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Gaither Gospel | Booth Brothers - Country Roads | February 14, 2025
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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. ♪
- 00:12:04.313 --> 00:12:06.816
- ♪ 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. ♪
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- ♪ 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 ♪
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- ♪ 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. ♪
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- ♪ 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. ♪
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- ♪ yes, and hey, it's good ♪
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- ♪ to be back home again. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ there's all the news to tell him. ♪
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- ♪ how'd you spend your time? ♪
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- ♪ 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. ♪
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- ♪ sunshine made her cry. ♪
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- ♪ 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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- ♪ ♪
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- ♪ sometimes this old farm ♪
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- ♪ feels like a long-lost friend. ♪
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- ♪ yes, and hey, it's good ♪
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- ♪ 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, ♪
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- ♪ feel your fingers ♪
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- ♪ feather soft on me, ♪
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- ♪ the kisses that i live for, ♪
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- ♪ the love that lights my way, ♪
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- ♪ the happiness that livin' with you brings me. ♪
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- ♪ it's the sweetest thing i know of, ♪
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- ♪ just spending time with you. ♪
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- ♪ it's the little things ♪
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- ♪ that make a house a home, ♪
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- ♪ like a fire softly burnin', ♪
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- ♪ 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. ♪
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- - ♪ yes, it is. ♪
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- All: ♪ sometimes this old farm ♪
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- ♪ feels like a long-lost friend. ♪
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- ♪ yes, and hey, it's good ♪
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- ♪ 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. ♪
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- - ♪ you know it is. ♪
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- All: ♪ sometimes this old farm ♪
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- ♪ feels like a long-lost friend. ♪
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- ♪ yes, and hey, it's good ♪
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- ♪ to be back home again. ♪
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- - ♪ 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]
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- 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."
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- - yeah.
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- - 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.
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- - no, there's no sense in proving what you can't do.
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- [laughter]
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- - 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...
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- - yeah.
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- - because he can't see. - yeah.
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- - 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...
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- - yeah. - than any of us.
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- 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."
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- - mm. - yeah.
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- - he does. - isn't that great?
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- - 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.
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- I believe it.
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- And this song has been
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- A staple song for you guys, right?
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- - yeah. - pretty well.
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- - yeah.
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- - we're glad you passed on it.
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- [laughter]
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- Bill: that's great. that's great.
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- [uplifting music]
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- ♪ ♪
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- - ♪ i was working in town one afternoon, ♪
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- ♪ attending some business affairs. ♪
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- ♪ i heard a commotion a couple streets over ♪
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- ♪ and wondered, "what's happening there?" ♪
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- ♪ a young man was running from in that direction ♪
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- ♪ and stopped just to catch his breath. ♪
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- ♪ i asked him to please tell me what was the hurry. ♪
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- ♪ he smiled up at me, and he said... ♪
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- All: ♪ "i was trying to catch the crippled man. ♪
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- ♪ did he run past this way?" ♪
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- - ♪ "he was rushing home to tell everyone what..." ♪
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- All: ♪ "jesus did today. ♪
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- ♪ "and the mute man was telling ♪
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- ♪ "myself and the deaf girl ♪
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- ♪ he's leaving to answer god's call." ♪
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- - ♪ "it's hard to believe, but if..." ♪
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- All: ♪ "you don't trust me, ♪
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- ♪ "ask the blind man. ♪
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- ♪ he saw it all." ♪
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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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- - yeah!
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - ♪ my friend, if the struggles and burdens you carry ♪
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- ♪ are heavy and dragging you down, ♪
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- ♪ you've tried everything you can possibly think of, ♪
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- ♪ there's no relief to be found, ♪
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- ♪ that very same jesus that altered the future ♪
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- ♪ of a blind man, the deaf, and the lame ♪
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- ♪ is still reaching out in your hour of trouble. ♪
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- ♪ one touch, and you're never the same, and... ♪
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- All: ♪ you'll be trying to catch the crippled man. ♪
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- ♪ did he run past this way? ♪
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- - ♪ he was rushing home to tell everyone what... ♪
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- All: ♪ jesus did today. ♪
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- ♪ and the mute man was telling ♪
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- ♪ myself and the deaf girl ♪
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- ♪ he's leaving to answer god's call. ♪
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- - ♪ oh, it's hard to believe, but if... ♪
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- All: ♪ you don't trust me, ♪
- 00:24:08.203 --> 00:24:10.805
- ♪ ask the blind man. ♪
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- ♪ he saw it all. ♪
- 00:24:12.541 --> 00:24:16.411
- - ♪ go ask the blind man. ♪
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- All: ♪ he saw it all. ♪
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- - ♪ oh. ♪
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- - ♪ yeah. ♪
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- All: ♪ he saw it all. ♪
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- ♪ ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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- - that's a good song.
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- - whoo!
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- - well, this has been a fun day with you guys.
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- If you're gonna make the journey,
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- You might as well enjoy the trip
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- And do it with people that you love being with.
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- - yeah, well, we've enjoyed helping you
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- Over these years, bill.
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- [laughter]
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- - some people still don't get it, bill.
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- - they still don't get it.
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- What a great day.
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- - thank you, bill.
- 00:25:08.997 --> 00:25:10.265
- - thanks so much, bill.
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- All: ♪ all the gold ♪
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- ♪ in california. ♪
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- Ronnie: woody wright told me-- he said,
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- "do you want to know what goes on up there, ronnie,
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- In bill's head?"
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- He said, "imagine a 10x10 room.
- 00:25:22.143 --> 00:25:24.279
- "you stick a bb gun in there, pull the trigger,
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- And that thing goes bing-bing-bing-bing-bing-bing."
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- [laughter]
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- - oh, he did another--
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- We were in birmingham one time,
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- At intermission,
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- And you were in a side room,
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- And there was one chair in there; you're sitting.
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- He said, "michael, go get a chair."
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- So i got a chair, and i walked in the room,
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- And you got up and walked out.
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- [laughter]
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- - i said--i'm like,
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- "i think i've been billed."
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- [laughter]
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- All: ♪ game. ♪
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- [cheers and applause]
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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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