.893 --> 00:35:09.597
  • You are squeaky-clean.
  • 00:35:09.597 --> 00:35:12.767
  • What do you know about this song?
  • 00:35:12.767 --> 00:35:14.702
  • - we can definitely talk about degrees...
  • 00:35:14.702 --> 00:35:17.138
  • - yeah.
  • 00:35:17.138 --> 00:35:18.739
  • - of--of sin and degrees of,
  • 00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:22.310
  • I guess, the need to be forgiven,
  • 00:35:22.310 --> 00:35:24.378
  • But my bible says that it's all--
  • 00:35:24.378 --> 00:35:27.215
  • However good we are,
  • 00:35:27.215 --> 00:35:29.183
  • It's all as filthy rags,
  • 00:35:29.183 --> 00:35:31.485
  • And so people try to put themselves
  • 00:35:31.485 --> 00:35:36.224
  • On lower shelves, on higher shelves.
  • 00:35:36.224 --> 00:35:39.327
  • In the kingdom of heaven, we are all in need of--
  • 00:35:39.327 --> 00:35:43.164
  • Of being washed clean.
  • 00:35:43.164 --> 00:35:45.600
  • - well, we sang the song in alaska
  • 00:35:45.600 --> 00:35:49.237
  • On the back of a great ship,
  • 00:35:49.237 --> 00:35:52.573
  • And a little bit chilly,
  • 00:35:52.573 --> 00:35:54.809
  • But the truth is still-- is still true.
  • 00:35:54.809 --> 00:36:00.114
  • - ♪ i stepped into the river, ♪
  • 00:36:00.181 --> 00:36:04.552
  • ♪ sank up to my knees in the mud. ♪
  • 00:36:04.552 --> 00:36:10.091
  • ♪ oh, the preacher man took me under ♪
  • 00:36:10.091 --> 00:36:14.662
  • ♪ beneath that cleansing flood. ♪
  • 00:36:14.662 --> 00:36:19.567
  • ♪ there was something 'bout the water. ♪
  • 00:36:19.567 --> 00:36:24.305
  • ♪ there was power in the blood. ♪
  • 00:36:24.305 --> 00:36:28.676
  • ♪ for the first time in my life, ♪
  • 00:36:28.676 --> 00:36:33.014
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:36:33.014 --> 00:36:37.118
  • ♪ oh, oh, oh, ♪
  • 00:36:37.118 --> 00:36:39.353
  • ♪ clean. ♪
  • 00:36:39.353 --> 00:36:43.124
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:36:43.124 --> 00:36:49.196
  • ♪ clean. ♪
  • 00:36:49.196 --> 00:36:52.800
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:58.339
  • ♪ there was something in the water, ♪
  • 00:36:58.339 --> 00:37:02.977
  • ♪ but there was power in the blood. ♪
  • 00:37:02.977 --> 00:37:07.715
  • ♪ for the first time in my life, ♪
  • 00:37:07.715 --> 00:37:11.752
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:37:11.752 --> 00:37:18.292
  • ♪ yeah, oh. ♪
  • 00:37:18.292 --> 00:37:22.563
  • ♪ i just could not forget it. ♪
  • 00:37:22.563 --> 00:37:27.435
  • ♪ it would not let me be. ♪
  • 00:37:27.435 --> 00:37:32.173
  • ♪ you see, the past was there ♪
  • 00:37:32.173 --> 00:37:34.742
  • ♪ to haunt me. ♪
  • 00:37:34.742 --> 00:37:36.911
  • ♪ it had its chains on me. ♪
  • 00:37:36.911 --> 00:37:42.083
  • ♪ but then the preacher man took me under ♪
  • 00:37:42.083 --> 00:37:46.487
  • ♪ beneath that cleansing flood. ♪
  • 00:37:46.487 --> 00:37:51.292
  • ♪ for the first time in my life, ♪
  • 00:37:51.292 --> 00:37:55.496
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:37:55.496 --> 00:38:00.000
  • ♪ oh, ♪
  • 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:02.036
  • ♪ clean. ♪
  • 00:38:02.036 --> 00:38:05.673
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:38:05.673 --> 00:38:11.679
  • ♪ clean. ♪
  • 00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:15.416
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:38:15.416 --> 00:38:20.454
  • ♪ there was something in the water, ♪
  • 00:38:20.454 --> 00:38:25.059
  • ♪ but there was power in the blood. ♪
  • 00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:30.097
  • ♪ for the first time in my life, ♪
  • 00:38:30.097 --> 00:38:34.201
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:38:34.201 --> 00:38:40.441
  • ♪ oh, the blood ♪
  • 00:38:40.441 --> 00:38:44.378
  • ♪ of jesus, ♪
  • 00:38:44.378 --> 00:38:50.451
  • ♪ oh, the blood ♪
  • 00:38:50.451 --> 00:38:54.121
  • ♪ of jesus, ♪
  • 00:38:54.121 --> 00:39:00.161
  • ♪ oh, the blood ♪
  • 00:39:00.161 --> 00:39:03.764
  • ♪ of jesus ♪
  • 00:39:03.764 --> 00:39:09.203
  • ♪ that washes white ♪
  • 00:39:09.203 --> 00:39:13.407
  • ♪ as snow. ♪
  • 00:39:13.407 --> 00:39:18.312
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:39:18.312 --> 00:39:24.351
  • ♪ clean. ♪
  • 00:39:24.351 --> 00:39:28.022
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:39:28.022 --> 00:39:34.128
  • ♪ clean. ♪
  • 00:39:34.128 --> 00:39:37.631
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:39:37.631 --> 00:39:43.804
  • ♪ clean. ♪
  • 00:39:43.804 --> 00:39:47.374
  • ♪ i felt clean. ♪
  • 00:39:47.374 --> 00:39:53.614
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:39:53.614 --> 00:39:57.852
  • - okay, we are here with the david phelps family,
  • 00:40:01.922 --> 00:40:04.825
  • And i want the camera to get in real close on grant here.
  • 00:40:04.825 --> 00:40:07.962
  • Let's see that look again, grant.
  • 00:40:07.962 --> 00:40:11.165
  • Did you get-- [laughs]
  • 00:40:11.165 --> 00:40:14.201
  • That is the nine-year-old, and tell me the ages of--
  • 00:40:14.201 --> 00:40:19.507
  • Like, coby is how old?
  • 00:40:19.507 --> 00:40:20.574
  • - this is coby, and he is six,
  • 00:40:20.574 --> 00:40:22.776
  • And this is grant, and he's nine.
  • 00:40:22.776 --> 00:40:25.012
  • - nine going on what, grant?
  • 00:40:25.012 --> 00:40:26.514
  • - [laughs]
  • 00:40:26.514 --> 00:40:28.215
  • Going on five, and--
  • 00:40:28.215 --> 00:40:29.683
  • [laughs]
  • 00:40:29.683 --> 00:40:31.886
  • And this is maggie beth, and she is 12.
  • 00:40:31.886 --> 00:40:34.855
  • And our callie, she is 15.
  • 00:40:34.855 --> 00:40:38.459
  • She just got her driver's permit, so...
  • 00:40:38.459 --> 00:40:40.227
  • - a teenager.
  • 00:40:40.227 --> 00:40:41.762
  • - our prayer life has just increased.
  • 00:40:41.762 --> 00:40:44.632
  • ♪ when my faith ♪
  • 00:40:44.632 --> 00:40:46.767
  • ♪ shall be sight, ♪
  • 00:40:46.767 --> 00:40:50.271
  • ♪ the clouds be rolled back ♪
  • 00:40:50.271 --> 00:40:55.576
  • ♪ as a scroll. ♪
  • 00:40:55.576 --> 00:41:02.349
  • ♪ and the trumpet shall sound, ♪
  • 00:41:02.349 --> 00:41:07.555
  • ♪ and the lord shall descend. ♪
  • 00:41:07.555 --> 00:41:13.761
  • ♪ even so, ♪
  • 00:41:13.761 --> 00:41:16.830
  • ♪ it is well with my soul. ♪
  • 00:41:16.830 --> 00:41:25.606
  • ♪ it is well... ♪
  • 00:41:25.606 --> 00:41:29.076
  • - ♪ it is well... ♪
  • 00:41:29.076 --> 00:41:31.879
  • - ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:41:31.879 --> 00:41:38.085
  • ♪ oh, it is well; ♪
  • 00:41:35.382 --> 00:41:41.422
  • ♪ it is well ♪
  • 00:41:41.422 --> 00:41:46.727
  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:41:46.727 --> 00:41:54.101
  • - ♪ it is well. ♪
  • 00:41:54.101 --> 00:41:56.403
  • - ♪ my soul. ♪
  • 00:41:56.403 --> 00:42:04.411
  • [applause]
  • 00:42:04.411 --> 00:42:09.717
  • Lori and i, we really are a team in this.
  • 00:42:13.621 --> 00:42:15.589
  • I mean, because it's not something--
  • 00:42:15.589 --> 00:42:17.625
  • You know, this career of mine isn't something she inherited.
  • 00:42:17.625 --> 00:42:20.861
  • She was there--around before it was doing anything at all.
  • 00:42:20.861 --> 00:42:23.631
  • And so all the decisions that we've made,
  • 00:42:23.631 --> 00:42:25.566
  • From joining the vocal band
  • 00:42:25.566 --> 00:42:26.934
  • To, you know, taking different engagements
  • 00:42:26.934 --> 00:42:32.072
  • To solo records, song choice,
  • 00:42:32.072 --> 00:42:33.707
  • I mean, they've all been team decisions
  • 00:42:33.707 --> 00:42:36.543
  • Between the two of us, so...
  • 00:42:36.543 --> 00:42:38.479
  • - yeah, we started out--
  • 00:42:38.479 --> 00:42:39.847
  • In college, i would sell his merch after his concerts.
  • 00:42:39.847 --> 00:42:43.250
  • - and run the sound sometimes.
  • 00:42:43.250 --> 00:42:44.418
  • - and sometimes run the sound,
  • 00:42:44.418 --> 00:42:45.753
  • Which, i have no idea how to do that.
  • 00:42:45.753 --> 00:42:47.888
  • I mean, he would have to give me a little lesson
  • 00:42:47.888 --> 00:42:50.658
  • Real quick before the show.
  • 00:42:50.658 --> 00:42:52.192
  • - but i couldn't ever get mad at the sound person
  • 00:42:52.192 --> 00:42:54.261
  • For not starting the track at the right time.
  • 00:42:54.261 --> 00:42:57.131
  • [laughter]
  • 00:42:57.131 --> 00:42:59.733
  • - boy, that is an interesting thing about working together,
  • 00:42:59.733 --> 00:43:02.436
  • And, of course, gloria and i have worked together--
  • 00:43:02.436 --> 00:43:04.972
  • - for decades.
  • 00:43:04.972 --> 00:43:06.473
  • - and you've been on the bus some nights
  • 00:43:06.473 --> 00:43:08.208
  • When it was not a sweet, sweet spirit.
  • 00:43:08.208 --> 00:43:10.344
  • - that's right.
  • 00:43:10.344 --> 00:43:11.612
  • That's right.
  • 00:43:11.612 --> 00:43:12.713
  • One night, i said, "is it cold in here,
  • 00:43:12.713 --> 00:43:14.181
  • Or is it bill and gloria?"
  • 00:43:14.181 --> 00:43:15.215
  • [laughter]
  • 00:43:15.215 --> 00:43:18.285
  • But, you know, it gives us all hope, because...
  • 00:43:18.285 --> 00:43:20.821
  • [laughter]
  • 00:43:20.821 --> 00:43:23.090
  • Because we all go through those things, you know?
  • 00:43:23.090 --> 00:43:25.392
  • We all have those nights when we're like,
  • 00:43:25.392 --> 00:43:27.594
  • You know, "i know i've heard somewhere
  • 00:43:27.594 --> 00:43:29.596
  • "we're not supposed to go to sleep angry,
  • 00:43:29.596 --> 00:43:31.498
  • "you know, at our--at my spouse,
  • 00:43:31.498 --> 00:43:32.866
  • So i guess i just won't sleep tonight."
  • 00:43:32.866 --> 00:43:34.401
  • [laughter]
  • 00:43:34.401 --> 00:43:36.904
  • But, you know, in the end, you know, we have this--
  • 00:43:36.904 --> 00:43:38.872
  • We have this bond, you know, that we are--
  • 00:43:38.872 --> 00:43:41.308
  • We're very, very proud of the bond that we have.
  • 00:43:41.308 --> 00:43:43.510
  • I mean, we're best friends.
  • 00:43:43.510 --> 00:43:44.978
  • Before the vocal band, i mean, we would spend 24/7 together.
  • 00:43:44.978 --> 00:43:48.649
  • When i would go out on the road,
  • 00:43:48.649 --> 00:43:49.950
  • We would pile the van full of whatever we needed
  • 00:43:49.950 --> 00:43:52.753
  • And however many babies we had at the time
  • 00:43:52.753 --> 00:43:56.123
  • And go out together and then--
  • 00:43:56.123 --> 00:43:58.926
  • So the vocal band was actually
  • 00:43:58.926 --> 00:44:00.294
  • A transition for us and our family
  • 00:44:00.294 --> 00:44:01.995
  • When we weren't together quite as much.
  • 00:44:01.995 --> 00:44:05.065
  • - it was a big deal, yeah. - it was.
  • 00:44:05.065 --> 00:44:06.366
  • God gave us grace for that too,
  • 00:44:06.366 --> 00:44:07.968
  • And so it's been-- it's been a great journey.
  • 00:44:07.968 --> 00:44:14.641
  • ♪ the oceans ♪
  • 00:44:14.708 --> 00:44:17.077
  • ♪ give up ♪
  • 00:44:17.077 --> 00:44:19.313
  • ♪ all the dead ♪
  • 00:44:19.313 --> 00:44:22.850
  • ♪ that are in them. ♪
  • 00:44:22.850 --> 00:44:26.754
  • ♪ graves ♪
  • 00:44:26.754 --> 00:44:28.922
  • ♪ open wide ♪
  • 00:44:28.922 --> 00:44:31.825
  • ♪ to set captives free. ♪
  • 00:44:31.825 --> 00:44:37.231
  • ♪ and those ♪
  • 00:44:37.231 --> 00:44:39.700
  • ♪ who are roaming ♪
  • 00:44:39.700 --> 00:44:43.270
  • ♪ the earth ♪
  • 00:44:43.270 --> 00:44:45.572
  • ♪ rise to meet them. ♪
  • 00:44:45.572 --> 00:44:50.377
  • ♪ abraham's seed ♪
  • 00:44:50.377 --> 00:44:54.481
  • ♪ as the sands of the sea. ♪
  • 00:44:54.481 --> 00:45:02.389
  • - ♪ these are they ♪
  • 00:45:02.389 --> 00:45:05.526
  • ♪ who have come out ♪
  • 00:45:05.526 --> 00:45:09.129
  • ♪ of great tribulation. ♪
  • 00:45:09.129 --> 00:45:13.767
  • ♪ they have washed ♪
  • 00:45:13.767 --> 00:45:16.703
  • ♪ their robes ♪
  • 00:45:16.703 --> 00:45:18.672
  • ♪ in the blood of the lamb. ♪
  • 00:45:18.672 --> 00:45:24.278
  • ♪ they have come ♪
  • 00:45:24.278 --> 00:45:27.581
  • ♪ through much sorrow ♪
  • 00:45:27.581 --> 00:45:30.651
  • ♪ into great jubilation. ♪
  • 00:45:30.651 --> 00:45:35.823
  • ♪ they're redeemed ♪
  • 00:45:35.823 --> 00:45:38.192
  • ♪ by the blood ♪
  • 00:45:38.192 --> 00:45:40.828
  • ♪ of the lamb. ♪
  • 00:45:40.828 --> 00:45:50.671
  • - ♪ oh, oh. ♪
  • 00:45:50.671 --> 00:45:53.941
  • ♪ and like a strong ♪
  • 00:45:53.941 --> 00:45:55.909
  • ♪ and mighty army, ♪
  • 00:45:55.909 --> 00:45:59.413
  • ♪ their voices ♪
  • 00:45:59.413 --> 00:46:01.315
  • ♪ are ringing. ♪
  • 00:46:01.315 --> 00:46:04.451
  • ♪ oh, the great ♪
  • 00:46:04.451 --> 00:46:06.353
  • ♪ cloud of witnesses, ♪
  • 00:46:06.353 --> 00:46:10.224
  • ♪ they sing ♪
  • 00:46:10.224 --> 00:46:11.525
  • ♪ freedom's song ♪
  • 00:46:11.525 --> 00:46:15.229
  • ♪ as they enter ♪
  • 00:46:15.229 --> 00:46:17.731
  • ♪ the country ♪
  • 00:46:17.731 --> 00:46:20.634
  • ♪ built by their own fathers, ♪
  • 00:46:20.634 --> 00:46:26.707
  • ♪ the promised ♪
  • 00:46:26.707 --> 00:46:29.643
  • ♪ homeland ♪
  • 00:46:29.643 --> 00:46:31.979
  • ♪ they've looked for ♪
  • 00:46:31.979 --> 00:46:34.581
  • ♪ so long. ♪
  • 00:46:34.581 --> 00:46:41.288
  • ♪ all the strangers ♪
  • 00:46:41.288 --> 00:46:45.425
  • ♪ and all the pilgrims, ♪
  • 00:46:45.425 --> 00:46:48.729
  • ♪ well, we will be no longer ♪
  • 00:46:48.729 --> 00:46:51.365
  • ♪ strangers. ♪
  • 00:46:51.365 --> 00:46:54.701
  • ♪ all the tired ♪
  • 00:46:54.701 --> 00:46:56.503
  • ♪ and the weary wanderers, ♪
  • 00:46:56.503 --> 00:46:59.806
  • ♪ they will wander ♪
  • 00:46:59.806 --> 00:47:02.075
  • ♪ no more. ♪
  • 00:47:02.075 --> 00:47:05.612
  • ♪ the table is spread ♪
  • 00:47:05.612 --> 00:47:10.083
  • ♪ for the great ♪
  • 00:47:10.083 --> 00:47:13.086
  • ♪ celebration, ♪
  • 00:47:13.086 --> 00:47:16.857
  • ♪ and the welcome home banner, ♪
  • 00:47:16.857 --> 00:47:21.295
  • ♪ it flies ♪
  • 00:47:21.295 --> 00:47:22.796
  • ♪ over ♪
  • 00:47:22.796 --> 00:47:26.900
  • ♪ the door. ♪
  • 00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:29.303
  • - ♪ and these are they ♪
  • 00:47:29.303 --> 00:47:32.072
  • ♪ who have come out ♪
  • 00:47:32.072 --> 00:47:35.175
  • ♪ of great tribulation. ♪
  • 00:47:35.175 --> 00:47:40.113
  • ♪ they have washed ♪
  • 00:47:40.113 --> 00:47:42.883
  • ♪ their robes ♪
  • 00:47:42.883 --> 00:47:45.085
  • ♪ in the blood of the lamb. ♪
  • 00:47:45.085 --> 00:47:51.692
  • ♪ they have come ♪
  • 00:47:51.692 --> 00:47:56.229
  • ♪ through much sorrow ♪
  • 00:47:56.229 --> 00:47:59.166
  • ♪ into great jubilation. ♪
  • 00:47:59.166 --> 00:48:04.271
  • ♪ they're redeemed ♪
  • 00:48:04.271 --> 00:48:06.606
  • ♪ by the blood ♪
  • 00:48:06.606 --> 00:48:08.942
  • ♪ of the lamb. ♪
  • 00:48:08.942 --> 00:48:15.015
  • ♪ they're redeemed ♪
  • 00:48:15.015 --> 00:48:17.617
  • ♪ by the blood ♪
  • 00:48:17.617 --> 00:48:21.488
  • ♪ of the ♪
  • 00:48:21.488 --> 00:48:23.256
  • ♪ lamb. ♪
  • 00:48:23.256 --> 00:48:29.429
  • ♪ the lamb. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:48:42.909 --> 00:48:54.121
  • - why not? praise the lord.
  • 00:48:57.791 --> 00:49:00.460
  • David, a lot of people are in awe and respect
  • 00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:03.797
  • Of your talent,
  • 00:49:03.797 --> 00:49:05.265
  • And you remember, i took you in the studio one time,
  • 00:49:05.265 --> 00:49:10.404
  • And i said, "boy, it's hard to critique you,
  • 00:49:10.404 --> 00:49:13.507
  • "because you're so good technically.
  • 00:49:13.507 --> 00:49:15.142
  • But something else has to be better," you know.
  • 00:49:15.142 --> 00:49:18.945
  • So you know the experience.
  • 00:49:18.945 --> 00:49:22.115
  • I think the great thing about being around you
  • 00:49:22.115 --> 00:49:26.453
  • Has been to find out the real character that you possess
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  • And who you are personally,
  • 00:49:30.090 --> 00:49:31.992
  • And i mean that sincerely.
  • 00:49:31.992 --> 00:49:33.794
  • - thank you.
  • 00:49:33.794 --> 00:49:36.630
  • - what do you want people to say about you
  • 00:49:36.630 --> 00:49:39.900
  • When it's all said and done?
  • 00:49:39.900 --> 00:49:41.234
  • You're only, what, 40 years old?
  • 00:49:41.234 --> 00:49:42.869
  • Hopefully, you got another 50, 60 years,
  • 00:49:42.869 --> 00:49:45.972
  • But one of these days, i have to--
  • 00:49:45.972 --> 00:49:47.874
  • You know, i have to be honest, and we never know.
  • 00:49:47.874 --> 00:49:50.544
  • What do you want to--
  • 00:49:50.544 --> 00:49:52.012
  • What do you want 'em to say about you when it's done,
  • 00:49:52.012 --> 00:49:54.014
  • It's all said and done?
  • 00:49:54.014 --> 00:49:56.083
  • - i--you know, there's a few different levels
  • 00:49:56.083 --> 00:50:02.022
  • I could come at that at:
  • 00:50:02.022 --> 00:50:04.191
  • My art, you know, my--my family and my relationships.
  • 00:50:04.191 --> 00:50:09.629
  • I think--i guess i would probably say that--
  • 00:50:09.629 --> 00:50:13.667
  • That i loved people,
  • 00:50:13.667 --> 00:50:17.003
  • That i loved people one-on-one, that i loved my kids,
  • 00:50:17.003 --> 00:50:21.541
  • That i loved people from the stage
  • 00:50:21.541 --> 00:50:24.444
  • Through the art that i'm able to create,
  • 00:50:24.444 --> 00:50:30.150
  • And hopefully i've given some people
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  • Some hope along the way.
  • 00:50:31.618 --> 00:50:36.156
  • ♪ the timeless theme, ♪
  • 00:50:36.156 --> 00:50:39.359
  • ♪ earth and heaven ♪
  • 00:50:39.359 --> 00:50:42.162
  • ♪ will pass away. ♪
  • 00:50:42.162 --> 00:50:46.633
  • ♪ it's not a dream. ♪
  • 00:50:46.633 --> 00:50:49.302
  • ♪ god will make ♪
  • 00:50:49.302 --> 00:50:50.570
  • ♪ all things new ♪
  • 00:50:50.570 --> 00:50:54.174
  • ♪ that day. ♪
  • 00:50:54.174 --> 00:50:57.210
  • ♪ gone is the curse ♪
  • 00:50:57.210 --> 00:51:01.448
  • ♪ from which i stumbled ♪
  • 00:51:01.448 --> 00:51:04.851
  • ♪ and fell. ♪
  • 00:51:04.851 --> 00:51:07.954
  • ♪ evil is banished ♪
  • 00:51:07.954 --> 00:51:11.825
  • ♪ to eternal ♪
  • 00:51:11.825 --> 00:51:15.328
  • ♪ hell. ♪
  • 00:51:15.328 --> 00:51:20.233
  • ♪ no more night, ♪
  • 00:51:20.233 --> 00:51:24.738
  • ♪ no more pain, ♪
  • 00:51:24.738 --> 00:51:30.110
  • ♪ no more tears, ♪
  • 00:51:30.110 --> 00:51:34.414
  • ♪ never crying ♪
  • 00:51:34.414 --> 00:51:37.317
  • ♪ again, ♪
  • 00:51:37.317 --> 00:51:39.719
  • ♪ and praises to ♪
  • 00:51:39.719 --> 00:51:44.491
  • ♪ the great i am. ♪
  • 00:51:44.491 --> 00:51:49.095
  • ♪ we will live ♪
  • 00:51:49.095 --> 00:51:51.298
  • ♪ in the light ♪
  • 00:51:51.298 --> 00:51:54.301
  • ♪ of the risen ♪
  • 00:51:54.301 --> 00:51:58.338
  • ♪ lamb. ♪
  • 00:51:58.338 --> 00:52:03.376
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:52:03.376 --> 00:52:07.414
  • ♪ mm. ♪
  • 00:52:07.414 --> 00:52:11.952
  • ♪ see all around, ♪
  • 00:52:11.952 --> 00:52:14.654
  • ♪ now the nations ♪
  • 00:52:14.654 --> 00:52:17.390
  • ♪ bow down to sing. ♪
  • 00:52:17.390 --> 00:52:21.828
  • ♪ the only sound ♪
  • 00:52:21.828 --> 00:52:24.364
  • ♪ is the praises ♪
  • 00:52:24.364 --> 00:52:27.100
  • ♪ to christ, ♪
  • 00:52:27.100 --> 00:52:29.302
  • ♪ our king. ♪
  • 00:52:29.302 --> 00:52:32.706
  • ♪ slowly ♪
  • 00:52:32.706 --> 00:52:35.108
  • ♪ the names ♪
  • 00:52:35.108 --> 00:52:37.110
  • ♪ from the book ♪
  • 00:52:37.110 --> 00:52:39.279
  • ♪ are read. ♪
  • 00:52:39.279 --> 00:52:43.450
  • ♪ i know ♪
  • 00:52:43.450 --> 00:52:44.818
  • ♪ the king, ♪
  • 00:52:44.818 --> 00:52:46.686
  • ♪ so there's no need, ♪
  • 00:52:46.686 --> 00:52:49.856
  • ♪ no need to dread. ♪
  • 00:52:49.856 --> 00:52:55.395
  • ♪ no more night, ♪
  • 00:52:55.395 --> 00:53:00.033
  • ♪ no more pain, ♪
  • 00:53:00.033 --> 00:53:04.671
  • ♪ no more tears, ♪
  • 00:53:04.671 --> 00:53:09.876
  • ♪ never crying ♪
  • 00:53:09.876 --> 00:53:11.911
  • ♪ again, ♪
  • 00:53:11.911 --> 00:53:14.748
  • ♪ and praises to ♪
  • 00:53:14.748 --> 00:53:19.653
  • ♪ the great i am. ♪
  • 00:53:19.653 --> 00:53:24.291
  • ♪ we will live ♪
  • 00:53:24.291 --> 00:53:26.726
  • ♪ in the light ♪
  • 00:53:26.726 --> 00:53:29.162
  • ♪ of the risen ♪
  • 00:53:29.162 --> 00:53:32.565
  • ♪ lamb. ♪
  • 00:53:32.565 --> 00:53:34.034
  • ♪ see, over there, ♪
  • 00:53:34.034 --> 00:53:37.404
  • ♪ there's a mansion, ♪
  • 00:53:37.404 --> 00:53:39.139
  • ♪ oh, that's prepared ♪
  • 00:53:39.139 --> 00:53:41.875
  • ♪ just for me ♪
  • 00:53:41.875 --> 00:53:44.110
  • ♪ where i will live ♪
  • 00:53:44.110 --> 00:53:46.579
  • ♪ with my savior ♪
  • 00:53:46.579 --> 00:53:49.449
  • ♪ eternally. ♪
  • 00:53:49.449 --> 00:53:55.555
  • ♪ and there will be ♪
  • 00:53:55.555 --> 00:53:56.923
  • ♪ no more night, ♪
  • 00:53:56.923 --> 00:54:08.935
  • ♪ no more ♪
  • 00:54:08.935 --> 00:54:11.271
  • ♪ pain, ♪
  • 00:54:11.271 --> 00:54:12.439
  • ♪ no more tears, ♪
  • 00:54:12.439 --> 00:54:16.309
  • ♪ never, never crying ♪
  • 00:54:16.309 --> 00:54:18.178
  • ♪ again, ♪
  • 00:54:18.178 --> 00:54:19.379
  • ♪ and praises to ♪
  • 00:54:19.379 --> 00:54:24.184
  • ♪ the great i am. ♪
  • 00:54:24.184 --> 00:54:28.355
  • ♪ we will live ♪
  • 00:54:28.355 --> 00:54:30.557
  • ♪ in the light ♪
  • 00:54:30.557 --> 00:54:32.792
  • ♪ of the risen ♪
  • 00:54:32.792 --> 00:54:35.562
  • ♪ lamb. ♪
  • 00:54:35.562 --> 00:54:36.563
  • ♪ all ♪
  • 00:54:36.563 --> 00:54:37.897
  • ♪ the praises to ♪
  • 00:54:37.897 --> 00:54:43.370
  • ♪ the great i am. ♪
  • 00:54:43.370 --> 00:54:46.873
  • ♪ we're gonna live, ♪
  • 00:54:46.873 --> 00:54:48.775
  • ♪ we're gonna live ♪
  • 00:54:48.775 --> 00:54:50.510
  • ♪ in the light ♪
  • 00:54:50.510 --> 00:54:54.381
  • ♪ of the risen ♪
  • 00:54:54.381 --> 00:54:56.883
  • ♪ lamb. ♪
  • 00:54:56.883 --> 00:55:13.933
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:24.210
  • - one chorus for old times' sake--
  • 00:55:28.014 --> 00:55:31.351
  • For vestal, for howard, for all of them.
  • 00:55:31.351 --> 00:55:33.887
  • - all right, this is how it all started with me and bill,
  • 00:55:33.887 --> 00:55:36.022
  • All right?
  • 00:55:36.022 --> 00:55:37.257
  • ♪ then cheer, my brother, cheer. ♪
  • 00:55:37.257 --> 00:55:41.561
  • ♪ our trials will soon be o'er. ♪
  • 00:55:41.561 --> 00:55:45.999
  • ♪ our loved ones we shall meet, ♪
  • 00:55:45.999 --> 00:55:49.335
  • ♪ shall meet, ♪
  • 00:55:49.335 --> 00:55:50.537
  • ♪ upon the golden shore. ♪
  • 00:55:50.537 --> 00:55:54.908
  • ♪ we're strangers and we're pilgrims here, ♪
  • 00:55:54.908 --> 00:55:59.245
  • ♪ seeking a city to come. ♪
  • 00:55:59.245 --> 00:56:03.550
  • ♪ the lifeboat soon is coming ♪
  • 00:56:03.550 --> 00:56:07.821
  • ♪ to gather his jewels home. ♪
  • 00:56:07.821 --> 00:56:13.026
  • Captioning provided by gaither music group.
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  • Captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com
  • 00:56:16.029 --> 00:56:49.762
  • ♪precious memories♪
  • 00:56:53.299 --> 00:56:59.105
  • ♪how they linger♪
  • 00:56:59.105 --> 00:57:06.179
  • ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
  • 00:57:06.179 --> 00:57:07.814
  • Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
  • 00:57:07.814 --> 00:57:10.316
  • ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
  • 00:57:10.316 --> 00:57:13.386
  • Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
  • 00:57:13.386 --> 00:57:16.823
  • ... share more of your favorite songs.
  • 00:57:16.823 --> 00:57:20.593
  • ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
  • 00:57:20.593 --> 00:57:20.760