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  • LAST NIGHT, JOHN PRINE DIED AND... THERE'S TOO MUCH TO SAY.

  • ( SIGHS ) I... I FIRST REALLY GOT TO KNOW

  • JOHN PRINE'S MUSIC WHEN MY THEN-GIRLFRIEND-- NOW MY WIFE,

  • SENT ME THE FIRST CASSETTE TAPE WHEN WE WERE DATING AND IT

  • STARTED WITH "PARADISE" BY JOHN PRINE.

  • I LOVED THAT SONG, AND I LOVED HER FOR SHOWING IT TO ME.

  • I LEARNED IT ON THE GUITAR SO I COULD PLAY IT OVER THE PHONE TO

  • HER BECAUSE WE WERE LIVING IN DIFFERENT CITIES.

  • I STARTED STUDYING AT THE OLD TOWN SCHOOL OF FOLK MUSIC, WHERE

  • I WAS HAPPY TO LEARN THAT JOHN HAD BEEN.

  • I LEARNED TO PLAY "HOW LUCKY" AND LEARN FROM HIM IN THAT SONG

  • HOW TO BE GRATEFUL ABOUT THE THINGS I DON'T REMEMBER ABOUT

  • CHILDHOOD.

  • AND TALK ABOUT LUCKY.

  • I LEARNED TO KNOW JOHN PRINE.

  • I GOT TO MEET HIM.

  • I INTERVIEWED HIM, SANG A SONG FOR HIM WITH JOHN DICKERSON, AND

  • SANG A SONG WITH HIM, WHICH I THINK YOU HAVE ALL SEEN.

  • AND I GOT TON A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ALSO LOVED JOHN.

  • GUESTS ON THE SHOW, DAVID MATH USE, STURGIL SIMPSON, BRANDY

  • CARLISLE.

  • STURGIL AND BRANDI CAME ON THE SHOW TO SING WITH HIM, AND

  • TONIGHT I'M GLAD TO SAY BRANDY CARLISLE IS BACK TO SEE ONE OF

  • JOHN'S SONGS WITH YOU AND TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT HE MEANT

  • TO HER.

  • >> HEY, EVERYBODY, J BRANDI CARLISLE HERE AT HOME.

  • I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO RECORD ONE OF JOHN PRINE'S SONGS FOR

  • TONIGHT.

  • AND IT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR ME.

  • I'VE BEEN THINKING LONG AND HARD ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY

  • AMAZING AND POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT JOHN PRINE HAS LEFT THE

  • WORLD AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH HIS MUSIC,

  • THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET A WHOLE LOT OF TRUTH DROPPED ON THEM, WHICH

  • I AM REALLY HAPPY ABOUT, AT LEAST.

  • BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS A SONG THAT JOHN WOULD LIKE ME TO SING,

  • BECAUSE THIS SONG REFERS TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ALL STAYING

  • HOME TO PROTECT.

  • AND IT REMINDS US THAT OLDER PEOPLE ARE EXPENDABLE, THAT TH

  • THEY-- THEY MADE US WHO WE ARE, AND THEY'VE GIVEN US EVERY

  • SINGLE THING THAT WE'VE HAD.

  • SO EVEN THOUGH JOHN NEVER GOT TO GET OLD, AND WE ALL WOULD HAVE

  • LIKED FOR HIM TO, AT THE AGE OF 24, WHEN HE WROTE THIS SONG, HE

  • UNDERSTOOD THIS.

  • THIS IS CALLED "HELLO IN THERE."

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WE HAD AN APARTMENT

  • IN THE CITYME AND LORETTA

  • LIKED LIVING THEREIT'S BEEN YEARS

  • SINCE THE KIDS HAD GROWN ♪ A LIFE OF THEIR OWN

  • LEFT US ALONEJOHN AND LINDA

  • LIVE IN OMAHAAND JOE IS SOMEWHERE

  • ON THE ROADWE LOST DAVY

  • IN THE KOREAN WARAND I STILL DON'T

  • KNOW WHAT FORDON'T MATTER ANYMORE

  • YOU KNOW THAT OLD TREESJUST GROW STRONGER

  • OLD RIVERS GROWWILDER EV'RY DAY

  • OLD PEOPLE JUST GROW LONESOMEWAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY

  • "HELLO IN THERE, HELLO" ♪ ♪ ♪

  • "HELLO IN THERE, HELLO" ♪ ♪ ♪

  • ME AND LORETTA WE DON'T TALK MUCH MORE

  • SHE SITS AND STARES AT THE BACK DOOR SCREEN

  • AND ALL THE NEWS IT JUST REPEATS ITSELF

  • LIKE SOME FORGOTTEN DREAM THAT WE'VE BOTH SEEN

  • SOMEDAY I'LL GO AND CALL UP RUDY

  • WE WORKED TOGETHER AT THE FACTORY

  • BUT WHAT'LL I DO IF HE ASKS "WHAT'S NEW?"

  • ♪ "NOTHING, WHAT'S WITH YOU?

  • NOTHING MUCH TO DO" YOU KNOW THAT OLD TREES

  • JUST GROW STRONGER OLD RIVERS GROW

  • WILDER EV'RY DAY WELL, OLD PEOPLE JUST GROW

  • LONESOMEWAITING FOR SOMEONE TO SAY

  • "HELLO IN THERE, HELLO" ♪ ♪ ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ SO IF YOU'RE WALKING DOWN

  • THE STREET SOMETIMEAND YOU SPOT SOME HOLLOW

  • ANCIENT EYESPLEASE DON'T JUST

  • PASS 'EM BY AND STAREAS IF YOU DIDN'T CARE, SAY

  • "HELLO IN THERE, HELLO" ♪ "HELLO IN THERE, HELLO" ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

LAST NIGHT, JOHN PRINE DIED AND... THERE'S TOO MUCH TO SAY.

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