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Bill Gaither - Some Things I Need To Say

December 27, 2024 | S24:E52

Bill Gaither - Some Things I Need To Say
Gaither Gospel shares joy through heartfelt stories and inspiration through powerful music.
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Gaither Gospel | Bill Gaither - Some Things I Need To Say | December 27, 2024
  • All: ♪ oh, you might forget the singer, ♪
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  • ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • Bill: hi, i'm bill gaither,
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  • And after spending my life making music,
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  • A few defining songs have risen to the top
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  • As themes.
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  • ♪ these things shall pass. ♪
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  • So i recently gathered together
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  • The vocal band and some dear friends
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  • Around the piano
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  • Just to capture the songs and reflections
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  • That i hope the world remembers
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  • Long after i'm forgotten.
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  • All: ♪ the longer i serve him, the sweeter he grows. ♪
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  • - ♪ i believe. ♪
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  • ♪ help thou my unbelief. ♪
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  • It capsulizes everything
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  • My life and work has been about.
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  • Artistry,
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  • Perspective,
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  • Grace,
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  • Relationships,
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  • Eternal hope,
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  • And creating moments that live on
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  • For the sake of future generations.
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  • So sit back and relax and listen
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  • To "some things i need to say."
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  • Here we go.
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  • [bright music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ oh, you might forget the singer, ♪
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  • ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • ♪ singers come and go and fade away. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ the melody of love remains. ♪
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  • ♪ truth goes marching on. ♪
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  • ♪ you might forget the singer, ♪
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  • ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ this song of love i'm singing, ♪
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  • ♪ you'll remember. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ you won't forget the rhythm of the free. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ the music's sure to stick there in your memory ♪
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  • ♪ even if you don't remember me. ♪
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  • All: ♪ oh, you might forget the singer, ♪
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  • ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • - ♪ singers come and go and fade away. ♪
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  • All: ♪ ooh. ♪
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  • - ♪ the melody of love remains, ♪
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  • ♪ and truth goes marching on. ♪
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  • All: ♪ you might forget the singer... ♪
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  • - ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • All: ♪ ooh, ooh, ooh. ♪
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  • - ♪ there's a limit to the time we have for singing. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ it's almost like we're singing in the round. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ we'll pass the tune right on when we are finished ♪
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  • ♪ as our children add their voices to the sound. ♪
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  • All: ♪ oh, you might forget the singer, ♪
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  • ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • - ♪ singers come and go and fade away. ♪
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  • All: ♪ ooh. ♪
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  • - ♪ the melody of love remains. ♪
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  • ♪ truth goes marching on. ♪
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  • All: ♪ you might forget the singer... ♪
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  • - ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • Sing it again!
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  • All: ♪ oh, you might forget the singer, ♪
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  • ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • - ♪ singers come and go and fade away. ♪
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  • All: ♪ ooh. ♪
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  • - ♪ the melody of love remains. ♪
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  • ♪ truth goes marching on. ♪
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  • All: ♪ you might forget the singer... ♪
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  • - ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • All: ♪ you might forget the singer... ♪
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  • - ♪ but you won't forget the song. ♪
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  • All: ♪ ooh, ooh. ♪
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  • - oh, so good. so good.
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  • [laughs]
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • And welcome.
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  • Now, you might be wondering,
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  • "is this featuring old bill?" yup.
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  • [laughter]
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  • You got a full hour of just me.
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  • - whoo! - all right. that's exciting.
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  • - i can sense the excitement building in the room.
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  • [laughs]
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  • - got to give the people what they want, bill.
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  • - just got to give them what they want.
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  • [laughter]
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  • And for all of you who've seen us in concert
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  • Down through the years,
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  • You know i sing with a whole bunch
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  • Of great, great singers,
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  • Starting with my brother,
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  • One of the best singers i think i can--
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  • - yeah, danny.
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  • - and then gary came along.
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  • And then the vocal band came along
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  • With all of those wonderful singers
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  • And the current bunch who's here.
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  • You know, in a gaither concert,
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  • We feature them on big songs like,
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  • "because he lives, i can face tomorrow,"
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  • "king is coming."
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  • I never had much of a part on any of those, but--
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  • [laughter]
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  • But in the second half
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  • When there's time for it,
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  • We need some little extra excitement
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  • In the concert...
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  • - whoo! - oh, yeah. yes, sir.
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  • Oh, yeah.
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  • [laughter]
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  • - i get to do a little solo.
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  • - that's right.
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  • - and they're usually
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  • More kind of sensitive, low,
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  • 'cause i'm a sensitive kind of guy, you know.
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  • [laughter]
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  • So we said, "let's put some of those songs all together
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  • On a project," so here it is.
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  • Lot of the songs, we have written,
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  • But there are several songs here
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  • Written by other people.
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  • My daughter wrote a couple.
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  • And of course, gloria and i grew up thinking stuart hamblen
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  • Was one of the greatest writers in the world.
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  • - yeah.
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  • - he wrote a lot about,
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  • Get it in perspective.
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  • I don't care how bad things are,
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  • And, brother, we've been through
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  • Some pretty tough times in the last few months.
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  • He says, "these things shall pass,
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  • "and some great morning,
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  • "we'll look back and smile
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  • At heartaches we have known."
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  • Listen.
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  • [soft music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ these things shall pass, ♪
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  • ♪ and some great morning, ♪
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  • ♪ oh, we'll look back and smile ♪
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  • ♪ at heartaches we've known. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ so don't forget, ♪
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  • ♪ when shadows gather, ♪
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  • ♪ the lord our god is still ♪
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  • ♪ the king upon his throne. ♪
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  • All: ♪ ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. ♪
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  • - ♪ a rose looks gray at midnight, ♪
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  • ♪ but the flame is just asleep. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ and steel is strong ♪
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  • ♪ because it knew the hammer ♪
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  • ♪ and white heat. ♪
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  • ♪ these things shall pass ♪
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  • ♪ and life be sweeter. ♪
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  • Yes!
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  • ♪ when love and faith are strong, ♪
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  • ♪ they cannot long endure. ♪
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  • Oh, sing the song.
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  • All: ♪ these things shall pass, ♪
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  • ♪ and some great morning... ♪
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  • - ♪ we'll look back and smile ♪
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  • ♪ at heartaches ♪
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  • ♪ we've known. ♪
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  • So don't forget.
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  • All: ♪ so don't forget... ♪
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  • - when shadows gather.
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  • All: ♪ when shadows gather... ♪
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  • - ♪ the lord our god is still ♪
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  • ♪ the king upon his throne. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ a rose looks gray at midnight, ♪
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  • ♪ but the flame is just asleep. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ and steel is strong ♪
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  • ♪ because it knew the hammer ♪
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  • ♪ and white heat. ♪
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  • ♪ these things shall pass ♪
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  • ♪ and life be sweeter. ♪
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  • All: ♪ ooh, ooh. ♪
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  • ♪ when love and faith are strong... ♪
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  • - ♪ they cannot long ♪
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  • ♪ endure. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - yeah. [laughs]
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  • - so good. - that's good.
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  • - so good. - real good.
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  • [applause]
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  • - what a lyric.
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  • The great stuart hamblen,
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  • The great stuart hamblen,
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  • He had great stories behind his songs,
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  • Like "this old house."
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  • You know, that actually happened.
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  • He was out hunting, came up on an old house.
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  • The old prospector had been dead for a long time.
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  • He was an interesting character.
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  • To write such tender songs as that,
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  • It's amazing because he was a hunter
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  • And he was an outdoorsman.
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  • He got saved at a billy graham crusade.
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  • And his neighbor was john wayne.
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  • This is back in '48, '49, maybe 1950.
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  • But he was telling me the story,
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  • And i said, "how did that song happen, stuart?"
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  • And he said, "well,
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  • "i, you know, went forward to the altar,
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  • "and a couple nights later, i was out working in my yard
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  • "in california there, and it was getting late.
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  • "it was about midnight.
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  • "and i was there by my fence,
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  • "and my neighbor was john wayne.
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  • And he came over and he said, 'hey, stuart'"--
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  • 'cause they were rough old cowboys together.
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  • "he said, 'i heard what happened to you
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  • "'couple nights ago.
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  • You went forward in that billy graham crusade.'"
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  • Stuart said, "yes," not knowing what he'd say about it.
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  • And john wayne said, "i'm proud of you, man.
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  • Takes a real man to go and do that."
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  • He said, "i'm proud of you."
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  • And stuart said to john wayne-- true story--
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  • He said, "well, john, it's no secret.
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  • What he did for me, he could do for you."
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  • He said, "so help me,
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  • This happened." - wow.
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  • And john said, "stuart, that could be a song.
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  • He said, "what?"
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  • "it is no secret what god could do."
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  • Is that a great story?
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  • So--and i was telling stuart, i said,
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  • "stuart, you have such great stories behind your songs."
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  • And some of our songs have good stories.
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  • This particular one had a great story.
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  • Mom hartwell, my grandmother on my mother's side,
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  • Irish side, probably where i got my poetry
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  • And love for music,
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  • A great saint.
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  • And as she was dying....
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  • And, you know, going in and out
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  • Of the medication they were giving her
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  • To just keep her calm and pain-free...
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  • She was singing, "oh, he is so precious to me,"
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  • With a big smile on her face.
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  • The test tube of life is a very important thing for me.
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  • How do you grow old?
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  • Do you grow old as a believer,
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  • With optimism and with hope,
  • 00:12:46.655 --> 00:12:49.391
  • Or do you grow old as a cynic?
  • 00:12:49.391 --> 00:12:51.060
  • And if i've ever had any prayer, it's been,
  • 00:12:51.060 --> 00:12:53.162
  • God, save me from becoming a cynic.
  • 00:12:53.162 --> 00:12:55.965
  • I do not want to be a cynic.
  • 00:12:55.965 --> 00:12:58.167
  • So--and i said to her,
  • 00:12:58.167 --> 00:13:01.170
  • I said, "mom, does it pay to serve god
  • 00:13:01.170 --> 00:13:03.005
  • "and especially when you're in this kind of pain
  • 00:13:03.005 --> 00:13:05.507
  • And this kind of situation?"
  • 00:13:05.507 --> 00:13:06.976
  • This is a true story too.
  • 00:13:06.976 --> 00:13:09.078
  • She said, "oh, billy,
  • 00:13:09.078 --> 00:13:11.180
  • The longer i serve him, the sweeter"--
  • 00:13:11.180 --> 00:13:14.650
  • ♪ the longer i serve him, the sweeter he grows. ♪
  • 00:13:14.650 --> 00:13:20.155
  • So we got that hook for this tune
  • 00:13:20.155 --> 00:13:23.025
  • And wrote it.
  • 00:13:23.025 --> 00:13:24.994
  • Thank you, mom. good song.
  • 00:13:24.994 --> 00:13:27.363
  • [tender music]
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:13:30.366 --> 00:13:36.438
  • All: ♪ the longer i serve him, ♪
  • 00:13:36.438 --> 00:13:41.143
  • ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
  • 00:13:41.143 --> 00:13:47.249
  • - listen, children.
  • 00:13:47.249 --> 00:13:49.118
  • ♪ since i started ♪
  • 00:13:49.118 --> 00:13:53.188
  • ♪ for the kingdom, ♪
  • 00:13:53.188 --> 00:13:57.960
  • ♪ since my life ♪
  • 00:13:57.960 --> 00:14:02.197
  • ♪ he controls, ♪
  • 00:14:02.197 --> 00:14:07.202
  • ♪ since i gave my heart ♪
  • 00:14:07.202 --> 00:14:14.009
  • ♪ to jesus, ♪
  • 00:14:14.009 --> 00:14:16.378
  • ♪ the longer i serve him, ♪
  • 00:14:16.378 --> 00:14:21.350
  • ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
  • 00:14:21.350 --> 00:14:26.822
  • Sing it.
  • 00:14:26.822 --> 00:14:28.090
  • All: ♪ the longer i serve him, ♪
  • 00:14:28.090 --> 00:14:32.795
  • ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
  • 00:14:32.795 --> 00:14:37.766
  • - ♪ the more that i love him... ♪
  • 00:14:37.766 --> 00:14:42.104
  • All: ♪ more love he bestows. ♪
  • 00:14:42.104 --> 00:14:46.775
  • - ♪ each day is like heaven. ♪
  • 00:14:46.775 --> 00:14:51.447
  • All: ♪ my heart overflows. ♪
  • 00:14:51.447 --> 00:14:56.218
  • ♪ the longer i serve him... ♪
  • 00:14:56.218 --> 00:15:01.156
  • - ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
  • 00:15:01.156 --> 00:15:06.195
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:15:06.195 --> 00:15:07.730
  • All: ♪ ah, ah. ♪
  • 00:15:07.730 --> 00:15:13.769
  • - ♪ every need ♪
  • 00:15:13.769 --> 00:15:17.339
  • ♪ he is supplying. ♪
  • 00:15:17.339 --> 00:15:22.845
  • ♪ plenteous grace ♪
  • 00:15:22.845 --> 00:15:26.515
  • ♪ he bestows. ♪
  • 00:15:26.515 --> 00:15:31.620
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:33.088
  • ♪ every day, ♪
  • 00:15:33.088 --> 00:15:36.058
  • ♪ my way gets much brighter. ♪
  • 00:15:36.058 --> 00:15:40.796
  • All: ♪ the longer i serve him... ♪
  • 00:15:40.796 --> 00:15:46.168
  • - ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
  • 00:15:46.168 --> 00:15:51.106
  • Sing the song.
  • 00:15:51.106 --> 00:15:52.608
  • All: ♪ the longer i serve him, ♪
  • 00:15:52.608 --> 00:15:57.212
  • ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
  • 00:15:57.212 --> 00:16:01.884
  • ♪ the more that i love him, ♪
  • 00:16:01.884 --> 00:16:06.522
  • ♪ more love he bestows. ♪
  • 00:16:06.522 --> 00:16:11.360
  • - ♪ each day is like heaven. ♪
  • 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:15.864
  • All: ♪ my heart overflows. ♪
  • 00:16:15.864 --> 00:16:20.769
  • ♪ the longer i serve him... ♪
  • 00:16:20.769 --> 00:16:25.474
  • - ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
  • 00:16:25.474 --> 00:16:30.813
  • Sing the song.
  • 00:16:30.813 --> 00:16:32.347
  • All: ♪ each day is like heaven. ♪
  • 00:16:32.347 --> 00:16:37.019
  • ♪ my heart overflows. ♪
  • 00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:41.757
  • ♪ the longer i serve him... ♪
  • 00:16:41.757 --> 00:16:46.395
  • - ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
  • 00:16:46.395 --> 00:16:57.806
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:16:57.806 --> 00:17:02.778
  • When did i start to love you?
  • 00:17:34.343 --> 00:17:37.446
  • Was the day we talked of browning
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  • The beginning of it all
  • 00:17:39.014 --> 00:17:40.749
  • Or that time we walked the meadow
  • 00:17:40.749 --> 00:17:42.284
  • And the fields of corn so tall
  • 00:17:42.284 --> 00:17:44.353
  • That we felt like naughty children
  • 00:17:44.353 --> 00:17:46.421
  • Hiding from their mother's call?
  • 00:17:46.421 --> 00:17:49.525
  • When did i start to love you?
  • 00:17:49.591 --> 00:17:52.461
  • I remember just how timidly
  • 00:17:52.528 --> 00:17:53.829
  • Your first new song you shared,
  • 00:17:53.829 --> 00:17:56.265
  • And by the way you grinned,
  • 00:17:56.265 --> 00:17:57.566
  • I knew that you were glad you'd dared.
  • 00:17:57.566 --> 00:17:59.668
  • Although my evaluation wasn't worth much,
  • 00:17:59.668 --> 00:18:03.205
  • Still you cared.
  • 00:18:03.205 --> 00:18:06.675
  • When did i start to love you?
  • 00:18:06.742 --> 00:18:10.412
  • Was it when i went to meet you in a gown of snowy white?
  • 00:18:10.479 --> 00:18:14.550
  • Was it when we signed the license
  • 00:18:14.616 --> 00:18:16.251
  • And drove off into the night?
  • 00:18:16.251 --> 00:18:19.087
  • Was it when i gave myself to you
  • 00:18:19.154 --> 00:18:22.724
  • And felt that it was right?
  • 00:18:22.724 --> 00:18:25.761
  • When did i start to love you?
  • 00:18:25.827 --> 00:18:29.164
  • When i feared you wouldn't love me
  • 00:18:29.231 --> 00:18:31.066
  • If you knew how i'd been wrong,
  • 00:18:31.066 --> 00:18:33.202
  • And i spent that week in misery,
  • 00:18:33.202 --> 00:18:35.704
  • But you'd known it all along,
  • 00:18:35.704 --> 00:18:38.006
  • And you loved me 'cause you love me
  • 00:18:38.006 --> 00:18:41.643
  • And not because i'm strong.
  • 00:18:41.643 --> 00:18:44.546
  • Was it then i came to love you?
  • 00:18:44.613 --> 00:18:48.483
  • Was it when we knew for certain
  • 00:18:48.550 --> 00:18:50.919
  • 'bout the baby on the way?
  • 00:18:50.919 --> 00:18:53.455
  • Did it start the day you told me i looked pretty
  • 00:18:53.455 --> 00:18:56.491
  • Shaped that way?
  • 00:18:56.491 --> 00:18:58.760
  • Or did something special happen
  • 00:18:58.827 --> 00:19:00.262
  • When we waited that last day?
  • 00:19:00.262 --> 00:19:04.333
  • When did i start to love you?
  • 00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:07.236
  • Did it happen when we held her in our arms
  • 00:19:07.302 --> 00:19:09.271
  • For the first time?
  • 00:19:09.271 --> 00:19:11.306
  • Was it later when i nursed her,
  • 00:19:11.306 --> 00:19:14.576
  • This creation--yours and mine?
  • 00:19:14.576 --> 00:19:17.512
  • And i knew, compared to what we held,
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  • This world's not worth a dime.
  • 00:19:19.414 --> 00:19:22.751
  • When did i start to love you?
  • 00:19:22.818 --> 00:19:25.621
  • There were nights we stayed and prayed by babies,
  • 00:19:25.687 --> 00:19:28.457
  • Fevers burning hot, when we really didn't know
  • 00:19:28.457 --> 00:19:31.193
  • If they'd make it through or not.
  • 00:19:31.193 --> 00:19:34.496
  • Then we'd face the dawn's beginning,
  • 00:19:34.563 --> 00:19:37.032
  • Thanking god for what we've got.
  • 00:19:37.032 --> 00:19:41.036
  • When did i start to love you?
  • 00:19:41.103 --> 00:19:43.939
  • Was it rushing to the clinic with a bone in amy's throat?
  • 00:19:44.006 --> 00:19:47.676
  • Was it nights you saw me shivering
  • 00:19:47.743 --> 00:19:49.478
  • And wrapped me in your coat?
  • 00:19:49.478 --> 00:19:52.047
  • Was it when i cleaned your bureau drawer
  • 00:19:52.114 --> 00:19:54.082
  • And saw you'd saved my note?
  • 00:19:54.082 --> 00:19:57.819
  • When did i start to love you?
  • 00:19:57.886 --> 00:20:00.922
  • Was it when i saw you showing benjy how to be a man,
  • 00:20:00.989 --> 00:20:04.159
  • How to sheathe his strength in meekness,
  • 00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:07.429
  • How to gently take a stand,
  • 00:20:07.429 --> 00:20:09.965
  • How that only strength of character
  • 00:20:09.965 --> 00:20:11.867
  • Can salvage this old land?
  • 00:20:11.867 --> 00:20:15.203
  • When did i start to love you?
  • 00:20:15.270 --> 00:20:19.808
  • When you held me close in silence
  • 00:20:19.875 --> 00:20:22.644
  • And there were no words for grief,
  • 00:20:22.644 --> 00:20:24.980
  • When that line of empty caskets
  • 00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:27.115
  • Gaped at all i called belief...
  • 00:20:27.115 --> 00:20:31.520
  • When that "amen" was so final.
  • 00:20:31.586 --> 00:20:34.222
  • I had you and dared to leave.
  • 00:20:34.222 --> 00:20:38.994
  • Was it then i came to love you?
  • 00:20:39.061 --> 00:20:42.698
  • What is the stuff love's made of
  • 00:20:42.764 --> 00:20:44.266
  • That can cause the world to glow?
  • 00:20:44.266 --> 00:20:46.568
  • Was it that you made
  • 00:20:46.568 --> 00:20:47.736
  • The segments that i brought you
  • 00:20:47.736 --> 00:20:49.104
  • Well and whole?
  • 00:20:49.104 --> 00:20:50.872
  • Was it when i came to recognize
  • 00:20:50.872 --> 00:20:52.240
  • The poet in your soul
  • 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.909
  • That i began to love you?
  • 00:20:53.909 --> 00:20:56.878
  • Oh, it's not of lace and chocolate
  • 00:20:56.945 --> 00:20:58.814
  • That valentines are made.
  • 00:20:58.814 --> 00:21:00.949
  • All such things are lovely but disintegrate and fade.
  • 00:21:00.949 --> 00:21:05.554
  • But love, when once it grows to be,
  • 00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:09.891
  • Is richer far than jade.
  • 00:21:09.891 --> 00:21:12.661
  • I only know...
  • 00:21:12.661 --> 00:21:15.397
  • I love you.
  • 00:21:15.397 --> 00:21:17.766
  • - tender words,
  • 00:21:17.766 --> 00:21:20.602
  • Gentle touch...
  • 00:21:20.602 --> 00:21:23.672
  • ♪ and a good cup of coffee ♪
  • 00:21:23.739 --> 00:21:27.275
  • ♪ and someone who loves me ♪
  • 00:21:27.275 --> 00:21:30.979
  • ♪ and wants me to stay. ♪
  • 00:21:30.979 --> 00:21:34.216
  • ♪ hold them near ♪
  • 00:21:34.216 --> 00:21:36.418
  • ♪ while they're here. ♪
  • 00:21:36.418 --> 00:21:38.186
  • ♪ don't wait for tomorrow ♪
  • 00:21:38.186 --> 00:21:42.891
  • ♪ to look back and wish ♪
  • 00:21:42.891 --> 00:21:46.294
  • ♪ for today. ♪
  • 00:21:46.294 --> 00:21:48.463
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:21:48.463 --> 00:21:51.533
  • ♪ take the blue of the skies ♪
  • 00:21:51.533 --> 00:21:54.603
  • ♪ and the green of the forest, ♪
  • 00:21:54.603 --> 00:21:58.807
  • ♪ the golds and the browns ♪
  • 00:21:58.807 --> 00:22:02.377
  • ♪ of the freshly mown hay, ♪
  • 00:22:02.377 --> 00:22:07.783
  • ♪ add the pale shades of spring ♪
  • 00:22:07.783 --> 00:22:10.719
  • ♪ and the circus of autumn, ♪
  • 00:22:10.719 --> 00:22:14.556
  • ♪ and weave you ♪
  • 00:22:14.556 --> 00:22:16.391
  • ♪ a lovely today. ♪
  • 00:22:16.391 --> 00:22:20.862
  • All: ♪ ooh, ooh, ooh. ♪
  • 00:22:20.862 --> 00:22:22.764
  • ♪ we have this moment ♪
  • 00:22:22.764 --> 00:22:26.601
  • ♪ to hold in our hands ♪
  • 00:22:26.601 --> 00:22:29.771
  • ♪ and to touch ♪
  • 00:22:29.771 --> 00:22:32.441
  • ♪ as it slips through ♪
  • 00:22:32.441 --> 00:22:34.609
  • ♪ our fingers like sand. ♪
  • 00:22:34.609 --> 00:22:38.947
  • ♪ yesterday's gone, ♪
  • 00:22:38.947 --> 00:22:41.583
  • ♪ and tomorrow may never come. ♪
  • 00:22:41.583 --> 00:22:46.521
  • ♪ but we have this moment today. ♪
  • 00:22:46.521 --> 00:22:53.462
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:22:53.462 --> 00:22:58.333
  • - reggie, ladye love,
  • 00:22:58.333 --> 00:23:01.002
  • Wes, carmen,
  • 00:23:01.002 --> 00:23:03.872
  • Gene, todd, sherry,
  • 00:23:03.872 --> 00:23:06.942
  • Adam...
  • 00:23:06.942 --> 00:23:10.078
  • And all of you...
  • 00:23:10.145 --> 00:23:14.516
  • ♪ we all have ♪
  • 00:23:14.583 --> 00:23:18.320
  • ♪ this moment ♪
  • 00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:22.891
  • ♪ today. ♪
  • 00:23:22.891 --> 00:23:25.026
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:23:25.026 --> 00:23:29.965
  • All: ♪ ooh. ♪
  • 00:23:29.965 --> 00:23:36.438
  • - don't miss it.
  • 00:23:36.438 --> 00:23:39.407
  • - this song came out of editing
  • 00:23:44.846 --> 00:23:46.982
  • The homecoming series.
  • 00:23:46.982 --> 00:23:49.851
  • I just kept looking at those pictures
  • 00:23:49.851 --> 00:23:53.488
  • And those wonderful people
  • 00:23:53.488 --> 00:23:56.358
  • Who were my heroes as i was growing up.
  • 00:23:56.358 --> 00:24:00.729
  • And i told don, our editor at the time, i said,
  • 00:24:00.795 --> 00:24:05.066
  • "you know what these people are?
  • 00:24:05.066 --> 00:24:06.401
  • "they're just old friends.
  • 00:24:06.401 --> 00:24:09.738
  • I've known them for a long, long time."
  • 00:24:09.738 --> 00:24:11.540
  • And, "old friends, old friends"--
  • 00:24:11.540 --> 00:24:13.808
  • That sounded like a hook to me, you know.
  • 00:24:13.808 --> 00:24:16.344
  • And we came home and started.
  • 00:24:16.344 --> 00:24:18.313
  • Gloria wrote the lyric.
  • 00:24:18.313 --> 00:24:19.681
  • And i don't know how many times we have sung this.
  • 00:24:19.681 --> 00:24:21.816
  • Kevin, you lead us off, okay?
  • 00:24:21.816 --> 00:24:24.085
  • Here we go, we're gonna do it one more time.
  • 00:24:24.085 --> 00:24:25.787
  • - [laughs]
  • 00:24:25.787 --> 00:24:26.888
  • [gentle music]
  • 00:24:26.888 --> 00:24:29.891
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:24:29.891 --> 00:24:38.934
  • Bill: ♪ old friends. ♪
  • 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:42.704
  • ♪ after all of these years, ♪
  • 00:24:42.704 --> 00:24:45.240
  • ♪ just old friends. ♪
  • 00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:49.377
  • ♪ through laughter and tears, ♪
  • 00:24:49.377 --> 00:24:52.047
  • ♪ old friends. ♪
  • 00:24:52.047 --> 00:24:55.750
  • ♪ what a find. ♪
  • 00:24:55.750 --> 00:24:57.452
  • ♪ what a priceless treasure. ♪
  • 00:24:57.452 --> 00:25:04.926
  • ♪ old friends. ♪
  • 00:25:04.926 --> 00:25:08.597
  • ♪ like a rare piece of gold, ♪
  • 00:25:08.597 --> 00:25:11.299
  • ♪ my old friends ♪
  • 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:15.170
  • ♪ make it great to grow old. ♪
  • 00:25:15.170 --> 00:25:17.973
  • ♪ old friends. ♪
  • 00:25:17.973 --> 00:25:21.810
  • ♪ through it all, i will hold ♪
  • 00:25:21.810 --> 00:25:24.646
  • ♪ to old friends. ♪
  • 00:25:24.646 --> 00:25:28.383
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:25:28.383 --> 00:25:31.453
  • ♪ now, god must have known ♪
  • 00:25:31.453 --> 00:25:35.357
  • ♪ there'd be days, on our own, ♪
  • 00:25:35.357 --> 00:25:38.059
  • ♪ we would lose the will to go on. ♪
  • 00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:43.098
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:25:43.098 --> 00:25:45.367
  • ♪ that's why he sent friends like you ♪
  • 00:25:45.367 --> 00:25:51.006
  • ♪ along. ♪
  • 00:25:51.006 --> 00:25:52.974
  • All: ♪ along. ♪
  • 00:25:52.974 --> 00:25:56.845
  • - ♪ old friends. ♪
  • 00:25:56.845 --> 00:26:00.615
  • ♪ you've always been there, ♪
  • 00:26:00.615 --> 00:26:03.084
  • ♪ my old friends. ♪
  • 00:26:03.084 --> 00:26:07.088
  • ♪ we've had more than our share. ♪
  • 00:26:07.088 --> 00:26:09.924
  • ♪ old friends. ♪
  • 00:26:09.924 --> 00:26:13.595
  • ♪ through it all, i will hold ♪
  • 00:26:13.595 --> 00:26:16.765
  • ♪ to old friends. ♪
  • 00:26:16.765 --> 00:26:20.402
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:20.402 --> 00:26:24.472
  • ♪ a phone call, a letter, ♪
  • 00:26:24.472 --> 00:26:28.643
  • ♪ or a pat on the back ♪
  • 00:26:28.643 --> 00:26:32.447
  • ♪ or a, "hey, i just dropped by to say." ♪
  • 00:26:32.447 --> 00:26:37.786
  • ♪ a hand when you're down, ♪
  • 00:26:37.786 --> 00:26:40.755
  • ♪ a loan when we just couldn't pay. ♪
  • 00:26:40.755 --> 00:26:44.225
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:26:44.225 --> 00:26:49.364
  • ♪ a song or a story, ♪
  • 00:26:49.364 --> 00:26:53.468
  • ♪ a rose from the florist, ♪
  • 00:26:53.468 --> 00:26:58.440
  • ♪ or a little note that you happened to send ♪
  • 00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:58.440