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Gaither Gospel | Bill Gaither - Something I Need To Say | December 28, 2024
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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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- 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,
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- Or do you grow old as a cynic?
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- And if i've ever had any prayer, it's been,
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- God, save me from becoming a cynic.
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- I do not want to be a cynic.
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- So--and i said to her,
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- I said, "mom, does it pay to serve god
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- "and especially when you're in this kind of pain
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- And this kind of situation?"
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- This is a true story too.
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- She said, "oh, billy,
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- The longer i serve him, the sweeter"--
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- ♪ the longer i serve him, the sweeter he grows. ♪
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- So we got that hook for this tune
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- And wrote it.
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- Thank you, mom. good song.
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- [tender music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- All: ♪ the longer i serve him, ♪
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- ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
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- - listen, children.
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- ♪ since i started ♪
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- ♪ for the kingdom, ♪
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- ♪ since my life ♪
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- ♪ he controls, ♪
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- ♪ since i gave my heart ♪
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- ♪ to jesus, ♪
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- ♪ the longer i serve him, ♪
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- ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
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- Sing it.
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- All: ♪ the longer i serve him, ♪
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- ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
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- - ♪ the more that i love him... ♪
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- All: ♪ more love he bestows. ♪
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- - ♪ each day is like heaven. ♪
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- All: ♪ my heart overflows. ♪
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- ♪ the longer i serve him... ♪
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- - ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- All: ♪ ah, ah. ♪
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- - ♪ every need ♪
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- ♪ he is supplying. ♪
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- ♪ plenteous grace ♪
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- ♪ he bestows. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ every day, ♪
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- ♪ my way gets much brighter. ♪
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- All: ♪ the longer i serve him... ♪
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- - ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
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- Sing the song.
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- All: ♪ the longer i serve him, ♪
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- ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
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- ♪ the more that i love him, ♪
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- ♪ more love he bestows. ♪
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- - ♪ each day is like heaven. ♪
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- All: ♪ my heart overflows. ♪
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- ♪ the longer i serve him... ♪
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- - ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
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- Sing the song.
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- All: ♪ each day is like heaven. ♪
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- ♪ my heart overflows. ♪
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- ♪ the longer i serve him... ♪
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- - ♪ the sweeter he grows. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- I love you.
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- - tender words,
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- Gentle touch...
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- ♪ and a good cup of coffee ♪
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- ♪ and someone who loves me ♪
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- ♪ and wants me to stay. ♪
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- ♪ hold them near ♪
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- ♪ while they're here. ♪
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- ♪ don't wait for tomorrow ♪
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- ♪ to look back and wish ♪
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- ♪ for today. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ take the blue of the skies ♪
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- ♪ and the green of the forest, ♪
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- ♪ the golds and the browns ♪
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- ♪ of the freshly mown hay, ♪
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- ♪ add the pale shades of spring ♪
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- ♪ and the circus of autumn, ♪
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- ♪ and weave you ♪
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- ♪ a lovely today. ♪
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- All: ♪ ooh, ooh, ooh. ♪
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- ♪ we have this moment ♪
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- ♪ to hold in our hands ♪
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- ♪ and to touch ♪
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- ♪ as it slips through ♪
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- ♪ our fingers like sand. ♪
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- ♪ yesterday's gone, ♪
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- ♪ and tomorrow may never come. ♪
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- ♪ but we have this moment today. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - reggie, ladye love,
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- Wes, carmen,
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- Gene, todd, sherry,
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- Adam...
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- And all of you...
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- ♪ we all have ♪
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- ♪ this moment ♪
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- ♪ today. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- All: ♪ ooh. ♪
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- - don't miss it.
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- - this song came out of editing
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- The homecoming series.
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- I just kept looking at those pictures
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- And those wonderful people
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- Who were my heroes as i was growing up.
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- And i told don, our editor at the time, i said,
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- "you know what these people are?
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- "they're just old friends.
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- I've known them for a long, long time."
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- And, "old friends, old friends"--
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- That sounded like a hook to me, you know.
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- And we came home and started.
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- Gloria wrote the lyric.
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- And i don't know how many times we have sung this.
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- Kevin, you lead us off, okay?
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- Here we go, we're gonna do it one more time.
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- - [laughs]
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- [gentle music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- Bill: ♪ old friends. ♪
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- ♪ after all of these years, ♪
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- ♪ just old friends. ♪
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- ♪ through laughter and tears, ♪
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- ♪ old friends. ♪
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- ♪ what a find. ♪
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- ♪ what a priceless treasure. ♪
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- ♪ old friends. ♪
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- ♪ like a rare piece of gold, ♪
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- ♪ my old friends ♪
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- ♪ make it great to grow old. ♪
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- ♪ old friends. ♪
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- ♪ through it all, i will hold ♪
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- ♪ to old friends. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ now, god must have known ♪
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- ♪ there'd be days, on our own, ♪
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- ♪ we would lose the will to go on. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ that's why he sent friends like you ♪
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- ♪ along. ♪
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- All: ♪ along. ♪
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- - ♪ old friends. ♪
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- ♪ you've always been there, ♪
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- ♪ my old friends. ♪
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- ♪ we've had more than our share. ♪
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- ♪ old friends. ♪
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- ♪ through it all, i will hold ♪
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- ♪ to old friends. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ a phone call, a letter, ♪
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- ♪ or a pat on the back ♪
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- ♪ or a, "hey, i just dropped by to say." ♪
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- ♪ a hand when you're down, ♪
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- ♪ a loan when we just couldn't pay. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ a song or a story, ♪
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- ♪ a rose from the florist, ♪
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- ♪ or a little note that you happened to send ♪
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- ♪ just out of the blue ♪
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- ♪ to tell us ♪
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- ♪ that you're still our friend. ♪
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- ♪how they linger♪
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- ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
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- Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
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- ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
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- Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
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- ... share more of your favorite songs.
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- ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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