1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:10,211 --> 00:00:12,580 [rhythmic clapping] 4 00:00:14,148 --> 00:00:15,583 - Yeah. 5 00:00:15,649 --> 00:00:17,418 - That's exactly what you're doing. 6 00:00:17,485 --> 00:00:19,120 - It is. - The airplane shot me down. 7 00:00:19,187 --> 00:00:20,954 - Yeah? - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 8 00:00:23,824 --> 00:00:26,394 - Go around the back and through the passage way. 9 00:00:26,460 --> 00:00:29,497 [cheering] 10 00:00:29,563 --> 00:00:32,933 - Helen, June and Anita, the Carter Family. 11 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,936 [cheering] 12 00:00:40,641 --> 00:00:43,877 - It's very nifty to be able to entertain you 13 00:00:43,944 --> 00:00:45,446 a little bit today, 14 00:00:45,513 --> 00:00:47,515 and I don't know what you're expecting, 15 00:00:47,581 --> 00:00:52,019 since we're all girls, and... [laughter] 16 00:00:52,086 --> 00:00:54,322 Since we're the only girls on the show, 17 00:00:54,388 --> 00:00:58,592 but I've got one announcement to make before we do our part. 18 00:00:58,659 --> 00:01:00,961 This is as sexy as I'm gonna get. 19 00:01:01,028 --> 00:01:03,964 [laughter] 20 00:01:04,031 --> 00:01:05,533 - [whistles] 21 00:01:05,599 --> 00:01:07,235 - No, this is our little family, 22 00:01:07,301 --> 00:01:10,804 and we sing the songs mostly of the old Carter family, 23 00:01:10,871 --> 00:01:13,174 and, well, we've been around these parts for a long time, 24 00:01:13,241 --> 00:01:15,809 and we're proud to be part of The Johnny Cash Show. 25 00:01:15,876 --> 00:01:18,412 We're gonna sing some new ones and some old ones. 26 00:01:18,479 --> 00:01:20,381 So sit back, relax, take your hands out 27 00:01:20,448 --> 00:01:22,015 of each other's pockets, and-- 28 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:23,251 [laughter] 29 00:01:23,317 --> 00:01:24,718 We'll sing a few little songs for you, 30 00:01:24,785 --> 00:01:26,687 and then you'll see who you've come to see. 31 00:01:26,754 --> 00:01:28,889 Old Golden Throat will be right out. 32 00:01:28,956 --> 00:01:30,291 [laughter] 33 00:01:30,358 --> 00:01:31,525 [Johnny Cash and June Carter's "Jackson"] 34 00:01:31,592 --> 00:01:34,662 - * Look out, Jackson town * 35 00:01:34,728 --> 00:01:37,497 * Well, go on down to Jackson * 36 00:01:38,866 --> 00:01:42,102 * Go ahead and wreck your health * 37 00:01:42,170 --> 00:01:45,706 * Go play your hand, you big talking man * 38 00:01:45,773 --> 00:01:49,109 * And make a big fool of yourself * 39 00:01:49,176 --> 00:01:51,979 * Yeah, go to Jackson * 40 00:01:52,045 --> 00:01:54,081 - I think for most people, when they think about 41 00:01:54,148 --> 00:01:55,515 June Carter Cash, they're probably thinking 42 00:01:55,583 --> 00:01:57,017 about Reese Witherspoon. 43 00:01:57,084 --> 00:01:58,386 - Will you marry me? 44 00:01:58,452 --> 00:01:59,620 - Because that film, "Walk the Line," 45 00:01:59,687 --> 00:02:01,322 was really June's mass exposure, 46 00:02:01,389 --> 00:02:02,790 I think, to a lot of people. 47 00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:05,293 - * Well, now we got married * 48 00:02:05,359 --> 00:02:07,595 - Johnny Cash and June Carter. 49 00:02:07,661 --> 00:02:09,797 Johnny and June. 50 00:02:09,863 --> 00:02:13,667 "Walk the Line" was the fairy tale. 51 00:02:13,734 --> 00:02:17,037 - The movie is about a period of time about this big 52 00:02:17,103 --> 00:02:20,341 in a life so large. 53 00:02:20,408 --> 00:02:22,075 - * And that's a fact * 54 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:24,144 - It was probably gonna be as much, if not more, 55 00:02:24,212 --> 00:02:28,249 of June involved in the equation than John. 56 00:02:28,316 --> 00:02:29,583 And I'll get shot and killed here 57 00:02:29,650 --> 00:02:31,552 in Nashville for saying that. 58 00:02:31,619 --> 00:02:32,686 - What would you like to talk about? 59 00:02:32,753 --> 00:02:34,087 - It really doesn't matter. 60 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:35,823 I thought you might ask me where Johnny was. 61 00:02:35,889 --> 00:02:38,192 - Where is Johnny? - He's not here, is he? 62 00:02:38,259 --> 00:02:39,527 [laughter] 63 00:02:39,593 --> 00:02:41,128 ["Hello Stranger"] 64 00:02:41,195 --> 00:02:44,531 * Well, hello stranger * 65 00:02:44,598 --> 00:02:47,735 - If you only know June Carter Cash, 66 00:02:47,801 --> 00:02:50,170 you're missing a whole lot of things. 67 00:02:50,238 --> 00:02:52,206 - She was born with one of the most 68 00:02:52,273 --> 00:02:53,574 famous names in country music. 69 00:02:53,641 --> 00:02:55,042 - A remarkable show business career. 70 00:02:55,108 --> 00:02:57,511 - Well, June Carter was an incredible artist 71 00:02:57,578 --> 00:02:59,112 in her own right. 72 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:00,781 - She's one of the most charming 73 00:03:00,848 --> 00:03:02,250 and talented women in country music today. 74 00:03:02,316 --> 00:03:04,618 - A singer, a comedienne, actress. 75 00:03:04,685 --> 00:03:06,720 - * Let a working man lay down * 76 00:03:06,787 --> 00:03:08,656 * Yeah, I get a frown * 77 00:03:08,722 --> 00:03:11,024 - Who is June Carter Cash to me? 78 00:03:11,091 --> 00:03:14,828 Well, she's a badass bitch, first off. 79 00:03:14,895 --> 00:03:18,532 - You couldn't deny her. she had that spark, the "it." 80 00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:19,833 You can't overdub the "it." 81 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:21,101 - * But I see you * 82 00:03:21,168 --> 00:03:22,503 - But she's been married so long to one man. 83 00:03:22,570 --> 00:03:24,738 - No, no. I had two before him. 84 00:03:24,805 --> 00:03:26,206 I put all mine together, and I'm still 85 00:03:26,274 --> 00:03:27,608 not nearly caught up with you. 86 00:03:27,675 --> 00:03:29,076 [laughter] 87 00:03:29,142 --> 00:03:30,344 - * When your troubles are like mine * 88 00:03:30,411 --> 00:03:32,480 - There was so much about my mother 89 00:03:32,546 --> 00:03:33,914 that may have been misunderstood. 90 00:03:33,981 --> 00:03:36,250 - Underrated and underappreciated. 91 00:03:36,317 --> 00:03:37,885 *** 92 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:40,153 - * So get up, rounder * 93 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:45,493 - I think at the heart of it, June's story hasn't been told. 94 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:46,960 - Would you welcome June Carter Cash? 95 00:03:47,027 --> 00:03:49,363 - June Carter Cash. - June Carter Cash. 96 00:03:49,430 --> 00:03:50,598 - June Carter Cash. 97 00:03:50,664 --> 00:03:53,767 [cheers and applause] 98 00:04:04,512 --> 00:04:07,281 [birds chirping] 99 00:04:12,586 --> 00:04:14,688 - Hi. - Everybody's here but Marty. 100 00:04:14,755 --> 00:04:16,023 - Oh, they are? 101 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:17,625 Well, you might know Marty'd be late. 102 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:19,159 It's part of what he does. 103 00:04:19,226 --> 00:04:22,363 Once you get to be a big star, you're really late. 104 00:04:22,430 --> 00:04:24,432 I'm late because of Johnny. 105 00:04:24,498 --> 00:04:25,832 - Good morning. - Hi, Miss June. 106 00:04:25,899 --> 00:04:26,800 - Good morning. - Hi. 107 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:28,101 Lord, look at everybody. 108 00:04:28,168 --> 00:04:29,837 It feels like old times. - It does. 109 00:04:29,903 --> 00:04:31,339 - It does, doesn't it? How are you? 110 00:04:31,405 --> 00:04:34,308 [soft acoustic music] 111 00:04:34,375 --> 00:04:38,346 *** 112 00:04:38,412 --> 00:04:40,047 - Well, here we are. 113 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:43,617 - Hi, June. - Come on in. 114 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:45,786 I'm excited, everybody. 115 00:04:45,853 --> 00:04:50,157 I often wondered how I'd ever do an album. 116 00:04:50,223 --> 00:04:52,560 And then I met this really wonderful girl 117 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:55,463 named Vicky Hamilton, who was mostly 118 00:04:55,529 --> 00:04:57,297 in the world of rock and roll. 119 00:04:57,365 --> 00:05:00,133 - There was an urgency that she wanted 120 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:03,437 to make this record. 121 00:05:03,504 --> 00:05:05,873 So I had shopped it around 122 00:05:05,939 --> 00:05:09,977 to all the major record companies, 123 00:05:10,043 --> 00:05:12,580 and everybody passed. I, like, couldn't believe it. 124 00:05:12,646 --> 00:05:13,914 There's no way we're putting out 125 00:05:13,981 --> 00:05:18,486 a record with a 70-year-old woman, you know? 126 00:05:18,552 --> 00:05:21,555 - Four, five. 127 00:05:21,622 --> 00:05:24,358 - I was kind of incensed. 128 00:05:24,425 --> 00:05:27,160 This is, like, country music royalty. 129 00:05:27,227 --> 00:05:30,230 How can you pass? 130 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:34,902 So I decided, OK, I'm gonna start my own record company 131 00:05:34,968 --> 00:05:37,304 and raise the money to make this record. 132 00:05:37,371 --> 00:05:40,273 - I think I've changed her whole life. 133 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:43,577 So I'm hoping to make some history again this morning. 134 00:05:43,644 --> 00:05:46,079 *** 135 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:48,348 - That day, we just gathered around 136 00:05:48,416 --> 00:05:50,551 to sing the songs of her family, 137 00:05:50,618 --> 00:05:52,019 my mom's family and things 138 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:54,988 that she'd written down through the years. 139 00:05:55,055 --> 00:05:57,357 - I was looking for some other good Carter family songs 140 00:05:57,425 --> 00:06:00,060 to sing on this album, and "Diamonds in the Rough" 141 00:06:00,127 --> 00:06:02,062 is probably one of my favorites, Marty. 142 00:06:02,129 --> 00:06:03,797 So why don't you and I sing it? 143 00:06:03,864 --> 00:06:05,198 - You got it. 144 00:06:05,265 --> 00:06:08,168 ["Diamonds in the Rough"] 145 00:06:08,235 --> 00:06:12,906 *** 146 00:06:12,973 --> 00:06:15,609 - My mother was like a kid again. 147 00:06:15,676 --> 00:06:17,745 She was eager. 148 00:06:17,811 --> 00:06:20,881 It was as if she was ready 149 00:06:20,948 --> 00:06:23,551 to go get on a roller coaster. 150 00:06:23,617 --> 00:06:28,822 - * The day will soon be over * 151 00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:34,194 * And the digging will be done * 152 00:06:34,261 --> 00:06:39,066 * No more gems be gathered * 153 00:06:39,132 --> 00:06:44,104 * So let us all press on * 154 00:06:44,171 --> 00:06:45,673 - I don't think I've ever really known 155 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:49,409 a life that's any different than show business. 156 00:06:49,477 --> 00:06:52,780 My mother was Maybelle Carter, who was a part 157 00:06:52,846 --> 00:06:54,848 of the original Carter family. 158 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,683 - This is my mama Maybelle, 159 00:06:56,750 --> 00:07:00,488 and then my aunt and my uncle, Sara Carter, AP Carter. 160 00:07:00,554 --> 00:07:03,791 *** 161 00:07:03,857 --> 00:07:08,729 * The diamonds will be shining * 162 00:07:08,796 --> 00:07:14,367 * No longer in the rough * 163 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:17,104 *** 164 00:07:17,170 --> 00:07:19,740 - At the time that my mother was born, 165 00:07:19,807 --> 00:07:22,843 Maybelle had been recording for a couple of years 166 00:07:22,910 --> 00:07:24,545 with the original Carter family. 167 00:07:24,612 --> 00:07:27,648 [The Carter Family's "Wildwood Flower"] 168 00:07:27,715 --> 00:07:31,218 *** 169 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:33,220 - One day, we found a man that wanted us 170 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,422 to come up and make a record. 171 00:07:35,489 --> 00:07:38,592 So we went up to Bristol and made our first record, 172 00:07:38,659 --> 00:07:42,496 and it's been going ever since. 173 00:07:42,563 --> 00:07:45,866 * Oh, I'll twine with my mingles * 174 00:07:45,933 --> 00:07:48,936 * And waving black hair * 175 00:07:49,002 --> 00:07:51,805 - The Carters, I mean, they were the beginning. 176 00:07:51,872 --> 00:07:56,009 That was like the spontaneous combustion of country music. 177 00:07:56,076 --> 00:07:59,112 And June traces right into that. 178 00:07:59,179 --> 00:08:01,448 - They had so many tunes that formed 179 00:08:01,515 --> 00:08:03,617 a basis for our country and western music 180 00:08:03,684 --> 00:08:05,318 as we know it today. 181 00:08:05,385 --> 00:08:07,354 And when people didn't know what kind of a melody to use, 182 00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:09,489 they just went back and grabbed 183 00:08:09,557 --> 00:08:10,691 an old Carter family melody 184 00:08:10,758 --> 00:08:12,726 and hung on to that. 185 00:08:12,793 --> 00:08:14,662 - * I will dance * 186 00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:15,996 * I will sing * 187 00:08:16,063 --> 00:08:19,667 * And my love shall be gay * 188 00:08:19,733 --> 00:08:22,102 * I will charm every heart * 189 00:08:22,169 --> 00:08:24,872 * And in his crown, I will sway * 190 00:08:24,938 --> 00:08:26,506 - I just thought everybody had 191 00:08:26,574 --> 00:08:28,041 a Mother Maybelle Carter that picked 192 00:08:28,108 --> 00:08:29,943 a "Wildwood Flower" on the guitar. 193 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:31,712 I didn't really know she was different. 194 00:08:31,779 --> 00:08:34,014 *** 195 00:08:34,081 --> 00:08:36,316 - Mother Maybelle was one of the early 196 00:08:36,383 --> 00:08:40,854 female guitar players that actually slayed at guitar. 197 00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:42,756 Like, she could straight up play. 198 00:08:42,823 --> 00:08:45,726 [rapid guitar playing] 199 00:08:45,793 --> 00:08:49,296 *** 200 00:08:49,362 --> 00:08:51,799 - My little fingers were so calloused learning 201 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:53,333 to play the "Wildwood Flower." 202 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:55,502 That was one of the first songs I think 203 00:08:55,569 --> 00:08:57,304 that most country kids-- boys or girls-- 204 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:59,239 you want to play. You know... 205 00:08:59,306 --> 00:09:01,241 * I will dance, I will sing * 206 00:09:01,308 --> 00:09:03,343 * And I'll play the wildwood flower * 207 00:09:03,410 --> 00:09:08,415 *** 208 00:09:08,481 --> 00:09:10,483 - And my father was instrumental in this, too-- 209 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:11,919 Ezra Carter. 210 00:09:11,985 --> 00:09:14,554 - Daddy was a wonderful influence in our life. 211 00:09:14,622 --> 00:09:17,324 Daddy was a brilliant man. 212 00:09:17,390 --> 00:09:20,060 [engine revving] 213 00:09:20,127 --> 00:09:21,929 *** 214 00:09:21,995 --> 00:09:24,031 - She was very close to him. 215 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:27,300 She'd ride his motorcycle with him. 216 00:09:27,367 --> 00:09:32,305 She saw herself kind of as a real rough and tumble 217 00:09:32,372 --> 00:09:38,045 little kid, holding onto Daddy as he drove his motorcycle 218 00:09:38,111 --> 00:09:40,447 through that area. 219 00:09:40,513 --> 00:09:43,583 - I think probably the lesson that my father taught, 220 00:09:43,651 --> 00:09:47,054 the most important one, was that we be ourselves. 221 00:09:47,120 --> 00:09:48,656 You develop what you have. 222 00:09:48,722 --> 00:09:50,390 You do that as a person. 223 00:09:50,457 --> 00:09:53,593 * Don't be a dirty miner like me * 224 00:09:53,661 --> 00:09:56,129 - When you grow up like that, loving that place 225 00:09:56,196 --> 00:09:57,497 and knowing that's who you are-- 226 00:09:57,564 --> 00:09:59,767 when you just become part of the woods 227 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:02,569 and the bees and the birds, and you're just 228 00:10:02,636 --> 00:10:04,471 a bunch of country little kids running around 229 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:06,974 and that's your place, when you have to move away 230 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,009 in order to do what you need to do, 231 00:10:09,076 --> 00:10:11,411 you carry that with you. 232 00:10:11,478 --> 00:10:13,613 *** 233 00:10:13,681 --> 00:10:16,583 - I'm sure you're enjoying these good old songs 234 00:10:16,650 --> 00:10:18,385 as only the Carter Family can sing them. 235 00:10:18,451 --> 00:10:20,253 Now here's the three little Carter sisters, 236 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:21,488 Helen, June, and Anita. 237 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:22,690 And what's it gonna be? 238 00:10:22,756 --> 00:10:23,691 [together] "In the Highway." 239 00:10:23,757 --> 00:10:25,458 - "In the Highway." 240 00:10:25,525 --> 00:10:30,263 - * In the highways, in the hedges * 241 00:10:30,330 --> 00:10:34,267 - My sisters Helen and Anita and I went with my mother 242 00:10:34,334 --> 00:10:36,837 to the Texas border stations. 243 00:10:36,904 --> 00:10:39,172 - [speaking Spanish] 244 00:10:39,239 --> 00:10:40,941 - That was the end of the world away 245 00:10:41,008 --> 00:10:43,276 from southwestern Virginia. 246 00:10:43,343 --> 00:10:45,445 - Well, here's something that's mighty good. 247 00:10:45,512 --> 00:10:48,581 And that's a solo by June. What's it going to be, June? 248 00:10:48,648 --> 00:10:50,617 - I'm going to sing "Engine 143." 249 00:10:50,684 --> 00:10:52,119 ["Engine 143"] 250 00:10:52,185 --> 00:10:56,223 - * Along came the FFV * 251 00:10:56,289 --> 00:11:00,327 * The swiftest on the line * 252 00:11:00,393 --> 00:11:04,464 * Running o'er the C&O * 253 00:11:04,531 --> 00:11:06,299 - Well, we get right on the stage, 254 00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:08,869 and mother Maybelle Carter, I guarantee you, 255 00:11:08,936 --> 00:11:10,403 if she could hear us out of tune, 256 00:11:10,470 --> 00:11:12,806 she would just pop up and let us know about it. 257 00:11:12,873 --> 00:11:15,608 - You're on holy ground when you're playing those songs. 258 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:17,945 They'll live forever and ever and ever. 259 00:11:18,011 --> 00:11:21,581 - Yeah, they do. - But we're all family. 260 00:11:21,648 --> 00:11:24,151 - Oh, why don't we sing that one that we just tried? 261 00:11:24,217 --> 00:11:26,586 - Which one was it? 262 00:11:26,653 --> 00:11:30,490 - * You have heard of little Moses in the bulrush * 263 00:11:30,557 --> 00:11:34,594 * You have heard of fearless David and his sling * 264 00:11:34,661 --> 00:11:39,299 * You have heard the story told of dreaming Joseph * 265 00:11:39,366 --> 00:11:42,002 - Time for the Carter sisters and Mother Maybelle... 266 00:11:42,069 --> 00:11:44,004 - We left those Texas border stations, 267 00:11:44,071 --> 00:11:47,540 and we worked a lot of shows, Helen and Anita and I, 268 00:11:47,607 --> 00:11:50,277 with my mother-- just the four of us. 269 00:11:50,343 --> 00:11:53,180 - They drove for hours and hours 270 00:11:53,246 --> 00:11:56,149 and then did four shows a day sometimes. 271 00:11:56,216 --> 00:12:00,553 And it was relentless and sometimes brutal work. 272 00:12:00,620 --> 00:12:05,158 - * At that meeting in the air * 273 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:09,763 - * The meeting in the air * 274 00:12:09,830 --> 00:12:12,232 - Well, I hope you folks liked that one there. 275 00:12:12,299 --> 00:12:13,633 I'm gonna give you a little jolt, now. 276 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:15,769 I'm gonna sing one that's awful corny 277 00:12:15,836 --> 00:12:17,771 here for you. It's gonna be loud. 278 00:12:17,838 --> 00:12:19,506 I reckon I'm Mommy's loudest young'un, 279 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:21,942 and that's all I can figure out for myself here. 280 00:12:22,009 --> 00:12:25,045 *** 281 00:12:25,112 --> 00:12:27,280 * Well, I might have gone fishing * 282 00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:29,749 * I got to think it over * 283 00:12:29,817 --> 00:12:32,752 * The road to the river * 284 00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:34,321 * Is a mighty long way * 285 00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:35,856 - She was not the greatest singer 286 00:12:35,923 --> 00:12:37,590 in the whole Carter family, 287 00:12:37,657 --> 00:12:41,094 but her personality and her emotion 288 00:12:41,161 --> 00:12:43,063 made her part actually, sometimes, 289 00:12:43,130 --> 00:12:45,198 even more interesting, because she just 290 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:46,800 would get in there very much like I do 291 00:12:46,867 --> 00:12:50,103 and just sing right from the gut and the heart. 292 00:12:50,170 --> 00:12:53,573 - Maybelle just turned Mama loose 293 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:56,376 and let her just be as zany and crazy 294 00:12:56,443 --> 00:12:59,279 and a kid as she could be. 295 00:12:59,346 --> 00:13:02,049 It's like she would do anything for a laugh. 296 00:13:02,115 --> 00:13:03,884 - I think I tried to be funny when I couldn't think 297 00:13:03,951 --> 00:13:05,252 of what else to do. 298 00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:07,220 When you didn't know what else to do, 299 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:09,422 you just talked, and so I rattled away, 300 00:13:09,489 --> 00:13:10,590 boogity, boogity, boogity. 301 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:15,262 *** 302 00:13:15,328 --> 00:13:18,165 [somber guitar music] 303 00:13:18,231 --> 00:13:20,100 - There was no way that June 304 00:13:20,167 --> 00:13:22,135 was not gonna be front and center. 305 00:13:22,202 --> 00:13:23,904 It's hard for her to stand still 306 00:13:23,971 --> 00:13:28,008 and not interject. [laughs] 307 00:13:28,075 --> 00:13:35,215 *** 308 00:13:36,884 --> 00:13:40,988 - We had come to Nashville, and we got a call to appear. 309 00:13:41,054 --> 00:13:43,223 And so we went down and went 310 00:13:43,290 --> 00:13:44,591 to work at "the Grand Ole Opry." 311 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,459 *** 312 00:13:46,526 --> 00:13:51,198 - * The Grand Ole Opry, the Grand Ole Opry time * 313 00:13:51,264 --> 00:13:54,167 [upbeat country music] 314 00:13:54,234 --> 00:13:58,438 *** 315 00:13:58,505 --> 00:14:01,174 - * Do-si-do, don't let them go * 316 00:14:01,241 --> 00:14:02,943 - If you were going to Nashville, 317 00:14:03,010 --> 00:14:05,345 your dream was to be on "The Grand Ole Opry," 318 00:14:05,412 --> 00:14:08,415 because everybody all over the country 319 00:14:08,481 --> 00:14:10,217 listened to it if you loved country music. 320 00:14:10,283 --> 00:14:13,921 *** 321 00:14:13,987 --> 00:14:16,924 - We've got the girl here who can put an awful lot of humor 322 00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:18,125 in any program. 323 00:14:18,191 --> 00:14:20,460 Let's make welcome Miss June Carter. 324 00:14:20,527 --> 00:14:22,996 [cheers and applause] 325 00:14:23,063 --> 00:14:25,265 - I'm gonna sing if I can swaller 326 00:14:25,332 --> 00:14:26,799 before I get started 'cause 327 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:28,101 this song ain't got no swallerin' place. 328 00:14:28,168 --> 00:14:29,336 - Let's try it. 329 00:14:29,402 --> 00:14:30,503 - * I got a song * 330 00:14:30,570 --> 00:14:32,139 * It's a pretty good song * 331 00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:34,007 * Only one thing wrong with the pretty good song * 332 00:14:34,074 --> 00:14:35,542 * 'Cause a pretty good song goes along and along * 333 00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:37,410 - Back in those days, Saturday night, 334 00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:38,711 you'd turn on WSM Nashville and listen 335 00:14:38,778 --> 00:14:40,147 to "The Grand Ole Opry." 336 00:14:40,213 --> 00:14:41,481 - * Get along and along and along and along * 337 00:14:41,548 --> 00:14:43,616 * Gonna get me red in the face * 338 00:14:43,683 --> 00:14:47,054 - June Carter was an all-around entertainer. 339 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:51,124 - * 'Cause it ain't got no swallerin place * 340 00:14:51,191 --> 00:14:53,961 - June Carter, here we are. 341 00:14:54,027 --> 00:14:56,629 [cheers and applause] 342 00:14:56,696 --> 00:14:59,332 - [screams] 343 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:02,435 - What did I do? - What did you do? 344 00:15:02,502 --> 00:15:04,504 You can quit throwing that there-- 345 00:15:04,571 --> 00:15:07,107 - Well, if it ain't June Carter. 346 00:15:07,174 --> 00:15:10,310 [applause] 347 00:15:12,245 --> 00:15:15,315 - Of all the knot-headed people, 348 00:15:15,382 --> 00:15:18,285 you are the knotty-headed of knot-headed-- 349 00:15:18,351 --> 00:15:20,187 well, bless his heart. 350 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:22,956 It's Carl, that's who it is. 351 00:15:23,023 --> 00:15:24,958 Hello, Carl. - Hello, June. 352 00:15:25,025 --> 00:15:27,727 - How you doing, old buddy? - Pretty doggone good. 353 00:15:27,794 --> 00:15:29,362 *** 354 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:33,900 * I thought I had seen pretty girls in my time * 355 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:39,439 * But that was before I met you * 356 00:15:39,506 --> 00:15:42,209 * I never saw one that I * 357 00:15:42,275 --> 00:15:45,112 - Carl Smith was the preeminent 358 00:15:45,178 --> 00:15:48,015 honky tonk singer of the day. 359 00:15:48,081 --> 00:15:51,451 - He was a hot hunk, one of the handsomest men 360 00:15:51,518 --> 00:15:54,254 in country music. 361 00:15:54,321 --> 00:15:55,755 - I heard what you was saying out here. 362 00:15:55,822 --> 00:15:57,490 - What'd I say? - You said-- 363 00:15:57,557 --> 00:15:59,159 - I didn't think you heard me. 364 00:15:59,226 --> 00:16:01,528 - You said you knowed me quite well. 365 00:16:01,594 --> 00:16:03,363 I just want you to know, Carl, 366 00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:05,098 that I know you quite well, too. 367 00:16:05,165 --> 00:16:07,134 - Oh. - And I don't like-- 368 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:09,302 I don't like what I know. 369 00:16:09,369 --> 00:16:11,738 [laughter] 370 00:16:11,804 --> 00:16:13,273 No, I didn't-- 371 00:16:13,340 --> 00:16:15,275 - Hush, you're on television. Look. 372 00:16:15,342 --> 00:16:19,012 [laughter] 373 00:16:19,079 --> 00:16:21,681 * April and spring is in the air * 374 00:16:21,748 --> 00:16:25,752 - And June Carter landed the star. 375 00:16:25,818 --> 00:16:27,620 *** 376 00:16:27,687 --> 00:16:30,290 Of all the women that wanted Carl, 377 00:16:30,357 --> 00:16:32,159 June is the one that got him. 378 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:36,296 - * I saw a little mugwump sitting in a tree * 379 00:16:36,363 --> 00:16:37,930 * Until he saw a female * 380 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,899 - They were the storybook romance of the "Opry." 381 00:16:39,966 --> 00:16:42,469 They were like, oh, June Carter 382 00:16:42,535 --> 00:16:44,437 of the famous Carter family, and Carl Smith, 383 00:16:44,504 --> 00:16:45,472 the biggest hit-maker of the day. 384 00:16:45,538 --> 00:16:47,207 And you're like, "Wow." 385 00:16:47,274 --> 00:16:48,641 Perfect chemistry, perfect timing, 386 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:51,944 perfect everything-- they were, like, the couple. 387 00:16:52,011 --> 00:16:53,946 *** 388 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:57,317 - There was a lot of joy, a lot of laughter. 389 00:16:57,384 --> 00:17:00,953 It sure had a beautiful outcome with my sister Carlene. 390 00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:03,123 *** 391 00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:05,023 - * I'd let you know, June * 392 00:17:05,092 --> 00:17:07,859 - See, Mama and Daddy looked like they belonged together, 393 00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:12,499 too, because they had a very similar sense of humor, 394 00:17:12,565 --> 00:17:14,834 and they got a kick out of each other. 395 00:17:14,901 --> 00:17:16,903 - I'm kind of interested in you, Carl Smith. 396 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:19,239 You're quite a ladies man. And I'm kind of-- 397 00:17:19,306 --> 00:17:21,040 - Is that right? Well, all right. 398 00:17:21,108 --> 00:17:23,009 [laughter] 399 00:17:23,076 --> 00:17:25,078 - I've got to-- 400 00:17:25,145 --> 00:17:26,713 close your big mouth. 401 00:17:26,779 --> 00:17:28,047 Hey, no kidding. I really am-- 402 00:17:28,115 --> 00:17:30,917 - You close yours. I'm liable to fall in. 403 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:33,220 - Well, your big old ears would hold you out. 404 00:17:33,286 --> 00:17:34,954 [laughter] 405 00:17:35,021 --> 00:17:38,591 *** 406 00:17:38,658 --> 00:17:41,694 ]cheers and applause] 407 00:17:41,761 --> 00:17:44,664 - I'm gonna do it, and I just need you to know-- 408 00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:47,567 - The character you did, was it you? Or was it-- 409 00:17:47,634 --> 00:17:49,869 - No, it wasn't me. I created her. 410 00:17:49,936 --> 00:17:52,172 She would do almost anything to get a laugh, 411 00:17:52,239 --> 00:17:55,708 and did, and I don't think it was sincerely me. 412 00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:58,511 No, it's just a crazy little girl I played. 413 00:17:58,578 --> 00:18:02,349 I just get up, and then take the time to lay down. 414 00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:06,052 Life gets tedious, don't it? 415 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,789 - Because she could do it so well, 416 00:18:09,856 --> 00:18:11,624 people believed that June Carter 417 00:18:11,691 --> 00:18:17,630 really was this uncouth hick. 418 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:20,467 She made it seem effortless. 419 00:18:20,533 --> 00:18:23,936 It was not effortless. 420 00:18:24,003 --> 00:18:29,376 She had thick binders that had jokes 421 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:32,479 and songs and routines 422 00:18:32,545 --> 00:18:36,216 that she had honed over decades. 423 00:18:36,283 --> 00:18:37,717 - Miss June Carter. 424 00:18:37,784 --> 00:18:40,753 [cheers and applause] 425 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:44,924 - Nashville at the time was stuck in this image 426 00:18:44,991 --> 00:18:48,995 of the little homemaker. 427 00:18:49,061 --> 00:18:52,765 The "Opry" was insistent that women should dress 428 00:18:52,832 --> 00:18:55,168 in those kind of gingham checks 429 00:18:55,235 --> 00:18:57,670 and be very conservative. 430 00:18:57,737 --> 00:18:59,806 - I'm getting a cold in my nose. 431 00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:04,177 Life gets tedious, don't it? 432 00:19:04,244 --> 00:19:07,180 [applause] 433 00:19:12,285 --> 00:19:13,786 [light guitar music] 434 00:19:13,853 --> 00:19:15,255 - There was a difficult time in my life 435 00:19:15,322 --> 00:19:18,024 and I wasn't very happy. 436 00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:22,362 It was during the time when I was in my first marriage. 437 00:19:22,429 --> 00:19:25,465 I was married to Carl Smith. 438 00:19:25,532 --> 00:19:30,337 - My mother was working, and she was going on the road. 439 00:19:30,403 --> 00:19:32,972 And I think that Carl had a different vision 440 00:19:33,039 --> 00:19:36,943 of what a marriage was than my mom did. 441 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:41,013 - He wanted her to stay home and be more of a mom, 442 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,682 and she could still go play the "Opry," 443 00:19:42,749 --> 00:19:45,552 but he didn't think she'd be out on the road. 444 00:19:45,618 --> 00:19:48,488 And Mama always said that she was covered up 445 00:19:48,555 --> 00:19:50,723 with ambition, that she was absolutely 446 00:19:50,790 --> 00:19:52,625 filled with ambition. 447 00:19:52,692 --> 00:19:55,862 She had all these things she wanted to do. 448 00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:57,730 I think she wanted to be-- 449 00:19:57,797 --> 00:19:59,632 I think she just wanted to be a superstar. 450 00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:02,802 *** 451 00:20:02,869 --> 00:20:06,406 - I detected a little sarcasm in that voice 452 00:20:06,473 --> 00:20:07,740 when I heard you putting me on. 453 00:20:07,807 --> 00:20:09,376 I said, "What's the matter with you, anyway?" 454 00:20:09,442 --> 00:20:11,010 - Well, you know what you've done to me, don't you? 455 00:20:11,077 --> 00:20:12,512 - I don't know what you're talking about. 456 00:20:12,579 --> 00:20:14,046 Do you mean this morning? - Tell 'em what you done to me. 457 00:20:14,113 --> 00:20:15,615 - I was helping you, Carl. I haven't-- 458 00:20:15,682 --> 00:20:16,616 - Yeah, you was helping me. 459 00:20:16,683 --> 00:20:18,084 Tell them what you done. 460 00:20:18,150 --> 00:20:20,186 - I was just helping you, old buddy. 461 00:20:20,253 --> 00:20:21,621 You was in bad shape, 462 00:20:21,688 --> 00:20:23,523 and I was just giving you a little, well-- 463 00:20:23,590 --> 00:20:25,558 I tell you what. I tell you what. 464 00:20:25,625 --> 00:20:28,528 He had a bad cold in his head. - Yeah. 465 00:20:28,595 --> 00:20:32,765 - It's not something that you really did in the mid-1950s. 466 00:20:32,832 --> 00:20:36,569 You really didn't get divorced. 467 00:20:36,636 --> 00:20:39,872 But by 1955, 468 00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:42,174 and we're talking less than three years, 469 00:20:42,241 --> 00:20:43,810 they've already decided they're going 470 00:20:43,876 --> 00:20:45,412 their separate ways... - Right, I-- 471 00:20:45,478 --> 00:20:47,514 - You may be a good old girl, but you don't look too good. 472 00:20:47,580 --> 00:20:49,682 - Oh, is that right? - No, you don't. 473 00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:51,250 You ought to put some lipstick on and bring your lips-- 474 00:20:51,318 --> 00:20:53,520 - But they still worked together... 475 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:55,121 - Around your eyes... 476 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:58,057 - Where June and Carl are on stage doing banter... 477 00:20:58,124 --> 00:21:00,026 - Bring your hair out a little, you know? 478 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:02,362 - Well, why don't you try to sneeze and nod your head 479 00:21:02,429 --> 00:21:04,364 and bring your teeth out a little? 480 00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:05,632 [laughter] 481 00:21:05,698 --> 00:21:07,099 I like that ol' Carl Smith. 482 00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:09,436 I got his picture at home. Yeah, I just-- 483 00:21:09,502 --> 00:21:13,373 - About all that's left. [laughter] 484 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:18,345 - You are--whee! 485 00:21:18,411 --> 00:21:20,279 You wouldn't know, honey. 486 00:21:20,347 --> 00:21:24,617 You ain't been there in a long enough time to see. 487 00:21:24,684 --> 00:21:29,722 - Her divorce from Carl Smith was a scandal. 488 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,058 Nowadays, nobody would bat an eye. 489 00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:34,694 But back then, it was a thing. - I'll see you, old knothead. 490 00:21:34,761 --> 00:21:36,963 - In the conservative Nashville, 491 00:21:37,029 --> 00:21:39,632 she still bore a scarlet letter. 492 00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:41,901 You were like used goods. 493 00:21:41,968 --> 00:21:43,570 ["He Don't Love Me Anymore"] 494 00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:49,776 - * He don't love me anymore * 495 00:21:49,842 --> 00:21:53,880 * My eyes are filled with tears * 496 00:21:53,946 --> 00:21:57,049 - I think that she had an existential crisis. 497 00:21:57,116 --> 00:22:01,020 I think that the divorce put her in a tailspin. 498 00:22:01,087 --> 00:22:06,325 - * Tell me where I go from here * 499 00:22:06,393 --> 00:22:08,194 - She didn't think that anybody was ever 500 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:11,097 gonna love her who, at the same time, 501 00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:14,767 would let her just be able to do what she wanted to do, 502 00:22:14,834 --> 00:22:16,803 because she just couldn't give it up. 503 00:22:16,869 --> 00:22:20,072 *** 504 00:22:20,139 --> 00:22:22,141 - * And it's hard to * 505 00:22:22,208 --> 00:22:24,176 - Later on in his life, right before he passed away, 506 00:22:24,243 --> 00:22:26,212 I said, "So what happened with you and Mom?" 507 00:22:26,278 --> 00:22:29,215 Mom always says she loved you so deeply 508 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:32,118 and was so heartbroken. - * Spring is in the air * 509 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:34,954 - And Daddy says, "Your mama never loved me." 510 00:22:35,021 --> 00:22:37,223 And I said, "What?" 511 00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:40,126 And he said, "She loved the idea of me." 512 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:44,030 And I kind of understood that to a certain degree. 513 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:47,266 The idea of him was, her idea was that 514 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:50,970 they would just keep doing what they were doing. 515 00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:54,306 [bright acoustic music] 516 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:55,942 *** 517 00:22:56,008 --> 00:22:58,310 - All right, you all sound like you're really honking. 518 00:22:58,377 --> 00:22:59,979 - Sounds great. 519 00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:02,181 - Yeah, you're just pressing right along. 520 00:23:02,248 --> 00:23:04,651 *** 521 00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:06,052 - There it goes. 522 00:23:06,118 --> 00:23:07,353 - Just let me know when you're ready. 523 00:23:07,420 --> 00:23:09,422 - OK, John Carter. 524 00:23:09,489 --> 00:23:11,190 - OK. 525 00:23:11,257 --> 00:23:13,460 - This song explains itself in a way because 526 00:23:13,526 --> 00:23:17,229 I look back on the days when I was living in New York City, 527 00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:19,265 and for a while in my life, I was part of 528 00:23:19,331 --> 00:23:20,900 the rock and roll bunch, 529 00:23:20,967 --> 00:23:23,470 so this goes back to those years. 530 00:23:23,536 --> 00:23:25,738 OK, here we go. 531 00:23:25,805 --> 00:23:28,407 - * Well, the place was New York City * 532 00:23:28,475 --> 00:23:31,678 * And the hour was growing late * 533 00:23:31,744 --> 00:23:34,547 * Had walked from streets in Harlem * 534 00:23:34,614 --> 00:23:37,517 * To the Greenwich Village gate * 535 00:23:37,584 --> 00:23:40,186 * We were young and foolish * 536 00:23:40,252 --> 00:23:43,089 * And trying out for fame * 537 00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:44,423 - This was the time in her life 538 00:23:44,491 --> 00:23:46,559 when she was absolutely heartbroken. 539 00:23:46,626 --> 00:23:49,762 - She was sort of asserting her independence. 540 00:23:49,829 --> 00:23:51,297 You know, like she always said, 541 00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:53,065 she wasn't the best singer or the best player, 542 00:23:53,132 --> 00:23:56,168 but she had something, and she needed to find that, 543 00:23:56,235 --> 00:23:59,572 and I think that that was partly why she ran away. 544 00:23:59,639 --> 00:24:01,040 She went to New York. 545 00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:02,875 - * Well, I used to be somebody, Lord * 546 00:24:02,942 --> 00:24:06,412 * I used to have a friend * 547 00:24:06,479 --> 00:24:09,649 * I'd like to be somebody again * 548 00:24:09,716 --> 00:24:12,318 - And so I went to New York. 549 00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:14,487 And I just took my little girl and went to New York, 550 00:24:14,554 --> 00:24:17,524 took Carlene with me, and moved into an apartment, 551 00:24:17,590 --> 00:24:19,826 and I studied there. 552 00:24:19,892 --> 00:24:22,795 - June and my sister Rosemary 553 00:24:22,862 --> 00:24:25,097 were studying with Sandy Meisner 554 00:24:25,164 --> 00:24:28,535 at the Neighborhood Playhouse. 555 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:30,637 She wanted to be an actress. 556 00:24:30,703 --> 00:24:34,874 And the greatest teacher of all was Sandy Meisner. 557 00:24:34,941 --> 00:24:36,909 - If you think about it, 558 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:40,079 women just didn't do that at the time. 559 00:24:40,146 --> 00:24:42,448 Being this person on the road who lived this life, 560 00:24:42,515 --> 00:24:44,717 that was very unorthodox, especially for women 561 00:24:44,784 --> 00:24:47,119 at that time who had children. 562 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:50,523 - It was almost impossible, 563 00:24:50,590 --> 00:24:52,525 but June did it. 564 00:24:52,592 --> 00:24:55,161 *** 565 00:24:55,227 --> 00:24:59,198 She had this dual role that she was playing. 566 00:24:59,265 --> 00:25:02,635 She was still coming home on the weekends 567 00:25:02,702 --> 00:25:07,306 to work on the "Opry" on Saturday nights, 568 00:25:07,373 --> 00:25:10,677 and she would leave on Sunday and go to New York City 569 00:25:10,743 --> 00:25:14,847 and study all week, and then come back home. 570 00:25:14,914 --> 00:25:16,583 - She was flying back and forth 571 00:25:16,649 --> 00:25:18,384 on propeller planes, people. 572 00:25:18,450 --> 00:25:19,619 There were no jets. 573 00:25:19,686 --> 00:25:21,487 *** 574 00:25:21,554 --> 00:25:25,424 - And she was also working constantly then, 575 00:25:25,491 --> 00:25:28,194 filming television shows. 576 00:25:28,260 --> 00:25:31,864 - I did several shows back during that time. 577 00:25:31,931 --> 00:25:33,465 - Well, there's $100 in there. 578 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:35,234 I want you to take it down to the jail 579 00:25:35,301 --> 00:25:37,269 and see what you can do for the Countess. 580 00:25:37,336 --> 00:25:38,805 - I worked wherever I could. 581 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,607 I just picked up what parts I could. 582 00:25:40,673 --> 00:25:41,808 - I'll kill him! 583 00:25:41,874 --> 00:25:42,742 You hear me, Kate? I'll kill him! 584 00:25:42,809 --> 00:25:44,043 - I heard you. 585 00:25:44,110 --> 00:25:45,311 - She got on an episode of "Gunsmoke." 586 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:46,579 - Arkansas River. 587 00:25:46,646 --> 00:25:49,415 - That big whiskey-guzzling no-good nothing. 588 00:25:49,481 --> 00:25:52,985 I hope I die just so he'll hang for what he done. 589 00:25:53,052 --> 00:25:55,021 - She's the dance hall girl, 590 00:25:55,087 --> 00:25:57,089 and she goes, "He shot me, Marshal Dillon!" 591 00:25:57,156 --> 00:25:59,726 [laughs] 592 00:25:59,792 --> 00:26:03,129 - * When I held the rose that he gave me * 593 00:26:03,195 --> 00:26:06,165 - She loved it. It was the time of her life. 594 00:26:06,232 --> 00:26:08,300 I mean, she met a lot of people. 595 00:26:08,367 --> 00:26:12,972 - Jimmy Dean, Brando. - Tennessee Williams. 596 00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:15,007 - She was also traveling back and forth 597 00:26:15,074 --> 00:26:16,943 opening for Elvis at the time. 598 00:26:17,009 --> 00:26:20,212 [cheers and applause] 599 00:26:20,279 --> 00:26:23,783 - My mom would always get a twinkle in her eye 600 00:26:23,850 --> 00:26:25,417 when she talked about Elvis. 601 00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:27,586 - You were a friend of Elvis Presley's. 602 00:26:27,654 --> 00:26:29,822 - Yes. - Were you-- 603 00:26:29,889 --> 00:26:33,225 - [laughs] [coughs] 604 00:26:33,292 --> 00:26:34,727 - That's all I mean. - Oh, boy. 605 00:26:34,794 --> 00:26:37,463 - I didn't know. 606 00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:40,199 - Yes, we were friends, a long time ago. 607 00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:42,134 - Yeah, many times, I said, 608 00:26:42,201 --> 00:26:44,837 "Mama, come on, tell me. 609 00:26:44,904 --> 00:26:46,605 You slept with Elvis, right?" 610 00:26:46,673 --> 00:26:48,307 [laughs] 611 00:26:48,374 --> 00:26:52,011 She would giggle and she would blush a little, 612 00:26:52,078 --> 00:26:55,247 but she said, "No, Elvis was just a nice young man 613 00:26:55,314 --> 00:26:58,384 when I knew him." [laughs] 614 00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:02,188 - A lot of women loved Elvis Presley. 615 00:27:02,254 --> 00:27:04,757 * Well, I went with Elvis Presley 616 00:27:04,824 --> 00:27:07,093 to see Brando from afar * 617 00:27:07,159 --> 00:27:08,795 - She told me that during that time, 618 00:27:08,861 --> 00:27:11,497 Elvis knew Mama was heartbroken, 619 00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:14,366 and so he would come to New York, 620 00:27:14,433 --> 00:27:17,236 and he was apparently pushing me around 621 00:27:17,303 --> 00:27:20,807 Central Park in a baby carriage. 622 00:27:20,873 --> 00:27:24,110 - My Mama had a sheet music that she had on the road. 623 00:27:24,176 --> 00:27:26,112 It was Carl Smith's sheet music, 624 00:27:26,178 --> 00:27:28,580 and Elvis put a mustache on him and said, 625 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:30,817 "Painting by Presley," and signed it. 626 00:27:30,883 --> 00:27:35,221 And my mother tucked that away all those years. 627 00:27:35,287 --> 00:27:39,491 - * That was back in my rock and roll years * 628 00:27:39,558 --> 00:27:42,294 - I think that was when she was emerging 629 00:27:42,361 --> 00:27:45,264 as a person on her own, 630 00:27:45,331 --> 00:27:48,801 and she was just becoming someone. 631 00:27:48,868 --> 00:27:51,403 And all of these people were also 632 00:27:51,470 --> 00:27:54,406 just becoming someone. She was one of them. 633 00:27:54,473 --> 00:27:59,011 She was accepted as an actress, as a singer. 634 00:27:59,078 --> 00:28:01,347 She was June Carter, 635 00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:03,816 and she was making it on her own. 636 00:28:03,883 --> 00:28:05,852 - * Again * 637 00:28:05,918 --> 00:28:08,654 * I used to be somebody * 638 00:28:08,721 --> 00:28:11,791 * Good Lord, where have I been * 639 00:28:11,858 --> 00:28:16,028 * I ain't never gonna see Elvis again * 640 00:28:16,095 --> 00:28:19,465 *** 641 00:28:19,531 --> 00:28:22,201 - She came that close. She was there. 642 00:28:22,268 --> 00:28:23,702 She was on the cusp. 643 00:28:23,770 --> 00:28:27,106 She was standing at the Greenwich Village gate. 644 00:28:27,173 --> 00:28:31,310 [soft dramatic music] 645 00:28:31,377 --> 00:28:33,880 And then it slipped away. 646 00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:36,816 [bombastic orchestral music] 647 00:28:36,883 --> 00:28:43,823 *** 648 00:28:43,890 --> 00:28:47,393 - And here he is again to sing our closing inspirational, 649 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:51,297 the Tennessee Warbler. 650 00:28:51,363 --> 00:28:53,766 - Thank you. - You know, your life changes. 651 00:28:53,833 --> 00:28:55,634 You take a different course. 652 00:28:55,701 --> 00:28:58,170 - You know, Vernon, I got a lot of hand-holding 653 00:28:58,237 --> 00:29:00,506 to make up for. 654 00:29:00,572 --> 00:29:04,343 - I don't think she ever gave up her ambition. 655 00:29:04,410 --> 00:29:09,748 I think life enters, intervened. 656 00:29:09,816 --> 00:29:11,750 - She came home one weekend, 657 00:29:11,818 --> 00:29:15,621 if you will, and found herself pregnant, 658 00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:18,590 and that was the end of her movie career. 659 00:29:18,657 --> 00:29:24,396 *** 660 00:29:24,463 --> 00:29:26,632 - So I called him Daddy Rip, 661 00:29:26,698 --> 00:29:30,502 and he was the daddy of my little sister, Rosie. 662 00:29:30,569 --> 00:29:33,840 - June and Rip Nicks were married 663 00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:36,308 very, very quickly. 664 00:29:36,375 --> 00:29:40,412 - He had nothing to do with show business. 665 00:29:40,479 --> 00:29:42,815 - He raced speedboats. 666 00:29:42,882 --> 00:29:44,616 His daddy owned a garage, 667 00:29:44,683 --> 00:29:48,120 so he was always, like, building motors and hot rods, 668 00:29:48,187 --> 00:29:50,589 and he wanted to go fast. 669 00:29:50,656 --> 00:29:52,491 *** 670 00:29:52,558 --> 00:29:54,961 - And now she had two daughters, 671 00:29:55,027 --> 00:29:58,898 both of whom were under three years old, 672 00:29:58,965 --> 00:30:02,201 and so something had to give. 673 00:30:02,268 --> 00:30:05,171 [soft acoustic music] 674 00:30:05,237 --> 00:30:08,908 *** 675 00:30:08,975 --> 00:30:11,243 - Come on, Rose. 676 00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:12,511 - I'll go sit down. 677 00:30:12,578 --> 00:30:15,014 - Your whole singing bunch is today. 678 00:30:15,081 --> 00:30:17,616 - Go, do it. 679 00:30:17,683 --> 00:30:19,886 - OK, I'm gonna talk a little bit. 680 00:30:19,952 --> 00:30:21,921 Ready. - You're kidding. 681 00:30:21,988 --> 00:30:25,457 - No. [laughter] 682 00:30:25,524 --> 00:30:27,860 - Rosie and I wrote this song together, 683 00:30:27,927 --> 00:30:29,428 and this is my daughter Rosie. 684 00:30:29,495 --> 00:30:31,330 It's a tough story after you've been living 685 00:30:31,397 --> 00:30:33,699 in New York a long time, and you're just worn out. 686 00:30:33,765 --> 00:30:36,635 OK, babies, here we go. Thump, thump, thump. 687 00:30:36,702 --> 00:30:39,972 - [laughs] 688 00:30:40,039 --> 00:30:41,941 - Come on, thumper. 689 00:30:42,008 --> 00:30:43,842 ["Gatsby's Restaurant"] 690 00:30:43,910 --> 00:30:46,312 * I got tired of New York City * 691 00:30:46,378 --> 00:30:48,847 * With its sidewalk and its heat * 692 00:30:48,915 --> 00:30:51,517 * So I got myself a great big horse * 693 00:30:51,583 --> 00:30:53,719 * And I rode him down the street * 694 00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:57,990 * And then I hollered, hi, ho, Silver * 695 00:30:58,057 --> 00:31:00,092 * And get 'em up, scout * 696 00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:02,094 I think it was about 1956. 697 00:31:02,161 --> 00:31:03,662 [applause] 698 00:31:03,729 --> 00:31:06,132 I was just coming home on the weekends 699 00:31:06,198 --> 00:31:08,968 to do that "Grand Ole Opry" on Saturday nights. 700 00:31:09,035 --> 00:31:10,369 - June Carter and Garden Perry. 701 00:31:10,436 --> 00:31:11,670 - I was backstage. 702 00:31:11,737 --> 00:31:13,973 I was just coming across backstage, 703 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:18,810 and this big, tall guy stops me 704 00:31:18,877 --> 00:31:21,948 and said, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash." 705 00:31:22,014 --> 00:31:23,815 - Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. 706 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:26,418 *** 707 00:31:26,485 --> 00:31:29,755 - And I knew who Johnny Cash was. 708 00:31:29,821 --> 00:31:32,424 I'd had listened to Johnny Cash a lot 709 00:31:32,491 --> 00:31:34,893 for the past two or three months before that 710 00:31:34,961 --> 00:31:37,863 because I had been traveling with Elvis Presley, 711 00:31:37,930 --> 00:31:40,332 and Elvis was a real Johnny Cash nut. 712 00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:44,303 He would always play John on the jukebox. 713 00:31:44,370 --> 00:31:46,738 He liked the song, "Cry, Cry, Cry." 714 00:31:46,805 --> 00:31:48,540 "Cry, Cry, Cry," was one that Elvis 715 00:31:48,607 --> 00:31:50,142 used to tune his guitar by. 716 00:31:50,209 --> 00:31:51,577 Or I would tune Elvis's guitar 717 00:31:51,643 --> 00:31:53,045 when he would break the strings. 718 00:31:53,112 --> 00:31:54,947 Only way he could tune his guitar would go... 719 00:31:55,014 --> 00:31:59,218 * Everybody knows where you go when the sun goes down * 720 00:31:59,285 --> 00:32:01,587 And Elvis would try to get the tune that way. 721 00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:03,755 So he told me an awful lot about Johnny Cash, 722 00:32:03,822 --> 00:32:05,724 and I kept saying, "If I ever meet this fella, 723 00:32:05,791 --> 00:32:07,259 "I want to see what he looks like. 724 00:32:07,326 --> 00:32:08,995 What does he look like?" 725 00:32:09,061 --> 00:32:11,897 Well, he did walk up to me backstage and just said that. 726 00:32:11,964 --> 00:32:13,165 And I said, "Well, I'm June Carter." 727 00:32:13,232 --> 00:32:14,466 And he said, "I know. 728 00:32:14,533 --> 00:32:17,269 You know, I know who you are." 729 00:32:17,336 --> 00:32:19,671 - I met her in '56. 730 00:32:19,738 --> 00:32:21,440 She was a performer on "The Grand Ole Opry" 731 00:32:21,507 --> 00:32:22,774 at the time, and I was doing 732 00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:25,677 my first guest appearance there. 733 00:32:25,744 --> 00:32:28,580 - He told me that I was his favorite entertainer 734 00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:32,184 at that time from the show. 735 00:32:32,251 --> 00:32:34,753 - You have to put yourself in Johnny Cash's shoes. 736 00:32:34,820 --> 00:32:37,589 I mean, he was a very, very poor 737 00:32:37,656 --> 00:32:40,892 son of the soil from Arkansas, 738 00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:44,763 and he has grown up hearing June on his radio. 739 00:32:44,830 --> 00:32:47,499 - * Running o'er the C&O road * 740 00:32:47,566 --> 00:32:50,036 - She's been performing since she was six years old. 741 00:32:50,102 --> 00:32:52,238 She was with him down on those Mexican stations 742 00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:53,805 when she was a little girl. 743 00:32:53,872 --> 00:32:57,209 - * I saw through his disguise * 744 00:32:57,276 --> 00:32:59,078 * When I looked into his eyes * 745 00:32:59,145 --> 00:33:00,912 - I remember on my senior trip in 1950, 746 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:02,814 we went to "The Grand Ole Opry," 747 00:33:02,881 --> 00:33:04,816 and I was sitting way up in the balcony, 748 00:33:04,883 --> 00:33:06,685 and there was June Carter down on the stage, 749 00:33:06,752 --> 00:33:08,387 and I said, "One of these days, 750 00:33:08,454 --> 00:33:11,457 I'm gonna get her autograph." 751 00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:14,826 *** 752 00:33:14,893 --> 00:33:16,462 - This feller's good-looking, isn't he? 753 00:33:16,528 --> 00:33:17,829 - Oh, he's handsome. 754 00:33:17,896 --> 00:33:20,066 - And I imagine he sings pretty good, too. 755 00:33:20,132 --> 00:33:22,834 - So good that he's one of the biggest new stars 756 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:24,236 in country music today. - Is that so? 757 00:33:24,303 --> 00:33:25,671 - Yes, sir. 758 00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:27,473 Come on over and meet him, Johnny Cash. 759 00:33:27,539 --> 00:33:30,442 ["So Doggone Lonesome"] 760 00:33:30,509 --> 00:33:32,644 *** 761 00:33:32,711 --> 00:33:36,215 - * Time stands still when you're waiting * 762 00:33:36,282 --> 00:33:38,584 * Sometimes I think my heart is stopping, too * 763 00:33:38,650 --> 00:33:40,819 - At that time, our life took us somewhere else. 764 00:33:40,886 --> 00:33:43,355 - * One lonely hour seems forever * 765 00:33:43,422 --> 00:33:44,923 - I was living in Memphis, 766 00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:48,427 and I just didn't see her for about five more years. 767 00:33:48,494 --> 00:33:51,497 * But I guess I'll keep waiting till you're with me * 768 00:33:51,563 --> 00:33:54,566 - He went his direction, and I went mine. 769 00:33:54,633 --> 00:33:56,868 - * So doggone lonesome * 770 00:33:56,935 --> 00:33:58,637 - How about that? 771 00:33:58,704 --> 00:34:02,641 - By the late '50s, her options are not 772 00:34:02,708 --> 00:34:06,678 as wide open as they may have been 773 00:34:06,745 --> 00:34:09,148 just a couple of years before. 774 00:34:09,215 --> 00:34:10,516 [soft acoustic music] 775 00:34:10,581 --> 00:34:13,885 She's got the girls. 776 00:34:13,952 --> 00:34:16,554 - Now, Mom worked. 777 00:34:16,621 --> 00:34:19,391 And my step-daddy Rip did not always have 778 00:34:19,458 --> 00:34:21,159 a 9:00 to 5:00 job. 779 00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:23,562 She used to write commercials for the "Opry" 780 00:34:23,629 --> 00:34:24,996 to make extra money. 781 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:27,065 She'd say to me and Rosie, she'd say, 782 00:34:27,132 --> 00:34:28,333 "You listen tonight, 783 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:29,935 "Because that little commercial 784 00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:32,338 "I wrote and made 50 extra dollars, 785 00:34:32,404 --> 00:34:34,440 it's gonna be on there tonight." 786 00:34:34,505 --> 00:34:36,074 - June Carter, Junebug. 787 00:34:36,141 --> 00:34:38,076 - I'd like to sing old Carter family songs 788 00:34:38,143 --> 00:34:40,011 because I think I know them a little better. 789 00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:41,713 - She always said, used to say to me, she'd say, 790 00:34:41,780 --> 00:34:44,815 "Money ain't everything, but it sure as hell helps." 791 00:34:44,882 --> 00:34:48,920 - June was working opening drugstores. 792 00:34:48,987 --> 00:34:52,224 June was playing in the milk aisle 793 00:34:52,291 --> 00:34:54,126 of the grocery store. 794 00:34:54,193 --> 00:34:57,929 - * If I was on some foggy mountain top * 795 00:34:57,996 --> 00:35:00,031 * I'd sail away to the West * 796 00:35:00,098 --> 00:35:05,437 - She became known as somebody who was reliable, 797 00:35:05,504 --> 00:35:08,474 and when they would need the girl singer, 798 00:35:08,540 --> 00:35:10,542 that was always what the promoters 799 00:35:10,609 --> 00:35:13,044 were looking for-- the girl singer. 800 00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,781 - * He's caused me to leave my home * 801 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:18,116 - That's where June came in. 802 00:35:18,184 --> 00:35:20,752 - * Oh, the lonesome pines and good old times * 803 00:35:20,819 --> 00:35:23,955 * I'm on my way back home * 804 00:35:24,022 --> 00:35:27,359 * If I was on some old mountaintop * 805 00:35:27,426 --> 00:35:29,495 - So just as it happened... 806 00:35:29,561 --> 00:35:31,830 - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two! 807 00:35:31,897 --> 00:35:35,334 - Johnny Cash had an opening. 808 00:35:35,401 --> 00:35:37,836 [country music] 809 00:35:37,903 --> 00:35:41,607 - Got invited to go on a thing with him. 810 00:35:41,673 --> 00:35:44,310 First, I think it was Dallas, Texas. 811 00:35:44,376 --> 00:35:46,478 - June Carter. 812 00:35:46,545 --> 00:35:49,448 [bright acoustic music] 813 00:35:49,515 --> 00:35:51,183 *** 814 00:35:51,250 --> 00:35:54,152 - And there was a magic when they got on stage together. 815 00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:56,222 There was something that was unique that happened. 816 00:35:56,288 --> 00:35:57,756 - Thank you very much. 817 00:35:57,823 --> 00:36:00,526 Right now, we'd like to bring out the flower 818 00:36:00,592 --> 00:36:03,128 of Clinch Mountain, Miss June Carter. 819 00:36:03,195 --> 00:36:06,532 Come here, June. Hi. 820 00:36:06,598 --> 00:36:08,400 Hey, will you do a song for us? 821 00:36:08,467 --> 00:36:11,203 - So when they got to doing more and more dates together, 822 00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:14,906 John offered her a job as to be in his band. 823 00:36:14,973 --> 00:36:20,446 - Goes, "Love is just a thing of beauty, 824 00:36:20,512 --> 00:36:23,449 and beauty is a blossom." 825 00:36:23,515 --> 00:36:24,816 - If you want to get your finger bit, 826 00:36:24,883 --> 00:36:27,553 poke it at a possum. - No. 827 00:36:27,619 --> 00:36:29,921 - Sing one. 828 00:36:29,988 --> 00:36:31,957 * Well, it takes a worried man * 829 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,992 * To sing a worried song * 830 00:36:34,059 --> 00:36:36,328 * It takes a worried man * 831 00:36:36,395 --> 00:36:38,397 * To sing a worried song * 832 00:36:38,464 --> 00:36:42,501 - By the time Johnny puts together his road show, 833 00:36:42,568 --> 00:36:43,835 he's a superstar. - Hi, folks. 834 00:36:43,902 --> 00:36:45,371 This is Johnny Cash. 835 00:36:45,437 --> 00:36:46,305 And we're gonna tear the place up. 836 00:36:46,372 --> 00:36:47,839 Y'all stick around late. 837 00:36:47,906 --> 00:36:50,376 * And I lay down to sleep * 838 00:36:50,442 --> 00:36:53,712 - He's this man in black, this iconic figure 839 00:36:53,779 --> 00:36:56,047 who commanded a stage. 840 00:36:56,114 --> 00:36:58,584 - * I had shackles on my feet * 841 00:36:58,650 --> 00:37:02,854 - When Johnny Cash came out, he just had that magnetism. 842 00:37:02,921 --> 00:37:05,023 It was--I don't know. 843 00:37:05,090 --> 00:37:07,192 There was just some kind of a magic. 844 00:37:07,259 --> 00:37:09,961 - * People gonna stoop and bow * 845 00:37:10,028 --> 00:37:14,566 * All 'em women gonna make me * 846 00:37:14,633 --> 00:37:17,436 * Teach 'em what they don't know how * 847 00:37:17,503 --> 00:37:19,605 * I'm going to Jackson * 848 00:37:19,671 --> 00:37:21,640 - It just got to me, you know? 849 00:37:21,707 --> 00:37:24,776 And I got the biggest crush on him. 850 00:37:24,843 --> 00:37:26,177 You would not believe it. 851 00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:28,113 I even thought about him when I was at home, 852 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:31,350 and you know, when I was in sleeping or whatever, 853 00:37:31,417 --> 00:37:33,619 I'd think about Johnny Cash. 854 00:37:33,685 --> 00:37:35,587 - * Yeah, I'm going to Jackson * 855 00:37:35,654 --> 00:37:37,423 - His name is Johnny Cash. 856 00:37:37,489 --> 00:37:39,425 He and June Carter, they've been touring 857 00:37:39,491 --> 00:37:42,961 around the world. - Oh, she's very good, Pete. 858 00:37:43,028 --> 00:37:46,498 Very proud of her. We went all over the Far East. 859 00:37:46,565 --> 00:37:48,300 And she was so homesick, I guess, 860 00:37:48,367 --> 00:37:51,002 that she asked me to go up to see her old home place 861 00:37:51,069 --> 00:37:53,204 up at Macy Springs, Virginia. 862 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:54,673 - [laughs] - Golly. 863 00:37:54,740 --> 00:37:56,375 - All right. 864 00:37:56,442 --> 00:38:01,613 * Oh, I'm thinking tonight of my blue-eyes * 865 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:07,118 * Who is sailing far over the sea * 866 00:38:07,185 --> 00:38:12,858 * Yes, I'm thinking tonight of him only * 867 00:38:12,924 --> 00:38:18,897 * And I wonder if he ever thinks of me * 868 00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:21,333 - This was a time I woke up one morning, 869 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:25,571 and I came to the realization that I thought, 870 00:38:25,637 --> 00:38:28,474 "Oh, my goodness, I think I'm falling in love 871 00:38:28,540 --> 00:38:30,041 with Johnny Cash." 872 00:38:30,108 --> 00:38:33,512 * For the pleasures we've both seen together * 873 00:38:33,579 --> 00:38:35,614 Scared the daylights out of me. 874 00:38:35,681 --> 00:38:38,249 It was not an opportune time. 875 00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,118 I thought, "This is not gonna work 876 00:38:40,185 --> 00:38:41,920 "because we had two lives of our own 877 00:38:41,987 --> 00:38:43,755 going in other directions." 878 00:38:43,822 --> 00:38:47,359 And it wasn't convenient. It just wasn't. 879 00:38:47,426 --> 00:38:49,194 - She was married, 880 00:38:49,260 --> 00:38:51,597 and he was married. 881 00:38:51,663 --> 00:38:54,165 He had four girls. 882 00:38:54,232 --> 00:38:57,636 - My mom was truly in love with my dad, 883 00:38:57,703 --> 00:39:01,740 and they made a life together, 884 00:39:01,807 --> 00:39:04,275 and my dad was gone all the time. 885 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:05,877 June was there. 886 00:39:05,944 --> 00:39:07,913 They had this thing about being on the road 887 00:39:07,979 --> 00:39:10,682 in their blood, this constant motion, 888 00:39:10,749 --> 00:39:12,918 this striving. They were both artists. 889 00:39:12,984 --> 00:39:19,124 - * Won't you come, dear, and shed just one tear * 890 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:20,559 * And say * 891 00:39:20,626 --> 00:39:23,729 - Everything was wrong. Everything was crazy. 892 00:39:23,795 --> 00:39:27,065 He was off on another planet somewhere. 893 00:39:29,468 --> 00:39:32,303 - You were singing one back there in the dressing room 894 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:35,140 about the family. That's what I understood. 895 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:37,676 That within three years-- be back in a second. 896 00:39:37,743 --> 00:39:39,445 - Ooh, pardon. - There we go. 897 00:39:39,511 --> 00:39:40,946 - Your lighter, I assume. 898 00:39:41,012 --> 00:39:42,414 - * Sometimes, it causes me to tremble * 899 00:39:42,481 --> 00:39:45,984 * Tremble, tremble, tremble, tremble * 900 00:39:46,051 --> 00:39:48,554 - By the time he and June 901 00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,121 were falling in love and she was traveling 902 00:39:50,188 --> 00:39:54,125 with him, he was a full-blown addict. 903 00:39:54,192 --> 00:39:57,629 - I tried to encourage him to get clean. 904 00:39:57,696 --> 00:39:59,698 He would try. 905 00:39:59,765 --> 00:40:01,266 And I wouldn't see him for a long time. 906 00:40:01,332 --> 00:40:04,102 He had come back on the road, and he'd be using again. 907 00:40:04,169 --> 00:40:08,907 - * When they nailed him to the cross * 908 00:40:08,974 --> 00:40:13,178 - It was a terrible cycle that he was in. 909 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:15,146 - Rosie and I would say our prayers every night, 910 00:40:15,213 --> 00:40:18,283 and Mama would always say, "Don't forget tonight, 911 00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:21,553 pray for Johnny Cash, because he's a good man." 912 00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:24,155 So these little girls are praying for Johnny Cash, 913 00:40:24,222 --> 00:40:26,958 who's not their daddy. [laughs] 914 00:40:27,025 --> 00:40:32,397 - * Tremble, tremble, tremble, tremble, tremble, tremble * 915 00:40:32,464 --> 00:40:34,866 - I didn't want to fall in love with him, 916 00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:36,835 didn't mean to fall in love with him, 917 00:40:36,902 --> 00:40:39,370 was scared to death of him. 918 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:43,341 So I did a lot of just running and trying to sit in a corner 919 00:40:43,408 --> 00:40:46,612 by myself because I wouldn't even admit it 920 00:40:46,678 --> 00:40:48,379 to myself for a long time. 921 00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:49,715 [cheers and applause] 922 00:40:49,781 --> 00:40:51,116 - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three! 923 00:40:51,182 --> 00:40:53,184 - I didn't want to hurt anybody. 924 00:40:53,251 --> 00:40:56,454 I didn't want to do anything that would hurt him 925 00:40:56,522 --> 00:40:59,625 or his family or me or my family, 926 00:40:59,691 --> 00:41:03,762 and I'd always been raised a real religious girl. 927 00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:07,799 - June was a good Christian girl. 928 00:41:07,866 --> 00:41:09,968 I mean, you didn't go to bed with somebody 929 00:41:10,035 --> 00:41:12,704 unless you were married. 930 00:41:12,771 --> 00:41:15,807 - And I had never in my life 931 00:41:15,874 --> 00:41:18,009 meant to be married more than once. 932 00:41:18,076 --> 00:41:19,578 [cheers and applause] 933 00:41:19,645 --> 00:41:22,080 - Mr. Johnny Cash. 934 00:41:22,147 --> 00:41:25,784 [soft acoustic music] 935 00:41:25,851 --> 00:41:30,188 And yet, she was deeply, deeply, 936 00:41:30,255 --> 00:41:32,724 fiercely in love with John. 937 00:41:32,791 --> 00:41:35,260 *** 938 00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:38,697 So there was a real conflict going on there. 939 00:41:38,764 --> 00:41:41,399 *** 940 00:41:41,466 --> 00:41:44,235 - I tell you, you can kill people like me 941 00:41:44,302 --> 00:41:45,837 when something like this happens. 942 00:41:45,904 --> 00:41:48,306 *** 943 00:41:48,373 --> 00:41:50,809 One night, I know I woke up in the middle of the night, 944 00:41:50,876 --> 00:41:53,178 and I was crying when I woke up, 945 00:41:53,244 --> 00:41:56,748 and I thought, "I can't do this. I can't. 946 00:41:56,815 --> 00:41:58,349 This is driving me crazy." 947 00:41:58,416 --> 00:42:01,620 Because all I could feel was pain. 948 00:42:01,687 --> 00:42:04,422 And I'd been writing songs with a guy 949 00:42:04,489 --> 00:42:07,058 named Merle Kilgore, a great songwriter, 950 00:42:07,125 --> 00:42:09,595 and he had encouraged me to write. 951 00:42:09,661 --> 00:42:10,862 - OK, we ready? 952 00:42:10,929 --> 00:42:12,197 Give me a minute. 953 00:42:12,263 --> 00:42:13,799 - The next morning, Kilgore came in, 954 00:42:13,865 --> 00:42:16,568 and I said, "We've got to hone a little bit on this, 955 00:42:16,635 --> 00:42:19,938 but I really think I've written a great song." 956 00:42:20,005 --> 00:42:21,506 - Here we go. Now-- 957 00:42:21,573 --> 00:42:25,276 - All right, we're just pressing on. 958 00:42:25,343 --> 00:42:27,112 - I'm gonna sing this song for you, 959 00:42:27,178 --> 00:42:28,714 and I'd like to try my version, 960 00:42:28,780 --> 00:42:30,849 the way it was written in the beginning. 961 00:42:30,916 --> 00:42:32,784 ["Ring of Fire"] 962 00:42:32,851 --> 00:42:37,689 * Love is a burning thing * 963 00:42:37,756 --> 00:42:43,494 * And it makes a fiery ring * 964 00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:48,366 * Bound by wild desire * 965 00:42:48,433 --> 00:42:51,502 * I fell into a ring of fire * 966 00:42:51,569 --> 00:42:53,038 - You know, I don't know if a lot of people 967 00:42:53,104 --> 00:42:54,472 know that she wrote "Ring of Fire." 968 00:42:54,539 --> 00:42:55,841 I feel like people say to me all the time, 969 00:42:55,907 --> 00:42:57,475 Johnny Cash wrote "Ring of Fire." 970 00:42:57,542 --> 00:43:00,545 But June wrote "Ring of Fire." - She wrote "Ring of Fire," OK? 971 00:43:00,612 --> 00:43:02,781 - * And the flames went higher * 972 00:43:02,848 --> 00:43:06,284 * And it burns, burns, burns * 973 00:43:06,351 --> 00:43:08,720 * The ring of fire * 974 00:43:08,787 --> 00:43:12,523 - My father heard this beautiful song. 975 00:43:12,590 --> 00:43:15,627 - And the story goes, he had a dream 976 00:43:15,694 --> 00:43:18,997 that he heard Mexicali trumpets on the "Ring of Fire." 977 00:43:19,064 --> 00:43:26,204 *** 978 00:43:28,039 --> 00:43:31,042 - * Love is a burning thing * 979 00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:33,745 *** 980 00:43:33,812 --> 00:43:37,615 * And it makes a fiery ring * 981 00:43:37,683 --> 00:43:40,919 *** 982 00:43:40,986 --> 00:43:43,454 * Bound by wild desire * 983 00:43:43,521 --> 00:43:45,791 - There's no country song better-known 984 00:43:45,857 --> 00:43:47,325 than "Ring of Fire," I don't think. 985 00:43:47,392 --> 00:43:49,360 - * I fell into a ring of fire * 986 00:43:49,427 --> 00:43:52,597 - It's a song that is everlasting. 987 00:43:52,664 --> 00:43:56,234 - I mean, "Ring of Fire," when Johnny recorded it, 988 00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:58,536 you're talking about this thing that came 989 00:43:58,603 --> 00:44:00,972 from this really deep, like, I'm going to hell. 990 00:44:01,039 --> 00:44:02,473 I'm in a ring of fire. 991 00:44:02,540 --> 00:44:05,076 I'm gonna burn in hell because of what I feel. 992 00:44:05,143 --> 00:44:08,780 And then you have this angelic chorus 993 00:44:08,847 --> 00:44:09,981 of these Carter girls up there. 994 00:44:10,048 --> 00:44:11,883 - [harmonizing] 995 00:44:11,950 --> 00:44:15,053 - * The ring of fire, the ring of fire * 996 00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:16,654 - The Juxtaposition of it, 997 00:44:16,722 --> 00:44:20,959 there are just so many things that shouldn't work, 998 00:44:21,026 --> 00:44:24,930 and yet it works because it is unusual. 999 00:44:24,996 --> 00:44:26,798 That's the wonderful thing about music. 1000 00:44:26,865 --> 00:44:29,234 Sometimes those things that seem like they don't fit 1001 00:44:29,300 --> 00:44:33,171 are what make the magic of the music. 1002 00:44:33,238 --> 00:44:38,243 - * I fell into a burning ring of fire * 1003 00:44:38,309 --> 00:44:41,046 * I went down, down, down * 1004 00:44:41,112 --> 00:44:43,815 * And the flames went higher * 1005 00:44:43,882 --> 00:44:47,485 * And it burns, burns, burns * 1006 00:44:47,552 --> 00:44:52,657 * The ring of fire, the ring of fire * 1007 00:44:52,724 --> 00:44:55,093 *** 1008 00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:59,164 - She felt like the world was just gonna swallow her up 1009 00:44:59,230 --> 00:45:01,032 during that time period. 1010 00:45:01,099 --> 00:45:03,401 *** 1011 00:45:03,468 --> 00:45:06,772 - So many religious people think, well, you stay married, 1012 00:45:06,838 --> 00:45:08,339 is what you do. 1013 00:45:08,406 --> 00:45:11,810 And I'm thankful to them if they can manage to do that, 1014 00:45:11,877 --> 00:45:14,145 but that time came in my life 1015 00:45:14,212 --> 00:45:16,714 when I couldn't manage to do it. 1016 00:45:16,782 --> 00:45:20,285 [soft acoustic music] 1017 00:45:20,351 --> 00:45:22,653 - She took me and Rosie to New York 1018 00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:26,057 to see the World's Fair, and she told us 1019 00:45:26,124 --> 00:45:27,725 that when we went home, that Daddy Rip 1020 00:45:27,793 --> 00:45:29,694 wouldn't be there anymore, that he was gonna be 1021 00:45:29,761 --> 00:45:32,330 living somewhere else. 1022 00:45:33,865 --> 00:45:35,300 - I got a divorce, 1023 00:45:35,366 --> 00:45:39,037 and I got it so quietly that I didn't tell John 1024 00:45:39,104 --> 00:45:40,772 or any of them that I was divorced 1025 00:45:40,839 --> 00:45:43,441 for about two or three months. They didn't know it. 1026 00:45:43,508 --> 00:45:46,311 I was very ashamed of it. 1027 00:45:46,377 --> 00:45:49,480 - She was following her heart, having the courage, 1028 00:45:49,547 --> 00:45:52,851 when back then, I'm sure people thought 1029 00:45:52,918 --> 00:45:55,620 she was a whore, you know? 1030 00:45:55,686 --> 00:45:57,722 - I understand him. 1031 00:45:57,789 --> 00:45:59,991 We understand each other. 1032 00:46:00,058 --> 00:46:03,661 I understand his pain. 1033 00:46:03,728 --> 00:46:05,864 - Well, she had fought that pill habit that I had. 1034 00:46:05,931 --> 00:46:08,066 She had fought it with everything she knew, 1035 00:46:08,133 --> 00:46:11,202 that demon in me. 1036 00:46:11,269 --> 00:46:13,538 I thank God for people like her 1037 00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:15,773 that still believed that there was a little good in me. 1038 00:46:15,841 --> 00:46:19,044 - I flushed things down the commode. 1039 00:46:19,110 --> 00:46:21,546 I flushed down his amphetamines 1040 00:46:21,612 --> 00:46:24,015 and his barbiturates. I did everything that I could. 1041 00:46:24,082 --> 00:46:26,952 And I did things that I would have never done ordinarily, 1042 00:46:27,018 --> 00:46:28,954 but I think I did it only because 1043 00:46:29,020 --> 00:46:31,589 I didn't know what else to do. I thought he would die. 1044 00:46:31,656 --> 00:46:33,491 *** 1045 00:46:33,558 --> 00:46:36,094 - There were people that said to me 1046 00:46:36,161 --> 00:46:40,665 that the only person in the 1960s 1047 00:46:40,731 --> 00:46:44,635 who believed in Johnny Cash was June Carter. 1048 00:46:44,702 --> 00:46:46,304 *** 1049 00:46:46,371 --> 00:46:48,539 That there was no one else, 1050 00:46:48,606 --> 00:46:51,877 that no one saw any light 1051 00:46:51,943 --> 00:46:55,180 at the end of Cash tunnel, 1052 00:46:55,246 --> 00:46:57,883 except for June. 1053 00:46:57,949 --> 00:47:01,586 June believed. 1054 00:47:01,652 --> 00:47:03,855 *** 1055 00:47:03,922 --> 00:47:06,992 - I just never did let go. 1056 00:47:07,058 --> 00:47:10,929 I think if you really feel that way about somebody, 1057 00:47:10,996 --> 00:47:12,697 you just cannot leave them. 1058 00:47:12,763 --> 00:47:15,133 How can you leave them? 1059 00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:16,868 You don't care if it hurts. 1060 00:47:16,935 --> 00:47:20,438 You go on through it, from my point of view, 1061 00:47:20,505 --> 00:47:23,774 because I loved him. 1062 00:47:23,841 --> 00:47:28,579 - And I told him, if he could stay clean for six months, 1063 00:47:28,646 --> 00:47:32,383 then I would consider marrying him. 1064 00:47:34,953 --> 00:47:37,022 - When my father turned his life around 1065 00:47:37,088 --> 00:47:40,458 in the late 1960s, he went to the Carters 1066 00:47:40,525 --> 00:47:44,129 for help because they had so much love to lend. 1067 00:47:44,195 --> 00:47:45,796 - * Oh, have you seen * 1068 00:47:45,863 --> 00:47:47,999 - He loved my grandma and grandfather. 1069 00:47:48,066 --> 00:47:50,201 He stayed at grandma and granddaddy's house. 1070 00:47:50,268 --> 00:47:51,970 He had his own room there, 1071 00:47:52,037 --> 00:47:53,939 and they were just trying to get him straight 1072 00:47:54,005 --> 00:47:56,674 and keep him straight. 1073 00:47:56,741 --> 00:47:59,677 - My mother and father and a couple of other friends, 1074 00:47:59,744 --> 00:48:02,880 we did a lot of praying and fought a lot of demons. 1075 00:48:02,948 --> 00:48:06,617 * The storms are on the ocean * 1076 00:48:06,684 --> 00:48:10,521 - During that time, her deep faith 1077 00:48:10,588 --> 00:48:12,690 was something that she communicated 1078 00:48:12,757 --> 00:48:15,693 a lot to Johnny. 1079 00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:20,631 - In my troubles in my sorrows and in my confusions in life, 1080 00:48:20,698 --> 00:48:23,834 I've looked to that higher spiritual plane. 1081 00:48:23,901 --> 00:48:26,204 - * The world may lose its motion, love * 1082 00:48:26,271 --> 00:48:30,441 * If I prove false to thee * 1083 00:48:30,508 --> 00:48:33,344 - I'm the luckiest man alive. 1084 00:48:33,411 --> 00:48:36,481 I don't think there would be another man alive 1085 00:48:36,547 --> 00:48:39,017 that's as lucky as I am to come through. 1086 00:48:39,084 --> 00:48:42,387 [applause] 1087 00:48:42,453 --> 00:48:44,522 - I would like to introduce to you 1088 00:48:44,589 --> 00:48:47,325 a family that I am very close to, 1089 00:48:47,392 --> 00:48:49,360 and they are very dear to me. 1090 00:48:49,427 --> 00:48:50,895 Let's make welcome Mother Maybelle, 1091 00:48:50,962 --> 00:48:52,663 Helen, June, and Anita-- the Carter family. 1092 00:48:52,730 --> 00:48:55,900 Hi, Mother. Hi, how are you doing? 1093 00:48:55,967 --> 00:48:58,536 Hi, girls. 1094 00:48:58,603 --> 00:49:00,705 - I was standing with my family 1095 00:49:00,771 --> 00:49:04,775 in front of about 7,000 people in London, Ontario, Canada. 1096 00:49:04,842 --> 00:49:08,646 - * Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side * 1097 00:49:08,713 --> 00:49:10,781 - And he walked up to the microphone 1098 00:49:10,848 --> 00:49:13,284 and said, "Will you marry me?" Just like that, on the stage. 1099 00:49:13,351 --> 00:49:15,853 - What did you say? - I choked. 1100 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:18,456 I said, "You've got to be kidding," you know? 1101 00:49:18,523 --> 00:49:20,425 I said, "Quit. This is not happening to me. 1102 00:49:20,491 --> 00:49:22,660 Shut up. Hush." 1103 00:49:22,727 --> 00:49:24,662 You know, I wanted to answer with some kind of glamour, 1104 00:49:24,729 --> 00:49:26,897 but there's no glamour to it. 1105 00:49:26,964 --> 00:49:28,433 It's yes or no. 1106 00:49:28,499 --> 00:49:31,869 So the show must go on, and I said yes. 1107 00:49:31,936 --> 00:49:37,508 * Clouds and storms will, in time, pass away * 1108 00:49:37,575 --> 00:49:42,747 * And the sun again will shine bright and clear * 1109 00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:47,618 * keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side * 1110 00:49:47,685 --> 00:49:51,289 - Well, I got married in March the 1st, 1968. 1111 00:49:51,356 --> 00:49:53,991 - Here's your lovely wife, June Carter. 1112 00:49:54,059 --> 00:49:56,127 - * It will guide you all the way * 1113 00:49:56,194 --> 00:50:00,165 * If we keep on the sunny side of life * 1114 00:50:00,231 --> 00:50:04,135 [applause] 1115 00:50:04,202 --> 00:50:07,072 - June, you've been a guiding light and inspiration 1116 00:50:07,138 --> 00:50:08,839 in John's life. 1117 00:50:08,906 --> 00:50:11,676 - I had the two daughters, Carlene and Rosie, 1118 00:50:11,742 --> 00:50:13,844 and we took our suitcases, 1119 00:50:13,911 --> 00:50:16,013 and we went out to live with John. 1120 00:50:16,081 --> 00:50:20,418 - June's daughters, Carlene and Rosie. 1121 00:50:20,485 --> 00:50:22,420 - When Mom and John got married, 1122 00:50:22,487 --> 00:50:24,722 Rosie and I were grooving. 1123 00:50:24,789 --> 00:50:27,625 We were really excited about having some sisters. 1124 00:50:27,692 --> 00:50:29,827 We were gonna have four sisters. 1125 00:50:29,894 --> 00:50:32,663 It was like, "Yeah." 1126 00:50:32,730 --> 00:50:36,101 And God love them, they were not that thrilled, 1127 00:50:36,167 --> 00:50:38,869 and I don't blame them. 1128 00:50:38,936 --> 00:50:41,539 - I remember at 12 when that happened. 1129 00:50:41,606 --> 00:50:43,908 It broke my mother's heart. 1130 00:50:43,974 --> 00:50:46,544 In some ways, I think it broke my dad's heart. 1131 00:50:46,611 --> 00:50:51,449 It was giving up a certain idea of his life. 1132 00:50:51,516 --> 00:50:53,684 I think there's times in your life 1133 00:50:53,751 --> 00:50:55,420 where you know that this is the fork you're gonna take 1134 00:50:55,486 --> 00:50:56,954 and that you have to take. 1135 00:50:57,021 --> 00:51:00,525 It doesn't mean there's not grief for what you lose. 1136 00:51:00,591 --> 00:51:02,693 - Your four daughters are in school in California, 1137 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,029 and they wanted to say hello to their daddy. 1138 00:51:05,096 --> 00:51:06,997 - The family is really important to me, 1139 00:51:07,064 --> 00:51:08,599 all of the girls. - Hi, Daddy. 1140 00:51:08,666 --> 00:51:09,800 We love you very much, 1141 00:51:09,867 --> 00:51:11,836 and we hope you have a wonderful day. 1142 00:51:11,902 --> 00:51:15,039 - Roseanne and Kathy and Cindy and Tara are all John's girls. 1143 00:51:15,106 --> 00:51:16,607 - So long for now, Daddy. 1144 00:51:16,674 --> 00:51:20,711 - It took a little time for us all to become family, 1145 00:51:20,778 --> 00:51:22,813 and it was kind of decided amongst everyone 1146 00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:27,452 that it was too complicated to say this is my step-sister. 1147 00:51:27,518 --> 00:51:28,886 It was just, "This is my sister." 1148 00:51:28,953 --> 00:51:30,621 So it seemed like the most normal thing. 1149 00:51:30,688 --> 00:51:32,957 - On the far end is our daughter Rosie, 1150 00:51:33,023 --> 00:51:35,426 over there, then our daughter Carlene, 1151 00:51:35,493 --> 00:51:37,094 our daughter Roseanne-- 1152 00:51:37,162 --> 00:51:40,731 - Because people want to ask, "Well, whose kid is that?" 1153 00:51:40,798 --> 00:51:43,468 [applause] 1154 00:51:43,534 --> 00:51:46,171 - Miss June Carter. Yeah! 1155 00:51:46,237 --> 00:51:47,205 [cheers and applause] 1156 00:51:47,272 --> 00:51:49,674 ["Keep on the Sunny Side"] 1157 00:51:49,740 --> 00:51:53,678 * There's a dark and a troubled side of life * 1158 00:51:53,744 --> 00:51:57,882 * There's a bright and a sunny side too * 1159 00:51:57,948 --> 00:52:02,420 - * And though we meet with the darkness and strife * 1160 00:52:02,487 --> 00:52:05,022 * The sunny side we also may view * 1161 00:52:05,089 --> 00:52:08,659 - My mother was told that she could not have another baby. 1162 00:52:08,726 --> 00:52:13,731 But by 1969, she's 40 years old, 1163 00:52:13,798 --> 00:52:16,100 and she's pregnant. 1164 00:52:16,167 --> 00:52:19,036 - * It will brighten all the way * 1165 00:52:19,103 --> 00:52:20,738 * If we'll keep on the sunny side of life * 1166 00:52:20,805 --> 00:52:22,573 - And they saw that as a miracle in itself, 1167 00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:24,141 that I was able to come into the world. 1168 00:52:24,209 --> 00:52:29,079 - * If we'll keep on the sunny side of life * 1169 00:52:29,146 --> 00:52:33,318 - Your and June's son, John Carter Cash. 1170 00:52:33,384 --> 00:52:35,420 - Hey, Johnny Carter. Hi, sir. 1171 00:52:35,486 --> 00:52:37,422 - There's your son, John. - Hi, sir. 1172 00:52:37,488 --> 00:52:39,924 - John Carter. - How you doing? 1173 00:52:39,990 --> 00:52:42,159 - All of us felt like we were having that baby too. 1174 00:52:42,227 --> 00:52:44,429 It was like, "oh, John and June 1175 00:52:44,495 --> 00:52:45,530 "are having a baby together. 1176 00:52:45,596 --> 00:52:47,298 This is so wonderful." 1177 00:52:47,365 --> 00:52:51,336 Because it was like the icing on the cake somehow. 1178 00:52:52,002 --> 00:52:54,038 - Thank you. - Thank you, girls. 1179 00:52:54,104 --> 00:52:55,940 - I'll sing to you. 1180 00:52:56,006 --> 00:52:57,942 And I think that I'm the best. 1181 00:52:58,008 --> 00:53:01,279 - You had so many things going for your career 1182 00:53:01,346 --> 00:53:03,013 when you and John got married. 1183 00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:06,851 And I realized your career has gone on in its own right, 1184 00:53:06,917 --> 00:53:09,053 but do you ever think that perhaps, 1185 00:53:09,119 --> 00:53:11,021 if you hadn't married John Cash, 1186 00:53:11,088 --> 00:53:15,760 you might be a bigger star individually? 1187 00:53:15,826 --> 00:53:18,896 - Well, I think I had to make a decision 1188 00:53:18,963 --> 00:53:21,966 when it came to John, and when I decided 1189 00:53:22,032 --> 00:53:23,534 that I wanted to marry John, 1190 00:53:23,601 --> 00:53:25,069 that that's what I wanted to do, 1191 00:53:25,135 --> 00:53:28,205 I did make a decision that where he goes, 1192 00:53:28,273 --> 00:53:32,277 I will go, and what he does, I will do. 1193 00:53:32,343 --> 00:53:35,480 [applause] 1194 00:53:38,416 --> 00:53:40,751 - Thank you. 1195 00:53:40,818 --> 00:53:43,254 * If I were a carpenter * 1196 00:53:43,321 --> 00:53:46,357 * And you were a lady * 1197 00:53:46,424 --> 00:53:49,327 * Would you marry me anyway? * 1198 00:53:49,394 --> 00:53:52,363 * Would you have my baby? * 1199 00:53:52,430 --> 00:53:54,599 - * If you were a carpenter * 1200 00:53:54,665 --> 00:53:57,468 * And I were a lady * 1201 00:53:57,535 --> 00:54:00,237 * I'd marry you anyway * 1202 00:54:00,305 --> 00:54:02,907 * I'd have your baby * 1203 00:54:02,973 --> 00:54:05,610 - * If a tinker was my trade * 1204 00:54:05,676 --> 00:54:08,679 * Would I still find you? * 1205 00:54:08,746 --> 00:54:11,349 - * I'd be carrying the pot you made * 1206 00:54:11,416 --> 00:54:15,586 * Following behind you * 1207 00:54:15,653 --> 00:54:17,988 * Save your love through loneliness * 1208 00:54:18,055 --> 00:54:19,957 * Save your love through sorrow * 1209 00:54:20,024 --> 00:54:21,792 - Would you folks here at Opryland 1210 00:54:21,859 --> 00:54:24,662 join me in welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Cash 1211 00:54:24,729 --> 00:54:27,264 to "Pop! Goes the Country"? 1212 00:54:27,332 --> 00:54:29,834 - During the time she was married to Carl Smith, 1213 00:54:29,900 --> 00:54:32,236 she didn't take on the name June Carter Smith. 1214 00:54:32,303 --> 00:54:34,171 The same when she married Rip Nix. 1215 00:54:34,238 --> 00:54:37,141 She did not take on Rip's last name. 1216 00:54:37,207 --> 00:54:41,612 - * And your soft shoe shining? * 1217 00:54:41,679 --> 00:54:43,614 * Save your love through loneliness * 1218 00:54:43,681 --> 00:54:47,251 - She becomes officially and commercially 1219 00:54:47,318 --> 00:54:49,887 and makes a statement to the world 1220 00:54:49,954 --> 00:54:52,256 that I am June Carter Cash. 1221 00:54:52,323 --> 00:54:53,891 [applause] 1222 00:54:53,958 --> 00:54:57,895 - I'm very pleased to be any place that my husband is 1223 00:54:57,962 --> 00:55:00,865 because I've been completely totally happy, 1224 00:55:00,931 --> 00:55:02,733 and I guess the word is liberated, 1225 00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:04,869 since I've been married to Johnny Cash. 1226 00:55:04,935 --> 00:55:07,304 - * And you were a lady * 1227 00:55:07,372 --> 00:55:11,342 - She felt that when she gave up her independence, 1228 00:55:11,409 --> 00:55:13,310 things were different then. 1229 00:55:13,378 --> 00:55:15,413 I mean, she even, like, would change her voice. 1230 00:55:15,480 --> 00:55:17,314 - Since I've become Mrs. Johnny Cash... 1231 00:55:17,382 --> 00:55:19,550 I've been happy since I've come 1232 00:55:19,617 --> 00:55:20,885 to that conclusion in my life. 1233 00:55:20,951 --> 00:55:23,253 I used to have great ambition, 1234 00:55:23,320 --> 00:55:26,023 and I used to want to be this or want to be that, 1235 00:55:26,090 --> 00:55:28,993 and now I'm just happy being Johnny Cash's wife. 1236 00:55:29,059 --> 00:55:30,895 - She would say, "I just pal around 1237 00:55:30,961 --> 00:55:36,634 after Johnny now." And it's like, "What? No." 1238 00:55:36,701 --> 00:55:38,903 - * Well, go on down to Jackson * 1239 00:55:38,969 --> 00:55:40,237 - * Go on down to Jackson * 1240 00:55:40,304 --> 00:55:44,041 - * Go ahead and wreck your health * 1241 00:55:44,108 --> 00:55:46,811 * Go play your hand, you big talkin' man * 1242 00:55:46,877 --> 00:55:49,514 * And make a big fool of yourself * 1243 00:55:49,580 --> 00:55:51,081 * Yeah, go to Jackson * 1244 00:55:51,148 --> 00:55:53,183 And I'm not gonna feel bad about the situation at all 1245 00:55:53,250 --> 00:55:54,885 because by the time I came into his life, 1246 00:55:54,952 --> 00:55:56,821 he had so many miles on him, there's no way 1247 00:55:56,887 --> 00:56:01,258 I'll ever catch up with him. - Whoa! Whoa! 1248 00:56:01,325 --> 00:56:04,995 - June understood that she was very important 1249 00:56:05,062 --> 00:56:09,233 to holding him up and that Johnny Cash 1250 00:56:09,299 --> 00:56:12,637 was not Johnny Cash without June Carter. 1251 00:56:12,703 --> 00:56:14,839 - I think she was his lifeline, 1252 00:56:14,905 --> 00:56:16,206 and he knew it. 1253 00:56:16,273 --> 00:56:18,676 - * I'm going to Jackson * 1254 00:56:18,743 --> 00:56:21,679 * You turn-a loose-a my coat * 1255 00:56:21,746 --> 00:56:24,515 * Honey, I'm going to Jackson * 1256 00:56:24,582 --> 00:56:25,983 - When I was born, 1257 00:56:26,050 --> 00:56:28,919 my father was at the very top of his career. 1258 00:56:28,986 --> 00:56:31,121 - * Well, they'll laugh at you in Jackson * 1259 00:56:31,188 --> 00:56:32,990 - They had the live television show. 1260 00:56:33,057 --> 00:56:35,192 - Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. 1261 00:56:35,259 --> 00:56:38,062 - They were on the tongue tip of everyone in America. 1262 00:56:38,128 --> 00:56:41,231 And Dad could also go to Germany, England, Ireland, 1263 00:56:41,298 --> 00:56:43,601 Australia and sell out many, many tickets. 1264 00:56:43,668 --> 00:56:46,637 - At one time, he was the fifth most recognizable 1265 00:56:46,704 --> 00:56:48,205 human on this planet. 1266 00:56:48,272 --> 00:56:50,107 - * Oh, you big talkin' man * 1267 00:56:50,174 --> 00:56:53,377 - And so they decided they would just 1268 00:56:53,444 --> 00:56:55,546 take me with them. 1269 00:56:55,613 --> 00:56:58,483 - * Well, now we got married in a fever * 1270 00:56:58,549 --> 00:57:01,018 - He's a good traveler too. He loves airplanes. 1271 00:57:01,085 --> 00:57:03,353 He sleeps on planes, sleeps in cars. 1272 00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:04,989 He's no trouble. 1273 00:57:05,055 --> 00:57:07,725 - And we traveled the world together. 1274 00:57:07,792 --> 00:57:09,627 - * Ever since the fire went out * 1275 00:57:09,694 --> 00:57:12,096 * I'm going to Jackson * 1276 00:57:12,162 --> 00:57:16,166 - We even went to the White House. 1277 00:57:16,233 --> 00:57:19,704 - * Yeah, we're going to Jackson * 1278 00:57:19,770 --> 00:57:23,741 * Ain't never coming back * 1279 00:57:23,808 --> 00:57:26,076 - And if I ever have a boy, 1280 00:57:26,143 --> 00:57:30,080 I think I'm gonna name him John Carter. 1281 00:57:30,147 --> 00:57:32,550 - Yeah, Johnny Carter. And that's what we named him. 1282 00:57:32,617 --> 00:57:34,819 John Carter Cash, take a bow. 1283 00:57:36,086 --> 00:57:37,988 Check him out there. 1284 00:57:38,055 --> 00:57:41,425 - There wasn't a time that I didn't go on stage 1285 00:57:41,492 --> 00:57:43,861 and perform or that I was onstage 1286 00:57:43,928 --> 00:57:46,096 as part of a performance. 1287 00:57:46,163 --> 00:57:49,099 It was just part of family. It's part of what we did. 1288 00:57:49,166 --> 00:57:51,669 - Give it up for the band, to Marshall and Fluke. 1289 00:57:51,736 --> 00:57:53,838 Come on. 1290 00:57:53,904 --> 00:57:56,741 [cheers and applause] 1291 00:57:56,807 --> 00:57:58,108 - Thank you very much, sir. 1292 00:57:58,175 --> 00:58:00,377 - And my mother, what she told me 1293 00:58:00,444 --> 00:58:03,113 when I was a kid, was that when you walk up 1294 00:58:03,180 --> 00:58:07,051 on that stage and you stand in front of that audience, 1295 00:58:07,117 --> 00:58:09,654 remember they already love you. 1296 00:58:09,720 --> 00:58:12,857 It's not as if you have to prove it to them. 1297 00:58:16,460 --> 00:58:18,028 - Good afternoon, 1298 00:58:18,095 --> 00:58:20,297 and welcome to the home of Johnny Cash. 1299 00:58:24,869 --> 00:58:26,236 - We moved, 1300 00:58:26,303 --> 00:58:28,505 and, suddenly, we're in this giant house 1301 00:58:28,573 --> 00:58:31,041 that we're not used to. 1302 00:58:31,108 --> 00:58:33,510 And we had all these people hanging around outside, 1303 00:58:33,578 --> 00:58:35,145 and we had guards, 1304 00:58:35,212 --> 00:58:36,681 and me and Rosie are on, like, one end, 1305 00:58:36,747 --> 00:58:38,716 and they're on the other end. 1306 00:58:38,783 --> 00:58:42,720 It was just so different. 1307 00:58:42,787 --> 00:58:47,124 - What else do you do at home when you're not on the road? 1308 00:58:47,191 --> 00:58:49,560 - Oh, we do a lot of different things. 1309 00:58:49,627 --> 00:58:52,997 We sometimes have friends in when we get a chance. 1310 00:58:53,063 --> 00:58:57,167 - June made their house a north star 1311 00:58:57,234 --> 00:58:59,536 for the music community in this city. 1312 00:58:59,604 --> 00:59:01,872 - It was a tradition that they would have 1313 00:59:01,939 --> 00:59:04,809 other musicians over for an evening. 1314 00:59:04,875 --> 00:59:06,577 - You would go downstairs, 1315 00:59:06,644 --> 00:59:10,781 and there was this blue velvet--rock and roll-- 1316 00:59:10,848 --> 00:59:13,150 big sofa. - All right. 1317 00:59:13,217 --> 00:59:15,352 - Well, almost always, Roy Orbison was there 1318 00:59:15,419 --> 00:59:17,655 because he was our next door neighbor. 1319 00:59:17,722 --> 00:59:19,724 George and Tammy would be there, 1320 00:59:19,790 --> 00:59:21,692 all done up like George and Tammy. 1321 00:59:21,759 --> 00:59:24,862 - And you'd sit around and pass the guitar around 1322 00:59:24,929 --> 00:59:28,032 and sing your newest song. 1323 00:59:28,098 --> 00:59:30,534 - Shel Silverstein showed my father the lyric 1324 00:59:30,601 --> 00:59:32,202 for "A Boy Named Sue." 1325 00:59:32,269 --> 00:59:34,171 Graham Nash played "Marrakesh Express" 1326 00:59:34,238 --> 00:59:35,873 for the first time ever, 1327 00:59:35,940 --> 00:59:37,074 and the same thing with Bob Dylan 1328 00:59:37,141 --> 00:59:39,409 with "Lay Lady Lay." 1329 00:59:39,476 --> 00:59:42,847 - So I got the bug to write songs. 1330 00:59:42,913 --> 00:59:46,050 I cut my teeth in front of a lot of really cool people. 1331 00:59:46,116 --> 00:59:48,485 I had to follow Paul McCartney one night. 1332 00:59:48,552 --> 00:59:50,554 [laughs] 1333 00:59:50,621 --> 00:59:53,023 - That's a lot to do with good friends of ours, 1334 00:59:53,090 --> 00:59:55,559 and some of them are people who've made it. 1335 00:59:55,626 --> 00:59:58,528 A lot of them are young artists who haven't made it yet, 1336 00:59:58,595 --> 01:00:00,765 who are struggling, and there's been several 1337 01:00:00,831 --> 01:00:02,900 struggling people in our house singing 1338 01:00:02,967 --> 01:00:04,534 at some of these picking sessions 1339 01:00:04,601 --> 01:00:08,105 who have made it since then and that we're proud of. 1340 01:00:08,172 --> 01:00:11,075 - She was really good with young music people 1341 01:00:11,141 --> 01:00:15,145 and allowing them to bloom and wanting them to bloom. 1342 01:00:15,212 --> 01:00:19,349 - June heard me sing a song called "Help Me." 1343 01:00:19,416 --> 01:00:23,921 And she wrote my name down on the back of a blank check, 1344 01:00:23,988 --> 01:00:25,923 and I became one of her babies. 1345 01:00:25,990 --> 01:00:28,659 - * The greatest cowboy of them all * 1346 01:00:28,726 --> 01:00:31,261 Larry Gatlin! 1347 01:00:31,328 --> 01:00:35,700 * Once he rode into the sunset * 1348 01:00:35,766 --> 01:00:38,936 Larry Gatlin, Kris Kristofferson, 1349 01:00:39,003 --> 01:00:40,871 and, of course, Waylon would come over. 1350 01:00:40,938 --> 01:00:42,239 - Waylon Jennings. 1351 01:00:42,306 --> 01:00:45,075 - I have known Waylon since he was 17. 1352 01:00:45,142 --> 01:00:47,477 - She would be championing them, 1353 01:00:47,544 --> 01:00:50,047 you know, like slipping tapes to John 1354 01:00:50,114 --> 01:00:51,916 from Kris Kristofferson. 1355 01:00:51,982 --> 01:00:53,283 - We'd like to sing a song for you. 1356 01:00:53,350 --> 01:00:55,686 It's a brand new Kris Kristofferson song. 1357 01:00:55,753 --> 01:00:57,121 I'd like to dedicate this 1358 01:00:57,187 --> 01:00:58,689 to my daughter Cindy who is here tonight. 1359 01:00:58,756 --> 01:01:01,358 - Kris Kristofferson. - He's one of my babies. 1360 01:01:01,425 --> 01:01:04,328 He's one of those that was poor 1361 01:01:04,394 --> 01:01:06,697 and trying to make it, and I felt that he had 1362 01:01:06,764 --> 01:01:10,534 a real talent, and I talked to a lot of people about him. 1363 01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:14,271 * Help me make it through the night * 1364 01:01:14,338 --> 01:01:16,373 It's part of what we do. 1365 01:01:16,440 --> 01:01:18,108 They hold up my arms and let me be Moses 1366 01:01:18,175 --> 01:01:19,609 now and then. 1367 01:01:19,676 --> 01:01:21,779 - That's true, it's a highly spiritual time, 1368 01:01:21,846 --> 01:01:23,180 but there are other things too 1369 01:01:23,247 --> 01:01:24,448 that come along at Christmastime. 1370 01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:26,250 - Yeah, like Christmas presents. 1371 01:01:26,316 --> 01:01:28,185 - Just kind of sitting around by the fire, you know? 1372 01:01:28,252 --> 01:01:31,321 - And Christmas presents. - And Christmas presents, yes. 1373 01:01:31,388 --> 01:01:35,592 - I stood over on the side, and I watched, 1374 01:01:35,659 --> 01:01:38,796 and I learned and was grateful for it. 1375 01:01:38,863 --> 01:01:42,967 [soft country music] 1376 01:01:43,033 --> 01:01:47,171 And there again, were it not for June, 1377 01:01:47,237 --> 01:01:51,108 so it really comes back to the matriarch. 1378 01:01:51,175 --> 01:01:55,780 And any hairy legged man who says it ain't true 1379 01:01:55,846 --> 01:01:58,682 is lying his ass off. 1380 01:01:58,749 --> 01:02:01,618 - * O come, let us * 1381 01:02:01,685 --> 01:02:06,690 * Adore Him * 1382 01:02:06,757 --> 01:02:09,526 * Christ * 1383 01:02:09,593 --> 01:02:11,896 - So I remember one day June said, 1384 01:02:11,962 --> 01:02:13,563 "Well, come on, honey, 1385 01:02:13,630 --> 01:02:15,732 let's do some Christmas shopping at Stein Mart." 1386 01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:17,567 So we got in her blue Rolls. 1387 01:02:17,634 --> 01:02:19,837 - She took Janine off in her new Rolls-Royce 1388 01:02:19,904 --> 01:02:23,707 that John had just bought her, left me with John. 1389 01:02:23,774 --> 01:02:25,442 I barely knew him. 1390 01:02:25,509 --> 01:02:28,412 - So I had played some of Ronnie's songs for them, 1391 01:02:28,478 --> 01:02:32,716 and she said, "Well, I'm just gonna tell you, 1392 01:02:32,783 --> 01:02:34,451 he's pretty good." 1393 01:02:34,518 --> 01:02:37,054 And-- she goes like this... 1394 01:02:37,121 --> 01:02:38,422 [sucks teeth] 1395 01:02:38,488 --> 01:02:41,859 "He might have a couple of hits. 1396 01:02:41,926 --> 01:02:43,327 He might." 1397 01:02:43,393 --> 01:02:46,296 And she goes, "Honey, 1398 01:02:46,363 --> 01:02:49,366 "I just need you to understand, 1399 01:02:49,433 --> 01:02:54,738 "It just seems like the ones that really make it, 1400 01:02:54,805 --> 01:02:56,807 they're all a little crazy." 1401 01:02:56,874 --> 01:03:01,445 In other words don't do it. You know, don't do it. 1402 01:03:01,511 --> 01:03:04,048 - And Janine comes back after a few hours, 1403 01:03:04,114 --> 01:03:06,183 and she was just kind of pale, you know? 1404 01:03:06,250 --> 01:03:09,719 And I'm thinking, "Oh God, 1405 01:03:09,786 --> 01:03:11,822 she spent a lot of money or what?" 1406 01:03:11,889 --> 01:03:15,392 No, it was that June had read her the riot act about, 1407 01:03:15,459 --> 01:03:18,996 you know, dating a musician. 1408 01:03:19,063 --> 01:03:20,998 - It was just funny. 1409 01:03:21,065 --> 01:03:23,100 She's right though. 1410 01:03:23,167 --> 01:03:25,870 They are. 1411 01:03:25,936 --> 01:03:27,371 [applause] 1412 01:03:27,437 --> 01:03:29,339 - That's it, ladies and gentlemen. 1413 01:03:29,406 --> 01:03:32,910 Thank you very much and good night! 1414 01:03:32,977 --> 01:03:37,814 [cheers and applause] 1415 01:03:37,882 --> 01:03:42,519 - The rigors of the road are difficult for a couple. 1416 01:03:45,222 --> 01:03:50,560 And when you work together and live together, it's a lot. 1417 01:03:50,627 --> 01:03:54,564 Plus the constant glare from the public 1418 01:03:54,631 --> 01:03:57,667 and the projections on them to live up 1419 01:03:57,734 --> 01:04:01,771 to some kind of myth, I mean, that's almost impossible. 1420 01:04:01,838 --> 01:04:04,374 It was like a religion. 1421 01:04:04,441 --> 01:04:08,312 [cheers and applause] 1422 01:04:08,378 --> 01:04:10,380 - I said, "I don't know who this man is." 1423 01:04:10,447 --> 01:04:12,950 - Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. - I know that. 1424 01:04:13,017 --> 01:04:16,720 - Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. 1425 01:04:16,786 --> 01:04:18,855 - We had one of those storybook kind of marriages 1426 01:04:18,923 --> 01:04:21,391 in the beginning that just was unbelievable. 1427 01:04:21,458 --> 01:04:23,327 We had no problems for the first 10, 1428 01:04:23,393 --> 01:04:25,095 12 years of our marriage. 1429 01:04:25,162 --> 01:04:29,866 I mean, it was like something you would read about in books. 1430 01:04:29,934 --> 01:04:31,801 - The first 10 years they were together, 1431 01:04:31,868 --> 01:04:35,605 they were never apart ever, ever. 1432 01:04:35,672 --> 01:04:40,010 If she went shopping, he went shopping with her. 1433 01:04:40,077 --> 01:04:42,879 And I just was like, "I would shoot myself." 1434 01:04:42,947 --> 01:04:45,482 [laughs] 1435 01:04:45,549 --> 01:04:47,351 - The home I grew up in, 1436 01:04:47,417 --> 01:04:49,453 there was a beautiful intimate relationship 1437 01:04:49,519 --> 01:04:52,189 that was going on. My father was clean. 1438 01:04:52,256 --> 01:04:54,524 He wasn't on anything in the early 1970s. 1439 01:04:54,591 --> 01:04:56,994 It was very peaceful 1440 01:04:57,061 --> 01:05:00,664 and very together as a unit 1441 01:05:00,730 --> 01:05:03,533 up until I was eight or nine years old, 1442 01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:08,005 when their relationship changed a great deal. 1443 01:05:08,072 --> 01:05:11,675 By 1980 or so, 1444 01:05:11,741 --> 01:05:14,278 my father rekindled an addiction. 1445 01:05:14,344 --> 01:05:16,546 - It would sneak up on him. 1446 01:05:16,613 --> 01:05:19,616 Something would trigger him, or he'd get hurt, 1447 01:05:19,683 --> 01:05:22,219 and you gave John a bottle of anything 1448 01:05:22,286 --> 01:05:25,922 and didn't monitor him on it, he's going to take it all. 1449 01:05:25,990 --> 01:05:30,160 - June did not save my dad. 1450 01:05:30,227 --> 01:05:35,499 You can't save another person from their own addiction. 1451 01:05:35,565 --> 01:05:37,734 - Thank you very much. I'd like to do my new record. 1452 01:05:37,801 --> 01:05:39,636 - * Bills, love, and pills * 1453 01:05:39,703 --> 01:05:44,641 * And drink, and wine, and song * 1454 01:05:44,708 --> 01:05:48,578 - June really struggled to keep him looking good 1455 01:05:48,645 --> 01:05:51,648 when he was in public, you know, guarding him 1456 01:05:51,715 --> 01:05:54,084 from people who might be disappointed 1457 01:05:54,151 --> 01:05:56,886 if they saw him in that shape. 1458 01:05:56,953 --> 01:05:59,856 He chose to, you know, just give himself to people. 1459 01:05:59,923 --> 01:06:02,226 - God bless you and good night. 1460 01:06:02,292 --> 01:06:04,794 - * That's tired and gone * 1461 01:06:04,861 --> 01:06:06,763 - There were a lot of characters around him 1462 01:06:06,830 --> 01:06:09,833 who were there for the wrong reasons. 1463 01:06:09,899 --> 01:06:14,171 June was kind, but she could be ruthless. 1464 01:06:14,238 --> 01:06:15,872 It took a lot, 1465 01:06:15,939 --> 01:06:20,010 but if it was clear that you were not trustworthy, 1466 01:06:20,077 --> 01:06:21,511 she'd cut you out. 1467 01:06:21,578 --> 01:06:23,947 [soft acoustic music] 1468 01:06:24,014 --> 01:06:27,217 - Their relationship suffered greatly. 1469 01:06:27,284 --> 01:06:29,586 They were fighting every day. 1470 01:06:29,653 --> 01:06:31,921 They were very angry with each other, 1471 01:06:31,988 --> 01:06:35,759 mostly my mom angry with my father. 1472 01:06:35,825 --> 01:06:38,128 - I knew that they were having trouble. 1473 01:06:38,195 --> 01:06:40,364 My mother, my sister, and I were having lunch 1474 01:06:40,430 --> 01:06:41,565 at a restaurant in New York. 1475 01:06:41,631 --> 01:06:43,300 And she was there, 1476 01:06:43,367 --> 01:06:47,671 and she said, "There's a problem. 1477 01:06:47,737 --> 01:06:49,939 "Either he gets straightened out 1478 01:06:50,006 --> 01:06:53,343 or I have to leave, and I don't want to leave." 1479 01:06:53,410 --> 01:06:56,446 She just was at her wit's end. 1480 01:06:56,513 --> 01:06:58,348 So whatever happened, 1481 01:06:58,415 --> 01:07:00,184 it must have been something horrible. 1482 01:07:00,250 --> 01:07:02,719 *** 1483 01:07:02,786 --> 01:07:05,389 - I was traveling with them, 1484 01:07:05,455 --> 01:07:07,457 and, you know, I remember one night 1485 01:07:07,524 --> 01:07:11,027 hearing my dad's breathing being very labored. 1486 01:07:12,629 --> 01:07:14,464 He would breathe all the way out, 1487 01:07:14,531 --> 01:07:17,067 and then his breath would stop, 1488 01:07:17,134 --> 01:07:18,968 and then after a little bit, he'd... 1489 01:07:19,035 --> 01:07:20,204 [sniffs, gasps] 1490 01:07:20,270 --> 01:07:21,805 and he'd start breathing again. 1491 01:07:21,871 --> 01:07:25,909 Well, at one point, it stopped, and he didn't start back. 1492 01:07:29,079 --> 01:07:32,682 [soft dramatic music] 1493 01:07:32,749 --> 01:07:36,120 - Scenes of my life passed before my eyes. 1494 01:07:36,186 --> 01:07:38,222 I saw myself at my peaks 1495 01:07:38,288 --> 01:07:41,858 and I saw myself walk through my deepest, darkest valleys. 1496 01:07:41,925 --> 01:07:44,461 *** 1497 01:07:44,528 --> 01:07:46,696 - I ran in, and I got my mother, 1498 01:07:46,763 --> 01:07:49,699 and we got him up, and we put him in the bathtub, 1499 01:07:49,766 --> 01:07:53,270 and we poured water all over him. 1500 01:07:53,337 --> 01:07:55,739 I remember he woke up, 1501 01:07:55,805 --> 01:07:59,543 and he was very incoherent. 1502 01:07:59,609 --> 01:08:02,879 I was afraid. I was overwhelmed. 1503 01:08:02,946 --> 01:08:06,283 I was crying my eyes out. I mean, I was a kid, you know? 1504 01:08:06,350 --> 01:08:12,322 But it wasn't long after that many changes began to occur. 1505 01:08:12,389 --> 01:08:15,091 - * There was a time * 1506 01:08:15,159 --> 01:08:18,428 - There was an intervention. We had an intervention. 1507 01:08:18,495 --> 01:08:21,631 We all wrote letters to my dad. 1508 01:08:21,698 --> 01:08:23,466 It was very hard for me to do that. 1509 01:08:23,533 --> 01:08:24,934 We read them all to my father, 1510 01:08:25,001 --> 01:08:26,536 and he agreed to go to treatment 1511 01:08:26,603 --> 01:08:27,770 at Betty Ford Center. 1512 01:08:27,837 --> 01:08:30,740 [tender country music] 1513 01:08:30,807 --> 01:08:33,243 - When I saw him again in California, 1514 01:08:33,310 --> 01:08:37,113 that person was back, my old dad was back again. 1515 01:08:37,180 --> 01:08:39,983 - * Hey Willy Wallacky, hey John Dougal-y * 1516 01:08:40,049 --> 01:08:44,354 * A lane, quo'Rushity, noo, noo, noo * 1517 01:08:44,421 --> 01:08:46,656 *** 1518 01:08:46,723 --> 01:08:50,394 * Have I told you lately * 1519 01:08:50,460 --> 01:08:53,197 * That I love you? * 1520 01:08:53,263 --> 01:08:57,334 - And at that point, there was a great forgiveness in place. 1521 01:08:57,401 --> 01:09:00,970 You know, my mother was like, "It's hard to be Johnny Cash." 1522 01:09:01,037 --> 01:09:04,107 It's like, "How did she forgive him?" 1523 01:09:04,174 --> 01:09:06,475 She had a way of forgiving 1524 01:09:06,542 --> 01:09:08,645 as if it was from East to West. 1525 01:09:08,712 --> 01:09:12,448 *** 1526 01:09:12,515 --> 01:09:15,618 [cheers and applause] 1527 01:09:17,421 --> 01:09:18,721 - And maybe a lot of times, 1528 01:09:18,787 --> 01:09:21,691 they did buy into their own myth, 1529 01:09:21,758 --> 01:09:23,327 for better or for worse. 1530 01:09:23,393 --> 01:09:25,194 Maybe that kept them going at a time 1531 01:09:25,261 --> 01:09:26,863 when they could have broken up. 1532 01:09:26,930 --> 01:09:28,997 You know, it's like, well, we have this thing together 1533 01:09:29,064 --> 01:09:31,368 that's bigger than us. 1534 01:09:31,435 --> 01:09:33,036 I mean, that's what it looked like 1535 01:09:33,102 --> 01:09:35,939 from the outside, and you never know 1536 01:09:36,005 --> 01:09:38,642 what goes on in people's marriages anyway. 1537 01:09:41,545 --> 01:09:43,779 [light strumming] 1538 01:09:43,846 --> 01:09:45,881 - It's real easy. 1539 01:09:45,948 --> 01:09:47,716 I don't know if you can learn it fast enough or not, 1540 01:09:47,783 --> 01:09:49,819 but we might could get it down. 1541 01:09:49,886 --> 01:09:52,956 It's one I wrote just before I sent them to Vicky. 1542 01:09:53,022 --> 01:09:56,360 It's... - "Wings of Angels." 1543 01:09:56,426 --> 01:09:59,663 - * Bare me up on wings of angels * 1544 01:09:59,729 --> 01:10:02,832 * Let me hear the choir sing * 1545 01:10:02,899 --> 01:10:06,570 * Let me see the faces * 1546 01:10:06,636 --> 01:10:09,939 * Of the cherubim * 1547 01:10:10,006 --> 01:10:11,675 *** 1548 01:10:11,741 --> 01:10:14,244 * Lift me up on wings of angels * 1549 01:10:14,311 --> 01:10:17,981 - I was in the lobby at the Betty Ford Center. 1550 01:10:18,047 --> 01:10:22,686 We went back there to visit them, and John was in rehab. 1551 01:10:22,752 --> 01:10:27,891 And June was at the codependency center. 1552 01:10:27,957 --> 01:10:30,427 - * Jesus, I'm trying * 1553 01:10:30,494 --> 01:10:32,962 * To get to you * 1554 01:10:33,029 --> 01:10:34,898 - When she went into Betty Ford Center, 1555 01:10:34,964 --> 01:10:36,800 there was an education that happened 1556 01:10:36,866 --> 01:10:39,869 in her life of what codependency is that she 1557 01:10:39,936 --> 01:10:42,372 had never conceived of before. 1558 01:10:42,439 --> 01:10:45,442 - She said to me, "Oh, honey, I just learned 1559 01:10:45,509 --> 01:10:48,678 I'm going to die before John." 1560 01:10:48,745 --> 01:10:50,013 I said, "Why?" 1561 01:10:50,079 --> 01:10:51,648 She goes, "Well, because codependency 1562 01:10:51,715 --> 01:10:53,182 "is really, really hard. 1563 01:10:53,249 --> 01:10:54,884 We become super parents." 1564 01:10:54,951 --> 01:10:56,686 And I said, "Well, what do you do in the unit?" 1565 01:10:56,753 --> 01:10:59,255 And she goes, "We paint. We play with clay. 1566 01:10:59,323 --> 01:11:02,826 "We fly kites. We learn to be kids again. 1567 01:11:02,892 --> 01:11:04,728 "And I'm telling you this because you 1568 01:11:04,794 --> 01:11:07,364 need to know this." 1569 01:11:07,431 --> 01:11:09,933 - Being codependent, which means sometimes 1570 01:11:09,999 --> 01:11:12,436 you're too good for your own good, 1571 01:11:12,502 --> 01:11:16,005 where you put others 1572 01:11:16,072 --> 01:11:19,108 too much ahead of your own needs. 1573 01:11:19,175 --> 01:11:21,177 - You helped him to heal a lot of those scars. 1574 01:11:21,244 --> 01:11:24,047 - Well, that would be nice if I could say I did that. 1575 01:11:24,113 --> 01:11:26,416 I think all of us girls would like to be able to claim 1576 01:11:26,483 --> 01:11:28,017 that we healed our husbands. 1577 01:11:28,084 --> 01:11:30,253 You know, if it doesn't work, you just pop them in the head 1578 01:11:30,320 --> 01:11:32,121 and holler "heal." 1579 01:11:32,188 --> 01:11:34,624 [laughter] It doesn't work. 1580 01:11:34,691 --> 01:11:36,292 - You sound like you kind of regret some 1581 01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:39,663 of the things that go along with the status 1582 01:11:39,729 --> 01:11:41,565 you've achieved in the business. 1583 01:11:41,631 --> 01:11:43,667 - Oh, I don't regret any of that. 1584 01:11:43,733 --> 01:11:46,436 There is pain in everybody's life. 1585 01:11:46,503 --> 01:11:48,738 It's something we all are confronted with. 1586 01:11:48,805 --> 01:11:50,507 Every one of us has pain. 1587 01:11:50,574 --> 01:11:51,941 It helps us, you know? 1588 01:11:52,008 --> 01:11:54,110 If you've put it behind you, boy, it'll push you. 1589 01:11:54,177 --> 01:11:56,513 It'll stick you right through the rest of the world 1590 01:11:56,580 --> 01:11:58,247 if you'll stick it behind you. 1591 01:11:58,314 --> 01:12:00,384 Don't let it hang with you. Don't put it in front of you. 1592 01:12:00,450 --> 01:12:02,419 That's what I say. 1593 01:12:02,486 --> 01:12:05,422 [cheers and applause] 1594 01:12:05,489 --> 01:12:08,392 [bright acoustic music] 1595 01:12:08,458 --> 01:12:11,595 *** 1596 01:12:16,433 --> 01:12:22,338 - There comes a point in every entertainer's life, 1597 01:12:22,406 --> 01:12:24,374 you're faced with the mortality, 1598 01:12:24,441 --> 01:12:27,977 your own, and the mortality of your career. 1599 01:12:28,044 --> 01:12:31,948 And it happened to John and June. 1600 01:12:32,015 --> 01:12:33,950 - In the early 1980s, my father didn't 1601 01:12:34,017 --> 01:12:36,119 have very many hits at all. 1602 01:12:36,185 --> 01:12:41,625 And 1984, after he sort of picked back up his life again, 1603 01:12:41,691 --> 01:12:43,059 it was actually-- he was actually dropped 1604 01:12:43,126 --> 01:12:45,862 by his record label at the time. 1605 01:12:45,929 --> 01:12:48,532 - It was a dramatic slowdown. 1606 01:12:48,598 --> 01:12:51,267 You know, I saw Johnny and June the first time 1607 01:12:51,334 --> 01:12:53,670 playing for 16,000 screaming fans. 1608 01:12:53,737 --> 01:12:55,805 And then the '80s, we would sometimes 1609 01:12:55,872 --> 01:12:58,174 go to clubs with 300 people. 1610 01:12:58,241 --> 01:13:01,478 - They'd been the biggest stars in the world 1611 01:13:01,545 --> 01:13:03,346 for six, eight, ten-- 1612 01:13:03,413 --> 01:13:09,218 and then it started not being that way. 1613 01:13:09,285 --> 01:13:10,954 - Good night. - Good night. 1614 01:13:11,020 --> 01:13:14,190 - I think June was unsettled by that. 1615 01:13:14,257 --> 01:13:16,793 At the same time, she was so strong. 1616 01:13:16,860 --> 01:13:18,462 It was like, he's going to be OK. 1617 01:13:18,528 --> 01:13:20,830 You're going to be OK. 1618 01:13:20,897 --> 01:13:26,970 *** 1619 01:13:27,036 --> 01:13:29,272 - We went to Montreux, Switzerland 1620 01:13:29,338 --> 01:13:32,442 at the invitation of John and June. 1621 01:13:32,509 --> 01:13:35,378 They decided they wanted to do a Christmas special 1622 01:13:35,445 --> 01:13:37,213 with their best friends. 1623 01:13:37,280 --> 01:13:38,414 *** 1624 01:13:38,482 --> 01:13:40,249 - Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. 1625 01:13:41,084 --> 01:13:42,986 - Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. 1626 01:13:43,820 --> 01:13:45,889 - Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. 1627 01:13:45,955 --> 01:13:48,157 - Hello, I'm Waylie Kris. 1628 01:13:48,224 --> 01:13:50,326 [laughter] 1629 01:13:50,393 --> 01:13:53,229 - Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, 1630 01:13:53,296 --> 01:13:55,899 and Waylon Jennings, all of whom 1631 01:13:55,965 --> 01:13:59,335 were on the downside of fame at that time. 1632 01:13:59,402 --> 01:14:02,005 - You know, living with the likes of good ol' boys 1633 01:14:02,071 --> 01:14:04,641 like John, and Willie, and Kris, and Waylon, 1634 01:14:04,708 --> 01:14:06,843 well, it's just not that easy. 1635 01:14:06,910 --> 01:14:08,545 You don't know all we know. 1636 01:14:08,612 --> 01:14:11,481 Because these are a bunch of wives that have a lot to do. 1637 01:14:11,548 --> 01:14:16,052 all: * We're married to a star, yes, we are * 1638 01:14:16,119 --> 01:14:21,558 * Our men are legends in their time * 1639 01:14:21,625 --> 01:14:25,061 - All these guys have been real close to us. 1640 01:14:25,128 --> 01:14:26,663 We were all sitting around in the room, 1641 01:14:26,730 --> 01:14:28,632 and they were all singing, and they decided, 1642 01:14:28,698 --> 01:14:30,734 this really shouldn't stop right here. 1643 01:14:30,800 --> 01:14:32,368 We should do something else. 1644 01:14:32,435 --> 01:14:34,638 And that's when they did their first Highwaymen album. 1645 01:14:34,704 --> 01:14:36,706 ["Highwayman"] 1646 01:14:36,773 --> 01:14:40,209 - * I was a highwayman * 1647 01:14:40,276 --> 01:14:44,447 * Along the coach roads I did ride * 1648 01:14:44,514 --> 01:14:46,816 * With sword and pistol by my side * 1649 01:14:46,883 --> 01:14:48,918 - And they reawakened all their careers. 1650 01:14:48,985 --> 01:14:52,221 - * Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade * 1651 01:14:52,288 --> 01:14:56,860 - And then it just evolved to a ten-year touring. 1652 01:14:56,926 --> 01:14:59,262 *** 1653 01:14:59,328 --> 01:15:01,164 - On the road with the Highwaymen, 1654 01:15:01,230 --> 01:15:04,333 my mother would have been the resounding matriarch. 1655 01:15:04,400 --> 01:15:07,203 - She was tough, and she was funny. 1656 01:15:07,270 --> 01:15:09,573 And, you know, if you're married to Johnny Cash, 1657 01:15:09,639 --> 01:15:11,775 you've got to be tough. 1658 01:15:11,841 --> 01:15:17,847 - * I fly a starship across the universe divide * 1659 01:15:17,914 --> 01:15:20,083 * And when I reach... * 1660 01:15:20,149 --> 01:15:22,852 - I'm good friends with all the wives-- 1661 01:15:22,919 --> 01:15:25,822 - The Highwomen. - The Highwomen. 1662 01:15:25,889 --> 01:15:27,824 [laughs] So... 1663 01:15:27,891 --> 01:15:29,759 - It was just the Highwaymen. 1664 01:15:29,826 --> 01:15:33,730 And they didn't know how to add the Highwaymen and June. 1665 01:15:33,797 --> 01:15:36,165 There was some discussion whether John and June 1666 01:15:36,232 --> 01:15:38,134 could do a song together. 1667 01:15:38,201 --> 01:15:40,937 And it just, nobody knew quite how to work it out. 1668 01:15:41,004 --> 01:15:43,006 - June Carter, who wrote "Ring of Fire," 1669 01:15:43,072 --> 01:15:44,240 my wife is here tonight. 1670 01:15:44,307 --> 01:15:46,643 Stand up and take a bow, would you? 1671 01:15:46,710 --> 01:15:48,077 [cheers and applause] 1672 01:15:48,144 --> 01:15:50,346 Where are you, baby? 1673 01:15:50,413 --> 01:15:52,649 Hey, here she is, back over here. 1674 01:15:52,716 --> 01:15:54,517 All right. 1675 01:15:54,584 --> 01:15:57,787 - It ended up that June, during every show, 1676 01:15:57,854 --> 01:16:00,289 would stand up in the audience. 1677 01:16:00,356 --> 01:16:02,258 And they put a spotlight on her. 1678 01:16:02,325 --> 01:16:05,128 And she would look around at everybody and wave. 1679 01:16:05,194 --> 01:16:07,196 - Been the one time in my life when I've got 1680 01:16:07,263 --> 01:16:10,066 to sit and enjoy it kind of. 1681 01:16:10,133 --> 01:16:13,637 Really have enjoyed the time with the boys 1682 01:16:13,703 --> 01:16:15,605 and with their wives as well. 1683 01:16:15,672 --> 01:16:18,608 ["Ring of Fire"] 1684 01:16:18,675 --> 01:16:25,148 *** 1685 01:16:25,214 --> 01:16:27,450 - There's an awkwardness, and I don't understand, 1686 01:16:27,516 --> 01:16:30,319 because I'm not an artist, how that decision is made. 1687 01:16:30,386 --> 01:16:33,056 So how June ended up never being on stage 1688 01:16:33,122 --> 01:16:35,759 during those years, I really don't know. 1689 01:16:35,825 --> 01:16:38,527 But it probably was hard on her. 1690 01:16:38,594 --> 01:16:40,329 *** 1691 01:16:40,396 --> 01:16:44,433 - That's part of the thing that's hard about her ego 1692 01:16:44,500 --> 01:16:47,303 because that ambition was there. 1693 01:16:47,370 --> 01:16:51,708 And she had to kind of squelch it. 1694 01:16:51,775 --> 01:16:53,710 - She didn't know what to do with herself. 1695 01:16:53,777 --> 01:16:57,446 You can't be on the road all your entire life 1696 01:16:57,513 --> 01:16:59,448 and suddenly not have it anymore. 1697 01:16:59,515 --> 01:17:00,917 ["Where We'll Never Grow Old"] 1698 01:17:00,984 --> 01:17:03,052 - * I have heard of a land * 1699 01:17:03,119 --> 01:17:06,055 * On the faraway strand * 1700 01:17:06,122 --> 01:17:10,894 * 'Tis a beautiful home of the soul * 1701 01:17:10,960 --> 01:17:12,662 * Built by Jesus on high * 1702 01:17:12,729 --> 01:17:15,598 - She started going back to Virginia a lot. 1703 01:17:15,665 --> 01:17:18,434 She started spending a lot of time in the home 1704 01:17:18,501 --> 01:17:21,971 that she grew up in as a little girl. 1705 01:17:22,038 --> 01:17:25,641 She was experiencing memories of what the fire smelled like 1706 01:17:25,709 --> 01:17:28,912 in the fireplace, of which flowers in particular 1707 01:17:28,978 --> 01:17:31,447 grew in the woods in the backyard. 1708 01:17:31,514 --> 01:17:32,916 *** 1709 01:17:32,982 --> 01:17:35,551 She got back in connection with those things 1710 01:17:35,618 --> 01:17:39,655 from when she was at a period of innocence and beauty. 1711 01:17:39,723 --> 01:17:42,025 - June started to look at her life 1712 01:17:42,091 --> 01:17:45,261 to sort of remind herself, I think, 1713 01:17:45,328 --> 01:17:47,831 of who she was and to remind everybody else, 1714 01:17:47,897 --> 01:17:49,365 you know, here's who I really am. 1715 01:17:49,432 --> 01:17:52,001 I'm not Mrs. Johnny Cash. I'm June Carter. 1716 01:17:52,068 --> 01:17:53,770 And this is my story. 1717 01:17:53,837 --> 01:17:57,473 - * We'll never grow old * 1718 01:17:59,475 --> 01:18:01,878 - He said, you need Vicky, is what you need. 1719 01:18:01,945 --> 01:18:03,279 And I said, OK. 1720 01:18:03,346 --> 01:18:05,581 Anyway, she's got this new record company 1721 01:18:05,648 --> 01:18:07,416 that she started. 1722 01:18:07,483 --> 01:18:09,518 - I would have never thought in a million years 1723 01:18:09,585 --> 01:18:13,456 that I would, like, make that record with June. 1724 01:18:13,522 --> 01:18:16,592 But she started calling me. 1725 01:18:16,659 --> 01:18:20,563 You know, June said she had to get this music out. 1726 01:18:20,629 --> 01:18:23,466 She had a legacy to leave behind, you know? 1727 01:18:23,532 --> 01:18:26,803 That was what she was trying to accomplish. 1728 01:18:26,870 --> 01:18:28,504 [laughter] 1729 01:18:28,571 --> 01:18:30,874 I didn't know how I was going to pay for it or anything 1730 01:18:30,940 --> 01:18:32,441 like that. 1731 01:18:32,508 --> 01:18:36,679 But June had more faith than anybody on the planet. 1732 01:18:36,746 --> 01:18:39,482 She was always optimistic. 1733 01:18:39,548 --> 01:18:41,717 You know, something really terrible could happen, 1734 01:18:41,785 --> 01:18:43,853 and she would figure out a way to take lemons 1735 01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:45,822 and make lemonade out of it. 1736 01:18:45,889 --> 01:18:47,523 - Nothing to it. [clicks tongue] 1737 01:18:47,590 --> 01:18:49,893 - She would always say, "It's OK. 1738 01:18:49,959 --> 01:18:52,796 "We'll get through this. Just press on, honey. 1739 01:18:52,862 --> 01:18:54,063 Just press on." 1740 01:18:54,130 --> 01:18:56,165 And that was her philosophy in life. 1741 01:18:56,232 --> 01:18:59,335 Those two words are absolutely how 1742 01:18:59,402 --> 01:19:03,706 I would and do remember June, press on. 1743 01:19:03,773 --> 01:19:06,642 - OK, let's press on. 1744 01:19:06,709 --> 01:19:08,744 - Let's start with "I Used To Be Somebody" first. 1745 01:19:08,812 --> 01:19:10,079 - OK. 1746 01:19:10,146 --> 01:19:11,680 - June and I, we put on the blinders, 1747 01:19:11,747 --> 01:19:14,617 and it happened. 1748 01:19:14,683 --> 01:19:17,553 We made the record. 1749 01:19:17,620 --> 01:19:19,455 - All right, Marty. 1750 01:19:19,522 --> 01:19:22,258 *** 1751 01:19:22,325 --> 01:19:25,328 - My mother came to me and asked me if I would 1752 01:19:25,394 --> 01:19:27,696 co-produce the album "Press On." 1753 01:19:27,763 --> 01:19:31,300 I was nervous in a certain way because this was one 1754 01:19:31,367 --> 01:19:33,803 of the first things that I had ever recorded. 1755 01:19:33,870 --> 01:19:35,704 *** 1756 01:19:35,771 --> 01:19:38,341 But she gave me the energy. She gave me the strength. 1757 01:19:38,407 --> 01:19:40,109 She's like, "Oh, you can do this. 1758 01:19:40,176 --> 01:19:42,545 Oh, yes, you can do this." 1759 01:19:42,611 --> 01:19:45,448 - Go back to the top of that verse, that different verse, 1760 01:19:45,514 --> 01:19:48,051 because everybody's still working on that. 1761 01:19:48,117 --> 01:19:50,987 - One, two, three, four. 1762 01:19:51,054 --> 01:19:52,788 ["Tall Lover Man"] 1763 01:19:52,856 --> 01:19:58,127 - * Two lovers stood in the white, white sand * 1764 01:19:58,928 --> 01:20:04,200 * Dark-eyed maiden and her tall lover man * 1765 01:20:05,001 --> 01:20:09,438 * With surprise and pain in her eyes * 1766 01:20:09,505 --> 01:20:11,507 - It was my mother's time to shine. 1767 01:20:11,574 --> 01:20:13,776 It was as if every dream that she had, 1768 01:20:13,843 --> 01:20:16,980 when she went to New York City in the 1950s, 1769 01:20:17,046 --> 01:20:19,148 they were all coming back real. 1770 01:20:19,215 --> 01:20:21,417 - When are you coming back? 1771 01:20:21,484 --> 01:20:23,752 - Around that time, she did "The Apostle" 1772 01:20:23,819 --> 01:20:25,054 with Robert Duvall. 1773 01:20:25,121 --> 01:20:27,423 - I just-- I'm just a little chilly. 1774 01:20:27,490 --> 01:20:29,758 - Hold on now, hold on. 1775 01:20:29,825 --> 01:20:32,828 - We did the way we were taught from Sandy Meisner, 1776 01:20:32,896 --> 01:20:35,398 who was both of our teachers in New York 1777 01:20:35,464 --> 01:20:37,633 at the Neighborhood Playhouse. 1778 01:20:37,700 --> 01:20:38,968 *** 1779 01:20:39,035 --> 01:20:40,269 - Hello? 1780 01:20:40,336 --> 01:20:42,371 - Well, she was always ready. 1781 01:20:42,438 --> 01:20:45,541 She was great to work with, just wonderful. 1782 01:20:45,608 --> 01:20:48,978 She had her own sense of being strong-willed. 1783 01:20:49,045 --> 01:20:50,413 - She can't do that, son. 1784 01:20:50,479 --> 01:20:52,015 You know she can't. 1785 01:20:52,081 --> 01:20:55,952 - She was so excited to be in that film with him. 1786 01:20:56,019 --> 01:20:58,354 She just adored Robert Duvall 1787 01:20:58,421 --> 01:21:00,756 and had become good friends with him. 1788 01:21:00,823 --> 01:21:03,492 - I just wish he had given me another part. 1789 01:21:03,559 --> 01:21:06,162 Why did he have to give me one where I'm older 1790 01:21:06,229 --> 01:21:08,597 than he is, when he's older-- 1791 01:21:08,664 --> 01:21:09,832 [laughter] 1792 01:21:09,899 --> 01:21:13,102 When he's older than I am? 1793 01:21:13,836 --> 01:21:17,340 - Good sense of humor, good sense of humor. 1794 01:21:17,406 --> 01:21:23,779 *** 1795 01:21:23,846 --> 01:21:26,649 - That's about where we do it right there. 1796 01:21:27,583 --> 01:21:29,118 - Johnny is with me now. 1797 01:21:29,185 --> 01:21:30,853 He goes wherever I go. 1798 01:21:30,920 --> 01:21:34,223 And it's kind of, he likes to be where I am, 1799 01:21:34,290 --> 01:21:35,658 and I like to be where he is. 1800 01:21:35,724 --> 01:21:38,294 - I like this one. That's good. 1801 01:21:38,361 --> 01:21:41,730 * I've grown wearier * 1802 01:21:41,797 --> 01:21:43,499 *** 1803 01:21:43,566 --> 01:21:46,102 - During the recording, Johnny's health 1804 01:21:46,169 --> 01:21:49,038 was pretty fragile. 1805 01:21:49,105 --> 01:21:52,741 - So John was in intensive care literally the day 1806 01:21:52,808 --> 01:21:55,511 before the first day of recording. 1807 01:21:55,578 --> 01:21:58,347 He was very shaky. His hands were shaking. 1808 01:21:58,414 --> 01:22:00,116 And he didn't have much energy for it, 1809 01:22:00,183 --> 01:22:02,051 but he said, you know, he-- 1810 01:22:02,118 --> 01:22:05,654 I was amazed by the professionalism of this guy. 1811 01:22:05,721 --> 01:22:07,690 - [coughs] 1812 01:22:07,756 --> 01:22:10,826 - Quick. - I gotta settle down first. 1813 01:22:10,893 --> 01:22:13,296 - He wanted to play backup guitar 1814 01:22:13,362 --> 01:22:15,431 and sing harmonies with her. 1815 01:22:15,498 --> 01:22:18,601 He wanted to be there for her as she was for him 1816 01:22:18,667 --> 01:22:20,336 in so many different ways. 1817 01:22:20,403 --> 01:22:21,937 ["Far Side Banks of Jordan"] 1818 01:22:22,005 --> 01:22:23,772 - * I believe my steps * 1819 01:22:23,839 --> 01:22:25,741 * Are growing wearier each day * 1820 01:22:25,808 --> 01:22:28,877 - He comes out there to do "Far Side Banks of Jordan." 1821 01:22:28,944 --> 01:22:31,947 - * Got another journey on my mind * 1822 01:22:32,015 --> 01:22:34,117 - That song meant so much to them. 1823 01:22:34,183 --> 01:22:37,520 They sang that every night on stage from the late 1970s 1824 01:22:37,586 --> 01:22:40,256 until the end of their performance career. 1825 01:22:40,323 --> 01:22:43,226 - * Wanna stay, and my one regret * 1826 01:22:43,292 --> 01:22:46,762 * Is leaving you behind * 1827 01:22:46,829 --> 01:22:48,531 *** 1828 01:22:48,597 --> 01:22:52,068 - * But if it proves to be his will * 1829 01:22:52,135 --> 01:22:55,104 * That I am first to cross * 1830 01:22:55,171 --> 01:23:00,809 * And somehow, I have a feeling it will be * 1831 01:23:00,876 --> 01:23:02,678 *** 1832 01:23:02,745 --> 01:23:06,215 * When it comes your time to travel * 1833 01:23:06,282 --> 01:23:09,052 * Likewise, don't feel lost * 1834 01:23:09,118 --> 01:23:15,158 * For I will be the first one that you'll see * 1835 01:23:15,224 --> 01:23:17,526 both: * And I'll be waiting * 1836 01:23:17,593 --> 01:23:22,731 * On the far side banks of Jordan * 1837 01:23:22,798 --> 01:23:24,167 - People have come to me and said, 1838 01:23:24,233 --> 01:23:26,469 "What's it like to be the product of the greatest 1839 01:23:26,535 --> 01:23:28,271 love affair that ever was?" 1840 01:23:28,337 --> 01:23:31,207 Evidently, they were not there, right? 1841 01:23:31,274 --> 01:23:32,941 Because they had struggles. 1842 01:23:33,008 --> 01:23:36,879 But by the end of their life, my mother and father 1843 01:23:36,945 --> 01:23:40,216 were more in love than they ever had been. 1844 01:23:40,283 --> 01:23:41,784 - They loved each other. 1845 01:23:41,850 --> 01:23:44,287 And they were great friends. 1846 01:23:44,353 --> 01:23:48,124 They both loved what the other did. 1847 01:23:48,191 --> 01:23:52,361 - Love is what made their relationship. 1848 01:23:52,428 --> 01:23:54,630 It wasn't fame. It wasn't power. 1849 01:23:54,697 --> 01:23:57,366 It was what love really is. 1850 01:23:57,433 --> 01:23:59,435 And people forget what love is. 1851 01:23:59,502 --> 01:24:03,539 It's patient, it's kind, it's long-suffering. 1852 01:24:03,606 --> 01:24:06,975 But the beauty is what stands out. 1853 01:24:07,042 --> 01:24:11,747 And what's so great is to get a window into that strength 1854 01:24:11,814 --> 01:24:16,185 and into that beauty, we have but to listen to the music. 1855 01:24:16,252 --> 01:24:18,121 both: * And I'll be waiting * 1856 01:24:18,187 --> 01:24:23,726 * On the far side banks of Jordan * 1857 01:24:23,792 --> 01:24:28,864 * I'll be sitting, drawing pictures in the sand * 1858 01:24:28,931 --> 01:24:30,366 *** 1859 01:24:30,433 --> 01:24:32,901 - I'm here mostly because my life, 1860 01:24:32,968 --> 01:24:35,704 the way it's turned around in the last little bit. 1861 01:24:35,771 --> 01:24:37,773 For the past several years, I just followed 1862 01:24:37,840 --> 01:24:40,876 Johnny Cash around the world wherever he went. 1863 01:24:40,943 --> 01:24:42,811 And I worked a whole lot harder than he did, 1864 01:24:42,878 --> 01:24:44,580 but you all didn't know that. 1865 01:24:44,647 --> 01:24:47,850 So I'm glad to have the opportunity to tell you. 1866 01:24:47,916 --> 01:24:49,852 - You know, June, it's been many years 1867 01:24:49,918 --> 01:24:52,655 since she has had a new album out, "Press On." 1868 01:24:52,721 --> 01:24:56,091 - Called "Press On," first solo album in 25 years. 1869 01:24:56,159 --> 01:24:57,326 - She was one of the stars 1870 01:24:57,393 --> 01:24:59,228 in Robert Duvall's film "The Apostle." 1871 01:24:59,295 --> 01:25:01,630 And now with her brand-new CD called "Press On," 1872 01:25:01,697 --> 01:25:04,433 here is June Carter Cash. 1873 01:25:04,500 --> 01:25:08,737 - * I fell into a ring of fire * 1874 01:25:08,804 --> 01:25:11,507 * I fell into a burnin'... * 1875 01:25:11,574 --> 01:25:13,576 - This is the June Carter Cash album right here. 1876 01:25:13,642 --> 01:25:15,444 And I listened to this this afternoon. 1877 01:25:15,511 --> 01:25:20,149 And my goodness, what a lovely, touching, sweet collection 1878 01:25:20,216 --> 01:25:21,784 of music this is. 1879 01:25:21,850 --> 01:25:24,887 - "Press On," I think, caught everybody by surprise. 1880 01:25:24,953 --> 01:25:27,490 - That is true timeless music. 1881 01:25:27,556 --> 01:25:29,392 It was never a trend-based. 1882 01:25:29,458 --> 01:25:31,059 It never chased anything. 1883 01:25:31,126 --> 01:25:35,231 June's songs are just based on basic human emotion, 1884 01:25:35,298 --> 01:25:37,766 things that everyone could relate to. 1885 01:25:37,833 --> 01:25:39,535 - It is a privilege to introduce 1886 01:25:39,602 --> 01:25:40,769 the great June Carter Cash. 1887 01:25:40,836 --> 01:25:42,405 - Here's June Carter Cash. 1888 01:25:42,471 --> 01:25:44,139 - Here she is, June Carter Cash. 1889 01:25:44,207 --> 01:25:46,141 - The only June Carter Cash. 1890 01:25:46,209 --> 01:25:47,476 - Yeah! 1891 01:25:47,543 --> 01:25:49,245 - Thank you very much. 1892 01:25:49,312 --> 01:25:51,146 This is a big night for me. 1893 01:25:51,214 --> 01:25:52,681 * Burnin' ring of fire * 1894 01:25:52,748 --> 01:25:54,683 * Went down, down, down * 1895 01:25:54,750 --> 01:25:58,387 - It is the true spirit of American music. 1896 01:25:58,454 --> 01:26:01,224 - And it won her a Grammy. 1897 01:26:01,290 --> 01:26:03,626 - * Ring of fire * 1898 01:26:03,692 --> 01:26:06,629 [cheers and applause] 1899 01:26:06,695 --> 01:26:09,365 - "Press On" won a Grammy. 1900 01:26:09,432 --> 01:26:10,699 It was, like, really surprising. 1901 01:26:10,766 --> 01:26:12,268 I mean, I had no idea. 1902 01:26:12,335 --> 01:26:15,137 And it was just such an honor that that happened. 1903 01:26:15,204 --> 01:26:17,206 [soft music] 1904 01:26:17,273 --> 01:26:19,074 - Yeah, I mean, she was very, very proud of that. 1905 01:26:19,141 --> 01:26:21,444 You know, Johnny had countless Grammys. 1906 01:26:21,510 --> 01:26:22,978 And this was her own Grammy. 1907 01:26:23,045 --> 01:26:24,780 So, yeah, she was really proud of that. 1908 01:26:24,847 --> 01:26:26,282 - Everybody pooh-poohs it. 1909 01:26:26,349 --> 01:26:28,016 Everybody goes, oh, Grammy award. 1910 01:26:28,083 --> 01:26:30,686 But you know what, when you get one, it means something. 1911 01:26:30,753 --> 01:26:32,621 It really means something. 1912 01:26:32,688 --> 01:26:34,623 It's like, it's music's highest accolade. 1913 01:26:34,690 --> 01:26:38,126 And you might not think you wanted it, 1914 01:26:38,193 --> 01:26:39,695 but you know you really did. 1915 01:26:39,762 --> 01:26:44,132 - Please give a Grand Ole Opry welcome to June Carter Cash. 1916 01:26:44,199 --> 01:26:46,769 [cheers and applause] 1917 01:26:46,835 --> 01:26:49,805 - And then they would start shouting for June. 1918 01:26:49,872 --> 01:26:52,375 - Thank you very much. 1919 01:26:52,441 --> 01:26:55,177 Gosh, what a big room. 1920 01:26:55,244 --> 01:26:59,047 - You know she had to feel vindication. 1921 01:26:59,114 --> 01:27:00,549 - Oh, thank you. 1922 01:27:00,616 --> 01:27:02,217 - You know that she-- 1923 01:27:02,285 --> 01:27:06,889 in her final years, people are screaming for June. 1924 01:27:06,955 --> 01:27:08,491 - Oh, thank you. 1925 01:27:08,557 --> 01:27:12,495 You've almost made me cry. 1926 01:27:12,561 --> 01:27:15,030 - She is standing up there giving us 1927 01:27:15,097 --> 01:27:20,068 a life lesson of what it means to stick it out. 1928 01:27:20,135 --> 01:27:27,075 *** 1929 01:27:28,344 --> 01:27:29,712 - OK, son? 1930 01:27:29,778 --> 01:27:31,280 - Let's do one more. 1931 01:27:31,347 --> 01:27:32,748 - Press on, Norman. 1932 01:27:32,815 --> 01:27:36,218 [folk music playing] 1933 01:27:36,285 --> 01:27:39,187 - And then she was back in the studio again... 1934 01:27:39,254 --> 01:27:42,891 *** 1935 01:27:42,958 --> 01:27:45,994 In Virginia at the house where she was raised. 1936 01:27:46,061 --> 01:27:50,866 - * Oh, give to me a winding stream * 1937 01:27:50,933 --> 01:27:53,502 - She gave it every bit of energy she had, 1938 01:27:53,569 --> 01:27:57,740 14 songs within three days. 1939 01:27:57,806 --> 01:28:00,509 - * But I will dance, I will sing * 1940 01:28:00,576 --> 01:28:02,878 * And my laugh shall be gay * 1941 01:28:02,945 --> 01:28:05,314 - You know, moss did not grow on my mama's feet. 1942 01:28:05,381 --> 01:28:07,683 She had a lot of energy. 1943 01:28:07,750 --> 01:28:09,618 Her work ethic, period, was like-- 1944 01:28:09,685 --> 01:28:11,387 she was like a superwoman to me. 1945 01:28:11,454 --> 01:28:16,692 - * But I'm longing to see him and regret the dark hour * 1946 01:28:16,759 --> 01:28:20,396 * It's gone and neglected * 1947 01:28:20,463 --> 01:28:24,299 OK, I'm ready to press on, son. 1948 01:28:24,367 --> 01:28:26,735 - One second. - OK. 1949 01:28:28,971 --> 01:28:31,674 No--I'll tell you how it is. 1950 01:28:31,740 --> 01:28:34,309 I'll just tell you again. 1951 01:28:35,711 --> 01:28:38,213 We don't want to think about death, 1952 01:28:38,280 --> 01:28:40,082 but sometimes I do. 1953 01:28:40,148 --> 01:28:42,618 Sometimes I feel like I'm on a hill, 1954 01:28:42,685 --> 01:28:45,153 and it's John's grave I'm kneeling on. 1955 01:28:45,220 --> 01:28:49,458 And if you can imagine me just sitting there 1956 01:28:49,525 --> 01:28:51,827 trying to talk to him. 1957 01:28:51,894 --> 01:28:56,499 * When death shall close these eyelids * 1958 01:28:56,565 --> 01:29:02,538 * And this heart shall cease to beat * 1959 01:29:02,605 --> 01:29:08,711 * And they lay me down to rest * 1960 01:29:08,777 --> 01:29:12,648 * In some flowery * 1961 01:29:12,715 --> 01:29:17,853 * Bound retreat * 1962 01:29:17,920 --> 01:29:22,224 * Will you miss me? * 1963 01:29:22,290 --> 01:29:25,394 all: * Miss me when I'm gone * 1964 01:29:25,461 --> 01:29:29,297 - * Will you miss me? * 1965 01:29:29,364 --> 01:29:32,501 all: * Miss me when I'm gone * 1966 01:29:32,568 --> 01:29:34,870 - * Will you... * 1967 01:29:34,937 --> 01:29:39,107 - I remember my mother was coming out the door. 1968 01:29:39,174 --> 01:29:45,013 And I remember seeing her get in the car and her telling me, 1969 01:29:45,080 --> 01:29:46,782 "I've got to go to the hospital." 1970 01:29:46,849 --> 01:29:48,651 I look back now, and I remember 1971 01:29:48,717 --> 01:29:50,052 the look in her eye. 1972 01:29:50,118 --> 01:29:53,856 It was this joy, but such sadness 1973 01:29:53,922 --> 01:29:57,893 and weakness at the same time. 1974 01:29:57,960 --> 01:30:00,696 And she went to the hospital. 1975 01:30:00,763 --> 01:30:03,098 Um... 1976 01:30:04,266 --> 01:30:07,302 - * And come sit along... * 1977 01:30:07,369 --> 01:30:11,406 - When I got the phone call, I was shocked 1978 01:30:11,474 --> 01:30:14,677 because John had been the one. 1979 01:30:14,743 --> 01:30:17,112 I think everybody kind of expected John 1980 01:30:17,179 --> 01:30:19,748 from his illness over the last ten years, 1981 01:30:19,815 --> 01:30:22,050 that he would be the first to go. 1982 01:30:22,117 --> 01:30:24,352 - * Will you miss me? * 1983 01:30:24,419 --> 01:30:26,421 all: * Miss me when I'm gone * 1984 01:30:26,489 --> 01:30:28,624 - Her death was sudden. 1985 01:30:28,691 --> 01:30:33,896 And it hit all of us really hard, the whole community. 1986 01:30:33,962 --> 01:30:35,564 - It was just confusing. 1987 01:30:35,631 --> 01:30:37,332 It was like, oh, no, there goes the tent pole 1988 01:30:37,399 --> 01:30:40,002 for everybody, you know? 1989 01:30:40,068 --> 01:30:44,339 It was a hard one. It was a hard one. 1990 01:30:44,406 --> 01:30:48,944 - * But I could not hide my sorrow * 1991 01:30:49,011 --> 01:30:53,181 * when they laid her in the grave * 1992 01:30:53,248 --> 01:30:54,583 * Can the circle... * 1993 01:30:54,650 --> 01:30:57,620 - It's hard even now remembering 1994 01:30:57,686 --> 01:31:00,055 that whole few days. 1995 01:31:00,122 --> 01:31:02,525 - * Lord, by and by * 1996 01:31:02,591 --> 01:31:04,059 * There's a better... * 1997 01:31:04,126 --> 01:31:06,128 - When we went to June's funeral, 1998 01:31:06,194 --> 01:31:09,532 Johnny Cash was so sad, oh, my God. 1999 01:31:09,598 --> 01:31:13,836 He just could hardly sit there. 2000 01:31:13,902 --> 01:31:18,106 - I just remember him saying, "I put her in a blue dress 2001 01:31:18,173 --> 01:31:20,442 because of her eyes." 2002 01:31:21,910 --> 01:31:27,015 And then when I walked past him in the church, 2003 01:31:27,082 --> 01:31:29,818 he said, "Is that Katie?" 2004 01:31:35,658 --> 01:31:37,993 [sniffling] 2005 01:31:39,061 --> 01:31:43,732 - It was agonizing to watch him 2006 01:31:43,799 --> 01:31:46,234 go through that experience. 2007 01:31:49,938 --> 01:31:52,841 It was really tough. 2008 01:31:52,908 --> 01:31:55,010 She was so full of life. 2009 01:31:55,077 --> 01:31:57,580 - We wave to her from this shore 2010 01:31:57,646 --> 01:32:01,316 as she drifts out of our lives. 2011 01:32:03,852 --> 01:32:06,354 What a legacy she leaves us. 2012 01:32:06,421 --> 01:32:11,393 - It still, to this day, kills me 2013 01:32:11,459 --> 01:32:13,929 for her to be gone. 2014 01:32:15,130 --> 01:32:19,167 She was my dearest friend and my mommy. 2015 01:32:19,234 --> 01:32:23,505 - Under a June blue sky waving her scarf to greet us. 2016 01:32:23,572 --> 01:32:26,441 - I just had this vision of June. 2017 01:32:26,508 --> 01:32:29,978 Almost her whole life flashed before me. 2018 01:32:30,045 --> 01:32:32,748 And I almost felt like this song 2019 01:32:32,815 --> 01:32:37,319 just--she just dropped it in my lap as she was flying over. 2020 01:32:37,385 --> 01:32:40,823 Like, here, I'm going to give you one more thing. 2021 01:32:40,889 --> 01:32:44,359 And I wrote this song called "The Strong Hand." 2022 01:32:44,426 --> 01:32:47,896 * She was a strong hand * 2023 01:32:47,963 --> 01:32:50,866 * A good sister and a daughter * 2024 01:32:50,933 --> 01:32:53,068 - I was standing next to John Carter. 2025 01:32:53,135 --> 01:32:55,037 And I had my arm around him. 2026 01:32:55,103 --> 01:32:57,873 - Lisa Kristofferson was there to support me. 2027 01:32:57,940 --> 01:33:00,743 - At one point, his knees were collapsing. 2028 01:33:00,809 --> 01:33:02,745 And he's a large man. 2029 01:33:02,811 --> 01:33:04,046 - It's like she could tell right 2030 01:33:04,112 --> 01:33:05,480 when I emotionally cracked, 2031 01:33:05,547 --> 01:33:07,149 because I did emotionally crack. 2032 01:33:07,215 --> 01:33:12,955 - And I heard June say, "I'm right here, son." 2033 01:33:13,021 --> 01:33:17,760 - * And it's a miracle * 2034 01:33:17,826 --> 01:33:19,862 * How one soul finds another * 2035 01:33:19,928 --> 01:33:21,630 - And I had this super strength, 2036 01:33:21,697 --> 01:33:23,632 I held up this huge man. 2037 01:33:23,699 --> 01:33:27,970 - Lisa held me with such love. 2038 01:33:28,036 --> 01:33:31,606 Lisa held on to me like a mother. 2039 01:33:31,674 --> 01:33:35,010 - * As they walk this world together * 2040 01:33:35,077 --> 01:33:37,913 - She was a holder upper in that moment, 2041 01:33:37,980 --> 01:33:39,882 you know, in a dimension that I don't 2042 01:33:39,948 --> 01:33:41,483 really know or understand. 2043 01:33:41,549 --> 01:33:44,419 But there is no doubt in my mind that it was real. 2044 01:33:44,486 --> 01:33:46,388 *** 2045 01:33:46,454 --> 01:33:49,157 - After June died, John would call me a lot. 2046 01:33:49,224 --> 01:33:51,493 And he was really down. 2047 01:33:51,559 --> 01:33:53,595 And I could tell. 2048 01:33:53,662 --> 01:33:58,300 And, you know, we'd talk about this thing or that thing. 2049 01:33:58,366 --> 01:34:00,435 But what he was really wanting to do was 2050 01:34:00,502 --> 01:34:04,006 get somebody to take his mind off of the whole thing. 2051 01:34:04,072 --> 01:34:06,008 *** 2052 01:34:06,074 --> 01:34:07,976 - He really struggled. 2053 01:34:08,043 --> 01:34:11,013 I mean, all of us children were holding our breaths, 2054 01:34:11,079 --> 01:34:13,481 like he's not going to last long without her. 2055 01:34:13,548 --> 01:34:16,584 And he didn't. He lasted four months. 2056 01:34:16,651 --> 01:34:18,386 *** 2057 01:34:18,453 --> 01:34:20,422 - One of the last things he wrote 2058 01:34:20,488 --> 01:34:23,191 on a plain piece of paper was, 2059 01:34:23,258 --> 01:34:26,561 "I love June Carter. 2060 01:34:26,628 --> 01:34:29,698 "She is an angel. 2061 01:34:29,765 --> 01:34:31,199 I am not." 2062 01:34:31,266 --> 01:34:33,535 - * Oh, it's a sad thing * 2063 01:34:33,601 --> 01:34:37,472 - Here she is right now, Miss June Carter! 2064 01:34:37,539 --> 01:34:41,744 - * The other and fly up where the voice rings * 2065 01:34:41,810 --> 01:34:44,747 - She was very special. 2066 01:34:44,813 --> 01:34:49,384 And, you know, 2067 01:34:49,451 --> 01:34:52,020 there's nobody that can replace her. 2068 01:34:52,087 --> 01:34:54,322 *** 2069 01:34:54,389 --> 01:34:57,559 - She was a very free spirit. 2070 01:34:57,625 --> 01:35:02,430 There was a great depth of love of the people. 2071 01:35:02,497 --> 01:35:07,169 At the heart of it, there is this enduring personality 2072 01:35:07,235 --> 01:35:12,340 that is there of a young girl riding 2073 01:35:12,407 --> 01:35:14,542 on the back of a motorcycle. 2074 01:35:14,609 --> 01:35:20,082 - * For it's a miracle how... * 2075 01:35:20,148 --> 01:35:21,950 - When you look at little girls, 2076 01:35:22,017 --> 01:35:24,652 they're capable of so much more. 2077 01:35:24,719 --> 01:35:30,125 And life is a series of girdles, and corsets, 2078 01:35:30,192 --> 01:35:34,930 and bras, and straitjackets, and gingham. 2079 01:35:34,997 --> 01:35:40,668 And sometimes, it takes that little girl out of you. 2080 01:35:40,735 --> 01:35:43,105 - * I believe * 2081 01:35:43,171 --> 01:35:46,041 - But June was able to tap into that. 2082 01:35:46,108 --> 01:35:51,847 And so she kept that little girl growing and going. 2083 01:35:51,914 --> 01:35:56,051 But I think a lot of times, we don't see that in women. 2084 01:35:56,118 --> 01:35:58,020 And we don't give them the opportunity 2085 01:35:58,086 --> 01:36:01,489 to continue to develop all those dreams 2086 01:36:01,556 --> 01:36:07,129 and wonderful things that they thought as young girls. 2087 01:36:08,030 --> 01:36:13,501 - * I'm going to shout and sing until heavens ring * 2088 01:36:13,568 --> 01:36:18,606 * When I'm bidding this world goodbye * 2089 01:36:18,673 --> 01:36:21,609 It has 580 verses. 2090 01:36:21,676 --> 01:36:23,678 That's the way my family always wrote songs, 2091 01:36:23,745 --> 01:36:26,248 just in case you wanted to go sing two or three days 2092 01:36:26,314 --> 01:36:27,950 without stop. 2093 01:36:28,016 --> 01:36:29,985 That's what you did. 2094 01:36:30,052 --> 01:36:31,954 OK, we're pressing on. 2095 01:36:32,020 --> 01:36:35,023 [June Carter Cash's "It's My Lazy Day"] 2096 01:36:35,090 --> 01:36:36,791 *** 2097 01:36:36,859 --> 01:36:38,660 * Well, I might have gone fishing * 2098 01:36:38,726 --> 01:36:40,395 all: * Might have gone fishing * 2099 01:36:40,462 --> 01:36:41,596 - * I got to thinkin' it over * 2100 01:36:41,663 --> 01:36:43,498 all: * Thinkin' it over * 2101 01:36:43,565 --> 01:36:46,701 - * The road to the river * all: * Is a mighty long way * 2102 01:36:46,768 --> 01:36:49,371 - * It's a mighty long way, it must be the season * 2103 01:36:49,437 --> 01:36:50,973 all: * Must be the season * 2104 01:36:51,039 --> 01:36:52,941 - * No rhyme or no reason * 2105 01:36:53,008 --> 01:36:55,743 all: * No rhyme or no reason * - * I'm just taking it easy * 2106 01:36:55,810 --> 01:36:58,813 all: * It's my lazy day * - * It's my lazy day * 2107 01:36:58,881 --> 01:37:01,483 * I'm finding it easy * all: * Finding it easy * 2108 01:37:01,549 --> 01:37:04,419 - * To mind my own business * all: * Mind my own business * 2109 01:37:04,486 --> 01:37:08,490 - * I'm keepin' my nose out of everyone's way * 2110 01:37:08,556 --> 01:37:11,026 * Everyone's way, just gonna look stupid * 2111 01:37:11,093 --> 01:37:13,761 all: * Gonna look stupid * - * Don't wanna meet Cupid * 2112 01:37:13,828 --> 01:37:17,765 all: * Wanna meet Cupid * - * Just taking it easy * 2113 01:37:17,832 --> 01:37:21,336 * It's my lazy day, it's my lazy day * 2114 01:37:21,403 --> 01:37:26,208 *** 2115 01:37:41,589 --> 01:37:43,425 * I ain't askin' no questions * 2116 01:37:43,491 --> 01:37:45,961 all: * Askin' no questions * - * I ain't givin' advices * 2117 01:37:46,028 --> 01:37:49,831 all: * Givin' advices * - * I ain't doing no datin' * 2118 01:37:49,898 --> 01:37:52,467 all: * Ain't wanting to play * - * Ain't wanting to play * 2119 01:37:52,534 --> 01:37:55,070 * I'm just gonna look stupid * all: * Gonna look stupid * 2120 01:37:55,137 --> 01:37:58,073 - * I don't wanna meet Cupid * all: * Wanna meet Cupid * 2121 01:37:58,140 --> 01:38:02,177 - * Just taking it easy, it's my lazy day * 2122 01:38:02,244 --> 01:38:04,312 * It's my lazy day * 2123 01:38:08,483 --> 01:38:10,718 [rhythmic clapping]