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Jimmy Fortune: God and Country | Gaither Gospel Hour

May 19, 2025 | 57:29

Jimmy Fortune: God and Country | Gaither Gospel Hour
Homecoming Friends join Bill and Gloria in this nostalgia-filled video journey.
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Gaither Gospel Hour | Jimmy Fortune: God and Country | Gaither Gospel Hour | May 19, 2025
  • ♪(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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  • - ladies and gentlemen,
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  • Mr. jimmy fortune.
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • - yes!
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  • [cheers and applause continue]
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  • [soft music]
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  • - thank you.
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  • - ♪ ooh, ooh. ♪
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  • - ♪ mine eyes have seen the glory ♪
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  • ♪ of the coming of the lord. ♪
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  • ♪ he is trampling out the vintage ♪
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  • ♪ where the grapes of wrath are stored. ♪
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  • ♪ he hath loosed the fateful lightning ♪
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  • ♪ of his terrible swift sword. ♪
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  • ♪ his truth is marching on. ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ glory, glory, hallelujah! ♪
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  • ♪ his truth is marching on. ♪
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  • [rousing music]
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  • - yeah!
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ this land is your land, ♪
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  • ♪ this land is my land... ♪
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  • Bill: for more than 20 years,
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  • Jimmy fortune traveled our great nation
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  • With the legendary country icons the statler brothers,
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  • And today he is still going strong.
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  • Both: ♪ america... ♪
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  • Bill: this esteemed member of the country music
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  • And gospel music halls of fame is here with us today,
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  • Bringing together two great american pastimes:
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  • Singing and storytelling.
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  • - ♪ ah, country roads, won't you take me home... ♪
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  • ♪ because he lives... ♪
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  • - hi, i'm bill gaither,
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  • Inviting you to get comfortable,
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  • Because you don't want to miss a single minute
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  • Of this musical celebration of faith and freedom.
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  • Gaither music group is thrilled to present
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  • "jimmy fortune: god & country."
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  • - ♪ i roamed and rambled ♪
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  • ♪ and followed my footsteps ♪
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  • ♪ to the sparkling sands of ♪
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  • ♪ her diamond deserts. ♪
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  • ♪ and all around me, ♪
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  • ♪ a voice was sounding, ♪
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  • ♪ "this land was made for you and me." ♪
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  • ♪ this land is your land, ♪
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  • ♪ this land is my land, ♪
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  • ♪ from california ♪
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  • ♪ to the new york island, ♪
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  • ♪ from the redwood forest ♪
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  • ♪ to the gulf stream waters. ♪
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  • ♪ this land was made for you and me. ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, this land was made for you and me. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • Yeah!
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • Whoo!
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  • Thank you all!
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  • Yeah!
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  • Thank y'all so much!
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  • Thank y'all so much! man! whoo!
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  • - jimmy, you're a country boy from the hills of virginia.
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  • - right.
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  • - i'm a country boy from indiana.
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  • And we both have two things in common.
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  • We both love our god and we do love our country.
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  • So this is gonna be a wonderful celebration.
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  • - you know, when we--
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  • First of all, thank you for this opportunity.
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  • I really do appreciate it.
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  • And, you know, we had a great time
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  • Doing this project, "god & country."
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  • And it was so special to me.
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  • It's kind of been an emotional journey for me
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  • To do this project, because, you know,
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  • Thinking about our country today
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  • And about where i came from
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  • And how i grew up here in the united states,
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  • It's just a wonderful place to grow up.
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  • And if ever our country needs god,
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  • It's now, i feel like,
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  • And these songs really, to me, touched my heart,
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  • And i think they're gonna touch a lot of people's hearts.
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  • - i love history, and i read a lot of history
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  • And especially the early beginnings of this country.
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  • I am still amazed as to how those--
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  • I don't know--15, 20, 25, maybe 30 men
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  • Put this thing together
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  • And held it together through some pretty turbulent times.
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  • It's pretty amazing.
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  • - well, that's what makes america so great, i think,
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  • Is the hard things that we went through
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  • To get it to this point
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  • And those words that this country was built on,
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  • "in god we trust," you know.
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  • I hope that we never forget those words,
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  • Because i think that's such a--
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  • The mainstay of this country.
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  • And i believe with all my heart
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  • As long as we stay true to those words,
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  • We're always gonna be all right.
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  • But this is a great place to live.
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  • It really is. it's just a wonderful place.
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  • - and music has always been
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  • A very, very important part of it.
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  • And we're going into a song that i dearly love.
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  • Every time we're in west virginia,
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  • We sing this, and you would think
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  • That we were singing
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  • "just as i am, without one plea."
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  • We're in a gospel concert and we sing,
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  • "west virginia, take me home," and the place goes crazy.
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  • - you know, that song has always been a mainstay with me.
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  • I remember when it first came out.
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  • John denver had the hit on it and everything.
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  • It was on the radio for a couple of weeks.
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  • And i didn't really--
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  • I kind of had heard the song and i fell in love with it,
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  • But we were playing at-- i remember---
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  • A moose lodge in charlottesville, virginia,
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  • One night, and we were between songs,
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  • And this man came up and he said--
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  • He said, "if y'all can play that new song by john denver,
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  • 'country roads, take me home,' i'll give you this $100 bill."
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  • And it was the first $100 bill i'd ever seen.
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  • - [laughs] - he's waving it--
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  • He's waving it around, and i said,
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  • "is that a real $100 bill?"
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  • The other guys said, "i don't know if it is or not."
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  • But i said--i said, "well," i said, "okay." i said--
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  • I just lit into it and i started playing it.
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  • I didn't know the words, so i made them up.
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  • - yeah.
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  • - but he didn't know the difference.
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  • Both: so-- [laughter]
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  • - so you did sing it that night, right?
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  • - oh, we sang it. we sang it.
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  • We got that $100 bill, boy,
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  • And i'll tell you, we had a good time.
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  • We had milkshakes and things that night,
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  • Hamburgers, you know.
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  • It was pretty good.
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  • - well, you're gonna sing it now,
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  • And you know all the words this time.
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  • - we know all the words now, yes.
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  • We do.
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  • [upbeat music]
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  • ♪ almost heaven, west virginia, ♪
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  • ♪ blue ridge mountains, shenandoah river. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ life is old there, older than the trees, ♪
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  • ♪ younger than the mountains, ♪
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  • ♪ blowing like a breeze. ♪
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  • ♪ country roads, take me home ♪
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  • ♪ to the place i belong. ♪
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  • ♪ west virginia, mountain mama. ♪
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  • ♪ take me home, country roads. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ all my memories gather round her. ♪
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  • ♪ a miner's lady, stranger to blue water. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ dark and dusty, painted on the sky. ♪
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  • ♪ misty taste of moonshine, a teardrop in my eye. ♪
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  • ♪ country roads, take me home ♪
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  • ♪ to the place i belong. ♪
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  • ♪ west virginia, mountain mama. ♪
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  • ♪ take me home, country roads. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ i hear her voice. ♪
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  • ♪ in the morning hour, she calls me. ♪
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  • ♪ the radio reminds me of my home far away. ♪
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  • ♪ driving down the road, i get a feeling ♪
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  • ♪ i should have been home yesterday. ♪
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  • ♪ yesterday. ♪
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  • ♪ country roads, take me home ♪
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  • ♪ to the place i belong. ♪
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  • ♪ west virginia, mountain mama. ♪
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  • ♪ take me home, country roads. ♪
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  • ♪ ah, country roads, won't you take me home ♪
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  • ♪ to the place i belong? ♪
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  • ♪ west virginia, mountain mama. ♪
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  • ♪ take me home, country roads. ♪
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  • ♪ won't you take me home ♪
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  • ♪ down a country road? ♪
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  • ♪ come on, take me home ♪
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  • ♪ down a country road. ♪
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  • [holding note]
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • Thank you.
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  • Yeah!
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • This project was emotional for me; it was.
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  • It was, you know, celebrating our freedom
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  • This project was emotional country was bui for me; it was.
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  • It was, you know, celebrating our freedom
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  • And celebrating what this country was built on, you know,
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  • And the sacrifices that have been made for this country.
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  • And then going back and doing songs
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  • That my mother used to sing to me when i was little,
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  • Songs from--you know, from the old churches
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  • That i sang in as a little kid.
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  • - mm-hmm.
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  • - some of those things were--
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  • It was an emotional journey for me.
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  • - you know, and it's a wonderful way
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  • To pass our heritage on to the next generation...
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  • - it is.
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  • - through the--through the hymns of the church
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  • And through the great patriotic songs
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  • That took us through some pretty tough times.
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  • We didn't get it all right,
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  • But thank god we kept working on it.
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  • - well, we still don't get it all right,
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  • But i feel like, you know, god still has us in his favor.
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  • - absolutely.
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  • - and as long as we try to do the right thing as a country,
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  • I think we're gonna be all right.
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  • - now, i don't want the audience to think
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  • That you have to sing a gaither song...
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  • - [laughs]
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  • - [indistinct]
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  • But i was thrilled to know you wanted to sing
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  • "because he lives."
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  • - "because he lives" is one of my favorite songs.
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  • I remember back in the early--
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  • Well, in--when i first heard it,
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  • I fell in love with it.
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  • But my son jimmy was born with spina bifida.
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  • He's my firstborn son. - mm-hmm.
  • 00:11:49.532 --> 00:11:51.100
  • - and they didn't think he was gonna live two hours,
  • 00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:55.971
  • And through a lot of prayer and everything,
  • 00:11:55.971 --> 00:11:58.474
  • Today he's 46 years old.
  • 00:11:58.474 --> 00:12:00.709
  • So a lot of prayers were answered.
  • 00:12:00.709 --> 00:12:02.945
  • But i remember when that song came out
  • 00:12:02.945 --> 00:12:05.047
  • And we sang that song,
  • 00:12:05.047 --> 00:12:08.384
  • But i could never get through the verse...
  • 00:12:08.384 --> 00:12:10.820
  • - "how sweet to hold our newborn baby."
  • 00:12:10.820 --> 00:12:11.921
  • - "how sweet to hold our newborn baby."
  • 00:12:11.921 --> 00:12:13.556
  • I remember i was singing it in church
  • 00:12:13.556 --> 00:12:15.291
  • And i just broke down.
  • 00:12:15.291 --> 00:12:17.159
  • And still to this day, i can't sing that verse.
  • 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:20.863
  • But i love it. i just love it.
  • 00:12:20.863 --> 00:12:22.731
  • It's just a--
  • 00:12:22.731 --> 00:12:24.066
  • But my son's doing really well.
  • 00:12:24.066 --> 00:12:25.634
  • And it is--it's just such a beautiful song.
  • 00:12:25.634 --> 00:12:28.904
  • Thank you all for writing that song.
  • 00:12:28.904 --> 00:12:30.673
  • - but there's no pain like the pain of a parent
  • 00:12:30.673 --> 00:12:35.277
  • When you're caring about your kids, is there?
  • 00:12:35.277 --> 00:12:37.513
  • - well, it was--
  • 00:12:37.513 --> 00:12:38.514
  • - you feel so helpless sometimes.
  • 00:12:38.514 --> 00:12:40.216
  • - i was 17 years old and i was in the university of virginia,
  • 00:12:40.216 --> 00:12:43.352
  • And i remember sitting in the waiting room by myself.
  • 00:12:43.352 --> 00:12:48.023
  • It was, like, in the morning. nobody else was in there.
  • 00:12:48.023 --> 00:12:50.559
  • And the doctor came in and said,
  • 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.328
  • "well, what did you want, a boy or a girl?"
  • 00:12:52.328 --> 00:12:53.863
  • I said, "well, it doesn't matter as long as it's okay."
  • 00:12:53.863 --> 00:12:56.565
  • And he said, "well, you come with me.
  • 00:12:56.565 --> 00:12:59.268
  • "you got a little boy. he's 8 pounds 5 ounces.
  • 00:12:59.268 --> 00:13:01.337
  • But there's a problem."
  • 00:13:01.337 --> 00:13:02.905
  • And i never had seen anything like that.
  • 00:13:02.905 --> 00:13:04.707
  • And he took me back there and he just, like, took me
  • 00:13:04.707 --> 00:13:06.876
  • Into this operating room and he says,
  • 00:13:06.876 --> 00:13:08.944
  • "we don't operate in two hours, your son's gonna die."
  • 00:13:08.944 --> 00:13:12.681
  • And he pulled back the covers and i saw that,
  • 00:13:12.681 --> 00:13:16.719
  • And i was like, "what am i seeing?"
  • 00:13:16.719 --> 00:13:18.087
  • I just couldn't put it all together.
  • 00:13:18.087 --> 00:13:19.955
  • But it did something to me deep down
  • 00:13:19.955 --> 00:13:23.125
  • That i've never gotten over,
  • 00:13:23.125 --> 00:13:24.460
  • And so my heart goes out to parents
  • 00:13:24.460 --> 00:13:26.896
  • Who have had children that have been born with problems
  • 00:13:26.896 --> 00:13:30.199
  • And what they have to go through, you know?
  • 00:13:30.199 --> 00:13:33.636
  • It's a struggle.
  • 00:13:33.636 --> 00:13:35.971
  • - how could we make it without our faith
  • 00:13:35.971 --> 00:13:38.307
  • In hard and tough times?
  • 00:13:38.307 --> 00:13:40.342
  • - well, i really couldn't.
  • 00:13:40.342 --> 00:13:41.977
  • My mother instilled that in me.
  • 00:13:41.977 --> 00:13:44.680
  • She said, "no matter what happens in life, son,
  • 00:13:44.680 --> 00:13:47.216
  • "no matter what you do, don't run from god.
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  • Run to god."
  • 00:13:49.518 --> 00:13:50.552
  • [soft music]
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  • ♪ because he lives, ♪
  • 00:13:52.788 --> 00:13:58.227
  • ♪ i can face tomorrow. ♪
  • 00:13:58.227 --> 00:14:03.699
  • ♪ because he lives, ♪
  • 00:14:03.699 --> 00:14:09.104
  • ♪ all fear is gone. ♪
  • 00:14:09.104 --> 00:14:15.010
  • ♪ because i know ♪
  • 00:14:15.010 --> 00:14:20.115
  • ♪ he holds the future, ♪
  • 00:14:20.115 --> 00:14:25.554
  • ♪ and life is worth the living ♪
  • 00:14:25.554 --> 00:14:30.259
  • ♪ just because he lives. ♪
  • 00:14:30.259 --> 00:14:36.398
  • ♪ god sent his son. ♪
  • 00:14:36.398 --> 00:14:42.171
  • ♪ they called him jesus. ♪
  • 00:14:42.171 --> 00:14:47.343
  • ♪ he came to love, ♪
  • 00:14:47.343 --> 00:14:52.748
  • ♪ heal, and forgive. ♪
  • 00:14:52.748 --> 00:14:58.253
  • ♪ he lived and died ♪
  • 00:14:58.253 --> 00:15:03.892
  • ♪ to buy my pardon. ♪
  • 00:15:03.892 --> 00:15:09.231
  • ♪ an empty grave is there to prove ♪
  • 00:15:09.231 --> 00:15:14.970
  • ♪ my savior lives. ♪
  • 00:15:14.970 --> 00:15:19.842
  • ♪ because he lives, ♪
  • 00:15:19.842 --> 00:15:25.514
  • ♪ i can face tomorrow. ♪
  • 00:15:25.514 --> 00:15:30.686
  • ♪ because he lives, ♪
  • 00:15:30.686 --> 00:15:36.625
  • ♪ all fear is gone. ♪
  • 00:15:36.625 --> 00:15:42.231
  • ♪ because i know ♪
  • 00:15:42.231 --> 00:15:47.669
  • ♪ he holds the future, ♪
  • 00:15:47.669 --> 00:15:53.008
  • ♪ and life is worth the living ♪
  • 00:15:53.008 --> 00:15:57.479
  • ♪ just because he lives. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:09.224
  • ♪ and then one day, ♪
  • 00:16:09.224 --> 00:16:14.997
  • ♪ i'll cross that river. ♪
  • 00:16:14.997 --> 00:16:20.169
  • ♪ i'll fight life's final war ♪
  • 00:16:20.169 --> 00:16:27.376
  • ♪ with pain. ♪
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  • ♪ and then as death ♪
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  • ♪ gives way to victory, ♪
  • 00:16:36.452 --> 00:16:41.423
  • ♪ i'll see the lights of glory, ♪
  • 00:16:41.423 --> 00:16:46.728
  • ♪ and i'll know ♪
  • 00:16:46.728 --> 00:16:48.964
  • ♪ he lives. ♪
  • 00:16:48.964 --> 00:16:53.035
  • ♪ because he lives, ♪
  • 00:16:53.035 --> 00:16:58.107
  • ♪ i can face tomorrow. ♪
  • 00:16:58.107 --> 00:17:03.679
  • ♪ because he lives, ♪
  • 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:09.118
  • ♪ all fear is gone. ♪
  • 00:17:09.118 --> 00:17:14.957
  • ♪ because i know ♪
  • 00:17:14.957 --> 00:17:20.395
  • ♪ he holds the future, ♪
  • 00:17:20.395 --> 00:17:25.501
  • ♪ and life is worth the living ♪
  • 00:17:25.501 --> 00:17:29.838
  • ♪ just because he lives. ♪
  • 00:17:29.838 --> 00:17:35.744
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:17:35.744 --> 00:17:39.181
  • ♪ my life is worth the living ♪
  • 00:17:39.181 --> 00:17:44.052
  • ♪ just because he lives. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • Is in our diversity," and i believe that.
  • 00:18:03.272 --> 00:18:05.541
  • We all come from different ethnic backgrounds.
  • 00:18:05.541 --> 00:18:09.411
  • And you put all of that
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  • Different kind of music together,
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  • Food tastes, we're all better because of it.
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  • - mm-hmm.
  • 00:18:16.018 --> 00:18:17.085
  • - and as good as diversity is,
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  • I still maintain
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  • There's another thing that's even better,
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  • And that's when our diversity becomes one.
  • 00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:27.496
  • We're all americans. - right, right.
  • 00:18:27.496 --> 00:18:29.531
  • - we may come from all different kind of backgrounds,
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  • But we are all americans.
  • 00:18:31.633 --> 00:18:33.535
  • And when that happens... - mm-hmm.
  • 00:18:33.535 --> 00:18:35.671
  • - we have to look for the things that unite us
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  • More than the things that divide us.
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  • We're not gonna all agree on everything.
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  • - right.
  • 00:18:42.044 --> 00:18:43.111
  • - but thank god there are enough things
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  • That we do hold and treasure very highly.
  • 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:49.551
  • And that's a great thing about this song:
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  • God bless america, land that we all love.
  • 00:18:52.454 --> 00:18:55.424
  • - god has blessed america over and over again.
  • 00:18:55.424 --> 00:18:57.492
  • - yeah.
  • 00:18:57.492 --> 00:18:58.794
  • - one thing god gave me is a love for people.
  • 00:18:58.794 --> 00:19:01.463
  • - yeah. - and i'm like you with that.
  • 00:19:01.463 --> 00:19:03.498
  • I think, you know, we're all americans
  • 00:19:03.498 --> 00:19:05.367
  • And we're red, white, blue, yellow, black, white.
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  • Whatever you are, we're all americans.
  • 00:19:08.070 --> 00:19:10.272
  • We're all the same color. we all bleed red, you know?
  • 00:19:10.272 --> 00:19:13.342
  • We're people. - yeah.
  • 00:19:13.342 --> 00:19:14.810
  • - and if we could just treat each other with respect
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  • And love, some kind of way,
  • 00:19:18.547 --> 00:19:21.383
  • You know, it would be so much better; it would be.
  • 00:19:21.383 --> 00:19:23.685
  • And so i'm hoping-- and i do see a lot of change
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  • Going on out there in the world too.
  • 00:19:26.955 --> 00:19:29.024
  • - lot of good change. - lot of good things going on.
  • 00:19:29.024 --> 00:19:31.093
  • And i believe god will bless us again.
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  • I'm gonna get sonya to come up here and stand with me.
  • 00:19:33.462 --> 00:19:36.398
  • Y'all give sonya isaacs another big round of applause.
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  • [applause] i love this lady so much.
  • 00:19:38.667 --> 00:19:44.306
  • [soft music]
  • 00:19:44.373 --> 00:19:46.708
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:19:46.708 --> 00:19:50.212
  • ♪ god bless america, ♪
  • 00:19:50.212 --> 00:19:56.051
  • ♪ land that i love. ♪
  • 00:19:56.051 --> 00:20:00.922
  • ♪ stand beside her ♪
  • 00:20:00.922 --> 00:20:03.992
  • ♪ and guide her ♪
  • 00:20:03.992 --> 00:20:06.928
  • ♪ through the night with the light ♪
  • 00:20:06.928 --> 00:20:09.865
  • ♪ from above. ♪
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  • Both: ♪ from the mountains ♪
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  • ♪ to the prairies ♪
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  • ♪ to the oceans, ♪
  • 00:20:18.707 --> 00:20:21.576
  • ♪ white with foam, ♪
  • 00:20:21.576 --> 00:20:25.280
  • ♪ god bless america, ♪
  • 00:20:25.280 --> 00:20:30.352
  • ♪ my home, sweet home. ♪
  • 00:20:30.352 --> 00:20:37.025
  • ♪ god bless america, ♪
  • 00:20:37.025 --> 00:20:42.064
  • ♪ my home, sweet home. ♪
  • 00:20:42.064 --> 00:20:48.804
  • - ♪ god bless america, ♪
  • 00:20:48.804 --> 00:20:54.676
  • ♪ land that i love. ♪
  • 00:20:54.676 --> 00:20:59.448
  • ♪ stand beside her ♪
  • 00:20:59.448 --> 00:21:02.584
  • ♪ and guide her ♪
  • 00:21:02.584 --> 00:21:05.487
  • ♪ through the night with the light ♪
  • 00:21:05.487 --> 00:21:08.423
  • ♪ from above. ♪
  • 00:21:08.423 --> 00:21:11.326
  • Both: ♪ from the mountains ♪
  • 00:21:11.326 --> 00:21:14.229
  • ♪ to the prairies ♪
  • 00:21:14.229 --> 00:21:17.165
  • ♪ to the oceans, ♪
  • 00:21:17.165 --> 00:21:20.135
  • ♪ white with foam, ♪
  • 00:21:20.135 --> 00:21:23.805
  • ♪ god bless america, ♪
  • 00:21:23.805 --> 00:21:28.977
  • ♪ my home, sweet home. ♪
  • 00:21:28.977 --> 00:21:35.584
  • ♪ god bless america, ♪
  • 00:21:35.584 --> 00:21:40.622
  • ♪ my home, ♪
  • 00:21:40.622 --> 00:21:44.192
  • ♪ sweet home. ♪
  • 00:21:44.192 --> 00:21:49.664
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:21:49.664 --> 00:21:52.367
  • - ♪ o beautiful for spacious skies, ♪
  • 00:21:52.367 --> 00:21:58.573
  • ♪ for amber waves of grain, ♪
  • 00:21:58.573 --> 00:22:04.179
  • ♪ for purple mountain majesties ♪
  • 00:22:04.179 --> 00:22:10.218
  • ♪ above the fruited plains. ♪
  • 00:22:10.218 --> 00:22:15.791
  • Both: ♪ america, ♪
  • 00:22:15.791 --> 00:22:18.760
  • ♪ america, ♪
  • 00:22:18.760 --> 00:22:21.630
  • ♪ god shed his grace on thee ♪
  • 00:22:21.630 --> 00:22:27.402
  • ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪
  • 00:22:27.402 --> 00:22:33.442
  • ♪ from sea to shining sea. ♪
  • 00:22:33.442 --> 00:22:39.247
  • ♪ and crown thy good with brotherhood ♪
  • 00:22:39.247 --> 00:22:44.920
  • ♪ from sea to ♪
  • 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:48.857
  • ♪ shining sea. ♪
  • 00:22:48.857 --> 00:22:55.597
  • - ♪ america. ♪
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  • [both holding note]
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  • Yeah!
  • 00:23:09.611 --> 00:23:10.812
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:23:10.812 --> 00:23:15.016
  • Sonya isaacs.
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  • [cheers and applause continue]
  • 00:23:16.785 --> 00:23:20.689
  • You know, this song right here--
  • 00:23:24.459 --> 00:23:26.027
  • I'm always writing songs here in town
  • 00:23:26.027 --> 00:23:28.129
  • And used to write years ago when i came to nashville.
  • 00:23:28.129 --> 00:23:31.399
  • I still--still write songs quite a bit
  • 00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:34.302
  • With some great writers that come into town
  • 00:23:34.302 --> 00:23:36.938
  • And some of them that have been here for a while.
  • 00:23:36.938 --> 00:23:39.975
  • But i wrote this song with a special friend of mine,
  • 00:23:39.975 --> 00:23:44.613
  • Miss molly stevens, who is here tonight.
  • 00:23:44.613 --> 00:23:46.548
  • She's right over-- stand up, molly.
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  • This is molly, y'all. [applause]
  • 00:23:49.150 --> 00:23:51.486
  • We got together to write one day, and we--
  • 00:23:51.486 --> 00:23:55.891
  • You know, we kind of opened ourselves up spiritually,
  • 00:23:55.891 --> 00:23:57.726
  • You know, for-- that day, we did for sure--
  • 00:23:57.726 --> 00:24:00.161
  • For what god wanted us to say in this world.
  • 00:24:00.161 --> 00:24:03.999
  • And i've had so many people--
  • 00:24:03.999 --> 00:24:05.901
  • I've done this song over and over again in my shows.
  • 00:24:05.901 --> 00:24:08.770
  • It's called "i love you more."
  • 00:24:08.770 --> 00:24:10.472
  • And some people will come up and say--after the show,
  • 00:24:10.472 --> 00:24:13.508
  • Say, "thank you for making me realize all over again
  • 00:24:13.508 --> 00:24:17.112
  • That god really loves me."
  • 00:24:17.112 --> 00:24:19.514
  • Because no matter how lonely you are,
  • 00:24:19.514 --> 00:24:20.682
  • No matter how down you are,
  • 00:24:20.682 --> 00:24:22.784
  • As long as you've got jesus, you've got everything,
  • 00:24:22.784 --> 00:24:25.987
  • If you've got god,
  • 00:24:25.987 --> 00:24:27.122
  • And that's what this song's all about.
  • 00:24:27.122 --> 00:24:29.090
  • So for any of those who might be lonely out there
  • 00:24:29.090 --> 00:24:31.393
  • And heartbroken, this song's for you,
  • 00:24:31.393 --> 00:24:34.262
  • "i love you more."
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  • [tender music]
  • 00:24:35.897 --> 00:24:38.900
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:47.676
  • ♪ so you're runnin' out of prayers to pray. ♪
  • 00:24:47.742 --> 00:24:52.714
  • ♪ you think nobody cares anyway. ♪
  • 00:24:52.714 --> 00:24:58.453
  • ♪ you're thinkin' all your sins ♪
  • 00:24:58.453 --> 00:25:02.223
  • ♪ go unforgiven. ♪
  • 00:25:02.223 --> 00:25:04.893
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:25:04.893 --> 00:25:09.631
  • ♪ a broken heart and broken dreams. ♪
  • 00:25:09.631 --> 00:25:14.636
  • ♪ sometimes you can't feel anything ♪
  • 00:25:14.636 --> 00:25:20.275
  • ♪ and wonder how ♪
  • 00:25:20.275 --> 00:25:23.445
  • ♪ anyone could love you. ♪
  • 00:25:23.445 --> 00:25:26.681
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:25:26.681 --> 00:25:28.950
  • ♪ i love you more ♪
  • 00:25:28.950 --> 00:25:34.723
  • ♪ than you'll ever know. ♪
  • 00:25:34.723 --> 00:25:37.292
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:25:37.292 --> 00:25:40.295
  • ♪ when you can't hold on, ♪
  • 00:25:40.295 --> 00:25:44.532
  • ♪ i'll never let you go. ♪
  • 00:25:44.532 --> 00:25:48.737
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:25:48.737 --> 00:25:51.272
  • ♪ so let me love you ♪
  • 00:25:51.272 --> 00:25:56.244
  • ♪ until you love you again. ♪
  • 00:25:56.244 --> 00:25:59.614
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:25:59.614 --> 00:26:01.816
  • ♪ for everything you may hate yourself for, ♪
  • 00:26:01.816 --> 00:26:07.455
  • ♪ i love you more. ♪
  • 00:26:07.455 --> 00:26:10.225
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:10.225 --> 00:26:17.298
  • ♪ i love the world, so i sent my son ♪
  • 00:26:20.902 --> 00:26:26.574
  • ♪ to show you love like you've never known. ♪
  • 00:26:26.574 --> 00:26:32.047
  • ♪ and even through it all, ♪
  • 00:26:32.047 --> 00:26:36.117
  • ♪ they crucified him. ♪
  • 00:26:36.117 --> 00:26:38.119
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:43.558
  • ♪ as he hung there on that cross, ♪
  • 00:26:43.558 --> 00:26:48.897
  • ♪ he made sure that not one was lost ♪
  • 00:26:48.897 --> 00:26:54.135
  • ♪ when in his dying words, ♪
  • 00:26:54.135 --> 00:26:58.273
  • ♪ he whispered to them, ♪
  • 00:26:58.273 --> 00:27:02.711
  • ♪ "i love you more ♪
  • 00:27:02.711 --> 00:27:08.450
  • ♪ "than you'll ever know. ♪
  • 00:27:08.450 --> 00:27:11.252
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:27:11.252 --> 00:27:14.122
  • ♪ "when you can't hold on, ♪
  • 00:27:14.122 --> 00:27:18.293
  • ♪ "i'll never let you go. ♪
  • 00:27:18.293 --> 00:27:23.131
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:27:23.131 --> 00:27:24.933
  • ♪ "so let me love you ♪
  • 00:27:24.933 --> 00:27:29.904
  • ♪ "until you love you again. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:27:33.274 --> 00:27:35.777
  • ♪ "for everything you may hate yourself for, ♪
  • 00:27:35.777 --> 00:27:41.282
  • ♪ i love you more." ♪
  • 00:27:41.282 --> 00:27:44.686
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:27:44.686 --> 00:27:48.757
  • ♪ past the moon, past the stars, ♪
  • 00:27:48.757 --> 00:27:51.359
  • ♪ past the wounds, past the scars, ♪
  • 00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:54.362
  • ♪ i forgave all your sins ♪
  • 00:27:54.362 --> 00:27:59.934
  • ♪ over and over and over ♪
  • 00:27:59.934 --> 00:28:03.738
  • ♪ and over again. ♪
  • 00:28:03.738 --> 00:28:09.043
  • ♪ i love you more ♪
  • 00:28:09.043 --> 00:28:14.749
  • ♪ than you'll ever know. ♪
  • 00:28:14.749 --> 00:28:17.452
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:28:17.452 --> 00:28:20.388
  • ♪ when you can't hold on, ♪
  • 00:28:20.388 --> 00:28:24.292
  • ♪ i'll never let you go. ♪
  • 00:28:24.292 --> 00:28:29.764
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:28:29.764 --> 00:28:31.232
  • ♪ so let me love you ♪
  • 00:28:31.232 --> 00:28:36.337
  • ♪ until you love you again. ♪
  • 00:28:36.337 --> 00:28:39.574
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:28:39.574 --> 00:28:41.876
  • ♪ for everything you may hate yourself for, ♪
  • 00:28:41.876 --> 00:28:47.448
  • ♪ i love you more. ♪
  • 00:28:47.448 --> 00:28:50.285
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:28:50.285 --> 00:28:55.924
  • ♪ i love you more. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:29:01.763 --> 00:29:09.037
  • Bill: you know, [ it's interesting. ]
  • 00:29:13.174 --> 00:29:14.275
  • Of all the world religions,
  • 00:29:14.275 --> 00:29:16.544
  • They all have a symbol,
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  • But our symbol is a symbol of death...
  • 00:29:18.513 --> 00:29:21.749
  • - mm-hmm.
  • 00:29:21.749 --> 00:29:22.750
  • - pain, agony.
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  • You travel through the country, and when you see that sign,
  • 00:29:26.387 --> 00:29:31.125
  • You see it around the neck...
  • 00:29:31.125 --> 00:29:32.393
  • - i have it right here, yup.
  • 00:29:32.393 --> 00:29:34.662
  • - and to us who follow christ--
  • 00:29:34.662 --> 00:29:39.167
  • - it's a symbol of forgiveness.
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  • It's a symbol of life everlasting,
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  • For what he's done for us on that cross.
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  • - what a beautiful, beautiful symbol, right?
  • 00:29:45.473 --> 00:29:49.444
  • - forgiveness is everything.
  • 00:29:49.444 --> 00:29:50.945
  • And that cross is a symbol of that forgiveness
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  • And the suffering that jesus did on that cross
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  • For us, you know?
  • 00:29:56.484 --> 00:29:57.986
  • - it's the beginning of healing,
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  • The beginning of wholeness,
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  • The beginning of getting out of depression...
  • 00:30:04.225 --> 00:30:07.562
  • - mm-hmm.
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  • - until we can learn how to forgive.
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  • And he showed us how to do it.
  • 00:30:10.298 --> 00:30:12.200
  • - he did.
  • 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.401
  • - he could have called 10,000 angels...
  • 00:30:13.401 --> 00:30:15.536
  • - that's right.
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  • - to stop it all.
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  • - i will always be thankful
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  • For what jesus did for us on that old rugged cross.
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  • - one, two, three. one, two.
  • 00:30:21.542 --> 00:30:25.213
  • - ♪ on a hill far away ♪
  • 00:30:25.213 --> 00:30:29.217
  • ♪ stood an old rugged cross, ♪
  • 00:30:29.217 --> 00:30:34.222
  • ♪ the emblem of suffering ♪
  • 00:30:34.222 --> 00:30:38.359
  • ♪ and shame. ♪
  • 00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:42.397
  • ♪ and i love that old cross, ♪
  • 00:30:42.397 --> 00:30:46.734
  • ♪ where the dearest and best ♪
  • 00:30:46.734 --> 00:30:50.805
  • ♪ for a world of lost sinners ♪
  • 00:30:50.805 --> 00:30:55.643
  • ♪ was slain. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:30:58.212 --> 00:30:59.480
  • ♪ so i'll cherish ♪
  • 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:02.083
  • ♪ the old rugged cross ♪
  • 00:31:02.083 --> 00:31:08.056
  • ♪ till my trophies at last ♪
  • 00:31:08.056 --> 00:31:11.559
  • ♪ i lay down. ♪
  • 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:15.096
  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ i will cling ♪
  • 00:31:16.631 --> 00:31:18.866
  • ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
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  • ♪ and exchange it someday ♪
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  • ♪ for a crown. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [applause]
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:50.965
  • ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
  • 00:31:50.965 --> 00:31:55.269
  • ♪ i will ever be true, ♪
  • 00:31:55.269 --> 00:31:59.907
  • ♪ its shame and reproach ♪
  • 00:31:59.907 --> 00:32:03.144
  • ♪ gladly bear. ♪
  • 00:32:03.144 --> 00:32:08.082
  • ♪ then he'll call me someday ♪
  • 00:32:08.082 --> 00:32:12.253
  • ♪ to my home far away, ♪
  • 00:32:12.253 --> 00:32:16.624
  • ♪ where his glory ♪
  • 00:32:16.624 --> 00:32:19.127
  • ♪ forever i'll share. ♪
  • 00:32:19.127 --> 00:32:25.299
  • ♪ so i'll cherish ♪
  • 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:27.769
  • ♪ the old rugged cross ♪
  • 00:32:27.769 --> 00:32:33.908
  • ♪ till my trophies at last ♪
  • 00:32:33.908 --> 00:32:37.378
  • ♪ i lay down. ♪
  • 00:32:37.378 --> 00:32:40.815
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:32:40.815 --> 00:32:42.383
  • ♪ i will cling ♪
  • 00:32:42.383 --> 00:32:44.519
  • ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
  • 00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:51.325
  • ♪ and exchange it someday ♪
  • 00:32:51.325 --> 00:32:54.529
  • ♪ for a crown. ♪
  • 00:32:54.529 --> 00:32:59.467
  • ♪ i will cling ♪
  • 00:32:59.467 --> 00:33:01.669
  • ♪ to the old rugged cross ♪
  • 00:33:01.669 --> 00:33:08.109
  • ♪ and exchange it someday ♪
  • 00:33:08.109 --> 00:33:11.679
  • ♪ for a crown. ♪
  • 00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:21.656
  • [holding note]
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:33:25.593 --> 00:33:26.994
  • Thank you.
  • 00:33:26.994 --> 00:33:31.732
  • My mother--
  • 00:33:35.103 --> 00:33:36.270
  • It's 1981-- it was thanksgiving, 1981.
  • 00:33:36.270 --> 00:33:39.173
  • This was the night after lew dewitt heard me sing it
  • 00:33:39.173 --> 00:33:41.442
  • At a local ski resort in virginia.
  • 00:33:41.442 --> 00:33:45.613
  • I get to my mama's house that morning real early
  • 00:33:45.613 --> 00:33:49.584
  • 'cause i wanted to get some of that good food
  • 00:33:49.584 --> 00:33:50.985
  • She always fixed, you know.
  • 00:33:50.985 --> 00:33:52.553
  • And i was sick at the time.
  • 00:33:52.553 --> 00:33:53.654
  • I was in pretty bad shape.
  • 00:33:53.654 --> 00:33:56.157
  • And i walk through the door,
  • 00:33:56.157 --> 00:33:57.658
  • And my mom is like, "jimmy, you look terrible, man.
  • 00:33:57.658 --> 00:33:59.660
  • What is wrong with you?" you know?
  • 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:01.129
  • And she said, "i'm really worried about you."
  • 00:34:01.129 --> 00:34:03.097
  • So i went in and sat down
  • 00:34:03.097 --> 00:34:04.532
  • And talked to my mom for a while
  • 00:34:04.532 --> 00:34:06.033
  • And just kind of poured my heart out to her
  • 00:34:06.033 --> 00:34:08.102
  • And told her what was going on in my life.
  • 00:34:08.102 --> 00:34:10.238
  • And i said, "you know, mom,
  • 00:34:10.238 --> 00:34:13.107
  • "i really think something good's gonna happen for me.
  • 00:34:13.107 --> 00:34:14.942
  • I don't know what it is."
  • 00:34:14.942 --> 00:34:16.544
  • And she said, "jimmy, i feel that for you too."
  • 00:34:16.544 --> 00:34:19.814
  • And i don't know if we were just trying
  • 00:34:19.814 --> 00:34:21.516
  • To make each other feel better about what was going on or not,
  • 00:34:21.516 --> 00:34:25.887
  • But she walked over and put her hands on my shoulders
  • 00:34:25.887 --> 00:34:29.123
  • And started singing that...
  • 00:34:29.123 --> 00:34:30.958
  • ♪ it is no secret what god can do. ♪
  • 00:34:30.958 --> 00:34:34.495
  • And i broke down. i just broke down right there.
  • 00:34:34.495 --> 00:34:36.931
  • And i cried while she sang it to me at the table.
  • 00:34:36.931 --> 00:34:39.967
  • And then just a few weeks later,
  • 00:34:39.967 --> 00:34:41.636
  • I get the call from the statler brothers
  • 00:34:41.636 --> 00:34:43.137
  • To come over and audition for them.
  • 00:34:43.137 --> 00:34:47.241
  • And i felt like, you know, mama was trying
  • 00:34:47.241 --> 00:34:50.578
  • To plant a seed in me
  • 00:34:50.578 --> 00:34:53.114
  • That it is no secret what god can do,
  • 00:34:53.114 --> 00:34:55.349
  • Not in just what happens in our life
  • 00:34:55.349 --> 00:34:57.885
  • In an everyday situation,
  • 00:34:57.885 --> 00:34:59.687
  • But when we get down and we think there's no hope,
  • 00:34:59.687 --> 00:35:03.191
  • When we think-- we get depressed or whatever,
  • 00:35:03.191 --> 00:35:06.160
  • It's no secret what he can do with your life
  • 00:35:06.160 --> 00:35:08.296
  • If you let him, you know?
  • 00:35:08.296 --> 00:35:09.997
  • It's up to us to let him.
  • 00:35:09.997 --> 00:35:12.667
  • [soft music]
  • 00:35:12.667 --> 00:35:15.269
  • ♪ the chimes of time ♪
  • 00:35:15.269 --> 00:35:17.505
  • ♪ ring out the news. ♪
  • 00:35:17.505 --> 00:35:20.007
  • ♪ another day is through. ♪
  • 00:35:20.007 --> 00:35:25.112
  • ♪ someone slipped and fell. ♪
  • 00:35:25.112 --> 00:35:29.817
  • ♪ was that someone you? ♪
  • 00:35:29.817 --> 00:35:34.322
  • ♪ you may have longed ♪
  • 00:35:34.322 --> 00:35:36.891
  • ♪ for added strength, ♪
  • 00:35:36.891 --> 00:35:39.160
  • ♪ your courage to renew. ♪
  • 00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:44.432
  • ♪ do not be disheartened, ♪
  • 00:35:44.432 --> 00:35:48.869
  • ♪ for i have news for you. ♪
  • 00:35:48.869 --> 00:35:54.642
  • ♪ it is no secret ♪
  • 00:35:54.642 --> 00:35:59.347
  • ♪ what god can do. ♪
  • 00:35:59.347 --> 00:36:04.185
  • ♪ what he's done for others, ♪
  • 00:36:04.185 --> 00:36:09.090
  • ♪ he'll do for you. ♪
  • 00:36:09.090 --> 00:36:13.728
  • ♪ with arms wide open, ♪
  • 00:36:13.728 --> 00:36:18.499
  • ♪ he'll pardon you. ♪
  • 00:36:18.499 --> 00:36:23.371
  • ♪ it is no secret ♪
  • 00:36:23.371 --> 00:36:28.109
  • ♪ what god can do. ♪
  • 00:36:28.109 --> 00:36:32.380
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:39.086
  • ♪ there is no night, ♪
  • 00:36:39.086 --> 00:36:41.622
  • ♪ for in his light, ♪
  • 00:36:41.622 --> 00:36:44.025
  • ♪ you'll never walk alone. ♪
  • 00:36:44.025 --> 00:36:49.196
  • ♪ always feel at home ♪
  • 00:36:49.196 --> 00:36:53.601
  • ♪ wherever you may roam. ♪
  • 00:36:53.601 --> 00:36:58.472
  • ♪ there is no power ♪
  • 00:36:58.472 --> 00:37:00.808
  • ♪ can conquer you ♪
  • 00:37:00.808 --> 00:37:03.144
  • ♪ while god is on your side. ♪
  • 00:37:03.144 --> 00:37:07.948
  • ♪ just take him at his promise. ♪
  • 00:37:07.948 --> 00:37:12.687
  • ♪ don't run away and hide. ♪
  • 00:37:12.687 --> 00:37:18.592
  • ♪ it is no secret ♪
  • 00:37:18.592 --> 00:37:23.297
  • ♪ what god can do. ♪
  • 00:37:23.297 --> 00:37:28.135
  • ♪ what he's done for others, ♪
  • 00:37:28.135 --> 00:37:32.940
  • ♪ he'll do for you. ♪
  • 00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:37.712
  • ♪ with arms wide open, ♪
  • 00:37:37.712 --> 00:37:42.583
  • ♪ he'll pardon you. ♪
  • 00:37:42.583 --> 00:37:47.321
  • ♪ it is no secret ♪
  • 00:37:47.321 --> 00:37:52.093
  • ♪ what god can do. ♪
  • 00:37:52.093 --> 00:37:56.964
  • ♪ it is no secret ♪
  • 00:37:56.964 --> 00:38:01.502
  • ♪ what god ♪
  • 00:38:01.502 --> 00:38:03.471
  • ♪ can do. ♪
  • 00:38:03.471 --> 00:38:13.214
  • [holding note]
  • 00:38:13.214 --> 00:38:15.816
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:38:15.816 --> 00:38:20.588
  • Bill: you not only had
  • 00:38:24.225 --> 00:38:25.393
  • One of the best keyboard players in this city,
  • 00:38:25.393 --> 00:38:28.963
  • First--what we call first call.
  • 00:38:28.963 --> 00:38:30.765
  • - right.
  • 00:38:30.765 --> 00:38:31.932
  • - gordon is just one of the very best.
  • 00:38:31.932 --> 00:38:35.269
  • But plus, he is a hoot to be around and have fun with.
  • 00:38:35.269 --> 00:38:39.840
  • - gordon mote is very entertaining.
  • 00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:41.409
  • I would say i think he's from another planet, myself.
  • 00:38:41.409 --> 00:38:44.979
  • But we teamed up and did the old everly brothers song
  • 00:38:44.979 --> 00:38:48.682
  • "wake up little susie."
  • 00:38:48.682 --> 00:38:49.850
  • - yeah.
  • 00:38:49.850 --> 00:38:50.951
  • - and we're a duet, so who knows?
  • 00:38:50.951 --> 00:38:52.753
  • We may have to do a duet album here before too long.
  • 00:38:52.753 --> 00:38:55.022
  • - there may be a bus in your future, okay.
  • 00:38:55.022 --> 00:38:57.091
  • - i'd be honored. [laughter]
  • 00:38:57.091 --> 00:38:59.460
  • [jaunty music]
  • 00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.728
  • Both: ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:39:00.728 --> 00:39:02.930
  • ♪ wake up. ♪
  • 00:39:02.930 --> 00:39:03.931
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:39:03.931 --> 00:39:05.833
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:39:05.833 --> 00:39:08.169
  • ♪ wake up. ♪
  • 00:39:08.169 --> 00:39:09.170
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:39:09.170 --> 00:39:10.971
  • ♪ we've both been sound asleep. ♪
  • 00:39:10.971 --> 00:39:13.040
  • ♪ wake up, little susie, and weep. ♪
  • 00:39:13.040 --> 00:39:15.676
  • ♪ the movie's over, it's 4:00, ♪
  • 00:39:15.676 --> 00:39:18.045
  • ♪ and we're in trouble deep. ♪
  • 00:39:18.045 --> 00:39:20.114
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:39:20.114 --> 00:39:22.616
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:39:22.616 --> 00:39:25.252
  • ♪ well, what are we gonna tell your mama? ♪
  • 00:39:25.252 --> 00:39:28.789
  • ♪ what are we gonna tell your pop? ♪
  • 00:39:28.789 --> 00:39:31.125
  • ♪ what are we gonna tell your friends ♪
  • 00:39:31.125 --> 00:39:32.793
  • ♪ when they say, "ooh-la-la"? ♪
  • 00:39:32.793 --> 00:39:35.396
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:39:35.396 --> 00:39:37.898
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:39:37.898 --> 00:39:40.367
  • - ♪ well, i told your mama that you'd be in by ten. ♪
  • 00:39:40.367 --> 00:39:45.973
  • - ♪ well, susie, baby, looks like we goofed again. ♪
  • 00:39:45.973 --> 00:39:50.544
  • Both: ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:39:50.544 --> 00:39:53.113
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:39:53.113 --> 00:39:55.616
  • ♪ we gotta go home. ♪
  • 00:39:55.616 --> 00:39:57.218
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:39:57.218 --> 00:40:01.388
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:40:01.388 --> 00:40:04.024
  • ♪ wake up. ♪
  • 00:40:04.024 --> 00:40:05.025
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:40:05.025 --> 00:40:06.627
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:40:06.627 --> 00:40:09.230
  • ♪ wake up. ♪
  • 00:40:09.230 --> 00:40:10.264
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:40:10.264 --> 00:40:11.565
  • ♪ the movie, it wasn't so hot. ♪
  • 00:40:11.565 --> 00:40:14.168
  • ♪ it didn't have much of a plot. ♪
  • 00:40:14.168 --> 00:40:16.637
  • ♪ we fell asleep. our goose is cooked. ♪
  • 00:40:16.637 --> 00:40:18.806
  • ♪ our reputation is shot. ♪
  • 00:40:18.806 --> 00:40:21.041
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:40:21.041 --> 00:40:23.477
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:40:23.477 --> 00:40:26.013
  • ♪ well, what are we gonna tell your mama? ♪
  • 00:40:26.013 --> 00:40:29.283
  • ♪ what are we gonna tell your pop? ♪
  • 00:40:29.283 --> 00:40:32.086
  • ♪ what are we gonna tell our friends ♪
  • 00:40:32.086 --> 00:40:33.988
  • ♪ when they say, "ooh-la-la"? ♪
  • 00:40:33.988 --> 00:40:36.490
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:40:36.490 --> 00:40:38.859
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:40:38.859 --> 00:40:40.928
  • ♪ wake up, little susie. ♪
  • 00:40:40.928 --> 00:40:43.497
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:40:43.497 --> 00:40:47.935
  • - yeah! [cheers and applause]
  • 00:40:47.935 --> 00:40:50.004
  • - mr. gordon mote, my partner back there,
  • 00:40:50.004 --> 00:40:51.772
  • Ladies and gentlemen.
  • 00:40:51.772 --> 00:40:52.940
  • - [laughs]
  • 00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.974
  • Jimmy fortune!
  • 00:40:53.974 --> 00:40:55.676
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:40:55.676 --> 00:40:58.746
  • - [laughs]
  • 00:40:58.746 --> 00:41:00.314
  • Says we all have a homing device in us,
  • 00:41:00.314 --> 00:41:04.084
  • And he'll even say, "i know when i've heard from home."
  • 00:41:04.084 --> 00:41:08.589
  • There's something about the word "home."
  • 00:41:08.589 --> 00:41:10.891
  • I don't care what kind of problem the person is in.
  • 00:41:10.891 --> 00:41:15.429
  • There's a homing device that says there is a way back.
  • 00:41:15.429 --> 00:41:18.732
  • And you mentioned it earlier. - yeah.
  • 00:41:18.732 --> 00:41:21.101
  • - the beginning of coming home is saying, "i'm sorry."
  • 00:41:21.101 --> 00:41:24.338
  • - right. - "forgive me."
  • 00:41:24.338 --> 00:41:26.507
  • But there's something about turning the corner
  • 00:41:26.507 --> 00:41:28.609
  • And there's home...
  • 00:41:28.609 --> 00:41:30.244
  • - right. - just like we remembered it.
  • 00:41:30.244 --> 00:41:33.447
  • - you know, "softly and tenderly,
  • 00:41:33.447 --> 00:41:34.682
  • "jesus is calling,
  • 00:41:34.682 --> 00:41:36.550
  • Calling, 'o sinner, come home.'"
  • 00:41:36.550 --> 00:41:39.053
  • And as i was saying before,
  • 00:41:39.053 --> 00:41:41.322
  • It doesn't matter where you are in life,
  • 00:41:41.322 --> 00:41:43.490
  • No matter what you've done.
  • 00:41:43.490 --> 00:41:45.492
  • When you turn around, it's like, "welcome home.
  • 00:41:45.492 --> 00:41:47.695
  • "come on in, son.
  • 00:41:47.695 --> 00:41:49.630
  • You're always welcome here."
  • 00:41:49.630 --> 00:41:51.799
  • When i used to leave home and--
  • 00:41:51.799 --> 00:41:53.467
  • My daddy would walk by the car
  • 00:41:53.467 --> 00:41:55.469
  • And walk down the driveway, and he'd always say,
  • 00:41:55.469 --> 00:41:59.073
  • "son, you know, you can always come home, you know?
  • 00:41:59.073 --> 00:42:01.976
  • You've always got a place here."
  • 00:42:01.976 --> 00:42:03.811
  • And that meant so much to me.
  • 00:42:03.811 --> 00:42:05.045
  • - isn't that good to know?
  • 00:42:05.045 --> 00:42:06.380
  • - it's just good to know.
  • 00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:07.848
  • And god's that way with us too, that kind of love.
  • 00:42:07.848 --> 00:42:10.684
  • I'm thankful for that.
  • 00:42:10.684 --> 00:42:12.152
  • I'm thankful for that place called home,
  • 00:42:12.152 --> 00:42:14.154
  • 'cause i sure have been there many times
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  • And get to rest my head.
  • 00:42:15.889 --> 00:42:17.591
  • And it's good, really is.
  • 00:42:17.591 --> 00:42:20.594
  • [soft music]
  • 00:42:20.594 --> 00:42:22.096
  • - just keep listening to that homing device.
  • 00:42:22.096 --> 00:42:24.932
  • It'll lead you home. - right.
  • 00:42:24.932 --> 00:42:26.367
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:42:26.367 --> 00:42:29.536
  • ♪ softly and tenderly, ♪
  • 00:42:29.536 --> 00:42:33.774
  • ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
  • 00:42:33.774 --> 00:42:38.345
  • ♪ calling for you ♪
  • 00:42:38.345 --> 00:42:41.715
  • ♪ and for me. ♪
  • 00:42:41.715 --> 00:42:44.618
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:42:44.618 --> 00:42:46.820
  • ♪ see, on the portals, ♪
  • 00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:51.058
  • ♪ he's waiting and watching, ♪
  • 00:42:51.058 --> 00:42:55.796
  • ♪ watching for you ♪
  • 00:42:55.796 --> 00:42:59.233
  • ♪ and for me. ♪
  • 00:42:59.233 --> 00:43:03.570
  • ♪ "come home. ♪
  • 00:43:03.570 --> 00:43:08.308
  • ♪ "come home. ♪
  • 00:43:08.308 --> 00:43:13.380
  • ♪ "ye who are weary, ♪
  • 00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:17.051
  • ♪ come home." ♪
  • 00:43:17.051 --> 00:43:22.489
  • ♪ earnestly, tenderly, ♪
  • 00:43:22.489 --> 00:43:26.694
  • ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
  • 00:43:26.694 --> 00:43:30.931
  • ♪ calling, "o sinner, ♪
  • 00:43:30.931 --> 00:43:34.635
  • ♪ come home." ♪
  • 00:43:34.635 --> 00:43:37.705
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:43:37.705 --> 00:44:11.171
  • ♪ oh, for the wonderful love ♪
  • 00:44:14.875 --> 00:44:19.913
  • ♪ he has promised, ♪
  • 00:44:19.913 --> 00:44:23.751
  • ♪ promised for you ♪
  • 00:44:23.751 --> 00:44:26.887
  • ♪ and for me. ♪
  • 00:44:26.887 --> 00:44:30.190
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:44:30.190 --> 00:44:32.493
  • ♪ though we have sinned, ♪
  • 00:44:32.493 --> 00:44:35.562
  • ♪ he has mercy and pardon, ♪
  • 00:44:35.562 --> 00:44:41.034
  • ♪ pardon for you ♪
  • 00:44:41.034 --> 00:44:44.671
  • ♪ and for me. ♪
  • 00:44:44.671 --> 00:44:49.343
  • ♪ "come home. ♪
  • 00:44:49.343 --> 00:44:53.547
  • ♪ "come home. ♪
  • 00:44:53.547 --> 00:44:58.852
  • ♪ "ye who are weary, ♪
  • 00:44:58.852 --> 00:45:02.523
  • ♪ come home." ♪
  • 00:45:02.523 --> 00:45:09.897
  • ♪ earnestly, tenderly, ♪
  • 00:45:09.897 --> 00:45:14.067
  • ♪ jesus is calling, ♪
  • 00:45:14.067 --> 00:45:18.806
  • ♪ calling, "o sinner, ♪
  • 00:45:18.806 --> 00:45:23.710
  • ♪ come home." ♪
  • 00:45:23.710 --> 00:45:31.585
  • [holding note]
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:45:34.421 --> 00:45:42.930
  • These are songs that speak to the very depths
  • 00:45:46.900 --> 00:45:50.804
  • Of a person's soul.
  • 00:45:50.804 --> 00:45:52.506
  • I get a lot of these young kids that come out on the road
  • 00:45:52.506 --> 00:45:54.842
  • And play with me and pick with me,
  • 00:45:54.842 --> 00:45:56.009
  • And, you know, sometimes,
  • 00:45:56.009 --> 00:45:57.177
  • You know, every once in a while,
  • 00:45:57.177 --> 00:45:58.245
  • You know, they'll ask, you know,
  • 00:45:58.245 --> 00:45:59.680
  • "what is the secret about, you know,
  • 00:45:59.680 --> 00:46:02.883
  • "performing in front of people
  • 00:46:02.883 --> 00:46:04.184
  • And try to make that connection?"
  • 00:46:04.184 --> 00:46:06.386
  • I said, "well, you have to try to, you know, connect,
  • 00:46:06.386 --> 00:46:09.256
  • "you know, your heart, first and foremost,
  • 00:46:09.256 --> 00:46:11.859
  • "with what you're singing,
  • 00:46:11.859 --> 00:46:13.427
  • "to believe it and to convey it
  • 00:46:13.427 --> 00:46:16.363
  • "and then sink your voice and your soul into it,
  • 00:46:16.363 --> 00:46:21.702
  • And you've made that connection."
  • 00:46:21.702 --> 00:46:24.504
  • 'cause sometimes--there are a lot of great singers.
  • 00:46:24.504 --> 00:46:26.106
  • There are so many great singers out there,
  • 00:46:26.106 --> 00:46:28.008
  • But you can hear when somebody's just singing
  • 00:46:28.008 --> 00:46:30.544
  • And just doing the notes
  • 00:46:30.544 --> 00:46:32.346
  • And when somebody's really feeling what they feel,
  • 00:46:32.346 --> 00:46:35.549
  • You know, and...
  • 00:46:35.549 --> 00:46:37.217
  • - that's when i call gloria in from the kitchen and say,
  • 00:46:37.217 --> 00:46:39.152
  • "honey, you need to listen to this person,"
  • 00:46:39.152 --> 00:46:42.055
  • Male or female.
  • 00:46:42.055 --> 00:46:43.323
  • - yeah.
  • 00:46:43.323 --> 00:46:45.359
  • - "i think he really believes what he's singing."
  • 00:46:45.359 --> 00:46:47.394
  • - right.
  • 00:46:47.394 --> 00:46:48.662
  • You have to believe it.
  • 00:46:48.662 --> 00:46:49.963
  • That's right. you can't fake it.
  • 00:46:49.963 --> 00:46:52.032
  • You can't fake it.
  • 00:46:52.032 --> 00:46:53.533
  • [soft music]
  • 00:46:53.533 --> 00:46:56.536
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:46:56.536 --> 00:47:03.543
  • ♪ i come to ♪
  • 00:47:03.543 --> 00:47:06.480
  • ♪ the garden alone ♪
  • 00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:12.152
  • ♪ while the dew ♪
  • 00:47:12.152 --> 00:47:15.656
  • ♪ is still on ♪
  • 00:47:15.656 --> 00:47:17.925
  • ♪ the roses. ♪
  • 00:47:17.925 --> 00:47:22.195
  • ♪ and the voice i hear ♪
  • 00:47:22.195 --> 00:47:26.733
  • ♪ falling on my ear, ♪
  • 00:47:26.733 --> 00:47:31.738
  • ♪ the son of god ♪
  • 00:47:31.738 --> 00:47:36.710
  • ♪ discloses. ♪
  • 00:47:36.710 --> 00:47:41.682
  • ♪ and he walks with me, ♪
  • 00:47:41.682 --> 00:47:47.120
  • ♪ and he talks with me. ♪
  • 00:47:47.120 --> 00:47:57.464
  • ♪ and ♪ his own. ♪i am ♪
  • 00:47:57.464 --> 00:48:01.735
  • ♪ and the joy we share ♪
  • 00:48:01.735 --> 00:48:06.406
  • ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
  • 00:48:06.406 --> 00:48:11.044
  • ♪ none other ♪
  • 00:48:11.044 --> 00:48:13.847
  • ♪ has ever known. ♪
  • 00:48:13.847 --> 00:48:18.986
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:48:18.986 --> 00:48:25.192
  • ♪ he speaks, and the sound ♪
  • 00:48:25.192 --> 00:48:29.062
  • ♪ of his voice ♪
  • 00:48:29.062 --> 00:48:33.834
  • ♪ is so sweet, ♪
  • 00:48:33.834 --> 00:48:37.304
  • ♪ the birds hush their singing. ♪
  • 00:48:37.304 --> 00:48:43.944
  • ♪ and the melody ♪
  • 00:48:43.944 --> 00:48:48.515
  • ♪ that he gave to me ♪
  • 00:48:48.515 --> 00:48:53.286
  • ♪ within my heart ♪
  • 00:48:53.286 --> 00:48:57.958
  • ♪ is ringing. ♪
  • 00:48:57.958 --> 00:49:03.597
  • ♪ and he walks with me, ♪
  • 00:49:03.597 --> 00:49:08.702
  • ♪ and he talks with me. ♪
  • 00:49:08.702 --> 00:49:14.241
  • ♪ and he tells me i am ♪
  • 00:49:14.241 --> 00:49:19.279
  • ♪ his own. ♪
  • 00:49:19.279 --> 00:49:23.617
  • ♪ and the joy we share ♪
  • 00:49:23.617 --> 00:49:28.155
  • ♪ as we tarry there, ♪
  • 00:49:28.155 --> 00:49:32.959
  • ♪ none other ♪
  • 00:49:32.959 --> 00:49:35.629
  • ♪ has ever known. ♪
  • 00:49:35.629 --> 00:49:41.701
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:49:41.701 --> 00:49:44.404
  • ♪ none other has ever ♪
  • 00:49:44.404 --> 00:49:51.311
  • ♪ known. ♪
  • 00:49:51.311 --> 00:49:57.851
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:49:57.851 --> 00:50:00.587
  • [applause]
  • 00:50:00.587 --> 00:50:10.897
  • I'm standing here as a thankful person,
  • 00:50:14.801 --> 00:50:17.003
  • Not realizing, knowing how i even got here.
  • 00:50:17.003 --> 00:50:20.674
  • I'm just a simple guy from up in virginia.
  • 00:50:20.674 --> 00:50:22.776
  • If you ever saw "the waltons" tv show,
  • 00:50:22.776 --> 00:50:24.544
  • You saw how i grew up, where i grew up.
  • 00:50:24.544 --> 00:50:26.980
  • I was friends with earl hamner,
  • 00:50:26.980 --> 00:50:28.381
  • Who was the writer and creator of "the waltons."
  • 00:50:28.381 --> 00:50:31.518
  • And so coming from that place,
  • 00:50:31.518 --> 00:50:34.988
  • I guess i always did follow my heart in music,
  • 00:50:34.988 --> 00:50:37.157
  • And i think everybody
  • 00:50:37.157 --> 00:50:40.160
  • Should follow their heart, no matter what.
  • 00:50:40.160 --> 00:50:43.063
  • And--'cause you never know where it's gonna take you.
  • 00:50:43.063 --> 00:50:45.765
  • 'cause that's what god gave you.
  • 00:50:45.765 --> 00:50:47.400
  • God gave you that talent.
  • 00:50:47.400 --> 00:50:48.602
  • God gave you whatever it is he gave you,
  • 00:50:48.602 --> 00:50:51.671
  • And he gives everybody a little something different.
  • 00:50:51.671 --> 00:50:53.473
  • Not everybody has the same thing.
  • 00:50:53.473 --> 00:50:55.775
  • But you can bet and best believe
  • 00:50:55.775 --> 00:50:57.344
  • That god gave you something.
  • 00:50:57.344 --> 00:50:59.546
  • So use it.
  • 00:50:59.546 --> 00:51:01.114
  • You never know where it's gonna take you.
  • 00:51:01.114 --> 00:51:03.683
  • And now here i am standing onstage with the isaacs
  • 00:51:03.683 --> 00:51:06.186
  • And these great musicians that are back here
  • 00:51:06.186 --> 00:51:08.755
  • That i consider the absolute best in the world
  • 00:51:08.755 --> 00:51:10.991
  • And i love them dearly with all my heart.
  • 00:51:10.991 --> 00:51:13.460
  • They breathe life into everything that we do.
  • 00:51:13.460 --> 00:51:15.795
  • [applause]
  • 00:51:15.795 --> 00:51:21.134
  • So...
  • 00:51:21.201 --> 00:51:23.170
  • So we're all here-- we're all here,
  • 00:51:23.170 --> 00:51:25.405
  • Myself and all of you, not by accident.
  • 00:51:25.405 --> 00:51:28.642
  • We're here because god wanted us to be here today.
  • 00:51:28.642 --> 00:51:31.978
  • And i believe that with all my heart.
  • 00:51:31.978 --> 00:51:33.880
  • So thank you so much for coming.
  • 00:51:33.880 --> 00:51:35.649
  • God bless you.
  • 00:51:35.649 --> 00:51:36.816
  • [applause]
  • 00:51:36.816 --> 00:51:39.319
  • [soft music]
  • 00:51:39.319 --> 00:51:42.322
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:51:42.322 --> 00:51:44.291
  • - sing it, jimmy.
  • 00:51:44.291 --> 00:51:45.859
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:51:45.859 --> 00:51:51.131
  • - ♪ when peace like a river ♪
  • 00:51:51.131 --> 00:51:57.737
  • ♪ attendeth my way, ♪
  • 00:51:57.737 --> 00:52:03.910
  • ♪ when sorrows ♪
  • 00:52:03.910 --> 00:52:06.680
  • ♪ like sea billows roll, ♪
  • 00:52:06.680 --> 00:52:15.956
  • ♪ whatever my lot, ♪
  • 00:52:15.956 --> 00:52:21.194
  • ♪ thou hast taught me to say ♪
  • 00:52:21.194 --> 00:52:27.133
  • ♪ it is well, ♪
  • 00:52:27.133 --> 00:52:30.170
  • ♪ it is well ♪
  • 00:52:30.170 --> 00:52:33.240
  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:52:33.240 --> 00:52:39.579
  • ♪ it is well ♪
  • 00:52:39.579 --> 00:52:45.652
  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:52:45.652 --> 00:52:51.725
  • ♪ it is well, ♪
  • 00:52:51.725 --> 00:52:54.894
  • ♪ it is well ♪
  • 00:52:54.894 --> 00:52:57.897
  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:52:57.897 --> 00:53:02.769
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:53:02.769 --> 00:53:11.077
  • ♪ my sin, oh, the bliss ♪
  • 00:53:11.144 --> 00:53:16.549
  • ♪ of this glorious thought. ♪
  • 00:53:16.549 --> 00:53:23.356
  • ♪ my sin, not in part ♪
  • 00:53:23.356 --> 00:53:28.628
  • ♪ but the whole, ♪
  • 00:53:28.628 --> 00:53:35.568
  • ♪ is nailed to the cross, ♪
  • 00:53:35.568 --> 00:53:40.840
  • ♪ and i bear it no more. ♪
  • 00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:46.880
  • ♪ praise the lord, ♪
  • 00:53:46.880 --> 00:53:49.883
  • ♪ praise the lord, ♪
  • 00:53:49.883 --> 00:53:52.952
  • ♪ o my soul. ♪
  • 00:53:52.952 --> 00:53:59.326
  • ♪ it is well ♪
  • 00:53:59.326 --> 00:54:05.465
  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:54:05.465 --> 00:54:11.571
  • ♪ it is well, ♪
  • 00:54:11.571 --> 00:54:14.574
  • ♪ it is well ♪
  • 00:54:14.574 --> 00:54:17.744
  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:54:17.744 --> 00:54:25.285
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:54:25.285 --> 00:54:37.931
  • ♪ it is well ♪
  • 00:54:41.368 --> 00:54:47.907
  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:54:47.907 --> 00:54:54.147
  • ♪ it is well, ♪
  • 00:54:54.147 --> 00:54:57.450
  • ♪ it is well ♪
  • 00:54:57.450 --> 00:55:00.754
  • ♪ with my soul. ♪
  • 00:55:00.754 --> 00:55:12.165
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:55:12.165 --> 00:55:24.377
  • I love you with all my heart.
  • 00:55:28.047 --> 00:55:30.049
  • God bless you.
  • 00:55:30.049 --> 00:55:31.251
  • [applause continues]
  • 00:55:31.251 --> 00:55:33.853
  • - jimmy, you're a part of the gaither family now,
  • 00:55:37.824 --> 00:55:40.293
  • And we're glad to claim you as kinfolk.
  • 00:55:40.293 --> 00:55:42.829
  • [laughter]
  • 00:55:42.829 --> 00:55:44.731
  • - well, i sometimes can't believe
  • 00:55:44.731 --> 00:55:47.400
  • That i get to be a part of it.
  • 00:55:47.400 --> 00:55:48.902
  • - you know what?
  • 00:55:48.902 --> 00:55:49.903
  • We are better together, aren't we?
  • 00:55:49.903 --> 00:55:51.871
  • And we are certainly better
  • 00:55:51.871 --> 00:55:54.274
  • That you're a part of our family.
  • 00:55:54.274 --> 00:55:55.975
  • God bless you, jimmy. - god bless you too, bill.
  • 00:55:55.975 --> 00:55:57.777
  • - we love you and your family. - you too, buddy.
  • 00:55:57.777 --> 00:55:59.946
  • God bless you, you and gloria both.
  • 00:55:59.946 --> 00:56:01.648
  • Appreciate you.
  • 00:56:01.648 --> 00:56:02.749
  • [rousing music]
  • 00:56:02.749 --> 00:56:05.752
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:56:05.752 --> 00:56:07.086
  • - yeah!
  • 00:56:07.086 --> 00:56:08.555
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:56:08.555 --> 00:56:09.756
  • - ♪ i roamed and rambled ♪
  • 00:56:09.756 --> 00:56:11.825
  • ♪ and followed my footsteps ♪
  • 00:56:11.825 --> 00:56:13.693
  • ♪ to the sparkling sands of ♪
  • 00:56:13.693 --> 00:56:15.595
  • ♪ her diamond deserts. ♪
  • 00:56:15.595 --> 00:56:17.630
  • ♪ and all around me, ♪
  • 00:56:17.630 --> 00:56:19.632
  • ♪ a voice was sounding, ♪
  • 00:56:19.632 --> 00:56:22.101
  • ♪ "this land was made for you and me." ♪
  • 00:56:22.101 --> 00:56:25.405
  • ♪ this land is your land, ♪
  • 00:56:25.405 --> 00:56:27.407
  • ♪ this land is my land, ♪
  • 00:56:27.407 --> 00:56:28.942
  • ♪ from california ♪
  • 00:56:28.942 --> 00:56:31.077
  • ♪ to the new york island, ♪
  • 00:56:31.077 --> 00:56:32.946
  • ♪ from the redwood forest ♪
  • 00:56:32.946 --> 00:56:35.048
  • ♪ to the gulf stream waters. ♪
  • 00:56:35.048 --> 00:56:37.484
  • ♪ this land was made for you and me. ♪
  • 00:56:37.484 --> 00:56:40.653
  • ♪ yeah, this land was made for you and me. ♪
  • 00:56:40.653 --> 00:56:44.757
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:56:44.757 --> 00:56:53.399
  • Yeah!
  • 00:56:53.466 --> 00:56:54.834
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:56:54.834 --> 00:56:56.469
  • Whoo!
  • 00:56:56.469 --> 00:56:57.904
  • Thank you all!
  • 00:56:57.904 --> 00:56:59.239
  • Yeah!
  • 00:56:59.239 --> 00:56:59.239