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[gentle piano music]

♪

- THE BLUE RIDGE--

SOME FOLK SAY IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN AMERICA.

I'D ALLOW THAT.

THE CHEROKEE WAS HERE FIRST.

THEN THE LIKES OF US MOUNTAIN PEOPLE.

IT'S TOUGH LAND, BUT THEY WAS FOLKS TO MATCH--

MY GRANDDADDY, MY DADDY.

MY DADDY CLEARED THIS PLACE,

TAUGHT ME HOW TO DRAG A LIVING OUT OF ROUGH GROUND.

[chuckles]

YES, SIR.

THE NATIONS' PLACE, MY LAND.

[bird chirping]

- THAT'S MY ANNIE, COME TO VISIT ME.

OUR BOY EZRA LIVED BUT ONE DAY.

THAT'S OUR MARY, AGE FIVE.

SARAH AND EULESS NATIONS-- MY MA AND PA.

AND THIS HERE IS MINE.

- YOU THERE HECTOR?

- I'M ALWAYS HERE.

- I BRUNG YOU SOME FLOWERS.

[grunts softly]

- YOU REST YOURSELF, OLD WOMAN.

WHAT'S TROUBLING YOU?

YOU'RE WORRYING ABOUT DILLARD AGAIN.

- SOMETIMES I WISH I COULD KEEP MY THOUGHTS TO MYSELF.

- YOU THINK IT, I KNOW IT.

- I HAD A LETTER FROM HIM YESTERDAY, MADE ME UNEASY.

- WHAT'D HE SAY?

- IT WEREN'T WHAT HE SAID.

I DON'T KNOW.

HE'S DOING GOOD WITH HIS SINGING, I GUESS.

I JUST WISH HE WEREN'T SO FAR AWAY.

[country music and bar chatter]

- ♪ LORD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'LL DO ♪

♪ ALL I DO IS SIT AND SIGH, OH, LORD ♪

♪ THAT LONG LOST DAY SHE SAID GOOD-BYE ♪

♪ WELL, LORD, I THOUGHT I WOULD CRY ♪

♪ SHE'LL DO ME, SHE'LL DO YOU ♪

♪ SHE'S GOT THAT KIND OF LOVIN' ♪

♪ LORD, I LOVE TO HEAR HER

♪ WHEN SHE CALL ME SWEET DADDY ♪

♪ SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DREAM

- SLEEP TIGHT, HECKIE.

- DADDY, HOW LONG ARE YOU GONNA BE GONE?

- TWO NIGHTS, TWO GIGS.

WELL, YOU LIKE STAYING WITH THE MASON'S, DON'T YOU?

- I DON'T CARE.

- I'M GONNA PLAY IN GEORGIA. I'LL SEE YOUR GRANDMA.

- I WANT TO SEE GRANDMA. - SHH.

YOUR TEACHER WILL KILL ME.

- YOU GO TO SLEEP.

- TAKE HER OUR CUTOUTS.

- CUTOUTS?

- FOR A SURPRISE.

AND THUMBTACKS SO SHE CAN PIN THEM UP.

- SURE, HONEY.

- YOU PROMISE? - I PROMISE.

- WHEN GRANDMA WAKES UP IN THE MORNING,

SHE'LL SEE SUSIE AND ME ON THE WALL.

- [chuckles]

YOU GO TO SLEEP.

[whispering] GOOD NIGHT.

- GOOD MORNING.

YOU STILL FRETTING ABOUT THAT BOY?

- HE'S PLAYING A CONCERT AT HIAWASSEE, SATURDAY.

- HIAWASSEE?

THAT'S 30 MILES FROM HERE.

YOU AIN'T GOING. - DON'T HAVE TO.

HE SAID HE'D STOP BY.

- TRAIPSE AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH A GUITAR--

WHAT KIND OF WORK IS THAT?

- NOW, HECTOR.

- WELL, THIS LAND IS WHAT TOOK CARE OF HIM.

- DILLARD MAKES A GOOD LIVING.

- [scoffs]

REMEMBER THIS?

THAT'S WHEN YOU HAD TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE A LIVING.

FIRST THING I BUILT--

USED TO FILL HER UP WITH CORNS, SORGHUM, CABBAGE.

TAKE THE STUFF TO MARKET, BRING IT RIGHT HOME AGAIN,

FEED IT TO THE HOGS.

OLD HOOVER'S TIME-- HADN'T BEEN FOR CORN,

LIQUOR, AND SMART TRADING,

WE'D HAVE HAD AN EMPTY TABLE AROUND HERE.

[door creaks closed]

- IT'S SO HOT IN THIS KITCHEN.

I'M GONNA WORK OUTSIDE.

- FLIES'LL KILL YOU.

- BETTER FLIES THAN HEATSTROKE.

[car horn honks]

- WHO'S THAT?

- I DON'T KNOW.

[horn honks]

[dog barking]

- COMPANY.

I'M GOING BACK TO MY ORCHARD.

- LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT, MA'AM.

THAT'S TOO HEAVY FOR A LITTLE LADY LIKE YOU.

- OH, I CAN STILL DO IT.

THANK YOU.

- I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR BUSTING IN ON YOU LIKE THIS,

MS. NATIONS.

BUT AS I REMEMBER, YOU DON'T HAVE A PHONE.

- YOU BEEN HERE BEFORE?

- YES, MA'AM.

HAD A NICE TALK WITH YOUR HUSBAND

SOME YEARS BACK ABOUT THE SCOUT CAMP.

- I REMEMBER.

NICE BOYS.

ALL GOT POISON IVY.

- [laughs]

UH, MY NAME IS CARPENTER.

I'D LIKE YOU TO HAVE MY CARD.

HERE YOU GO.

PRINCE CARPENTER.

- I AIN'T GOT MY GLASSES.

- NO NEED.

JUST SAYS, "MOUNTAIN PEAK DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION,

GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA."

ALL I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER IS PRINCE.

- YOU KIN TO THAT MOLLY CARPENTER?

- WELL, COULD BE.

THERE'S A WHOLE HEAP OF CARPENTERS OVER HERE

MY FOLKS ARE KIN TO.

- [chuckles]

- OH.

[sighs]

DO YOU MIND IF I SIT DOWN?

- OH, PLEASE.

MY MANNERS IS RUSTY AS AN OLD HINGE.

- [laughs]

MAN ALIVE.

YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL 10 YEARS YOUNGER UP HERE.

LOOK AT THAT VIEW-- MONEY IN THE BANK.

HOW MANY ACRES YOU GOT UP HERE, MA'AM?

- I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.

WE NEVER DID STEP IT OFF.

MAYBE 100.

HECTOR COULD TELL YOU.

[knife scraping]

- MR. NATIONS? - THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU COME TO SEE MY HUSBAND?

- NO, MA'AM. I COME TO SEE YOU.

I GOT A PROPOSITION TO MAKE.

- MS. NATIONS... AUNT ANNIE...

I GOT A NICE SURPRISE FOR YOU.

WE WANT TO BUY YOUR LAND.

- HOW MUCH OF IT?

- ALL OF IT.

- HOUSE TOO? - EVERYTHING.

$200,000 CASH ON DELIVERY OF A FREE AND CLEAR TITLE.

- YEAH, I DON'T THINK SO, MR. CARPENTER.

- PRINCE, PLEASE. PRINCE.

- I'M PLUMB OUT OF SALT.

NOW, THAT'S VEXING.

- I'LL GO GET YOU SOME. - NO, NO, DON'T YOU TROUBLE.

- NO TROUBLE.

MY CAR IS JUST DOWN THE HILL.

WOULDN'T YOU LIKE A RIDE?

- WELL...

- YOU'RE A SENIOR CITIZEN, AUNT ANNIE.

IF YOU DON'T SELL, YOUR KIDS WILL.

ALWAYS DO.

- WE'LL TALK IT OVER, I GUESS.

- GOOD. - ME AND MY HUSBAND.

- OH, YES, OF COURSE.

NOW, LOOK OVER THERE ON THE RIGHT.

- THAT'S THE KIND OF WORK WE DO--

VACATION HOMES, BEAUTIFUL.

YOU KNOW RUBY RIDGE?

- THAT'S THE OLD BURRELL PLACE,

WHERE THEY CUT THE TOP OFF THE MOUNTAIN.

- YOU WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND?

- I BELIEVE I WON'T, THANK YOU.

[parking brake cranks]

[birds chirping]

- I'LL WAIT FOR YOU, AUNT ANNIE.

PRINCE CARPENTER. HOWDY.

MOUNTAIN PEAK DEVELOPMENT. - HOWDY.

- BELIEVE WE MET DOWN AT BETTY CREEK ROAD LAST YEAR

WITH YOUR COUSIN JAKE.

[indistinct chatter]

- YOU ALL BRING ME THOSE WORKBOOKS TO CLASS ON MONDAY,

FINISHED, AND I'LL BUY YOU A SODA.

OKAY, TOMMY?

- THANKS FOR THE RIDE, MS. BURRELL.

- THANKS FOR ALL YOUR TIME.

- LISTEN, YOU ARE GONNA GET

THE BEST S.A.T. SCORES IN GEORGIA.

WE'LL SHOW THEM WHAT RABUN COUNTY KIDS CAN DO.

I'LL SEE YOU MONDAY. all: BYE.

- HOW'S YOUR MOTHER, BECKY?

- BETTER, SHE'S BACK IN THE STORE.

- I'LL COME AND SAY HI.

- HERE IT IS, AUNT ANNIE. ONE BAG ENOUGH?

- YES.

AND A POUND OF COFFEE, MADGE, I GUESS.

- I'LL GET IT, MOM.

- WELL, HI, MRS. BURTON.

HOW YOU FEELING? - FINE, THANKS.

- WHY, AUNT ANNIE.

- HOLLY.

- WELL, THIS IS THE BIG DAY.

- I WAS COMING UP TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD A RIDE TONIGHT.

- TONIGHT? - TA-DA!

- DILLARD'S CONCERT.

- THAT AIN'T DILLARD.

- WELL, THAT'S HOW HE LOOKS ON HIS RECORD.

- BUT HE SAID THE 30TH.

- TODAY'S THE 30TH, AUNT ANNIE.

- TODAY'S SATURDAY? - SURE IS.

- OH, MY, I'VE GOT TO GET BACK HOME RIGHT NOW.

- WELL, I'LL DRIVE YOU.

- WELL, THERE'S A FELLA OUTSIDE THAT BRUNG ME DOWN.

- NOT PRINCE CARPENTER. - THAT'S HIM.

- I'LL DRIVE YOU.

- [gasps] I'D LIKE THAT.

I'LL JUST THANK HIM.

- [sighs]

- HI.

- DILLARD.

- WHERE'S MA?

- SHE'S INSIDE. - SHE ALL RIGHT?

- SHE'S FINE. JUST WASHING UP.

YOU LOOK GREAT. IS SHERYL WITH YOU?

- NO. - HOW ARE THE KIDS?

- GOT THEIR MOTHER'S LOOKS AND THEIR DADDY'S TALENT.

- THEY'LL GO FAR.

SURE IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

- HEY, WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING FOR ME?

- I'LL TRY. - IT AIN'T HARD.

JUST TELL ME WHO YOU ARE.

- YOU DON'T REMEMBER.

- I GUESS NOT.

- RIGHT IN THERE.

I WAS STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I HAD A BIG CRUSH ON YOU.

YOU WERE HOME VISITING,

YOUR PA WAS JUST OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND--

- YOU'RE THAT KID WITH THE TAPE RECORDER--

HOLLY.

- HOLLY BURRELL.

- YOU STILL LIVE HERE? - SURE.

WELL, I WENT AWAY TO COLLEGE. I TAUGHT IN ATLANTA FOR A WHILE.

AND NOW I'M BACK AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

- WHY'D YOU COME BACK?

- JUST LOOK AT IT.

AND THERE ARE THE KIDS.

I LOVE THEM.

ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

- IS THAT HIM?

- HELLO, MA.

- [laughing]

I WEREN'T EXPECTING YOU.

- WELL, DIDN'T YOU GET MY LETTER?

- I GOT MIXED UP.

YOU PLAYING TONIGHT?

- YES, MA'AM.

- BUT YOU CAN STAY OVER.

- I'M AFRAID NOT, MA.

I GOT TO GET BACK TO THE KIDS.

I TOLD YOU IT HAD TO BE A REAL SHORT VISIT THIS TIME.

- WELL, I AIN'T GOING TO CRY ABOUT IT.

I GOT YOU NOW. [laughs]

- I BRUNG YOU SOME ORANGES.

- THEY ARE REAL PRETTY.

- I'M TAKING HER TO THE CONCERT.

- OH, I'D DEARLY LOVE THAT, HOLLY.

I DEARLY WOULD, BUT IT'S A FUR PIECE FOR OLD BONES LIKE ME,

AND I DON'T BELIEVE HECTOR WOULD GO.

THE KETTLE'S BOILING.

YOU WANT A CUP OF TEA?

- "HECTOR."

- YEAH, BEEN DEAD FIVE YEARS.

SHE STILL HAS HIS CLOTHES HANGING IN THERE.

- HIS TOOLS UNDER THE BED.

- I MOVED THEM ONCE.

SHE PUT THEM RIGHT BACK.

WHEN PA WAS ALIVE, SHE USED TO WASH

AND GET INTO HER NIGHTGOWN BEHIND A CURTAIN IN THE CORNER.

CURTAIN'S STILL THERE.

- [chuckles] IT DOESN'T MATTER, YOU KNOW?

- IT AIN'T GOOD.

- THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER.

- CUP OF TEA?

- NOT FOR ME, AUNT ANNIE. I GOT TO BE GETTING ALONG.

- YOU CAN'T STAY, CHILD?

- I'LL BE UP AGAIN REAL SOON, NEXT WEEKEND.

- YOU DO THAT, AND STAY OVERNIGHT.

YOU CAN HAVE DILLARD'S BED.

- YOU AIN'T SEEN ME ON STAGE SINCE I WON THAT MEDAL.

- HE WERE ONLY 17.

HE WON A PRIZE AT THE STATE FAIR.

- I'M BETTER NOW.

I'LL SING SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR YOU.

- WELL, WHAT WOULD I WEAR? - JUST PUT ON YOUR HAT.

- PLEASE COME, AUNT ANNIE. I'LL BRING YOU STRAIGHT HOME.

- WELL, I GUESS IT'D BE ALL RIGHT JUST THIS ONCE.

- THAT'S MORE LIKE IT.

- I'LL PICK YOU UP AT 7:00.

- [laughs] - BYE, NOW.

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

- I'M FOND OF THAT ONE.

[screen door squeaks closed]

SO...

HOW ARE THE KIDS?

- [chuckles softly] HELLO, MA.

- I'M REAL GLAD YOU COME.

THAT COAT'S GONE AT THE ELBOW.

GIVE IT HERE.

- [chuckles]

AIN'T ALL THAT'S GONE.

KIDS IS FINE.

HECKIE'S LEARNING GUITAR.

AND THEY SENT YOU A PRESENT.

I LEFT IT IN THE CAR.

YOU REMIND ME TO GET IT.

- WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT AIN'T ALL THAT'S GONE?

- NOTHIN'. JUST TALK.

TIME PASSIN'.

- AND HOW'S SHERYL?

- SHERYL'S FINE.

DOING GOOD AT WORK. REAL BUSY.

SHE TROTS AROUND THERE AS MUCH AS YOU DO.

- YOU STILL TRAVELING A LOT?

- WE'RE WORKING A CLUB IN ORLANDO THIS SPRING.

I WANT TO BE CLOSER TO THE KIDS FOR A WHILE.

- WELL, I'M GLAD OF THAT.

- YOU LOOK GOOD.

- CERTAINLY AND DECLARE, I DO.

I GOT MY HEALTH.

- SO HOW ABOUT QUITTING WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD?

- QUITTING? [laughs]

- COME TO FLORIDA.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SELL THE HOUSE.

JUST COME WHERE I CAN KEEP AN EYE ON YOU.

- DILLARD, HONEY, DON'T START THAT AGAIN.

- IT'D MEAN A LOT TO THE KIDS.

- I BELONG HERE.

- WELL, COME FOR THE WINTER, THEN.

- WHO'D FEED THE CHICKENS?

- MA, YOU CAN BUY EGGS.

IT'S PA, AIN'T IT?

I JUST WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO ME.

YOU AIN'T SO YOUNG ANYMORE.

YOU'RE UP HERE ALL ON YOUR OWN, NO ONE AROUND.

SUPPOSING YOU HAD AN ACCIDENT.

YOU LET PA REST AND COME LIVE WITH US.

- I AIN'T SEEN YOU LOOK SO SERIOUS

SINCE YOU USED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR MUSIC.

- I AIN'T TALKING ABOUT MUSIC NOW.

- NOW, YOU LISTEN TO ME.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR PA RESTING, AND HE IS, RIGHT HERE,

UP IN THE OLD ORCHARD WITH HIS MA AND PA

AND YOUR LITTLE BROTHER AND SISTER.

- AND WHEN MY TIME COMES,

I'M GONNA LAY RIGHT DOWN THERE BESIDE HIM,

AND NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE THAT,

NOT YOU NOR FLORIDA NOR NOTHING.

YOUR ELBOW IS DIGGING INTO MY KNEES, SON.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE.

- I'D SURE SLEEP A LOT BETTER IF'N YOU WAS OFF THIS MOUNTAIN.

- MAYBE YOU WOULD, BUT I AIN'T SLEPT IN ANOTHER BED

SINCE I WAS MARRIED, AND I AIN'T ABOUT TO.

- AND I AIN'T GIVING UP ON IT, MA.

I'M GONNA KEEP AFTER YOU.

- HERE.

IT'S DONE.

- THANKS, MA.

SAY, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SMOKEHOUSE?

- ROOF GAVE OUT

- WELL, YOU WANT I SHOULD FIX IT?

- IT'S SPENT ITS DAYS, I RECKON.

YOUR POP PUT THAT UP FIRST YEAR WE WAS MARRIED.

NOW, THAT'S 60 YEARS AGO.

- 60 YEARS. - YEAH.

- AND YOU WAS 18?

WHAT WERE YOU LIKE, MA?

- [laughs]

SCARED.

I WAS ONLY 16 WHEN HE ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM.

HE WAS SCARED TOO.

IT WAS AT A CORN SHUCKIN'.

- YOU REMEMBER CORN SHUCKIN'S?

- SURE. THAT GREAT PILE OF CORN ON THE GROUND

AND THE FIDDLES A-PLAYIN'.

- THEY'D BURIED A JUG OF LIQUOR IN THE CORN.

THE MEN WOULD MOVE FOR THAT.

- AND THE FIRST ONE TO FIND A RED EAR

GOT TO KISS THE PRETTIEST GAL.

- THAT'S RIGHT.

AND IT WERE YOUR PA.

SOME TIMES STAY WITH YOU JUST SO CLEAR,

LIKE THEY WERE STILL HAPPENING.

I REMEMBER WE WAS ALL OVER AT THE NORTON'S BIG BARN,

AND MUSIC WAS A-PLAYIN', AND EVERYONE WAS A-DANCIN'.

[gentle music]

♪

AIN'T YOU GONNA DANCE?

- I GOT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.

- I OUGHT TO GO BACK. - NO.

NO, NO, WAIT.

- THEY'LL NOTICE.

- LET 'EM.

- LOOSE ME, PLEASE, HECTOR.

- SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO GRAB AT YOU.

- WELL, WHAT IS IT, THEN?

- THAT RED EAR...

TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I DIDN'T FIND IT.

I ONLY MADE OUT I DID.

- I KNOWED THAT.

- YOU DID?

- I SEEN YOU TAKE IT OUT OF YOUR POCKET.

- OH. [chuckles]

ANNIE, I'M WORKING PRETTY REGULAR,

WHEN I CAN GET IT.

NOW, I'LL HAVE MY DADDY'S HOME PLACE SOMEDAY.

IT'S GOOD LAND.

I AIM TO SETTLE DOWN.

- YOU SHOULD, HECTOR. - THAT'S RIGHT.

RAISE A FAMILY.

- IT AIN'T MEN RAISES FAMILIES.

- WELL, THAT'S JUST IT.

YOU'RE AWFUL PRETTY.

- [laughs]

I'M STILL TO SCHOOL, HECTOR.

AND I GOT TO GO BACK NOW.

- I CAN WAIT.

- YOU GOT MY ARM AGAIN.

- I KNOW.

WELL, I GUESS THERE'S NOTHING FOR YOU.

ANNIE...

WILL YOU?

WELL?

- I'M SCARED, HECTOR.

- WHAT OF?

- YOU.

- ME?

- OH, I LIKE YOU, BUT...

- BUT WHAT?

- YOU'RE TOO...

TOO HASTY!

- WELL, I CAN CHANGE.

I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.

- "I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU."

- HOW LONG DID YOU MAKE HIM WAIT?

- TWO YEARS.

- AND HE CHANGED? - NO.

BUT HE WAITED.

[chuckles]

- SMART MAN.

LUCKY MAN.

I GOT TO WATCH THE CLOCK. THIS THING'S SLOW.

WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH ALL THEM ORANGES?

MUST HAVE BEEN CRAZY.

- WE SHOULD'VE GIVE SOME TO HOLLY.

- HEY, PUT 'EM IN THE CELLAR FOR ME.

GIVE ME A COUPLE FIRST.

YOU WANT ONE?

- MA, IF I NEVER SEE ANOTHER ORANGE IN MY LIFE,

IT'LL BE TOO SOON.

- THEY'RE A REAL TREAT TO ME.

- SO WHO BUST THIS DOOR?

- IT GOT STUCK.

WE HAD A LONG WET SPELL LAST MONTH.

DOOR SWOLL UP, I GUESS.

[laughing] WENT TO GET BEANS FOR MYSELF,

BUT COULDN'T OPEN IT.

FELT RIGHT FOOLISH.

- LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD A TOUGH JOB GETTING IN.

- WAS ALREADY IN. [laughs]

- HOW DO YOU MEAN? - INSIDE.

DOOR SHUT BEHIND ME.

- WELL, HOW'D YOU GET OUT?

- JOE NORTON COME UP NEXT MORNING TO CUT WOOD FOR ME.

HEARD ME HOLLERIN'.

YEAH, I'LL PUT THIS INSIDE AND LOOK TO THE TIME FOR YOU.

- WAIT A MINUTE. YOU WAS IN THERE ALL NIGHT?

- OH, WASN'T SO BAD. DARK NEVER HURT NO ONE.

- YOU COULD'VE GOT PNEUMONIA.

- NO. I HAD YOUR PA'S SWEATER. I SLEPT SOME.

- WELL, WHAT IF JOE HADN'T COME?

- GUESS I'D STILL BE HOLLERIN'.

- THAT'S JUST WHAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT!

YOU COULD HAVE DIED IN THERE, AND NOBODY'D KNOW.

- AH, FOLKS COME VISITING ALL THE TIME.

- YEAH, ONCE A WEEK? ONCE A MONTH?

- YOU'RE THE THIRD PERSON TO COME UP THIS HILL TODAY.

- WELL, HOW MANY TIMES THAT HAPPEN?

YOU COULD BREAK YOUR NECK UP HERE, AND NOBODY'D KNOW.

[door creaks]

- ALL 'CAUSE OF PA.

- [panting] HI.

- HI.

- MS. NATIONS AROUND?

- SHE'S IN THE HOUSE.

- HEH, JEEZ, THAT HILL SURE TELLS YOU IF YOU'RE IN SHAPE.

YOU LIVE AROUND HERE?

- NOPE.

- BRING THEM WITH YOU?

- YEP.

- FLORIDA, HUH?

- THAT'S RIGHT.

[flies buzzing]

- YOU BOYS REALLY MOVIN' IN DOWN HERE, AIN'T YOU?

YOU INTERESTED IN THIS PLACE?

- YEAH, I'M INTERESTED.

- WELL, MEET THE COMPETITION.

I'M MOUNTAIN PEAK DEVELOPMENT, PRINCE CARPENTER.

PLEASED TO MEET YOU.

I'VE HAD MY EYE ON THIS PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.

IT'S NO SELL, THOUGH.

YOU EVER TALKED TO THE OLD MAN?

- YEAH, I TALKED TO HIM.

- HOW'D YOU DO?

- I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO HIM IN QUITE A WHILE.

- WON'T BUDGE.

NO WAY IN THIS WORLD TO REACH HIM.

AIN'T NEVER GONNA SELL.

- HE TELL YOU THAT?

- RIGHT HERE ON THIS PORCH.

- NOW, HOW'D YOU MANAGE THAT?

- [laughs]

WELL, IT WEREN'T EASY.

- I GUESS NOT.

MY PA'S BEEN DEAD FIVE YEARS.

- COME AGAIN?

- MY PA--HE DIED.

- YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT...

FIVE YEARS AGO.

YOU MUST BE THE SON IN SHOW BUSINESS--

DILLARD. - I SURE AIN'T IN REAL ESTATE.

- OH, OF COURSE NOT.

GOT MY MIGHT AHEAD OF MYSELF THERE.

SMART MAN, YOUR PA.

I TALKED TO HIM JUST BEFORE HE PASSED OVER.

- YOU DID, HUH? - ABSOLUTELY.

YOUR MA REMEMBERS.

OFFERED HIM $100,000 FOR THIS PLACE,

AND HE WOULDN'T TOUCH IT.

HE KNEW VALUES WOULD GO UP.

- AND YOU THINK THAT'S THE ONLY REASON HE WOULDN'T SELL?

- I OFFERED YOUR MA $200,000.

- YOU AIN'T GONNA BUDGE MA NEITHER.

I SURE CAN'T.

LOOK, MR. CARPENTER--

- CALL ME PRINCE.

- MY GRANDDADDY CLEARED THIS LAND.

MY PA WORKED IT.

I WORKED IT.

MY MA LIVES HERE.

- IT MUST GET MIGHTY LONELY UP HERE.

I GUESS THAT'S WHY SHE BROUGHT BACK YOUR PA, HUH?

- YOU KNEW ABOUT THAT?

- DILLARD, THIS IS MY TERRITORY.

- YOU DIDN'T CALL HER ON IT?

- WHAT DO YOU TAKE ME FOR?

I WASN'T ABOUT TO SPOIL ANYTHING FOR A FINE OLD LADY.

- THINK IT OVER, DILLARD.

- YOU'RE WASTIN' YOUR BREATH.

IT AIN'T MY LAND.

AND IT AIN'T MY LIFE.

- IT'S YOUR MOTHER.

FACE IT DILLARD

EVERYTHING'S CHANGED

SINCE YOU AND ME GREW UP IN THESE MOUNTAINS

ALL THE KIDS WITH ANY GET UP AND GO

HAVE GOT UP AND WENT

JUST LIKE YOU DID

THE OLD ONES ARE JUST HANGIN ON

LIKE FOXFIRE ON ROTTEN WOOD

- MR. CARPENTER?

- PRINCE, PLEASE. PRI--

AUNT ANNIE.

I BROUGHT YOU A PRESENT.

BE CAREFUL.

IT'S SHARP, AND I KNOW YOU NEED A SHARP KNIFE.

- [chuckles] OH.

- NO. I WON'T HEAR A WORD.

YOU JUST TAKE IT SLOW AND GENTLE

NEXT TIME YOU HAVE TO CUT OUT AN EYE OR TWO.

- NOW, I CAN'T LET YOU-- - ONLY...

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE ME A PENNY, AUNT ANNIE.

MY OLD GRANNY USED TO SAY TO ME,

"YOU CAN NEVER GIVE A BODY NOTHIN' WITH A SHARP EDGE,

"OR IT'LL CUT THE FRIENDSHIP

THAT DIDN'T PAY YOU A PENNY FOR IT TO KEEP YOU AS A FRIEND."

- DILLARD, YOU GOT A PENNY?

- I'M ALL OUT.

[coins clinking]

- THERE.

AND THERE'S SOME BAND-AIDS IN THE BAG, JUST IN CASE.

- WELL, THANK YOU KINDLY.

- MR. CARPENTER WAS JUST LEAVIN'.

- YEAH.

GOT TO BE GETTIN' ALONG.

BUT I'LL BE BACK.

TIME'S A-MARCHIN'.

BYE, MA'AM.

DILLARD.

- MA, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME

THAT FELLA'D BEEN POKIN' AROUND?

- WOULDN'T HAVE CHANGED NOTHIN'.

- HE TOLD ME HE TALKED TO PA.

- HE DID?

WELL, MAYBE HE DID.

- NOW, THAT AIN'T A GOOD KIND OF MAN

TO BE DOIN' BUSINESS WITH, MA.

WHAT'D HE SAY TO YOU?

- CALLED ME A SENIOR CITEN.

SAID IF WE DIDN'T SELL, YOU WOULD.

HE WEREN'T SO FAR OFF.

IT'LL BE COMING TO YOU ONE DAY ANYWAY.

- WHAT ABOUT MILLIE AND JED?

- YOU KNOW THEY AIN'T NEVER COMING BACK.

I'D GIVE IT TO YOU NOW IF I THOUGHT YOU COULD USE IT.

- I DO LOVE THIS PLACE,

BUT I CAN'T LIVE HERE.

- NO.

YOU NEVER COULD ONCE YOU WAS GROWED.

- [sighs]

THINGS DON'T WORK OUT,DO THEY, MA?

- WHAT'S TROUBLING YOU, DILLARD?

- NOTHIN'.

JUST LIVIN'.

I BEST GET STARTED.

IF I'M NOT THERE TO SET UP, THEY'LL BE FUSSIN'.

- WELL, MAYBE YOU'D BETTER, THEN.

- IF THAT REAL-ESTATE MAN COMES AROUND AGAIN,

DON'T YOU TALK TO HIM.

- I'LL TALK TO YOUR PA ABOUT IT.

- OF COURSE YOU WILL.

- NOW, YOU BE SURE AND GIVE THE KIDS MY LOVE.

- I WON'T FORGET.

- AND I'LL GIVE YOURS TO YOUR PA.

OH, NEVER MIND THAT. NOW, YOU JUST GO ON.

- YOU AIN'T MAD AT ME, ARE YOU?

- DILLARD HONEY, I AIN'T MAD AT A SOUL IN THIS WORLD.

YOU KISS ME GOOD WHEN YOU'RE COMIN'.

I JUST HATE GOOD-BYES.

YOU CAN KISS ME WHEN YOU BACK AGAIN.

- OKAY.

I WON'T TRY TO SEE YOU AFTER THE SHOW.

I GOT TO BACK TO ATLANTA, CATCH THAT PLANE.

I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

- I'LL CLAP REAL LOUD.

[chuckles]

- I'M SORRY IT WAS SO SHORT.

I'LL WRITEWHEN I GET BACK.

NOW, DON'T YOU GO CLOSE NO DOORS ON YOURSELF.

- HE SENT YOU HIS LOVE.

- I HEAR IT.

- SOMETHING'S WRONG, HECTOR.

- HE HONORED YOU TO GO LIVE WITH HIM AGAIN?

THAT'S IT, AIN'T IT? "COME TO FLORIDA."

WELL, I AIN'T GO'IN.

- HE AIN'T ASKED YOU.

[laughs] YOU'RE WAY TOO OLD FOR THAT NOW.

- WHAT I'M TOO OLD FOR, I'LL DECIDE.

DILLARD'S GOING THROUGH ROUGH WATERS.

-WE WENT THROUGH THEM TOO.

- TIMES IS DIFFERENT.

- THEY AIN'T HARDER.

A MAN IS BORN UNTO TROUBLE,

NOT JUST TO PICKIN' A BANJO.

- AND IT AIN A BANJO, IT'S A GUITAR.

AND I'M GONNA GO SEE HIM PLAY IT TONIGHT.

[cheers and applause] - A-ONE, TWO, THREE!

[upbeat country music]

♪

- WHOO-HOO!

♪

- ♪ GET AT 'EM, BOYS

♪ GO BACK HOME

♪ BACK TO THE GIRL YOU LOVE

♪ TREAT HER RIGHT

♪ NEVER WRONG

♪ HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE ♪

♪ RIDIN' THE NIGHT IN A HIGH, COLD WIND ♪

♪ ON THE TRAIL OF THE OLD LONESOME PINE ♪

♪ THINKING OF YOU, BABY, FEELIN' SO BLUE ♪

♪ WONDERING WHY I LEFT YOU BEHIND ♪

♪ GET AT 'EM, BOYS

♪ GO BACK HOME

♪ BACK TO THE GIRL YOU LOVE - LET'S GO, HONEY!

- ♪ TREAT HER RIGHT, NEVER WRONG ♪

♪ HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE ♪

- KENNY!

♪

- YEAH, ALL RIGHT!

- ♪ THERE'S LAKE IN THE HILLS WHERE ♪

♪ MY TRUE LOVE GOES

♪ THAT'S WHEN SHE'S THINKIN' OF ME ♪

♪ WHY I'M NOT THERE, ONLY HEAVEN KNOWS ♪

♪ HEAVEN KNOWS THAT'S WHERE I'D RATHER BE, YEAH ♪

♪ GET AT 'EM, BOYS, GO BACK HOME ♪

♪ BACK TO THE GIRL YOU LOVE ♪

♪ TREAT HER RIGHT, NEVER WRONG ♪

♪ HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE ♪

[cheers and applause]

- WE LOVE YOU, DILLARD!

[cheers and applause]

- HEY, HEY!

THANK YOU!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GEE, IT SURE IS MIGHTY NICE OF ALL OF YOU FOLKS

TO COME DOWN HERE TONIGHT.

IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME.

[cheers and applause]

MY PA--

MY PA WAS BORN JUST A CAT'S JUMP FROM HERE.

HE'S A GOOD OL' BOY FROM DOWN ON THE FARM.

HE COULD SING.

OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T SOUND NO BETTER THAN A CROW.

[laughter]

BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHAT GOT ME STARTED.

THAT AND AN OLD BANJO MY PA PICKED UP TRADING.

WELL, MY PA WAS A TRADIN' MAN.

ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE SHERIFF.

HE'D SWAP YOU SILLY!

[laughter and scattered applause]

YEAH, YOU'D BE LUCKY TO WALK AWAY WEARIN' A SHIRT.

[laughter]

I WROTE A SONG ABOUT MY PA AND HIS TRADING.

ME AND THE BOYS WOULD LIKE TO SING IT FOR YOU.

IT'S CALLED SWEET TALKER.

[cheers and applause]

all: ♪ SWEET TALKER

♪ OOH

- ♪ PA WAS A TRADIN' MAN

[upbeat country music]

♪ MY PA WAS A FARMER FOR 50 CENTS A DAY ♪

♪ WORKED THE NEIGHBORS' LAND, AND HE GATHERED IN HIS HAY ♪

♪ HE HOED THAT FELLER'S BEANS, AND HE SWEATED IN HIS YARD ♪

♪ WHEN HE GOT THE FAMILY PLACE, WELL, HE SWEATED TWICE AS HARD ♪

♪ HE WAS A SWEET TALKER

♪ PA WAS A TRADIN' MAN, HE WAS A SWEET TALKER ♪

♪ BEST COUNT YOUR FINGERS IF YOU SHAKES HIS HAND♪

♪ SWEET TALKER

♪ WHAT YOU GOT TO SWAP? WHAT YOU GOT TO TRADE? ♪

♪ YAY-HEE-HEE

♪ GOT A PIG AND A CALF AND A QUILT JUST MADE ♪

♪ YAY-HEE-HEE

♪ GOT SYRUP AND TATERS AND NO NEED TO BICKER ♪

♪HOW'S ABOUT A JUG OF MY GENUINE CORN LIQUOR? ♪

YEAH!

♪

WHOO-HOO! - COME ON!

♪

- ♪ SWEET TALKER

♪ PA WAS A TRADIN' MAN, HE WAS A SWEET TALKER ♪

♪ BEST COUNT YOUR FINGERS IF YOU SHAKE HIS HAND ♪

♪ SWEET TALKER

♪ AIN'T NOTHIN' IN THE WORLD LIKE A TRADIN' FOOL ♪

♪ SWEET TALKER, HE COULD SWAP A BENT NAIL ♪

♪ FOR A BLUE-EYED MULE

YEAH.

♪

[cheers and applause]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU, FOLKS.

MAN, IT SURE IS NICE TO BE BACK HERE IN GOOD OL' RABUN COUNTY.

[cheers and applause] I'LL TELL YOU...

THESE MOUNTAINS, THEY JUST DON'T NEVER LET YOU GO.

[cheers and applause]

GUESS I'M JUST AN OLD HILLBILLY BOY AT HEART.

- OH, PLEASE.

- GOT MY MA OUT THERE WITH YOU FOLKS TONIGHT.

SHE'S SITTIN' WITH A PRETTY LITTLE GAL,

NAME OF HOLLY BURRELL.

[applause]

HOLLY'S A SCHOOL TEACHER, BUT SHE DON'T LOOK IT.

[laughter and applause]

WE WAS VISITING THIS AFTERNOON,

AND THEY ASKED ME IF I'D SING A SONG FROM MY ALBUM.

AND I'D KIND OF LIKE TO DO THAT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

UH, I UNDERSTAND IF YOU LIKE IT,

THEY'S GOT A FEW OF THEM FOR SALE DOWN THERE SOMEPLACE.

ANYWAY, THIS IS THE TITLE SONG,

ANOTHER DILLARD NATIONS ORIGINAL.

IT'S CALLED "MY FEET TOOK TO WALKING."

[cheers and applause]

[gentle guitar music]

♪

♪ SURE, I REMEMBER THE HOME PLACE ♪

♪ SURE, I REMEMBER IT CLEAR

♪ BECAUSE THE DAY THAT I LEFT HER ♪

♪ WAS JUST THIS TIME OF YEAR

♪ I CAN SEE HER SMILE

♪ ALMOST EVERY MILE

♪ BUT MY FEET TOOK TO WALKIN' ♪

♪ MY FEET TOOK WALKIN'

♪ NO SENSE IN TALKIN' IT OUT

♪ ALL THE DREAMS THAT NEVER WERE ♪

♪ TILL MY FEET TOOK TO WALKIN' ♪

♪ AWAY FROM HER

♪

YEAH.

♪

- IT WAS REAL GOOD OF YOU TO TAKE ME, HOLLY.

- IT WAS MY PLEASURE, AUNT ANNIE.

- THEY SURE DID CLAP ANYWAY. [laughs]

ALL THAT HOOPIN' AND HOLLERIN'.

- THEY LOVED IT.

- I DO BELIEVE I GOT A HEADACHE.

I AIN'T HAD ONE OF THEM IN YEARS.

- YOU GOT SOME ASPIRIN? - NO.

I'LL JUST HAVE A CUP OF TEA AND GET TO BED.

- YOU JUST SIT WHILE I PUT THE KETTLE ON.

- OH, THANK YOU, CHILD. - YOU'VE HAD A LONG DAY.

- I WISH HE DIDN'T HAVE TO GO UP IN ONE OF THEM PLANES.

- BETTER THAN DRIVIN' ALL NIGHT.

- HECTOR NEVER DID HOLD WITH FLYIN'.

SAID IT WAS AGAINST NATURE.

[chuckles]

- YOU BEEN GONE FOUR HOURS.

- I KNOW. FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS.

- YOU FORGOT TO FEED THE CHICKENS.

- [scoffs] - AND YOU AIN'T HAD NO SUPPER.

- I ATE A HOT DOG...

[laughs] AND POPCORN.

HOLLY BOUGHT IT.

- YOUNG'UNS TODAY GOT MORE MONEY THAN SENSE.

- YOU BOUGHT ME ICE CREAM WHEN WE WAS COURTIN'.

- ONLY A NICKEL THEN.

- [sighs]

I WISH YOU'D BEEN THERE.

[footsteps approaching]

- JUST BE A MINUTE. HAD TO LIGHT THE STOVE.

- OH.

- WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

YOU LEAVE, THE FIRE GOES OUT.

- MA!

MA!

WELL?

HOW'D YOU LIKE IT?

- I THOUGHT YOU WAS FLYIN' STRAIGHT BACK.

- I CHANGED MY MIND. CATCH A PLANE TOMORROW.

- WHAT'D YOU THINK?

- IT WERE REAL NICE.

- YEAH. GIVE YOU A HEADACHE.

- THAT FIDDLER WERE GOOD.

REMINDED ME OF OLD TIMES.

- WHAT SONG DID YOU LIKE BEST?

- OH, THEY WAS ALL GOOD.

YOU WORK SO HARD.

I COULD SEE THE SWEAT RUNNING DOWN YOU.

- IT GETS HOT.

- I'LL WASH THAT SHIRT.

- TOMORROW.

- OH. [laughs]

MAYBE THAT'S BEST.

I AIN'T HAD SUCH A BIG DAY IN YEARS.

- I'LL JUST DRAW ME A BUCKET OF WATER FOR THE MORNIN'.

- I'M DOING THAT.

- OH, THANK YOU, CHILD.

YOUR BED'S MADE UP.

YOUR PA WOULD'VE BEEN PROUD OF YOU, BOY.

[sighs]

NOW, I'M GONNA HAVE MY TEA.

[door creaks]

- SHE'S WORN OUT.

- WHAT'D SHE REALLY THINK?

- OH, SHE WAS EXCITED.

- BUT WHAT'D SHE THINK?

- SHE THOUGHT IT WAS... LOUD.

[chuckles] IT WAS TOO.

- [chuckles] IT'S GOT TO BE LOUD.

THEY DON'T FIGURE THEY GOT THEIR MONEY'S WORTH

UNLESS YOU BUST SOME EARDRUMS.

WHAT ELSE?

- WELL, LOUD AND, UH...

JOKEY.

DILLARD, I'M NO CRITIC.

- WELL, WHAT DIDN'T YOU LIKE?

- WELL, I'LL TELL YOU.

US'UNS DOWN HERE IN GOOD OLD RABUN COUNTY

AIN'T ALL HILLBILLIES.

- I AM.

UP THERE I AM.

THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY WANT.

AND I DO WHAT I HAVE TO FOR MY CUSTOMERS.

- DO YOU HAVE TO DRESS UP LIKE A STOP SIGN?

- IT'S ALL PART OF THE IMAGE.

- IT'S NOT YOU.

- NOW, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME?

- I KNOW WE BOTH COME FROM THE SAME PLACE,

AND WE DON'T TALK LIKE L'IL ABNER.

TURNING YOUR DADDY INTO A JOKE--

HOW COULD YOU?

YOU'RE A SINGER.

YOU SOUNDED LIKE A SALESMAN.

- I'M SWEET-TALKING, HONEY, JUST LIKE MY PA.

HE USED TO SAY, "YOU MAKE A NICKEL ANY WAY YOU CAN."

- HE MADE IT BY PLAIN HARD WORK.

I REMEMBER YOUR DADDY.

HE WEREN'T ALL SWEET TALK.

[owl hoots]

[footsteps departing]

[owl hooting]

[zipper opens]

DILLARD, I'M SORRY IF I SOUNDED OFF ABOUT YOUR CONCERT.

I JUST LIKE THE WAY YOU USED TO SING--

JUST YOUR VOICE AND THE GUITAR.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

- IT WOULDN'T PAY THE RENT.

GIVE ME A HAND?

- WHAT'S THAT?

- HECKIE AND SUSIE...

A PRESENT FOR THEIR GRANDMA.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE FIRST THING SHE SEES

WHEN SHE WAKES UP.

THEY'D HAVE KILLED ME IF I FORGOT.

- WELL, YOU SHOULD'VE BROUGHT THE KIDS WITH YOU.

AND SHERYL TOO.

- YOU DON'T KNOW SHERYL.

- WHAT'S SHE LIKE?

- FASTEST CREDIT CARD IN THE SOUTH.

- WHAT'S THAT MEAN?

- NOTHIN'.

SHERYL'S A CITY GAL. SHE LIKES THINGS EASY.

MA COULD USE SOME OF THAT.

WISH I COULD GET HER TO COME TO FLORIDA.

- TO LIVE?

- YOU KNOW A FELLA NAMED PRINCE CARPENTER?

- WE'VE MET. WHY?

- HE WAS UP HERE TODAY, MADE AN OFFER FOR THE PLACE.

- DON'T YOU LISTEN TO HIM.

HIM AND HIS RUBY RIDGE.

YOU KNOW THAT DEVELOPMENT?

- WELL, SURE. - I WAS BORN OVER THERE.

FOUR GENERATIONS, WE FARMED THAT LAND.

THEN MA DIED.

PRINCE CARPENTER TALKED MY DADDY INTO SELLING OUT.

THEY BUILT FANCY HOMES

FOR SUMMER PEOPLE ALL OVER OUR MOUNTAIN.

AND BARBED WIRE TO KEEP THE HILLBILLIES OUT.

- THOSE KIDS I TEACH, I WANT THEM SMART ENOUGH

TO KEEP THEIR OWN LAND,

'CAUSE ONCE IT'S GONE, YOU CAN NEVER GET IT BACK.

DON'T LET AUNT ANNIE SELL, DILLARD.

DON'T LET PRINCE SHOVE HER OUT.

- MA DON'T SHOVE EASY.

SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS, ALWAYS DID.

SO DID PA. [chuckles]

TWO PEOPLE AND A PIECE OF GROUND--THAT'S ALL IT TOOK.

- THEN DON'T LET HER SELL THE PIECE OF GROUND.

- IT AIN'T THAT SIMPLE.

- NO.

I SUPPOSE IT COULD HELP YOU A LOT, YOU AND SHERYL.

- WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

- TWO KIDS TO TAKE CARE OF--

HER WORKING, YOU TRAVELING ALL THE TIME.

- IF I WANTED SOMEONE TO TAKE CARE OF MY KIDS,

IT WOULDN'T BE A 79-YEAR-OLD WOMAN,

DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE,

NEVER BEEN IN A SUPERMARKET OR A BUS.

THE THING IS, THERE WOULD BE SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER HER.

SHE'D BE SAFE.

- SAFE FROM WHAT?

THIS IS HER HOME, DILLARD.

YOU'VE FORGOTTEN HOW IT FEELS.

- NO, I AIN'T.

- SHE'S LIVED HERE ALL HER LIFE,

AND THIS ISN'T SUCH A BAD PLACE TO DIE.

- ALL ALONE UP HERE?

- SHE'S GOT GOOD FRIENDS, MORE THAN SHE'D HAVE IN FLORIDA.

THE NORTONS, ME, LOTS OF PEOPLE.

AND SHE HAS YOUR PA.

- COME OFF IT, HOLLY.

HE AIN'T REAL.

- WELL, SO WHAT?

MAYBE HE MEANS MORE TO HER THAN INDOOR PLUMBING.

- MA'S ALIVE, AND SO IS HER FAMILY.

- I JUST MEAN, DON'T PUSH TOO HARD DILLARD.

I KNOW YOU LOVE HER,

BUT IS LEAVING HERE WHAT SHE WANTS OR YOU WANT?

- NOW, THAT'S MY BUSINESS, AIN'T IT?

- YES, IT IS.

IT'S YOUR BUSINESS.

GOOD NIGHT, DILLARD.

AND I STILL LIKE THE WAY YOU USED TO SING.

[zipper opens]

[guitar playing softly]

♪

♪ SURE, I REMEMBER THE HOME PLACE♪

♪ SURE, I REMEMBER IT CLEAR

♪ BECAUSE THE DAY THAT I LEFT HER ♪

♪ WAS JUST THIS TIME OF YEAR

♪ I CAN SEE HER SMILE

♪ ALMOST EVERY MILE

♪ BUT MY FEET TOOK TO WALKIN' ♪

♪ MY FEET TOOK TO WALKIN'

♪ THERE'S NO SENSE IN TALKIN' IT OUT ♪

♪ ALL THE DREAMS

♪ THAT NEVER WERE

♪

- YOU'VE BEEN AWAKE ALL NIGHT.

- SOME OF IT.

- WHY DID HE STAY?

- I AIN'T ASKED.

- I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

HE WANTS TO GET RID OF ME.

- [chuckles]

HE CAN'T DO THAT.

- NO.

BUT YOU CAN.

- MA?

- OHH...

[laughs]

[sets pail down]

- WHAT ARE THEM?

- CUTOUTS!

[laughing] THE GRANDCHILDREN.

- AH.

ONE OF 'EM GOT A GIMPY LEG?

- OF COURSE NOT.

THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S HER BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK.

- WHOSE? - SUSIE'S, DILLARD'S YOUNGEST.

- OH. WELL...

BIRTHDAYS DON'T MEAN SO MUCH TO ME NO MORE.

- NO. NEVER DID. [chuckles]

[door squeaks open] - MORNIN', MA.

- I'M SO PROUD OF THESE.

- [laughs] IT'S ALL THEIR OWN IDEA.

- YOU REMIND ME, I GOT A LITTLE BIRTHDAY SOMETHING FOR SUSIE

I WANT YOU TO CARRY.

- SHE'LL BE TICKLED.

[both laugh]

[birds chirping]

- NICE SMELL.

- JUST COFFEE.

- NOT THE COFFEE.

THIS PLACE. - OH.

WHY'D YOU COME BACK?

- WHY'D I COME HOME?

- YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD TO GET BACK TO THE CHILDREN.

- I DO.

I NEEDED TO TALK TO YOU.

- DID YOU CALL SHERYL?

- NOT YET.

- WON'T SHE WORRY?

- NO - I WOULD.

- SHE AIN'T THERE, MA.

- WHERE'S SHE AT?

- SHE'S AWAY.

- WHERE'S HECKIE AND SUSIE?

- STAYING WITH FRIENDS.

THAT SIDE DOOR NEEDS FIXIN'.

- MA...

WHEN YOU TALK TO PA, CAN YOU SEE HIM?

- CLEAR AS CLEAR.

- IS HE THERE?

- I'M HERE.

- SOMETIMES.

- CAN YOU TOUCH HIM?

- WELL, YOUR PA WEREN'T MUCH FOR TOUCHING.

- DID YOU ALWAYS LOVE HIM?

- WE WAS MARRIED.

NO, NOT ALWAYS.

GUESS SOMETIMES I NEAR HATED HIM.

- I DON'T HAVE TO HEAR THIS.

- BUT YOU STUCK WITH HIM.

ALL THAT TIME, NO MATTER WHAT.

[chuckles]

PA WAS SMART TO WAIT HIS TWO YEARS.

- YOU GONNA TELL ME ABOUT SHERYL?

- WHAT'S TO TELL? - I DON'T KNOW.

BUT SOMETH'IN

- SHE'S GONE, MA.

- GONE?

- TOOK OFF. LEFT.

TWO WEEKS AGO.

- WHY?

- LOTS OF REASONS.

- YOU STRIKE HER?

- NO, MA'AM.

MAYBE I SHOULD'VE.

- ANOTHER MAN?

- YEP.

- [gasps] SHE TAKE THE CHILDREN?

- THEY DIDN'T HAVE ROOM IN THE TRUNK.

SHE WANTS A DIVORCE.

SHE GOT HERSELF A LAWYER.

- WELL!

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT?

- WELL, I AIN'T GONNA LET HER HAVE MY KIDS!

- HER KIDS TOO.

- SHE QUIT. I DIDN'T.

- HOW ARE YOU GONNA CARE FOR TWO YOUNG'UNS

YOU TRAVELING ALL THE TIME?

- I'LL WORK SOMETHING OUT.

THEY'RE ALL I GOT.

- BUT YOU GOT NO WIFE.. AND NO REAL HOME.

- I'M WAY AHEAD OF YOU, MA.

I CAN'T COME BACK HERE.

- YOU WANT I SHOULD GO THERE?

- NO. WELL, YES! COURSE, I DO.

I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS BUT NOT TO BAIL ME OUT.

NO WAY.

I WANT YOU TO BE SAFE.

I'M SCARED OF THAT PHONE CALL TELLS ME TO COME

CARRY YOU OUT OF HERE FEET FIRST.

IT AIN'T ME, IT'S YOU.

YOU CAN'T MAKE IT ALONE, AND PA'S DEAD!

HE'S DEAD, MA.

- DILLARD, HONEY...

DON'T YOU NEVER HEAR HIM IN YOUR HEAD?

- ALL THE TIME,

TELLING ME THINGS I DON'T WANT TO HEAR.

- I REMEMBER THEM THINGS.

- FIRST, IT WAS YOUR BROTHER,

THEN YOUR SISTER,

THEN YOU WAS THE ONLY ONE LEFT.

HE NEVER MEANT NO HARM.

HE JUST SAW EVERYTHING HIS OWN WAY.

LIKE YOU BUMPING HEADS WITH HIM WHEN YOU WERE 16.

- I'VE BEEN WORKIN THIS LAND 55 YEARS

AND MY DADDY, 30 YEARS BEFORE THAT.

YOU LEARN IT BY DOING IT!

YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO STUDY FARMING,

YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN RIGHT HERE.

SEEMS LIKE EVERY TIME I TURN ROUND,

YOU'RE PICKIN' AT THAT THING.

THAT AIN'T NO FIT OCCUPATION FOR A MAN.

- I MADE $5 PICKING AT THIS THING!

- HOW'D YOU DO THAT? - HECTOR!

YOU OUGHT TO LOOK TO BEAUTY BEFORE DARK.

- WHAT? - THE MARE.

HER KNEE'S BAD.

- HOW DID YOU MAKE $5?

- SHE CAN'T HARDLY STAND UP.

- HOW'D YOU MAKE IT?

- PLAYING AT THE DANCE.

- SATURDAY NIGHT?

- YES, SIR.

- YOU TOLD ME YOU WAS GOING COON HUNTING.

- YES, SIR.

- YOU TOLD ME YOU NEVER EVEN SEEN A COON.

- THAT WAS TRUE, PA.

- I WISH YOU'D LOOK TO BEAUTY.

- BEAUTY CAN WAIT!

YOU TOLD ME...

A BAREFACE LIE.

- YES, SIR.

- BAREFACE LIE.

NOW, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT THAT?

- I DON'T KNOW, PA.

- WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

YOU TAKE THIS 'ROUND TO THAT WILLOW BY THE SPRINGHOUSE.

AND YOU CUT ME A LIMB ABOUT THREE FEET LONG...

THE SIZE OF YOUR FINGER.

- FELT SORRY FOR YOU, TOO.

- HE DIDN'T HURT ME.

- I HAD THAT OLD PLANTING CALENDAR STUCK DOWN MY BRITCHES.

MAYBE IT DID HURT.

BEEN SO LONG AGO NOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER NOTHING,

EXCEPT HOW MAD I WAS.

I HATED HIM.

THEN I LOVED HIM.

REMEMBER WHEN JED QUIT?

I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA KILL PA.

- LAST I HEAR, HE WAS WORKING FOR AN OIL COMPANY IN ALASKA.

- DOES HE STILL WRITE?

- OH...MILLIE WRITES NOW AND THEN.

- ALL THREE OF US QUIT, BUT YOU'RE STILL HANGING ON,

AND YOU WON'T LET GO OF HIM, WILL YOU?

- I'LL GET YOU SOME BREAKFAST.

- I CAN'T MA. I GOT TO GET TO ATLANTA BY 1:00.

I'LL--I'LL BRING THE KIDS UP FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY.

- IF YOU CAN.

- OH, I AIN'T GONNA T YOU SPEND THAT TIME ALONE.

- OH, I AIN'T NEVER ALONE.

I FEEL I GOT THE LORD LOOKING OUT FOR ME ALL THE TIME.

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, DO YOU?

I GUESS WE FAILED YOU THERE.

- AND YOU GOT PA. - WELL!

I AIN'T ABOUT TO PUT HIM ON THE SAME RUNG AS THE ALMIGHTY,

BUT I WOULDN'T BE WITHOUT HIM.

SUSIE'S PRESENT.

- THAT'S GREAT.

THANKS, MA.

- HOW YOU GONNA MAKE OUT WITH THEM TWO YOUNG'UNS?

- KIDS LIKE EATING OUT.

- DON'T SOUND RIGHT.

[door creaks]

- WILL HE OR WON'T HE? CAN HE OR CAN'T HE?

SHOULD YOU OR SHOULDN'T YOU?

ROUND AND ROUND.

IT'S HIS LIFE.

YOU CAN'T CHANGE A THING.

NO NEED TO WORRY IT TO DEATH.

- I ALWAYS WANTED A FAMILY.

- HEH! YOU GOT ONE.

- I'M WEARY OF SEEING MY CHILDREN MARCH DOWN THAT HILL.

FIRST JED, THEN MILLIE.

NOW HIM.

- YOU WRITE EVERY WEEK, NOW.

- YOU LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ME.

- WHO'D FEED THE CHICKENS?

DON'T FRET.

WE'LL MAKE OUT.

- YOU GIVE THEM MY LOVE.

GO ON, NOW.

- HE'LL BE BACK.

- NO. HE'S GOT THE FAMILY NOW.

- WELL, YOU GOT THIS PLACE.

- PLACE OR FAMILY-- IS THAT THE CHOICE?

- MAYBE WE WAS LUCKY.

NO CHOICES.

YOU MARRIED, YOU STAYED MARRIED.

[chuckles]

I'M STILL HERE.

- NO, HECTOR.

YOU'RE UP IN THE OLD ORCHARD.

- IT WAS YOU BRUNG ME DOWN.

YOU WANT TO CHANGE THAT?

- PLEASE, HECTOR.

THINGS CHANGE WHETHER WE WANT THEM TO OR NOT.

FIVE YEARS!

SUSIE WASN'T MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU DIED.

DILLARD'S CHANGED, TOO. YOU NEVER SEEN THAT, NEITHER.

- HE'S STUDYING DIVORCE, AIN'T HE?

NOW, WHAT'S THAT?

"YOU TAKE THE TABLE, I'LL TAKE THE CHAIR."

[chuckles] "WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS?

YOU TAKE AN ARM, I'LL TAKE A LEG?"

HE'S JUST COON HUNTING AGAIN.

- WHATEVER HE'S DOING, THERE'S TWO YOUNG'UNS TO BE CARED FOR.

- THEY'RE GROWING SOMEPLACE ELSE.

YOU AND ME WAS PLANTED HERE.

- "TO EVERYTHING, THERE IS A SEASON.

"A TIME TO BE BORN, A TIME TO DIE.

"A TIME TO PLANT,

AND A TIME TO PICK UP THAT WHICH IS PLANTED."

- I THOUGHT YOU WAS NO HAND AT QUOTING THE BIBLE.

- GO AWAY, PLEASE, HECTOR.

I GOT TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR MY OWN MYSELF.

IT'S ALL EASY FOR YOU NOW.

- WELL...

THERE'S NOTHING LIKE DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THE RIBS

TO CLEAR A MAN'S MIND.

- YOU AIN'T STILL HERE.

IT'S THE KIDS THAT'S STILL HERE.

YOU WENT AWAY FIVE YEARS AGO.

YOU GOT SO SICK...

YOU LEFT ME.

I WATCHED YOU GO.

- I HEAR YOU'RE JUST OUT OF THE HOSPITAL,

MR. NATIONS.

ARE YOU FEELING BETTER NOW?

- [raspy] WHO ARE YOU?

- I TOLD YOU, HECTOR, IT'S HOLLY BURRELL.

SHE'S WRITING ABOUT US IN HER SCHOOL MAGAZINE.

- ABOUT THE OLD DAYS.

- OH.

- HOW DID YOU LIKE BEING OVER THERE IN HIGHLANDS?

- I DIDN'T.

JUST CAN'T STAND THE TOWNS.

NO ROOM.

- COULD YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE, SIR?

- I SAID I DON'T LIKE A TOWN!

- THAT'S FINE.

YOU THINK YOU'LL RETIRE NOW?

- HOW'S THAT?

- [loudly] DO YOU STILL WORK THE PLACE?

- WELL, I--

- PA DON'T HEAR TOO GOOD WHEN HE DON'T WANT TO.

- WHAT DID HE SAY?

- HE SAID YOU OUGHT TO TAKE IT EASY.

YOU'VE BEEN POORLY.

- SO...I'VE BEEN POORLY.

WELL, I DON'T AIM TO SLACK OFF NONE.

WHEN THE LORD MADE A MAN, HE MADE HIM GOOD!

HE MADE HIM TOUGH.

AND...THIS OLD BODY'S REALLY PUT TOGETHER, BUDDY.

YOU CAN'T HARDLY TEAR IT APART,

IT'S SO WELL PUT TOGETHER.

AND I'M GOING TO LIVE JUST AS LONG AS I SEE

ANYBODY ELSE LIVING! [slaps table]

- YEAH.

THERE AIN'T NOBODY CAN'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT THAT.

- WHAT YOU KNITTING, MA? - SOCKS.

I'M BOUND TO HAVE SOMETHING IN MY FINGERS TO OCCUPY MY MIND.

- GOT SOCKS HERE THAT'D DO A CENTIPEDE.

- HOW MANY CHILDREN HAVE YOU GOT, MRS. NATIONS?

- YOU CALL ME AUNT ANNIE, CHILD.

EVERYONE ELSE DOES.

I HAD FIVE.

- LET'S SEE...

NO, I ASKED YOU THAT.

OH, MY TEACHER WANTED THIS ONE.

[button clicks]

[loudly] IS IT A PROBLEM HERE,

KIDS GOING OFF

AND FAMILIES SELLING OUT? - YEAH.

- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN YOU QUIT SCHOOL?

- I'M GONNA BE A TEACHER. - HERE?

- [chuckles] I LIKE IT HERE.

DON'T YOU?

- NOW, YOU STICK TO THAT.

IT'S WHERE YOU BELONG, WHAT YOU VALUE.

- I GUESS THIS PLACE IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU

THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD, ISN'T IT?

- WHAT IS?

- THIS PLACE.

- MM, I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

- DIDN'T YOU SAY THIS IS WHAT YOU VALUE MOST?

- NO. - WELL, WHAT IS?

- SHE IS.

- WHO?

- HER!

- OH...

[crying]

- WHAT DID I DO?

- IT'S ALL RIGHT, PA.

IS THAT WHAT MOST FOLKS TELL YOU?

- MOST FOLKS SAY THEY WON'T BUDGE NO MATTER WHAT,

BUT MY GRANNY, SHE WANTS A TRAILER WITH A TV.

- OH, TV.

- WHEN DID YOU EVER LOOK AT TV, PA?

- OH, I SEEN IT. I DON'T LIKE IT, IT--

THE BIGGEST PIECE OF SIN FURNITURE MAN EVER MADE.

- FINE, I...

JUST NEEDED ANOTHER BALL OF WOOL.

- TIME FOR MY PILL.

- OH, I'LL GET IT. - YOU SIT!

I CAN DO IT.

- I GUESS THERE AIN'T NO PLACE IN THE WORLD

WHERE THERE AIN'T SOME VIOLENCE.

- WHAT HAPPENED WHEN SOMEBODY GOT HURT, MRS. NA--

AUNT ANNIE?

- YOU JUST DID THE BEST YOU COULD.

I WAS RAISED ON THAT.

ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS ASK.

HE CAN HEAL...EVERYTHING.

- WELL...DIDN'T YOU EVER GO TO A DOCTOR?

SUPPOSE YOU BROKE A LEG OR GOT A TOOTHACHE?

- WELL, IF YOU GOT YOUR LEG BROKE BACK IN THE OLD DAYS,

THEY'D PLACE IT BACK THE BEST THEY COULD

WITH SPLIT-WOOD PIECES, AND THEN THEY'D

TAKE THEM AND JUST TIE IT WITH GOOD, STOUT STRING.

- AND THEN THERE YOU'D SET FOR ABOUT, OH, 12 MONTHS.

- 12 MONTHS?

- AND IF YOU HAD TO HAVE A TOOTH PULLED...

YOU'D COME TO A FELLER BY THE NAME OF J...

UH--UH... - GARRETT.

- GARRETT.

- AND HE'D SAY, "LAY DOWN ON THE FLOOR, BOY."

AND YOU-- YOU'D STRETCH OUT.

HE'D PUT ONE KNEE ON YOUR CHEST AND CATCH YOU AROUND YOUR HEAD.

OOH, HE WAS STOUT, TOO.

AND HE'D PUT ONE OF THOSE HOMEMADE PULLERS IN THERE,

AND HE'D GIVE HER A YANK.

AND HE'D BRING THAT TOOTH!

IF HE DIDN'T BUST IT.

[laughs]

- BUT YOU WOULDN'T GO TO MR. GARRETT NOW, WOULD YOU?

- NOW, YOU'D JUST LOVE TO HEAR ME SAY,

"YES, I WOULD," WOULDN'T YOU?

THAT ALL THE OLD WAYS WAS BETTER THAN WHAT WE GOT NOW.

BUT SOME OF THE WAYS IS BETTER.

YEAH. YOU HAD TIME.

NOWADAYS, IF YOU CAN'T GET TO ATLANTA AND BACK IN ONE DAY,

OOH, YOU'RE WAY BEHIND.

[chuckles]

YOU HAD NEIGHBORS THEN.

REAL NEIGHBORS.

YOU HAD THE LAND.

AND YOU HAD YOUR FAMILY.

- I'LL RECKON THAT'LL DO US TILL THEY SOUND THE BELL.

- YEAH. - THE BELL?

- ST. JOHN'S.

THOUGH THEY DON'T DO IT NO MORE UNLESS YOU ASK SPECIAL.

- THEY'D GO RING THE BELL AS SOON AS THEY COULD.

TOLL IT.

YOU'D GET TO COUNTIN' IF YOU HEARD THE BELL TOLL,

AND YOU'D FIGURE OUT WHO IT COULD BE.

- IF IT WAS A CHILD TWO YEARS OLD, IT'D BE TWO.

OR 10 OR 20 OR WHATEVER. - THAT'S RIGHT.

- FOR THE OLD ONES, IT'D TOLL FOR HALF AN HOUR.

IT WAS SLOW, YOU SEE.

DONG...

DONG...

- SOUNDS SAD.

- NOTHING SAD ABOUT IT.

SAINT PAUL SAID,

"BE NOT SORRY FOR THOSE WHO ARE DEPARTED."

- FOLKS WOULD COME AND HELP YOU OUT TO PAY THEIR RESPECT.

- HELP YOU DIG THE GRAVE AND MAKE THE COFFIN.

YOU'D HAVE A DRINK AND THEN TALK.

YOU'D...SING A LITTLE.

- I LIKE THE SONGS THAT WAS HOPEFUL.

THERE WAS ONE DILLARD USED TO SING.

I CAN HEAR IT IN MY HEAD, BUT I AIN'T CLEAR ON THE WORDS.

AND MY VOICE AIN'T MUCH, NEITHER. [laughs]

♪ NOW THE STARS IS RESTIN' ♪

both: ♪ SETTIN' ON THE HILL [plays guitar]

♪ NOTHIN' IS A-SOUNDIN'

- ♪ BUT A WHIPPOORWILL

- OH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. [humming]

- ♪ DOWN IN OUR HOLLOW

♪ THERE THE FOXFIRE GLOWS

♪ DEAR LORD

both: ♪ GIVE ALL YOUR CREATURES THEIR REPOSE ♪

- [humming] - ♪ THE DAY IS DONE, DEAR LORD

♪ TOMORROW'S SUN, DEAR LORD ♪

♪ IS SURE TO COME

♪ IS SURE TO COME

♪ WE HAVE YOUR WORD

♪ DEAR LORD

♪

♪

[distant bell tolling]

[distant bell tolling]

- THIS IS SOMETHING I NEVER DID LEARN.

- WHEN DID PA EVER WEAR A TIE?

- AT OUR WEDDING, AND WHEN HIS PA DIED.

THIS SAME ONE.

- YOU WANT I SHOULD TIE IT? - NO. THANK YOU, DILLARD,

BUT I'D KIND OF LIKE TO DO IT FOR HIM MYSELF,

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I HATE TO PUT THE COINS ON HIS EYES, THOUGH.

SEEMS LIKE THE VERY LAST THING I CAN DO.

I HAD TWO QUARTERS HERE, BUT ONE SLIPPED AWAY.

- MA, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT?

- OH, I'LL FIDDLE WITH SOMETHING LATER ON WITH THE OTHERS.

WHERE THEY ALL GONE?

- GRADY'S DOING THE MILKING.

TOLD ME I WEREN'T NO HAND AT IT.

JUST LIKE PA.

- NOW, DILLARD...

- NOW, THAT WAS NOTHING, MA.

HIM AND ME WAS OVER THAT LONG AGO.

GUDGERT AND SOME OF THE OTHERS

WENT TO GET LUMBER FOR THE BOX,

AND I SHOOED MILLIE'S KIDS ALL DOWN TO THE CREEK.

- BUT IT'S SO QUIET ALL OF A SUDDEN--LISTEN.

I'M JUST HOLDING MY BREATH.

- IT'S THE BELL, MA.

IT'S QUIT.

- WHY, SO IT HAS.

- 77.

AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG.

SO STILL, IT MAKES ME TIRED.

- SIT DOWN, THEN.

- YOU KNOW, DILLARD...

HE WAS BRAGGING TO THE DOCTOR ON YOUR MEDAL.

- PA WAS?

DON'T THAT BEAT ALL?

IT WAS ONLY SECOND PLACE.

- BUT WITH GUITAR PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER GEORGIA.

NO, DILLARD, DON'T.

DON'T YOU COMFORT ME NONE.

- HE DIDN'T LIKE TEARS.

I COULD GET HIM TO DO ANYTHING FOR ME IF I CRIED,

SO I NEVER DID.

NOT EVEN WHEN YOUR SISTER MARY DIED.

HE DID, THOUGH.

I CAUGHT HIM RIGHT OUT THERE BY THE SHED, HIS FACE ALL WET.

HE WAS MEAN TO ME ALL DAY LONG AFTER THAT.

AND THEN, THAT EVENING, HE COMES IN WITH A BUNCH OF DEWBERRIES.

HE JUST SHOVED THEM AT ME ACROSS THE TABLE.

TURNED HIS BACK, CHANGED HIS SHIRT, SAT DOWN TO SUPPER.

NEVER SAID A WORD.

[dog barking in distance]

- THEY MUST BE BACK.

- I KNOW I HAD TWO OF THEM.

YOU GOT A QUARTER?

YOU KNOW WHAT TROUBLES ME?

WHEN I WASHED HIM JUST NOW, I FOUND A BIG WHITE SCAR

ABOVE HIS KNEE.

HIS RIGHT KNEE.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT MADE THAT.

NOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I CAN'T.

AND I DON'T WANT TO FORGET NOTHING.

HE MUST HAVE BEEN HURT BAD.

- THIS OLD BODY'S REALLY PUT TOGETHER, BUDDY.

CAN'T HARDLY TEAR IT APART.

- I'LL BE RIGHT NEAR IF YOU NEED ME.

- HECTOR...

YOU REMEMBER WHEN MARY DIED,

YOU DID IT FOR HER 'CAUSE I WASN'T UP TO IT.

WELL...I'M DOING IT NOW.

"DILLARD NATIONS.

"SECOND GUITAR.

1968."

HECTOR.

IT'S HIS MEDAL.

YOU HEAR ME NOW?

IT'S HIS MEDAL.

OH, LORD.

I NEVER COULD STAND GOOD-BYES.

THERE.

THAT'S DONE.

IT'S HIS MEDAL, HECTOR...

BUT IT'S MY HAND.

- ♪ EVERY SHADOW SHRINKIN'

♪ SHRINKIN' TO THE WEST

♪ THE BREEZE COME SO SWEETLY

♪ ACROSS FRESH-MOWED HAY

♪ DEAR LORD, BE WITH US

♪ THROUGH THE NEWBORN DAY

♪ THE NEWBORN DAY

♪ DEAR LORD

♪ OH, LET IT STAY

♪ OH, HEAR US PRAY

♪ DEAR LORD

[birds chirping]

[wind chimes tinkling]

- ARE YOU TAKING THOSE WITH YOU?

- I CERTAINLY AM.

THEY MADE THEM FOR ME.

AND I AIN'T ABOUT TO LEAVE THEM BEHIND.

YOU SURE MY ROCKER'S COMING?

- MA, YOU CAN'T TAKE EVERYTHING ON THAT PLANE.

NOW, THEY'LL PICK THAT STUFF UP ON TUESDAY.

ROCKER'S TOP OF THE LIST.

- HOW HIGH UP DO THEM PLANES GO?

- I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.

- [laughing] OF COURSE YOU WILL.

NOW...HERE YOU GO.

- SO...

YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND.

OLD WOMAN.

OLD WOMAN, I'M TALKING TO YOU.

YOU DON'T HEAR ME, DO YOU?

[door creaks]

- BETTER GET STARTED, MA.

- I'M ALL READY.

- YOU HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ANYTHING?

- OH, THE GLASSES. MM.

- ALL SET?

- GUESS SO.

- MOON'LL BE UP TONIGHT.

ALMOST FULL.

- ALL VINE AND NO TATER.

- WHAT?

- NOTHING.

- GONNA BE SOME FINE HOMES UP HERE.

- ALWAYS WAS.

- ABSOLUTELY. NO OFFENSE.

[sighs]

- YOU FIND THEM, MA?

- ANYTHING ELSE I FORGOT, I CAN DO WITHOUT.

- [chuckles] WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK ANYWAY.

- OH, I'M COMING BACK.

YOU SURE HE'S GOT THAT IN THE PAPER?

- YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.

PRIVATE BURIAL GROUND'S PROTECTED BY LAW.

WE CAN'T TOUCH IT.

- [grunts]

- YOU GOT A HAMMER SOMEWHERE, AUNT ANNIE?

- UNDER THE BED. PUT IT BACK.

- NOPE.

- YOU TAKING YOUR PA'S TOOLS?

- [chuckles]

I DON'T AIM TO BE A CARPENTER,

BUT IT'S HIM TAUGHT ME HOW TO USE THEM.

I FIGURED I'D LIKE TO BE REMINDED.

- OH.

- YOU BEST LEND ME YOUR ARM DOWN THE HILL.

- YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AROUND?

- HONEY, THERE AIN'T A ROCK OR A TREE

OR A BLADE OF GRASS HERE I DON'T KNOW BETTER

THAN MY OWN HAND.

SO LET'S JUST GET ALONG.

I DON'T HAVE TO WAVE.

[screen door slams]

- "SOLD.

TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED."

[laughs]

TRESPASSERS.

[chuckles]

I GUESS THAT'S ME.

WELL, THEY GOT A BIG JOB OF DIGGING TO DO TO GET RID OF ME.

[hawk screeches]

- SHE'LL BE BACK.

♪ piano and harmonica