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[resonant droning
supports guitar plucking]
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♪
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Wow! It's the first week
of March.
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I can see my breath.
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So the first thing
I'm gonna do
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in the wagon now
is make a fire.
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[crackling]
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There's a lot
of just slack time
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on the wagon,
where you write.
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You light a lantern,
get the fire goin'...
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and it just kinda
makes you think
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about the passage
of time and--
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and where you're headed, um.
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On this trip,
we're in Oriental now,
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and on most wagon trips,
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I simply head out,
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which is kind of hard
to explain to people,
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but I always say,
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it's a little bit
like the seagull.
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The seagull doesn't file
a flight plan.
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The seagull just leaves.
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When the barometer
makes a certain twitch,
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if it goes high,
maybe they fly out to sea.
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It goes low,
they come inland,
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and they might
go land on a field
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that's being plowed
to look for worms
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or critters to eat.
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I work
by about the same whims.
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OK, had a look.
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See any?
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Nah.
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I'm not a white-cotton-
glove kinda guy.
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Come on and visit.
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Her name is Polly;
give her a slice of bread.
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Yeah, just lay it flat
like that.
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[voice-over]
The internal barometer
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inside me has risen,
and it's just time to go.
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(woman)
Well, good luck!
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(woman #2)
Have a safe trip.
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Thanks,
have a good week!
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[voice-over]
But it's just like the bird--
like the fish.
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Time to hitch up Polly
to the wagon and go!
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[clopping]
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[gentle guitar
and piano arrangement]
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♪
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When people see a guy
walkin' up the road,
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it strikes
this iconic part of--
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of all our hearts,
especially in the States
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because that's like a sign
of Westward expansion,
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the man, the mule,
and the wagon.
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[electric guitar joins]
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Check it out here;
we're ramblin'!
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And so the--the reality
is a little bit different,
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and as I was travelin'
up the highway...
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Have a good 'un!
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...with cars passin' me at 60
as I was going at 2,
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every time one passed,
you'd get this "vooof,"
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and it pushes
your wagon forward.
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And it made me realize,
you know,
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in the three
or four generations,
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we've gone
from 2-mile-an-hour travel
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to 60-mile-an-hour travel.
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Being able to shed
that speed bubble...
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it really lets you
look and see and smell
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and hear things
that you ordinarily wouldn't.
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You can smell the earth...
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which I don't smell
when I'm in my pickup truck.
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Just don't get
that sensory immersion.
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Also don't get there as
quickly when I'm in the wagon.
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[clopping]
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[resonant guitar melody]
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Many of us tend to be as--
as independent as possible.
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We're kinda
self-centered creatures.
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♪
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To have a mule
to travel with,
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it really
drags you out of that.
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Because I need
to put the mule up
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every night somewhere,
I meet all kinds of people.
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(man)
Need that bucket
for anything?
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I was gonna
get water.
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I've visited Virgil
two or three times now.
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Oh, I'm good--I--
I'm good, Virgil.
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You can smell, like,
the sweat and the oils
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and the dander
after they've worked.
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It gives off
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this just really rich,
horsey smell.
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And she'll only roll
on one side at a time.
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It's like clockwork.
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I just love this part
of the day.
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♪
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Heh, and we'll shake--
excellent.
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That's the ritual--
heh, heh...heh!
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♪
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As I travel,
I can pick up little pieces
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of the community
I'm going through.
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Virgil had given us
these pieces of wood,
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and it becomes
part of my wagon,
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part of my body.
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Cooking with this wood,
and then you heat with it.
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Virgil gave us some water.
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So pretty soon,
you're becoming a sum total
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of all of the parts
of the communities
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that you're traveling through.
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My traveling wagon life
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is about other people's lives
coming into my life.
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[droning supports guitar]
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♪
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It's really neat
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to see that people
still have this generosity,
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be able to give something
of themselves
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to help another person along.
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And so that's how
that transition starts,
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you know, transitioning
into other people's yards,
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their lives,
their stories, their thoughts.
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[piano enters]
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(man)
Got into commercial fishing.
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That's what my father did.
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That's all I wanted to do,
and that's all I've ever done.
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In the summer, we'd fish
off the Massachusetts coast,
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and in the fall of the year,
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we'd come back down,
work in New Jersey,
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and then come down
to Hampton, Virginia,
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and then on back to Carolina.
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Back when I started doing it,
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you worked on boats;
you built your own nets.
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(Bernie)
So tell me just about life
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on those shrimp boats
'cause it musta been hard.
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(Virgil)
You had no conveniences,
no bathroom, shower.
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You'd lay in your bunks,
anddembunks
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'bout 36 inches wide
or what have you,
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and sometime,
you'd wake up,
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and it'd be right wet
where you'd sweated in there.
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Well, about like
you and this--
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and your mule
and buggy.
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(Bernie)
Yeah, but you see,
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I think I've got it made,
though, Virgil.
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The uncooperative mule--
come, come!
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Come on, mule!
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[sighing]
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It's kinda fun to--
to see as the trip progresses,
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and gradually,
over time,
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a trip will develop its--
its own flavor,
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its own rhythm,
its own identity.
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You just have
to step out and go.
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You just have to start,
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and it's impossible
to predict that magic.
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(Virgil)
You oughta get
good mule mileage today.
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You're gonna have
a "tail wind."
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(Bernie)
Yeah--hah, hah!
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I'm glad I've not
got to go with him.
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See you
next year!
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What a sight.
06:35.795 --> 06:38.131 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
Wish him well on his travels.
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[electric guitar leads]
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[whooshing]
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♪
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[whooshing]
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♪
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[wind blowing]
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(Bernie)
We've got probably a 25-knot--
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a low front
comin' through on us.
06:56.549 --> 06:58.785 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
It's blowing so hard
from the back
06:58.885 --> 07:01.320 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
that the wagon
is pushing Polly,
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the mule,
up the highway.
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So it's just
pretty remarkable conditions
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to see
in eastern North Carolina.
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Hooh--
well, hello!
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Y'all gettin'
along all right?
07:10.463 --> 07:11.898 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Yeah, we're
out ramblin'!
07:11.998 --> 07:14.834 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
Yeah, I'm tellin' ya, it's
a-blowin' a gale out here.
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Yes, it is!
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Y'all be careful.
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(Bernie)
When you see a day like that,
07:20.940 --> 07:22.942 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
that's when you're glad
that you've got,
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you know,
a little woodstove...
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and a good,
solid-headed mule.
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[contemplative piano
and bass score]
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♪
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I go with a mule
and a wagon.
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I'm forced to go through
pretty much all conditions.
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Damn dog--
there's always one!
07:42.695 --> 07:44.197 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Come on,
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yo
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u damn mutts!
07:44.297 --> 07:46.299 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
I mean, I've been through
downtown Chattanooga
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and was told,
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"No, it's
a terrible place to go.
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Don't go there
with a mule."
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No problem at all.
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I don't shy away
from that.
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I don't shy away
from other people's fears
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'cause that's someone--
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that's what someone else
is afraid of.
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Four, five generations ago,
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people traveled through
extraordinary weathers.
08:06.052 --> 08:08.354 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
They didn't have
good foul-weather gear.
08:08.454 --> 08:11.357 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
They just did it.
08:11.457 --> 08:14.894 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
I think we've lost
this kind of rhythmic capacity
08:14.994 --> 08:18.631 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
just to grind away,
one foot after the next.
08:18.731 --> 08:20.533 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
You have to become the mule.
08:20.633 --> 08:22.034 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
The mule doesn't complain.
08:22.134 --> 08:24.070 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
The mule
doesn't know it's wet.
08:24.170 --> 08:26.072 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
The mule doesn't know
it's cold.
08:26.172 --> 08:28.541 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
The mule just walks.
08:28.641 --> 08:31.377 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
I guess I get a charge
out of doing it,
08:31.477 --> 08:33.913 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
so I just walk like Polly.
08:34.013 --> 08:42.021 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5%
♪
08:42.121 --> 08:44.323 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
That's all fine to say
how tough you are
08:44.423 --> 08:47.393 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
and how game you are,
but at the end of the day,
08:47.493 --> 08:49.662 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
you want a place
to take a break,
08:49.762 --> 08:52.298 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
lay down,
and just tune out.
08:52.398 --> 08:54.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
[easy guitar arrangement]
08:54.700 --> 08:56.669 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
And most of that night,
just the wind--
08:56.769 --> 08:58.304 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
it just kept blowing.
08:58.404 --> 09:00.273 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
It's just blowing itself out.
09:00.373 --> 09:02.742 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
[wind blowing]
09:02.842 --> 09:04.377 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5%
[trickling]
09:04.477 --> 09:05.811 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
Then it goes away,
09:05.912 --> 09:09.015 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
and it's a beautiful day--
a blue sky.
09:10.316 --> 09:11.884 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
[creaking]
09:11.984 --> 09:13.953 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
[clattering]
09:14.053 --> 09:16.255 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
[droning strings lead
slow guitar arrangement]
09:16.355 --> 09:19.225 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
So this is winter;
the field's dormant,
09:19.325 --> 09:22.028 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
the potato rows
resting between harvest.
09:22.128 --> 09:24.931 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
The soil is black
and loose and crusted
09:25.031 --> 09:28.601 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
with veneer
of dormant stalks and weeds.
09:28.701 --> 09:31.270 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
This is agricultural limbo.
09:31.370 --> 09:34.640 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5%
♪
09:34.740 --> 09:36.943 align:left position:30% line:77% size:60%
(man)
My father-in-law
lives up the road
09:37.043 --> 09:39.011 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
and said,
"What in the world's goin' on
09:39.111 --> 09:40.880 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
"down there
at your old grain bins?
09:40.980 --> 09:43.182 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
There's a man, a mule,
and a covered wagon."
09:43.282 --> 09:45.051 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
You don't get
that call a lot,
09:45.151 --> 09:47.620 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
so I hopped in the truck--
come check it out.
09:47.720 --> 09:49.956 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Look at the little woodstove;
you've got it made.
09:50.056 --> 09:51.824 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
Hey, climb in
and look at it!
09:51.924 --> 09:53.693 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
I've seen one
of them woodstoves
09:53.793 --> 09:55.561 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
in a van
just like that.
09:55.661 --> 09:58.130 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
I built this one out
of, like, a box beam.
09:58.230 --> 09:59.999 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
I've traveled
through this
country a lot,
10:00.099 --> 10:02.068 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
but I've never been
inside a granary.
10:02.168 --> 10:04.370 align:left position:27.5% line:77% size:62.5%
(man)
Lemme hold the door
so it won't knock.
10:04.470 --> 10:05.805 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
So it's pretty simple.
10:05.905 --> 10:08.374 align:left position:22.5% line:77% size:67.5%
(Bernie)
What year do you think
this one's put up?
10:08.474 --> 10:09.909 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
(man)
Probably the '60s.
10:10.009 --> 10:11.510 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
The door keeps swingin' open,
10:11.611 --> 10:13.579 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
and I came up
to shut the door,
10:13.679 --> 10:16.549 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
and it sorta swung open,
and a bobcat ran outta there--
10:16.649 --> 10:17.917 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
a big bobcat!
10:18.017 --> 10:19.352 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
I was like, "whoa!"
10:19.452 --> 10:21.354 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
(Bernie)
Hah, hah...hah!
10:21.454 --> 10:23.589 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
[creaking and clopping]
10:23.689 --> 10:26.325 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
[gentle guitar
and piano arrangement]
10:26.425 --> 10:36.068 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5%
♪
10:36.168 --> 10:40.506 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5%
♪
10:40.606 --> 10:43.342 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
Two or three years ago,
I was comin' up the road
10:43.442 --> 10:46.479 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
with Polly into Aurora,
and I see this guy.
10:46.579 --> 10:48.080 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
He was walking
so energetically,
10:48.180 --> 10:49.815 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
it looked like
he was running.
10:49.915 --> 10:52.118 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
He said,
"Come on, got a place to stay?
10:52.218 --> 10:53.486 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
"No?
Come on.
10:53.586 --> 10:54.854 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
Stay with us."
10:54.954 --> 10:56.789 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5%
♪
10:56.889 --> 10:59.158 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
[guitar strumming]
10:59.258 --> 11:01.961 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
And it turns out
he's just an amazing musician.
11:02.061 --> 11:04.997 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5%
♪
11:05.097 --> 11:06.265 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
heh, heh, heh
11:06.365 --> 11:07.700 align:left position:42.5% line:77% size:47.5%
So play me another.
11:07.800 --> 11:09.635 align:left position:37.5% line:71% size:52.5%
Let's see,
last time we visited,
11:09.735 --> 11:11.337 align:left position:42.5% line:71% size:47.5%
you played
"The Fishin' Song."
11:11.437 --> 11:12.772 align:left position:42.5% line:71% size:47.5%
Oh,
"The Fishin' Song!"
11:12.872 --> 11:14.273 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
Oh, yeah!
11:14.373 --> 11:15.941 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
♪ Pullin' the net ♪
11:16.042 --> 11:17.777 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
♪ All my days ♪
11:17.877 --> 11:21.247 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
♪ It seems
to suit my life ♪
11:21.347 --> 11:24.350 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
♪ Draggin' along the bottom ♪
11:24.450 --> 11:27.153 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
♪ With not much catch
in sight ♪
11:27.253 --> 11:31.590 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
♪ Well, I don't know
much else to do ♪
11:31.691 --> 11:34.927 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
♪ Pullin'
and a-joggin' ♪
11:35.027 --> 11:38.497 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
♪ All I ask for
is just enough ♪
11:38.597 --> 11:41.367 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
♪ To keep me off
the bottom ♪
11:41.467 --> 11:42.635 align:left position:67.5% line:89% size:22.5%
[yawning]
11:42.735 --> 11:44.537 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5%
♪ Woo-hoo ♪
11:44.637 --> 11:46.539 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
[electric guitar
leads droning]
11:46.639 --> 11:49.875 align:left position:87.5% line:5% size:2.5%
♪
11:49.975 --> 11:53.112 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5%
[whirring]
11:53.212 --> 11:55.681 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
To give you a sense
of how far we've traveled
11:55.781 --> 11:58.718 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
in the last three days,
we left Oriental,
11:58.818 --> 12:01.220 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
came to Bayboro.
12:01.320 --> 12:05.391 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
Then we went to Hobucken
and ended up in Aurora,
12:05.491 --> 12:08.761 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and that's
right at 40 miles.
12:08.861 --> 12:10.629 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
One of the things
that fascinates me
12:10.730 --> 12:11.997 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
about traveling is...
12:12.098 --> 12:13.966 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
Step in there
with him, yeah.
12:14.066 --> 12:18.604 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
...kinda this invisible magnet
that just sucks people in.
12:18.704 --> 12:20.339 align:left position:60% line:83% size:30%
So he went
from where--
12:20.439 --> 12:22.208 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
where'd you come from
with the mule?
12:22.308 --> 12:24.143 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
And these are people
who took time
12:24.243 --> 12:26.445 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
out of their speeding days...
12:26.545 --> 12:29.415 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Yeah, I'm bringin' y'all
precipitation, man!
12:29.515 --> 12:31.784 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
...that actually
stopped their vehicles
12:31.884 --> 12:33.652 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
and walked over
and visited...
12:33.753 --> 12:35.287 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
Drivin' him down
the highway.
12:35.387 --> 12:36.722 align:left position:65% line:89% size:25%
Oh, yeah.
12:36.822 --> 12:40.226 align:left position:22.5% line:77% size:67.5%
[voice-over]
...and added something
to our day.
12:40.326 --> 12:42.628 align:left position:37.5% line:77% size:52.5%
Don't let the
bobcat getcha--
hah, hah...hah!
12:42.728 --> 12:45.197 align:left position:17.5% line:77% size:72.5%
(Bernie)
I think,
when I show up in a wagon,
12:45.297 --> 12:46.932 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
people are like,
"He's doin' it!
12:47.032 --> 12:49.368 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
He's running away
like we dream of doin'."
12:49.468 --> 12:51.704 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
I think
a lot of 'em think,
12:51.804 --> 12:54.640 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
"I'd be happy
if I could do that."
12:54.740 --> 12:57.376 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
Having said that,
I have very few volunteers
12:57.476 --> 13:00.146 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
that come along--
hah, hah...hah!
13:00.246 --> 13:01.413 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
[acoustic guitar
leads droning]
13:01.514 --> 13:03.082 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
So our actions--
it's incredible.
13:03.182 --> 13:04.517 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
We've all seen it.
13:04.617 --> 13:06.619 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
They--they impact
other people.
13:06.719 --> 13:08.988 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
There's a chain reaction
to that.
13:09.088 --> 13:11.824 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
It's just so hard
to ever predict
13:11.924 --> 13:13.993 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5%
how you'll affect somebody.
13:14.093 --> 13:16.095 align:left position:30% line:77% size:60%
(woman)
Polly the penguin
loves to play.
13:16.195 --> 13:18.097 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
She slips
and slides every day.
13:18.197 --> 13:20.399 align:left position:30% line:77% size:60%
(Bernie)
If you wanna see
a kid freak out,
13:20.499 --> 13:22.568 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
show, you know,
him or her a mule.
13:22.668 --> 13:24.870 align:left position:27.5% line:77% size:62.5%
(female teacher)
That's where Polly
likes to go.
13:24.970 --> 13:26.305 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
[teacher gasping]
13:26.405 --> 13:28.674 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
I see somethin'
out the window.
13:28.774 --> 13:30.309 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
(kids)
Polly! Polly!
13:30.409 --> 13:32.611 align:left position:22.5% line:77% size:67.5%
(Bernie)
If they'd been a boat,
they'da capsized it
13:32.711 --> 13:35.181 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
'cause they all ran
to that side of the room.
13:35.281 --> 13:37.082 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
(woman)
Oh, it's Bernie and Polly?
13:37.183 --> 13:38.450 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
(kids)
Polly!
13:38.551 --> 13:41.287 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
I felt like one
of the Beatles.
13:41.387 --> 13:44.223 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
One, two, three.
13:44.323 --> 13:49.128 align:left position:65% line:83% size:25%
(kids)
HI, POLLY!
13:49.228 --> 13:50.963 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
(Bernie)
Wow, well done.
13:51.063 --> 13:53.432 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
[applause and laughter]
13:53.532 --> 13:55.968 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
The question is,
do I live in the wagon?
13:56.068 --> 13:58.270 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
I do live in the wagon
when I'm traveling.
13:58.370 --> 14:00.139 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
So there's
a little woodstove there
14:00.239 --> 14:02.074 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
so you can, like,
cook in there
14:02.174 --> 14:03.509 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
and sleep in there.
14:03.609 --> 14:06.579 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
So I live there on the road,
and when I'm not traveling,
14:06.679 --> 14:09.148 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
I have a home, yeah,
up in the mountains.
14:09.248 --> 14:12.251 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
[gentle guitar
and piano arrangement]
14:12.351 --> 14:14.286 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
I think
my sense of adventure
14:14.386 --> 14:16.789 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
has just been
chemically ingrained.
14:16.889 --> 14:21.694 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
I think it's just
the way my brain is wired.
14:21.794 --> 14:24.230 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
I'm sure a neurologist
could analyze it.
14:24.330 --> 14:26.198 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
A behavioral psychotherapist
14:26.298 --> 14:29.869 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
could tell you
what all's going on,
14:29.969 --> 14:32.805 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
but there
is this connection, this--
14:32.905 --> 14:35.841 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
this visceral feel
to the land
14:35.941 --> 14:38.310 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
that you are tapped into
14:38.410 --> 14:42.982 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
as you walk across it
with a mule,
14:43.082 --> 14:46.485 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
and I would mourn
not being able to do that.
14:46.585 --> 14:51.724 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
♪
14:54.994 --> 14:57.329 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
[resonating strings
lead guitar and bass]