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Booth Brothers - Country Roads

February 14, 2025 | S25:E31

Booth Brothers - Country Roads
Gaither Gospel shares joy through heartfelt stories and inspiration through powerful music.
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Gaither Gospel | Booth Brothers - Country Roads | February 14, 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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  • All: ♪ country roads, ♪
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  • ♪ take me home. ♪
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  • - the booth brothers have logged
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  • More than a million miles singing songs of hope
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  • To audiences all across america and beyond.
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  • - ♪ "go ask..." ♪
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  • All: ♪ "the blind man. ♪
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  • ♪ he saw it all." ♪
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  • ♪ hey, it's good to be back home again. ♪
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  • Bill: after nearly three decades
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  • Of carving out their unique identity as artists,
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  • The booth brothers have become
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  • One of the best-loved trios in their field.
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  • - ♪ we were walkin' in... ♪ all: ♪ high cotton. ♪
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  • Bill: today these brothers have come to celebrate
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  • The rich tapestry of songs, stories, and experiences
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  • That have influenced their music
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  • And shaped their lives.
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  • ♪ do you know? ♪
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  • All: ♪ "do you know 'you are my sunshine'?" ♪
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  • Bill: i'm bill gaither, and i'm thrilled
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  • To welcome you to this celebration
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  • Of classic american music featuring the booth brothers.
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  • [upbeat music]
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  • All: ♪ oh, play me ♪
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  • ♪ some mountain music ♪
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  • ♪ like grandma and grandpa used to play. ♪
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  • ♪ then i'll float on down the river ♪
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  • ♪ to a cajun hideaway. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ drift away like tom sawyer. ♪
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  • ♪ ride a raft with old huck finn. ♪
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  • ♪ take a nap like rip van winkle. ♪
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  • ♪ lay streaming again. ♪
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  • All: ♪ oh, play me some mountain music ♪
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  • ♪ like grandma and grandpa used to play. ♪
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  • ♪ then i'll float on down the river ♪
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  • ♪ to a cajun hideaway. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ swim across the river ♪
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  • ♪ just to prove that i'm a man. ♪
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  • ♪ spend the day bein' lazy, ♪
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  • ♪ just bein' nature's friend. ♪
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  • ♪ climb a long, tall hickory, ♪
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  • ♪ bending over, skinnin' cats. ♪
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  • ♪ playing baseball with chert rocks, ♪
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  • ♪ using sawmill slats for bats. ♪
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  • ♪ yeah, yeah. ♪
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  • ♪ play some back-home, come-on music... ♪
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  • - ♪ that comes from the heart. ♪
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  • - ♪ play somethin' with lots of feeling... ♪
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  • All: ♪ 'cause that's where music has to start. ♪
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  • - here we go!
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  • All: ♪ play me some mountain music ♪
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  • ♪ like grandma and grandpa used to play. ♪
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  • ♪ then i'll float on down the river ♪
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  • ♪ to a cajun hideaway. ♪
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  • ♪ hey, hey. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ oh, play me mountain music. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, play me mountain music. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, play me mountain music. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, play. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • - yeah!
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  • - how about that band?
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  • - how about the band? - yeah, boys!
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  • - man, that is a lot of fun.
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  • What are the lines?
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  • "gonna play baseball,
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  • Gonna swim across the river just to" what?
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  • - "prove that i'm a man."
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  • [laughter]
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  • Whatever it takes, man.
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  • [laughter]
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  • - that sounds like where i grew up
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  • And, i think, probably where you grew up, right?
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  • - oh, yeah. - well, bill, we used to get up
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  • On those cold indiana mornings...
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  • [laughter]
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  • - [indistinct]
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  • We're gonna milk the cows.
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  • [laughter]
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  • It's just life stuff, isn't it? - it's just real.
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  • That's what these songs paint the picture of so well.
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  • It's just real life, day-to-day life.
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  • - you know, when jesus said, "i've come to give you life
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  • And make it more abundant,"
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  • You know, i believe it,
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  • And music was so much a part of it,
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  • And in my home-- i don't know about your home--
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  • It was country and gospel stuff.
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  • - yup, - oh, yeah.
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  • - all the way. - all day long.
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  • - it was so much fun until mom
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  • Would get out the "old shep" song
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  • And go through all of those verses about loving the dog,
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  • And then the day came where...
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  • He couldn't make it anymore.
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  • - shep was gone. - and shep--
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  • That was my life, though.
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  • - yup. it's real life.
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  • - well, yeah, it's just real life.
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  • So that's the reason you're doing these songs.
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  • Anybody--any gospel singer who says,
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  • "i have spent all of my time all my life
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  • Listening to nothing but gospel songs,"
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  • Is probably not telling totally the whole truth, right?
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  • - not totally. - not quite.
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  • - and you know what, bill?
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  • The gospel is often the lens you look through.
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  • You can find the gospel. - absolutely.
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  • Since the last time we've been in this room,
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  • You got a new brother.
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  • - we do. - yeah.
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  • - yeah. - we got one.
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  • Jim brady was with us almost 13 years, and...
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  • Bill: yeah, he said he got sick of you.
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  • [laughter]
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  • - he asked for a raise, and we...
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  • [laughter] - "now you're pushing it, man."
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  • - there's some things you don't even have to pray about.
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  • [laughter]
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  • No, he was great. - yeah.
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  • - he and his wife, melissa, are singing together,
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  • And they're doing great.
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  • Bill: you know what i call that?
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  • A win-win situation. - oh, absolutely.
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  • - it came time where he wanted to do something on his own
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  • And, secondly, and do it with his wife.
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  • - very--and they're doing well.
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  • Here's a little trivia for you.
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  • When we hired jim, what we didn't--
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  • At that time, he was actually singing with his wife
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  • And paul lancaster. - ah.
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  • - they were a group called true north.
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  • - right. - and they were--
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  • Had played a large role
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  • In encouraging jim to take the job.
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  • Paul drove him from cincinnati--in that area--
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  • Dropped him off at the arena in nashville
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  • When we were singing with you.
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  • Paul: they really got to know me
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  • Through my friendship with jim,
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  • And it's been a blessing ever since.
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  • Jim and i have been longtime friends,
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  • Probably going on 30 years.
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  • - yeah. - and he--
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  • We always knew that his desire--
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  • Even though he loved being a booth brother,
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  • We always knew his desire was to sing with his wife, melissa,
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  • And she needs to--because she's got incredible talent,
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  • Incredible voice, and so she needs to be out here.
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  • So we knew one day, that would happen,
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  • And when they did, i mean, even my wife
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  • Had specifically prayed,
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  • And i had always desired, too, that if--
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  • We didn't know when jim and melissa
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  • Were gonna make that decision.
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  • When they did, i would love to be here.
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  • So this is an answer to a specific prayer
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  • Of my family to be--
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  • It's a gift. it's a gift.
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  • 'cause the lord's got a way of showing you--
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  • When you think that your best days are behind you,
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  • He's got a good way of showing you differently
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  • That your best days are in front of you.
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  • And it is with these guys.
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  • - and, paul, you're making a wonderful contribution.
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  • You have two biblical names,
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  • Paul and michael.
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  • Ron, i can't find your name anywhere in the bible.
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  • [laughter]
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  • - you remember that donkey god made talk?
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  • [laughter]
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  • I'll bet you his name was ronnie.
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  • [laughter]
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  • - if that's the only way to get in,
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  • Then i'll take it.
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  • [laughter] - and he used him, didn't he?
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  • - that's right. - that's right.
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  • I count too. [laughs]
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  • - this is gonna be so much fun today.
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  • All three of you are married, right?
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  • - we are. - oh, yes.
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  • - yup. - oh, yeah.
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  • - and you're singing a song of commitment,
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  • A wonderful country tune of commitment
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  • That i love very, very much.
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  • Paul overstreet wrote this lyric, i think.
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  • Paul's a good friend and a good man.
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  • What a great song for you to put in there.
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  • "forever and ever..."
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  • - "amen." - "amen."
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  • - "amen." [laughter]
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  • [upbeat music]
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  • - ♪ you may think that i'm talkin' foolish. ♪
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  • ♪ you've heard that i'm wild and i'm free. ♪
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  • ♪ you may wonder how i can promise you now ♪
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  • ♪ this love that i feel for you always will be. ♪
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  • ♪ but you're not just time that i'm killin'. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm no longer one of those guys. ♪
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  • ♪ as sure as i live, this love that i give ♪
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  • ♪ is gonna be yours until the day that i die. ♪
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  • ♪ oh, baby... ♪
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  • All: ♪ i'm gonna love you forever, ♪
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  • ♪ forever and ever, amen, ♪
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  • ♪ as long as old men ♪
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  • ♪ sit and talk about the weather, ♪
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  • ♪ as long as old women ♪
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  • ♪ sit and talk about old men. ♪
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  • ♪ if you wonder how long i'll be faithful, ♪
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  • ♪ i'll be happy to tell you again ♪
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  • ♪ i'm gonna love you forever and ever, ♪
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  • ♪ forever and ever, amen. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ they say time takes its toll on a body, ♪
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  • ♪ makes a young girl's brown hair turn gray. ♪
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  • ♪ honey, i don't care. ♪
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  • ♪ i ain't in love with your hair. ♪
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  • ♪ and if it all fell out, ♪
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  • ♪ i'd love you anyway. ♪
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  • ♪ they say time can play tricks on a memory, ♪
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  • ♪ make people forget things they knew. ♪
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  • ♪ well, it's easy to see it's happenin' to me. ♪
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  • ♪ i've already forgotten every woman but you. ♪
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  • All: ♪ oh, darlin', ♪
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  • ♪ i'm gonna love you forever, ♪
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  • ♪ forever and ever, amen, ♪
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  • ♪ as long as old men ♪
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  • ♪ sit and talk about the weather, ♪
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  • ♪ as long as old women ♪
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  • ♪ sit and talk about old men. ♪
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  • ♪ if you wonder how long i'll be faithful, ♪
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  • ♪ i'll be happy to tell you again ♪
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  • ♪ i'm gonna love you forever and ever, ♪
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  • ♪ forever and ever, amen. ♪
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  • ♪ i'm gonna love you forever and ever, ♪
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  • ♪ forever and ever, ♪
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  • ♪ forever and ever, ♪
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  • ♪ forever and ever... ♪
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  • - ♪ amen. ♪
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  • [cheers and applause]
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  • Love randy.
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  • [mellow music]
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ there's a storm across the valley. ♪
  • 00:14:35.965 --> 00:14:40.970
  • ♪ clouds are rollin' in. ♪
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  • ♪ the afternoon is heavy ♪
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  • ♪ on your shoulders. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ there's a truck out on the four-lane ♪
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  • ♪ a mile or more away. ♪
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  • ♪ and the whinin' of his wheels ♪
  • 00:15:00.856 --> 00:15:03.993
  • ♪ just makes it colder. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ he's an hour away from ridin' ♪
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  • ♪ on your prayers up in the sky. ♪
  • 00:15:12.601 --> 00:15:17.973
  • ♪ ten days on the road ♪
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  • ♪ are barely gone. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ there's a fire softly burnin'. ♪
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  • ♪ supper's on the stove. ♪
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  • ♪ it's the light in your eyes ♪
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  • ♪ that makes him warm. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • All: ♪ hey, it's good to be back home again. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ sometimes this old farm ♪
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  • ♪ feels like a long-lost friend. ♪
  • 00:15:54.043 --> 00:15:57.513
  • ♪ yes, and hey, it's good ♪
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  • ♪ to be back home again. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:16:04.987 --> 00:16:06.355
  • - ♪ there's all the news to tell him. ♪
  • 00:16:06.355 --> 00:16:11.160
  • ♪ how'd you spend your time? ♪
  • 00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:15.497
  • ♪ what's the latest thing ♪
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  • ♪ the neighbors say? ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • ♪ and your mother called last friday. ♪
  • 00:16:22.905 --> 00:16:27.409
  • ♪ sunshine made her cry. ♪
  • 00:16:27.409 --> 00:16:30.813
  • ♪ and you felt the baby move ♪
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  • ♪ just yesterday. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • All: ♪ hey, it's good to be back home again. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:16:45.461 --> 00:16:48.263
  • ♪ sometimes this old farm ♪
  • 00:16:48.263 --> 00:16:51.767
  • ♪ feels like a long-lost friend. ♪
  • 00:16:51.767 --> 00:16:55.037
  • ♪ yes, and hey, it's good ♪
  • 00:16:55.037 --> 00:16:57.840
  • ♪ to be back home again. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • - ♪ and, oh, the time that i can lay ♪
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  • ♪ this tired old body down, ♪
  • 00:17:07.850 --> 00:17:12.621
  • ♪ feel your fingers ♪
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  • ♪ feather soft on me, ♪
  • 00:17:14.957 --> 00:17:20.496
  • ♪ the kisses that i live for, ♪
  • 00:17:20.496 --> 00:17:24.399
  • ♪ the love that lights my way, ♪
  • 00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:28.537
  • ♪ the happiness that livin' with you brings me. ♪
  • 00:17:28.537 --> 00:17:36.278
  • ♪ it's the sweetest thing i know of, ♪
  • 00:17:36.278 --> 00:17:41.183
  • ♪ just spending time with you. ♪
  • 00:17:41.183 --> 00:17:44.887
  • ♪ it's the little things ♪
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  • ♪ that make a house a home, ♪
  • 00:17:47.623 --> 00:17:52.594
  • ♪ like a fire softly burnin', ♪
  • 00:17:52.594 --> 00:17:57.799
  • ♪ supper's on the stove, ♪
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  • ♪ and the light in your eyes ♪
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  • ♪ that makes me warm. ♪
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  • ♪ ♪
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  • All: ♪ hey, it's good to be back home again. ♪
  • 00:18:09.878 --> 00:18:15.717
  • - ♪ yes, it is. ♪
  • 00:18:15.717 --> 00:18:18.587
  • All: ♪ sometimes this old farm ♪
  • 00:18:18.587 --> 00:18:21.924
  • ♪ feels like a long-lost friend. ♪
  • 00:18:21.924 --> 00:18:25.227
  • ♪ yes, and hey, it's good ♪
  • 00:18:25.227 --> 00:18:28.063
  • ♪ to be back home again. ♪
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  • - sing it with us.
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  • All: ♪ hey, it's good to be back home again. ♪
  • 00:18:34.469 --> 00:18:39.474
  • - ♪ you know it is. ♪
  • 00:18:39.474 --> 00:18:43.111
  • All: ♪ sometimes this old farm ♪
  • 00:18:43.111 --> 00:18:46.215
  • ♪ feels like a long-lost friend. ♪
  • 00:18:46.215 --> 00:18:49.818
  • ♪ yes, and hey, it's good ♪
  • 00:18:49.818 --> 00:18:52.621
  • ♪ to be back home again. ♪
  • 00:18:52.621 --> 00:18:57.926
  • - ♪ i said... ♪
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  • All: ♪ hey, it's good ♪
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  • ♪ to be back home again. ♪
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  • - [laughs] yeah!
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  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:19:10.272 --> 00:20:10.866
  • Bill: you know, i'm convinced
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  • That god uses our gifts
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  • And then sometimes our lack of gifts.
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  • I don't know how many times i've heard you say,
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  • "i can't sing those real, real high notes."
  • 00:20:22.177 --> 00:20:24.946
  • - yeah.
  • 00:20:24.946 --> 00:20:25.947
  • - and i said,
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  • "i think god's gonna use you
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  • Just within michael's range," you know?
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  • And the good thing about it is,
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  • You don't go beyond your anointing of it.
  • 00:20:33.989 --> 00:20:35.924
  • - no, there's no sense in proving what you can't do.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:20:38.727 --> 00:20:42.097
  • - you know, and i think of gordon mote
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  • When i think of a blind man.
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  • I think about how much better his hearing is...
  • 00:20:45.634 --> 00:20:48.870
  • - yeah.
  • 00:20:48.870 --> 00:20:49.938
  • - because he can't see. - yeah.
  • 00:20:49.938 --> 00:20:51.640
  • - and i think about how much more sensitive he is
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  • About what's happening in a room,
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  • Ten times more sensitive...
  • 00:20:56.044 --> 00:20:58.280
  • - yeah. - than any of us.
  • 00:20:58.280 --> 00:21:00.415
  • And it seems like god takes our gifts
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  • And our shortcomings and just simply says,
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  • "i'm gonna bless that."
  • 00:21:05.587 --> 00:21:06.922
  • - mm. - yeah.
  • 00:21:06.922 --> 00:21:08.256
  • - he does. - isn't that great?
  • 00:21:08.256 --> 00:21:10.792
  • - he kind of creates a miracle from our inabilities
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  • And works together for good
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  • For his purpose. - i believe it.
  • 00:21:17.966 --> 00:21:19.401
  • I believe it.
  • 00:21:19.401 --> 00:21:20.402
  • And this song has been
  • 00:21:20.402 --> 00:21:21.636
  • A staple song for you guys, right?
  • 00:21:21.636 --> 00:21:24.973
  • - yeah. - pretty well.
  • 00:21:24.973 --> 00:21:26.241
  • - yeah.
  • 00:21:26.241 --> 00:21:27.409
  • - we're glad you passed on it.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:21:28.877 --> 00:21:32.914
  • Bill: that's great. that's great.
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  • [uplifting music]
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  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:21:38.253 --> 00:21:41.022
  • - ♪ i was working in town one afternoon, ♪
  • 00:21:41.022 --> 00:21:45.894
  • ♪ attending some business affairs. ♪
  • 00:21:45.894 --> 00:21:49.898
  • ♪ i heard a commotion a couple streets over ♪
  • 00:21:49.898 --> 00:21:54.536
  • ♪ and wondered, "what's happening there?" ♪
  • 00:21:54.536 --> 00:21:58.807
  • ♪ a young man was running from in that direction ♪
  • 00:21:58.807 --> 00:22:03.145
  • ♪ and stopped just to catch his breath. ♪
  • 00:22:03.145 --> 00:22:07.449
  • ♪ i asked him to please tell me what was the hurry. ♪
  • 00:22:07.449 --> 00:22:12.687
  • ♪ he smiled up at me, and he said... ♪
  • 00:22:12.687 --> 00:22:16.625
  • All: ♪ "i was trying to catch the crippled man. ♪
  • 00:22:16.625 --> 00:22:21.463
  • ♪ did he run past this way?" ♪
  • 00:22:21.463 --> 00:22:25.500
  • - ♪ "he was rushing home to tell everyone what..." ♪
  • 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:30.772
  • All: ♪ "jesus did today. ♪
  • 00:22:30.772 --> 00:22:34.142
  • ♪ "and the mute man was telling ♪
  • 00:22:34.142 --> 00:22:36.678
  • ♪ "myself and the deaf girl ♪
  • 00:22:36.678 --> 00:22:38.880
  • ♪ he's leaving to answer god's call." ♪
  • 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:43.185
  • - ♪ "it's hard to believe, but if..." ♪
  • 00:22:43.185 --> 00:22:45.887
  • All: ♪ "you don't trust me, ♪
  • 00:22:45.887 --> 00:22:48.323
  • ♪ "ask the blind man. ♪
  • 00:22:48.323 --> 00:22:50.158
  • ♪ he saw it all." ♪
  • 00:22:50.158 --> 00:22:51.860
  • - ♪ "go ask..." ♪
  • 00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:53.228
  • All: ♪ "the blind man. ♪
  • 00:22:53.228 --> 00:22:54.529
  • ♪ he saw it all." ♪
  • 00:22:54.529 --> 00:22:58.967
  • - yeah!
  • 00:22:58.967 --> 00:23:01.703
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:23:01.703 --> 00:23:03.472
  • - ♪ my friend, if the struggles and burdens you carry ♪
  • 00:23:03.472 --> 00:23:08.376
  • ♪ are heavy and dragging you down, ♪
  • 00:23:08.376 --> 00:23:12.447
  • ♪ you've tried everything you can possibly think of, ♪
  • 00:23:12.447 --> 00:23:16.952
  • ♪ there's no relief to be found, ♪
  • 00:23:16.952 --> 00:23:20.856
  • ♪ that very same jesus that altered the future ♪
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  • ♪ of a blind man, the deaf, and the lame ♪
  • 00:23:25.327 --> 00:23:29.731
  • ♪ is still reaching out in your hour of trouble. ♪
  • 00:23:29.731 --> 00:23:34.870
  • ♪ one touch, and you're never the same, and... ♪
  • 00:23:34.870 --> 00:23:38.974
  • All: ♪ you'll be trying to catch the crippled man. ♪
  • 00:23:38.974 --> 00:23:43.879
  • ♪ did he run past this way? ♪
  • 00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:47.782
  • - ♪ he was rushing home to tell everyone what... ♪
  • 00:23:47.782 --> 00:23:53.021
  • All: ♪ jesus did today. ♪
  • 00:23:53.021 --> 00:23:56.625
  • ♪ and the mute man was telling ♪
  • 00:23:56.625 --> 00:23:59.160
  • ♪ myself and the deaf girl ♪
  • 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:01.363
  • ♪ he's leaving to answer god's call. ♪
  • 00:24:01.363 --> 00:24:05.133
  • - ♪ oh, it's hard to believe, but if... ♪
  • 00:24:05.133 --> 00:24:08.203
  • All: ♪ you don't trust me, ♪
  • 00:24:08.203 --> 00:24:10.805
  • ♪ ask the blind man. ♪
  • 00:24:10.805 --> 00:24:12.541
  • ♪ he saw it all. ♪
  • 00:24:12.541 --> 00:24:16.411
  • - ♪ go ask the blind man. ♪
  • 00:24:16.411 --> 00:24:19.080
  • All: ♪ he saw it all. ♪
  • 00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:24.319
  • - ♪ oh. ♪
  • 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.620
  • - ♪ yeah. ♪
  • 00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:27.522
  • All: ♪ he saw it all. ♪
  • 00:24:27.522 --> 00:24:37.332
  • ♪ ♪
  • 00:24:37.332 --> 00:24:39.968
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:24:39.968 --> 00:24:45.640
  • - that's a good song.
  • 00:24:45.707 --> 00:24:47.208
  • - whoo!
  • 00:24:47.208 --> 00:24:49.611
  • - well, this has been a fun day with you guys.
  • 00:24:49.678 --> 00:24:52.380
  • If you're gonna make the journey,
  • 00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:54.149
  • You might as well enjoy the trip
  • 00:24:54.149 --> 00:24:55.617
  • And do it with people that you love being with.
  • 00:24:55.617 --> 00:24:58.253
  • - yeah, well, we've enjoyed helping you
  • 00:24:58.253 --> 00:25:00.055
  • Over these years, bill.
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  • [laughter]
  • 00:25:01.489 --> 00:25:03.625
  • - some people still don't get it, bill.
  • 00:25:03.625 --> 00:25:05.860
  • - they still don't get it.
  • 00:25:05.860 --> 00:25:07.262
  • What a great day.
  • 00:25:07.262 --> 00:25:08.997
  • - thank you, bill.
  • 00:25:08.997 --> 00:25:10.265
  • - thanks so much, bill.
  • 00:25:10.265 --> 00:25:11.600
  • All: ♪ all the gold ♪
  • 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:15.136
  • ♪ in california. ♪
  • 00:25:15.136 --> 00:25:17.505
  • Ronnie: woody wright told me-- he said,
  • 00:25:17.505 --> 00:25:19.274
  • "do you want to know what goes on up there, ronnie,
  • 00:25:19.274 --> 00:25:21.142
  • In bill's head?"
  • 00:25:21.142 --> 00:25:22.143
  • He said, "imagine a 10x10 room.
  • 00:25:22.143 --> 00:25:24.279
  • "you stick a bb gun in there, pull the trigger,
  • 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:26.114
  • And that thing goes bing-bing-bing-bing-bing-bing."
  • 00:25:26.114 --> 00:25:28.283
  • [laughter]
  • 00:25:28.283 --> 00:25:31.453
  • - oh, he did another--
  • 00:25:31.453 --> 00:25:32.854
  • We were in birmingham one time,
  • 00:25:32.854 --> 00:25:34.756
  • At intermission,
  • 00:25:34.756 --> 00:25:37.025
  • And you were in a side room,
  • 00:25:37.025 --> 00:25:38.960
  • And there was one chair in there; you're sitting.
  • 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:41.229
  • He said, "michael, go get a chair."
  • 00:25:41.229 --> 00:25:42.497
  • So i got a chair, and i walked in the room,
  • 00:25:42.497 --> 00:25:45.100
  • And you got up and walked out.
  • 00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:46.768
  • [laughter]
  • 00:25:46.768 --> 00:25:49.237
  • - i said--i'm like,
  • 00:25:49.237 --> 00:25:51.206
  • "i think i've been billed."
  • 00:25:51.206 --> 00:25:52.974
  • [laughter]
  • 00:25:52.974 --> 00:25:55.443
  • All: ♪ game. ♪
  • 00:25:55.443 --> 00:25:59.714
  • [cheers and applause]
  • 00:25:59.714 --> 00:27:03.078
  • ♪how they ever flood my soul♪
  • 00:27:06.781 --> 00:27:08.416
  • Thank you for joining bill and gloria gaither...
  • 00:27:08.416 --> 00:27:10.919
  • ... and their homecoming friends for "precious memories."
  • 00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:13.988
  • Be sure to watch program as these legendary gospel artists...
  • 00:27:13.988 --> 00:27:17.425
  • ... share more of your favorite songs.
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  • ♪in the stillness, of the midnight♪
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