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standing on

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i can feel my heart beating faster as i

step out on my own

is

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i don't know why they say all little

girls dream of becoming a princess

i didn't

i wanted to sing at the grand ole opry

but there's a lot of miles between the

dream and getting there

we weren't even close to being there

working small gigs at night dragging

ourselves onto the bus after the show

and then traveling all day

daddy drove the bus

honey you can't have them both one

lane's for me one's for you

which didn't help his disposition anyway

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with a country singer the bigger his

career the better his bus

so you can see where we were

you dropped that turkey drumstick

everyone you gotta see what he's doing

smooth he rolls the hamlet wasn't the

only one that goes to his father horatio

saw it and started on the

that's right but hamlet was the only one

who heard what his father told him about

the murder he was the one who was

supposed to avenge his father

liam audra

oh

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on that bus on daddy's old beat up boom

box all those days and nights on the

road paid off

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blue

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me

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between thanksgiving and christmas

my whole world changed

oh we got it

they're booking you all the way through

next july cleveland nashville peoria

then we go missouri wisconsin back to

ohio then we go east of pennsylvania

delaware doesn't she get any time off i

don't want anything up this is great

this is the best

you think this whole boy will make it

hey who you calling an old boy

but not everything changed demands were

high but pay was still real low

and that rickety old bus was still all

we could afford

even with a big hit like blue

daddy still drove the bus and mama took

care of everyone

three types of these you're gonna have

to what do you think of this for the

course of life don't ever lose that

light in your eyes

don't ever lose that light in your eyes

we're studying here larry so are we i

like that that's great cool

don't ever lose that light in your eyes

leanne

oh i gotta get this you can get it after

you study

like i was saying

night after night on the road

somehow christmas lost its magic

avery

you up babes

yup

just checking

oh

didn't the government put a ban on

prisoners living like this

that's prisoners not musicians

someday i'm gonna have my own freedom

buses in the meantime why don't you turn

off that light and go to sleep

on the new verse

it'll be there tomorrow go to sleep

after a show i could never turn my head

off

i kept seeing myself up there on stage

singing

i wanted it so badly when you want

something like that you can't let go to

you get where you're going

that was one of my grandma titan sayings

she always popped up when i needed her

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well you're too fast for me i had to be

a little sneaky

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can we put the gravy on and just gobble

her up

grandpa then i wouldn't be here anymore

oh yes baby you'll be here once you're

in the heart you're always there go

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grandpa luther was a cobbler but when

the shop was closed he got laid off

he stood on that unemployment line for

weeks until finally ran out

made me sad to see it but grandpa and

grandma wouldn't have no sadness

they made those summers i spent with

them the happiest of my life

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grandma tedin believed whatever you do

in your life you do it right

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she believed a man gets up and gets

dressed and looks for work whether there

is any or not

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where's my shirt

on the chair there's a snake in

adventure

you are something else teresa going

through this jury every day well i won't

have the neighbors thinking just cause

you was laid off you lie around in bed

all day in your nightclubs

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grandpa was a good sport

well he made a fuss

but in the end if it made grandma teeten

happy he'd sit on the porch all day in a

suit and tie

and wave at the neighbors

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i called her grandma teeden because when

i was little i couldn't say her name so

she just stayed grandma teating

she sat in the same seat three times a

week rain or shine because it was near

the piano when she wanted me close to

the music

there's someone sitting in your seat

no one else dared sit in grandma tedency

young man

the lord spoke to me not minutes ago and

he told me teresa

this little girl needs to sit near the

piano and and then he told me you go

over there and you explain to him how

important it is for him to move

that was very nice

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grandma loved to sing

she said it was god putting a holiday in

your heart

and i'm gonna sing on television and

records well i bet you are i'm gonna be

at the grand old opry like the judge now

how do you know all that

i just do

i believe you

well that means you're gonna be away a

lot

and you'll be traveling here and there

and and there's gonna be times when you

feel far away grandma what if you get so

far away

god can't find you

oh no baby he can always find you when

you start feeling that way you just say

to yourself who moved me

or god

i moved that's right

god never moves

we're the ones

good night

baby wake up we're pulling into

nashville you need to get up

nashville

across that bridge was everything i

dreamed about

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hey look at the green elaborates

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but we weren't playing there

we were playing the grace dawn

auditorium on west 4th

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but you know what

our bus pulled in and for the first time

in my career

there were people

fans wanting my autograph knowing my

music

it was amazing

they put you in your own dressing room

it's got a shower

tomorrow you rest because the next day

we got wall to wall meetings gonna be at

the record company at ten and they're

taking us over to see some publishers

manager autograph please sir sweetie

there you go

thank you

ali they want a picture over here all

right these gentlemen right here

let's see we'll go over this you want to

do blue right here or where we talked

about it

that's what i told you guys are driving

me nuts here's a rundown no changes i

don't care if the president called i do

i like it

okay guys it's time

okay everybody leanne needs to get

herself together let's take our office

outside

i've been asking you this question since

you were five years old

go for it

you sure this is what you want

oh yeah

i'm sure

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now that it's over

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i realized

those weeks

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me

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me

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what

leanne

this is it

one of the acts fell out at the opry

they want you to play there tomorrow

night

the

the grand ole opry that's right

tomorrow night

the record company is thrilled of course

they're all going to be there now they

want us to have supper with them tonight

at the opry restaurant okay

okay okay

leanne the next two days

most important of your life

this is what we've been dreaming about

i gotta go there oh honey they're closed

right now i don't care i got to see it

well they'll let us in come on well no

you don't understand i want to go alone

oh no honey we'll go with you mom

everything will be fine don't worry the

restaurant's right next door i'll meet

you there okay

dad

let her go

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nashville

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this is how i like it

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wow

wow

is it really you

well i don't know

i think so

you're my grandpa luther's favorite

singer oh

honey i'm everybody's grandpa's favorite

singer

it's hell getting old oh i didn't mean

that i mean you're my dad's favorite and

my favorite and i know all your records

but

is it really you

well now that's the second time you

asked me that and i'm beginning to get

insecure

you're an itty-bitty thing ain't you

need color

first time in nashville

mm-hmm

and

tomorrow is my first time on the opry

i bet you've been dreaming about it

since she was a little baby

well

we've got honey you need spray

i don't use that it makes my hair all

stiff

you mean like mine

i love it my hair goes to bed looking

like this and gets up in the morning

looking better than me

i heard you sing tonight

you got the gift

really

god knows where to give it

my grandma teedn always says that

but

you could tell me what it would be like

like nothing else

honey there's things that are here

and things that are coming

keep your eye on what's here because

after tomorrow night they're going to be

pulling you every which way

they already are

you just hang on

to you

you see that circle of wood

i know it's a piece of the original opry

for we'll lead you the smart one

when you're staying there

you're standing where all the great ones

stood

like you

the real great ones

like kitty wells

patsy montana

johnny cash

hank williams

you know what i'm talking about well

yeah

but you forgot to mention roya cuff and

bob will you don't know them take me

back to tulsa wabash cannonball what

about meryl travis 16 tons divorce me

all mountain dew

well that was long before you was born

how do you know all this stuff boys know

baseball statistics i know country i

grew up on it

what about patsy klein

hmm patsy

cline

well

yeah i think he got me there

crazy

i'm crazy for feeling

so lonely

while you little dickens you had me

going

crazy

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crazy for

feeling so blue

i knew

you'd love me

as long

as you would

girl

and then someday

you'd leave me for somebody

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why

do i let myself

worry

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did

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or thinking

that my love

could hold you

i'm crazy

for trying

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and i'm crazy

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i thought singing on the stage at the

grand ole opry with faith sean was as

strange and as high as it could get

but things were going to get a whole lot

stranger

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i want to do crazy in my act i used to

we're going out tomorrow i know where

you're staying i'll pick you up

i got some things to show you even a

smarty pants like you doesn't know about

what

gotta show you while i tell you can't do

it here

why not

can't

well you know what's going on tomorrow

what if i can't get away

then you'll miss it

not fair

you want something you make it happen

don't you

what if i can't get out

you've got a car right cause i'm not old

enough to drive yeah i got a car but

what's wrong with walking

walk

i see legs down there

well yeah but i mean on the street

you're too famous you keep thinking

people's gonna bother me ain't nobody

remembers the tourists in nashville

weren't born when i was hot

and the ones who know me is too old to

care

you're gonna be the problem now here's

what we're gonna do missy

you wear loose clothes you put your hair

in a ponytail you pull through the back

of an old baseball cap and you slap on

the biggest sunglasses you can find

looking like that you can go anywhere in

this town i don't know it's true girl

reba does it and she can walk into any

walmart in the nation

you think i know

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it's your turn honey

it's tomorrow night

it's all happening so fast i

feel like i should stop and take it all

in

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that's what memories are for

you remember every single second of it

for the rest of your life

i promise i'll get it

thanks guys we'll see you tomorrow thank

you

that was so great i cannot believe i

just got my picture taken with you my

dad's gonna go so crazy well he's

probably the only one honey that wasn't

interested in me it's you that want it

i'll pick you up tomorrow outside your

hotel one o'clock okay okay and don't

tell anyone it's our secret okay

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christmas joy to you and yours is happy

holiday finally real bad you sleep as

late as you want to be

your mom and me got some meetings with

jason but you go ahead and sleep in

what meetings

you think i need to be there oh no honey

your arrest is much more important

um

do you think i can go out tomorrow

afternoon

well sure we ought to be back by three

no i i mean by myself

oh honey no not here you don't know your

way around

well i could go out with some other

singers or something i don't think it's

a good idea

okay look

i need some time by myself to go

christmas shopping

it's the only free time i'm gonna have

well where would you go

we're near the hotel i'm sure there's

tons of shops

i'll be back in a couple hours please

i don't know what if somebody followed

you

i think it's a horrible idea it's too

dangerous mom i know honey

we'll find time to go christmas shopping

next week

how can i shop for you and dad when you

and dad are right there

dad

your mother's nervous

it'll work out

she's 14 avery

i know the numbers but she's more

sensible than most of the people i deal

with sensible does not mean i know but i

trust her

so do i here's the thing she's leading a

real difficult life

she doesn't get to do things kids her

age get to do and most of them go to the

mall and shop without their parents

they're not leanne

since blue she hadn't been able to go

anywhere without people but no one has

ever tried to hurt her

now we've got to give her some freedom

some time on her own it's just not right

avery we've got a letter

the next day i did just what faith told

me except for the baseball cap

i'm sorry who did you say you were

hi are you downstairs

leanne

grandpa luther

i have been thinking about you and

grandma teating all week you won't

believe what happened someone canceled

i'm singing at the grand ole opry

tonight

grandpa the grand library just like i

always said

that's wonderful sweetheart

uh you know where mom and dad are i

couldn't get an answer in their room

well they're at some meetings is

everything all right

well

the end

your grandma tedins had a bad spell

what do you mean is it her stomach

yeah

is she all right

i don't know darling

grandpa

she always rallies you know that

she can see stomach fits all the time

ian i'm calling from the hospital in

jackson

oh my god

what's wrong with her

yeah

they don't know yet

they started on a bunch of tests and

they said to tell us something tomorrow

okay

okay tomorrow

leanne

i think maybe you should all come

you could get here tonight couldn't you

well grandpa tonight's the

well jason said it's like the biggest

night of my life

i my grandma latino i said i shouldn't

walk out on something i had to do

the end they're gonna have to operate

the doctors are worried her heart's weak

she could have a heart attack on the

operating table

what with her aging on

i'll come grandpa

after the show i'll fly right down to

jackson i promise

grandpa

pray for her honey

grandpa you ready

i'm out front

come on girl we gotta go

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is

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i was afraid you wouldn't recognize me

get in my lord child you are slow we got

a lot of ground cover

what's the matter

you look more picky than usual i'm

nothing

there's things on my mind

well

better than nothing there

are you hungry

you don't eat me yeah i do but i'm just

have fun well then you'll probably eat

these

all right you ready

where are we going

around

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yes

ain't no space for real

oh forget it honey ain't nobody gonna

tow that car i tell him if he's more in

the car

i kept waiting for somebody to recognize

her

i couldn't understand it i mean

she hasn't made a record in years but

she was the biggest and the best a real

legend

nashville okay

looks more like times square

on the street

now there's ernest chubb's place she

must have known more about nashville

than anyone alive

but i still couldn't get her to tell me

what we were doing here

i'm pretty sure

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merry christmas

merry christmas

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we'll have to see what we can do about

that darling

now santa's got to go deliver presents

to all the other good little girls and

boys okay santa

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oh

merry christmas merry merry christmas

how did grandpa luther get that cotton

on his cheek oh

what to thinking

nothing

well miss nothing

we got to get serious here

i got things to show you

hey didn't you used to be faith sean no

i didn't

faith sean used to be faced john and she

still is

didn't you used to be sober

it was like she wanted me to see things

but she wouldn't tell me why

look

what

watch him

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look at all their lives in there

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he had to hawk it to get home

did you bring me here to depress me then

life's gonna depress you

it does sometimes but i don't go out

looking for it

honey you can see the granola opera

every friday and saturday night

i'll glitter and shine

but this here is the opera that goes on

365 days a year

come on i've got a couple more things to

show you then the story

what story the one i'm going to tell you

this part you would like

i don't like this i gotta get back i'm

gonna go right back with plenty of time

oh whatever you have to do

come on

are you crazy

i'm not going in here

axe murderers hang out in places like

this

i got axe murderer spray in my purse

okay

get up there girl oh god what is this

place it looks honey

i don't like it

how do you know until you get there well

you really don't have to lay an egg to

know it's rotten

okay it's live let's go

oh

this i wore when i first played the opry

are these all your costumes um not just

mine

oh that's just horus

we put them here to discourage folks

from breaking in

we

this is your place no honey this nice

old man used to let us keep our costumes

and stuff here when we went on the road

pickle

who are this

earn his tub

no way

yep and these are his boots

bo riddle made them

what are they doing here

what did anybody know about this

i know about it

you know about it i mean it's a problem

oh wow

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it's beautiful what is it

it's a set they built for a movie i was

gonna make

oh look at the cute little

oh it's nashville

wow

but it doesn't snow in nashville

oh yeah it does

but not like this

it did

once look at the cute little bus

yeah

it's an old one

10 buses was always cold in the winter

hot in the summer here

what's this

part of the reason i brought you here

it was tennessee's worst snowstorm

the temperature fell 62 degrees in 24

hours

in arctic

onslaught

then big newspaper words

took a lot of lives that storm

what does this have to do with he was on

the road when the blizzard hit

he was in trouble

were you

well why do you think i'm telling you

it's a good old country we had our own

buffs but it was forever breaking down

and this day we had to ride public

is is

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thank you

there you go

step here

it started off nice enough

it was snowing and we was freezing but

that was natural for back then

i suppose you're wondering what a blind

man won't do an autograph

he's my secret

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the windshield of the bus was like milk

and you can't see nothing through the

milk why didn't they just turn around

there was country rooms two lanes with a

strap in the middle and the driver

couldn't see to turn around you want to

sit back by the back window tell me if

anything's coming up on my left do my

best

excuse me sir i need to try and see out

this window here

better you than me

yeah

i think we should stop and let this blow

over

right stop where

can't man

if i can't see nothing the cars behind

me can't either

they'll plow right into it

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everybody okay

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is everyone all right

i'm real sorry folks we must have left

the main road

it feels like we hit something

i'm trying to get the door

can you get it open

nope

she's wedged

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you mean we're stuck here it looks that

way man

see it took a while for everyone to

realize the situation we were in

well how long were you there

long

all night all night and then some

makes me hungry thinking about it

well so

what happened we couldn't drive a radio

for help

this old bus didn't have no radio girl

what are you thinking park run

when we went into those trees we were on

a blacktop road just off the old state

highway between lyles and

wrigley did you ever hear them places

no

i don't think nobody but god had either

once the motor went dead

there was no more heat

how come you didn't make a fire

carbon monoxide poisoning in that closed

place

we would have fallen asleep and woke up

dead

speaking of which

i ain't feeling so good

i hope you don't got a weak stomach

honey

i'm just gonna give myself a

little

injection here

and

soon

i'll be feeling

bright fine

why did she bring me here to show me

that she was a junkie

i didn't want to see it it made me sick

why do people always show you things

that hurt you

i couldn't look at her

she had been my idol and now she was

just a pathetic drug addict

i hated her for it i hope i didn't make

you uncomfortable honey

i saw you was looking away

well it embarrasses me too but this

gotta do what you gotta do i don't know

why

honey there's things that you can't help

aren't you afraid of going to jail or

getting arrested or something

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what did you think that was

dope well of course what else could it

be

oh my lord

insulin

oh

i'm a diabetic i take insulin to

regulate my sugar ain't you never heard

of a diabetic before oh yeah but

i've never just never met one well it

has thousands of us out there

people used to die from it until they

discovered insulin i only need to inject

it twice a day though then i'm fine

oh i see well

i'm so sorry i just stopped it

well next time you do it i don't turn

away

i won't need to do it till way late

tonight

what happens if you don't take your shot

i go into a coma

leave me that way long enough and poof

but it hasn't happened yet can't you

tell

okay

to finish your story

where was i

you testing me

well you and all those people were

locked in this bus and the blizzard

freezing

that's right

well in those days

it took a long time to get from one

place to another so people packed

lunches

picnic baskets

let's hear sandwiches froze solid

pass it over here all thought out for

you

did you have enough to eat yes thank you

i had me some sandwiches from that kind

little girl in her mama

he's blind we fetched a mover and took

care of him

he shouldn't be traveling by themselves

he's blind

not deaf

hey hey

folks

folks

we ain't at a church picnic

look

we gotta have some kind of plan if

someone doesn't come for us soon we're

going to be in big trouble

you don't know what the temperature is

here cold

yeah

well now look i think some of us ought

to go for help come on go where it's

below zero out there you wouldn't get 10

feet in that blizzard at least we're

safe in here when we don't get to where

we're supposed to be they'll send people

for us

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well now miss singing star

what makes you think so huh

i mean hurting cars passed by out there

in the last what six hours

we'd run out of water hours before

we were so cold and so thirsty

the only thing left was to try and sleep

i wish we had a radio

i'll give you the news tennessee's under

10 feet of snow

i'm mean for music

go to sleep

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voice

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oh

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bless

me

to

me

i

need

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oh

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wait a minute what about your insulin

did you have enough with you in time

that's a big part of the story well i

guess i'll hear it but i'd like it to be

in this lifetime

what

i was thinking

how's your grandma teating

how did you know about her

you mentioned her i did

when

at the opry

oh

she's not doing too good she's in the

hospital

she gonna be all right

well she always rallies and she's real

strong but

i really don't know

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how old is she

about 60 or 70 i guess

that's a big spread honey

how am i supposed to know

she always looks the same to me i bet

she knows how old you are well of course

she was there when i was born i wasn't

there where she was

that's a point

whoops

gotta go come on well what about the

story come on come on we gotta go

go

we're always going we never finish

anything we don't got all night you're

singing at the grand ole opry

i couldn't believe what i was doing here

with this crazy woman in an alley miles

from anywhere

i want it out where are you going that's

not right

get in

hey

diane this is carl my husband

oh yeah

wait a minute he was the guy things

ain't always what they say

well get in girl

i don't know why i got in i just did

that was the thing about her she made

you think the craziest thing was normal

then i started seeing headlines

singer kidnapped by maniacs

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seems like we were driving forever

it started getting dark and i started

getting real worried where are we going

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oh we're going to where you had the bus

accident

is there anything there

all right

it's right about here

get out

are we going to see the bus

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where are you taking me

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what do you think honey

ain't it a dandy

it's got a steel frame covered in

weatherproof plastic you can almost see

through it what's the word translucent

yes

an insides is filled with 12-volt bulbs

like car headlights you can see it for

miles

trouble is it usually ain't nobody

around for miles

did you think he was meeting your maker

when that light came on

how do you know about this i mean

how does it work way out here in this

field

carl and me made it

he was welded by trade back when he

worked

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but how does it it's got a motion

detector

this here is where 18 people nearly

breathe their last breath

as soon as we move on lights go off it's

black again

don't you know this cross has scared a

few people half to death when it come on

way out here

why did you do it

memory

i got one more story to tell you

i had a visitor that year when i was in

nashville my dad

he had ridden the bus all the way from

conway arkansas where i was raised

he had written me three letters saying

he'd be at my house for christmas

but i didn't answer one of her

why not

well

honey

my daddy and me hadn't spoken for now on

25 years

but back when i left home

nice girls didn't go into show business

at least not where i come from

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i was always singing i guess everybody

sung back then

but i wanted the same country

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at the grand ole opry

if you'd open your bibles with me please

to the book of isaiah

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as soon as i graduated high school i

bought a bus ticket out of town

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listen to me you step out of this house

daddy kept his work

the only time he contacted me was to

tell me my mama had died

i got his letter the day after the

funeral

when i had them hit records and

everybody started to know me all of a

sudden people i hadn't heard from in

years was related to me

that's when i got them letters from

daddy telling me he was coming to see me

you know what i thought he wanted

i thought he was coming to ask me for

money

that's what everybody else wanted

you'll find that out

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but you didn't that's right

i couldn't let go of my hurt

my pride

i didn't see my own daddy when he came

to town

for christmas

i was still so angry

i didn't ever want to see him again

i left him a note

and went off to do my show

in two hours i knew i'd be on that bus

and out of town

then i discovered i didn't have my

insulin

it must be in there

it's not my whole purse is mystery and

my medicine maybe maybe we put it in

with the music my shot was way past dude

if the cold didn't kill me

i knew for sure the diabetic como would

what's wrong honey nobody could have

heard me crying except a mouse um uh

it's okay uh you wouldn't understand

maybe i would never can't tell

or a blind person

i'm diabetic and i don't have

any insulin

that disease took my sight

i'll be damned if i let it take my life

ain't gonna take yours neither honey

because i got enough insulin in here for

both of us

seems like that old man was there

whenever i needed something on that trip

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your speaking voice is as pretty as

you're

singing know exactly who you are so i

asked for your autograph

you're my favorite singer

i can't believe you recognized me just

from hearing me speak

i see with my ears

you also sang a hymn

i'm hoping someday you'll record a

gospel album

gospel's what i love

i guess you say things in a situation

like that

things you'd never share with a stranger

he was a harsh man

and i couldn't tell i had this burning

dream

sometimes you can't see someone else's

dreams people say you should take pride

then in the next breath they say you

should swallow your pride

i didn't know what to do with mine so i

did the wrong thing

oh

honey it is so easy to do the wrong

thing

before you know it there's no time left

to do it right

we all wait too long

i don't know if i have time

you have plenty of time

plenty

use it right and get some sleep

he had this little cross on his satchel

i just stared at that cross for hours

i knew as long as i could see it

i was still alive

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it was time for my shot

and i hated to wake him

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hey hey we're in here let us out all

right

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come on you need your medicine let's get

you your shots

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truth was he didn't have no more insulin

in that box

he gave me the last

to save my life

a man died in the night

i didn't even know he was dead

that man who saved my life

was left inside that bus

alone in the cove and dark

those people who came within inches of

down themselves didn't want to ride with

a dead person

we left him

all alone

the man had to come back later with a

wagon and get him

that's why you and carl but the cross

a few weeks later i was getting ready to

go on stage gonna be right there

they returned your stuff from that bus

ride

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oh that's not my five minutes everyone

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so

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the blind man was my daddy

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when i didn't see him in nashville he

got on the bus back to conway

why didn't you recognize him i mean i

hadn't seen him in over 20 years and he

looked so different he had all that

white hair and her head and i didn't

know he had gone blind he probably

didn't even know i was on the bus till

he heard my voice

maybe he thought you all would be

rescued before he had to take his own

shot

no

he knew given me his last dose could

kill him

he just did it anyway

he gave his life for me and i refuse to

see him

i can't take back nothing i did in my

life

i ain't got no family no more but if i

did

they'd come first first before money

career success fame

you see honey you're gonna get where

you're going

the question is

who's gonna be there with you

well we had us a good time

thanks for coming with me

will i ever see you again

i'll see you

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your around

how's grandma on tv

she's not good honey

daddy just talked to grandpa luther on

the phone and

they're going to operate tomorrow

morning

i want to be there before they take her

in for surgery yeah

look

i know what playing the opry tonight

means but the opera can wait grandma

team can't

i'll call and cancel

just please tell him a family emergency

came up

you call the airline and get the tickets

i'll be ready in about 10 minutes

mark

you've got to cancel the opportunity

i know it's a family remember when i was

in the hospital with that infection

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you and dad were working

and grandma's eden slept in a chair by

my bed all night

she held my hand and sang

honey

we can't sing as loud in here as we do

at home or in church

because we might bother some of the

other patients

so we're going to kind of

sing in whispers

that way nobody will hear us

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would you excuse us ma'am i need to

examine the child

well i think i'll just wait right here

doctor while you do that

she never left my side

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dr taylor please dial extension number

four

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hi grandpa

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don't disturb her she needs her rest

am baby

hi grandma

you don't have to talk

mom and dad are here too

they say

i got cancer

i know grandma

don't talk

real proud of you honey

i've seen you on tv a whole lot

try to sleep grandma

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remember how we used to

sing on the porch swing when he was

little

i remember

you know

never as close to god as when you're

with family

he's still close to godly and you still

talk to him every day

yeah grandma

because if you're away from god you know

who moved

i moved a little grandma but

i'm back now

it's the medicine she doesn't know what

she's saying

i do too avery

wanna hear you sing one more time

can't sing we're loud like we do at home

or in church but

i'll sing in a whisper

nobody will hear us but the lord

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how sweet

the sound

that

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me

i

watch

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was

i

see

where

we

bended

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is the

sun

we've known

last day

to

say

god's praise

then when

we

first

begun

i can go to the operating room i'm sorry

we can't well what if she's not a

sleeper i want her to know i'm here

she's sleeping honey

and she's dreaming of your beautiful

voice

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snow

surely

there must be something

wrong

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you know your grandma did and she

wouldn't go to a doctor

cancer's probably been eating at her for

months

she kept saying it was indigestion

hardly digest a thing

how long now

three hours and so

what you making grandpa

loves

i'm gonna line them with fur

when she gets

it's wet

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mr mrs rhymes

she's doing fine

i think we got everything oh thank the

lord well the liver was clear and that's

what we were most worried about

we won't know for sure until all the lab

results are back but

i'm real satisfied

can i see her oh they'll be bringing her

up in a little while

your grandma is one strong woman

she came through like a trooper

i knew it

thank you god

where do we go from here

well she is gonna need several weeks

i am gonna recommend some chemotherapy

just as a precaution well i thought you

said well we got everything we can see

and feel but there can always be

microscopic cells we don't catch and

we don't want this thing spreading

okay

grandma eden pitched a fit over that

i ain't doing it

all my hair's gonna fall out

you don't need any hair woman besides i

hear that bonus improves your

disposition

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they're beautiful

you can still stitch better than

i hope any like yours too

it's like a

how did you know the size of my hand

the next six months were the roughest

yet

we were booked clear across the country

but we got our new bus and daddy

designed it and of course nobody could

drive it but him

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the funny thing about dreams is that

they really do come true

but in their own time

i was finally opening at the grand ole

opry

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it was thrilling but like most good

things it was going by too fast

i just wanted to stop and take it all in

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faith was right i did get there but the

question was who was going to be there

with me

just talk to the record company they're

throwing a big party after the show

they're going to announce the release of

the new record they're very high on it i

think we're going to get at least three

big things so nervous i can barely

breathe it'll be fine take deep breaths

in and out in and out

honey i know this is the big one but i

still have to ask you

yes mom i want this more than ever

hey guys

quiet time okay

thanks

oh miss rhymes

i told you i'd get you these oh great

thank you can i get some more pictures

tonight

i couldn't wait to see the photographs

that night with faith shawn and me

what's good honey

i can't wait for you to see these you

won't believe this

where is she oh

they're lovely

she's not in them

who

when we were here last time i didn't

tell you about it because

well i don't know but anyways i couldn't

wait to get these pictures so i could

show you but what are you talking about

remember when grandma team got sick

faith sean i met her at the opry and we

took pictures together and we spent a

whole day together and she told me about

this horrible bus accident now her

father saved her life and

she's not here

honey you must be mistaken

faith sean died two years ago

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daddy said most folks didn't even know

she had died

she spent her last years with some old

boy she married helping the homeless in

a mission

someone sent daddy a clipping from a

nashville paper because he had been such

a big fan

she died in an accident

you get honey

it's your

nightly she is one of the youngest

country music performers to have a top

10 record on all three there's a storm a

true phenomenon

she and her husband were hit by

lightning

near across somewhere ladies and

gentlemen miss leanne ryan

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this is a very special night for me

first

because i'm finally here singing at the

grand ole opry

and second

well so many country performers have

grown up singing in church

i did too

but even before that

i sang with someone very special

and she's here with me tonight

my grandma teeden

she taught me

that real music doesn't come from the

throat

comes from somewhere deep down

it's god

putting a holiday in your heart

may you always have a holiday in your

heart

for you grandma

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i've never been so certain

i've never been so sure

we're on the side of

angels if we believe

this love

is it so hard to trust it

cause we've been wrong before

there comes a time in every

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don't be

afraid to

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every time you touch me

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you to be me

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don't be afraid

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took so long

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is

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is

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is

after all

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oh

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i never saw her again

someday i'll get a chance to thank you

for coming

but i know it won't be in this life

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you