John Denver Story Movie Subtitles

1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:04,037 ♪ Well life on the farm is kinda laid back ♪ 2 00:00:04,037 --> 00:00:06,940 ♪ Ain't much an old country boy like me can't hack ♪ 3 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:09,442 ♪ It's early to rise, early in the sack ♪ 4 00:00:09,442 --> 00:00:11,845 ♪ Thank God I'm a country boy 5 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:13,947 ♪ Well a simple kinda life never did me no harm ♪ 6 00:00:13,947 --> 00:00:16,583 ♪ A raisin' me a family and workin' on a farm ♪ 7 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:19,219 ♪ My days are all filled with an easy country charm ♪ 8 00:00:19,219 --> 00:00:21,554 ♪ Thank God I'm a country boy 9 00:00:21,554 --> 00:00:23,957 ♪ Well I g***t me a fine wife I g***t me an ole fiddle ♪ 10 00:00:23,957 --> 00:00:26,626 ♪ When the sun's comin' up I g***t cakes on the griddle ♪ 11 00:00:26,626 --> 00:00:29,396 ♪ Life ain't nothin' but a funny funny riddle ♪ 12 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:31,197 ♪ Thank God I'm a country boy 13 00:00:31,197 --> 00:00:33,366 ♪ Yes sir 14 00:00:52,018 --> 00:00:54,487 ♪ Well, my fiddle was my daddy's till the day he died ♪ 15 00:00:54,487 --> 00:00:56,256 ♪ And he took me by the hand and held me close to his side ♪ 16 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:59,659 ♪ Said, "Live a good life and play the fiddle with pride ♪ 17 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:01,995 ♪ And thank God you're a country boy ♪ 18 00:01:01,995 --> 00:01:04,964 ♪ My daddy taught me young how to hunt and how to whittle ♪ 19 00:01:04,964 --> 00:01:06,900 ♪ Taught me how to work and play a tune on the fiddle ♪ 20 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:11,371 ♪ Taught me how to love and how to give just a little ♪ 21 00:01:11,371 --> 00:01:14,574 ♪ Whew, thank God I'm a country boy, yeah ♪ 22 00:01:14,574 --> 00:01:16,810 (applause) 23 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:27,754 (jet engines roar) 24 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:51,077 - [John] Hello, sir. 25 00:01:51,077 --> 00:01:53,346 Welcome to sunny California. 26 00:01:53,346 --> 00:01:55,081 - Might as well pack your bags, 27 00:01:55,081 --> 00:01:56,316 you're going back to college. 28 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:58,017 - Dad, just, just hear me out. 29 00:01:59,252 --> 00:02:02,455 Dad, I'm not, I'm not going back to Texas. 30 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:04,390 I'm staying here. 31 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:05,825 I've g***t a job. 32 00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:07,393 - Doing what, picking fruit? 33 00:02:07,393 --> 00:02:08,895 Washing dishes? 34 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:12,832 - I'm the opening act for The Back Porch Majority. 35 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:14,033 - A what? 36 00:02:14,033 --> 00:02:15,268 - Well, they're like a farm team for 37 00:02:15,268 --> 00:02:18,037 The New Christy Minstrels. 38 00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:20,273 Dad, just come, come hear me. 39 00:02:20,273 --> 00:02:22,775 - You want me to go to some beatnik club with ya? 40 00:02:22,775 --> 00:02:24,844 - Unless you're afraid of beatnik's, dad. 41 00:02:27,580 --> 00:02:29,983 - I want to introduce a young man, a great 42 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:33,419 new talent, his name is John Denver. 43 00:02:34,921 --> 00:02:35,755 - Denver? 44 00:02:37,156 --> 00:02:38,491 - Hello, hello. 45 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:41,728 Thank you all for showing up tonight. 46 00:02:43,062 --> 00:02:44,964 The first song I would like to do 47 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:47,800 is a song I've written called, This Old Guitar. 48 00:02:54,641 --> 00:02:59,612 ♪ This old guitar taught me to sing a love song ♪ 49 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:06,319 ♪ It showed me how to laugh and how to cry ♪ 50 00:03:07,554 --> 00:03:11,591 ♪ It introduced me to some friends of mine ♪ 51 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:15,094 ♪ And brightened up some days 52 00:03:15,094 --> 00:03:20,099 ♪ It helped me make it through some lonely nights ♪ 53 00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:25,538 ♪ Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night ♪ 54 00:03:33,446 --> 00:03:38,451 ♪ This old guitar gave me my lovely lady ♪ 55 00:03:40,119 --> 00:03:45,124 ♪ It opened up her eyes and ears to me ♪ 56 00:03:47,193 --> 00:03:50,396 ♪ It brought us close together 57 00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:54,167 ♪ And I guess it broke her heart ♪ 58 00:03:54,167 --> 00:03:54,968 Dad? 59 00:03:56,135 --> 00:03:56,970 Dad? 60 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:58,605 Dad, listen, huh? 61 00:03:58,605 --> 00:04:00,239 I'm real sorry about the name thing. 62 00:04:00,239 --> 00:04:03,610 - You want to throw away a college education, 63 00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:05,878 that's fine, that's your business. 64 00:04:05,878 --> 00:04:07,480 But when you throw away the name 65 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,415 that you came into the world with-- 66 00:04:09,415 --> 00:04:11,584 - I'm not throwing it away. 67 00:04:11,584 --> 00:04:13,720 It's just that Deutschendorf won't even 68 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,655 fit on a record label. 69 00:04:15,655 --> 00:04:16,589 Look, Dad. 70 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:17,991 Lots of famous people start out 71 00:04:17,991 --> 00:04:19,025 with different names. 72 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:20,360 - Famous? 73 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,528 Let me give you some advice, son. 74 00:04:22,528 --> 00:04:24,497 Famous is not such a big deal. 75 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:26,899 Howdy Doody is famous. 76 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:29,402 - This is my dream, dad. 77 00:04:29,402 --> 00:04:31,938 It has been ever since I was a little kid. 78 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:34,440 - Well, you're not a little kid anymore. 79 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,075 Little kids dream about being famous, 80 00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:36,976 but a man... 81 00:04:37,910 --> 00:04:40,146 A man wants to be respected. 82 00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:41,948 A man wants to stand for something. 83 00:04:43,349 --> 00:04:45,284 Now when you think things through, 84 00:04:45,284 --> 00:04:46,853 you get on a bus and come on back home. 85 00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:48,221 We'll be glad to see ya. 86 00:04:48,221 --> 00:04:49,055 Goodbye, son. 87 00:04:51,157 --> 00:04:52,892 - Has it ever occurred to you 88 00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:54,861 that you might be wrong about something? 89 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:57,830 ♪ When next payday came around 90 00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:00,767 ♪ Jim Goff a dollar short was found ♪ 91 00:05:00,767 --> 00:05:02,902 ♪ When he asked what for, came this reply ♪ 92 00:05:02,902 --> 00:05:04,637 ♪ You'll be docked for the time ♪ 93 00:05:04,637 --> 00:05:06,072 ♪ You was up in the sky 94 00:05:06,072 --> 00:05:08,408 ♪ And drill ye tarriers drill 95 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:10,643 ♪ Drill ye tarriers drill 96 00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:12,045 - So what do you think? 97 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:14,847 - I don't know, Milt, you're the Producer, 98 00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:16,749 what do you think? 99 00:05:16,749 --> 00:05:17,583 - His tape sounded better. 100 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:19,218 ♪ Tarriers drill 101 00:05:19,218 --> 00:05:21,921 ♪ And blast, and fire 102 00:05:21,921 --> 00:05:25,425 ♪ Drill ye tarriers drill 103 00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:31,531 I'll be with ya in a second, fellas. 104 00:05:31,531 --> 00:05:32,765 (sighs) 105 00:05:32,765 --> 00:05:34,267 - So you wanna be the next Chad Mitchell, huh? 106 00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:37,203 - I've flown all the way in from Los Angeles for this. 107 00:05:37,203 --> 00:05:39,605 - Is this your first audition? 108 00:05:39,605 --> 00:05:43,309 - No, try about a hundred and first. 109 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:45,611 - All right guys, let's try that 110 00:05:45,611 --> 00:05:47,413 one more time, all right? 111 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:49,916 - I'm sorry about that part, Mr. Okun, 112 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:52,285 I was a little bit flat there and I guess 113 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:55,388 I'm just not use to singing in a studio. 114 00:05:55,388 --> 00:05:56,222 - It's all right, John. 115 00:05:56,222 --> 00:05:57,457 Don't be nervous. 116 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:58,858 Just sing out, get with the blend. 117 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:00,526 - Okay, Mr. Okun. 118 00:06:00,526 --> 00:06:02,061 - It's Milt. 119 00:06:02,061 --> 00:06:03,296 - Milt. 120 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:06,132 - [Man] Thanks, David. 121 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:07,700 You guys are great. 122 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:09,769 - [John] I blew the audition, Frank. 123 00:06:09,769 --> 00:06:12,638 - Why don't you jam with Cosby and me? 124 00:06:12,638 --> 00:06:15,108 - No, nah, not in the mood. 125 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:16,476 - You didn't really want to join 126 00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:17,543 the Mitchell train, did ya? 127 00:06:17,543 --> 00:06:20,179 They're way too wholesome. 128 00:06:20,179 --> 00:06:21,981 (scoffs) - Too wholesome? 129 00:06:21,981 --> 00:06:23,082 - Well yeah, if you want people 130 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:24,617 to take you seriously, you've g***t 131 00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:26,085 to be dark and brooding, man. 132 00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:26,919 Like Dylan. 133 00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:28,521 - Well thanks, Frank. 134 00:06:28,521 --> 00:06:30,022 I'll keep that in mind. 135 00:06:30,022 --> 00:06:31,557 (laughs) 136 00:06:31,557 --> 00:06:33,126 - [Frank] I just g***t a message from the house 137 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:35,928 tellin' ya to call a guy named Milt. 138 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:40,433 ♪ And when it came my time to serve ♪ 139 00:06:40,433 --> 00:06:42,335 ♪ I knew "better...