Pure Country: Pure Heart

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I know the sun comes

From the east

Can't see the wind

But I've seen it

Move the trees

You think

I move the mountains

With the hours

I spent praying

Down here on my knees

And when I reach

That golden road

All of the answers

To my questions will be told

I don't blame the garden

Or the apple that we took

I did the best I could

I know I've seen

An angel

You know it made me cry

So when I look

At heaven

Why do I keep asking

Why?

The answer's just a whisper

And flickers in the night

I think

the chicken's carsick.

Chicken's get carsick?

[BOTH LAUGH]

Why do I keep asking

Why?

- [DOOR BELL RINGS]

- WOMAN:
Good.

Oh, hey.

Anything new at school?

Don't be mean.

- I was serious.

- So was I.

I'm switching from agriscience

to robotics.

Bringing a chicken to school

was nothing but trouble.

Hey, don't bring that thing

through the kitchen.

Health inspector.

Dead chicken, yes.

Live chicken, no.

ELIZABETH:
He can ride

home in the car with me.

Hey, Valentina.

- Hi, Valentina.

- Hey, y'all.

BOTH:

Hey, Li'l Clyde.

What's up, girls?

You know I've seen

An angel

You know it made me cry

So when I look

At heaven

Why do I keep asking

Why?

The answer's

Just a whisper

It flickers

In the night

So when I look

At heaven

Why do I keep asking

Why?

Dinner!

[DOOR CLOSES]

How was school?

Same ole, same ole.

- How about you, honey?

- Good.

Baby girl, didn't I see you

leave here this morning

with a chicken?

Ask Mama

what she did with him.

Sid's bringing by

more sweet potatoes on the 14th.

The 16th is Daddy's

birthday.

Well, I'll make a cake.

We'll find a way

to make the day special.

I'm gonna go take my bath.

I ate at the caf.

I wish Mama would talk more

about Daddy.

Well, she's looking forward,

not backwards.

And he's with you

every step of every day.

I hope he's not as bored

as we are.

And y'all got your

singing voices from your daddy.

He used to sing

in his church choir

just like you two.

We're hoping

for bigger audiences

than Methodists, Meemaw.

Don't you be running down

local church folk.

PIPER:

What was Daddy's favorite color?

ADA:

Green, I think.

You said blue

last time I asked.

He probably had a lot

of favorites.

- What you doing?

- [PLAYING GUITAR]

Yeah. Willie.

BOTH:
When the storms

of life Are raging

Stand by me

When the storms of life

Are raging

Stand by me

When the world

Is tossing me

Like a ship

Upon the sea

BOTH:
Thou who rulest

Wind and water

Stand by me

Thou who rulest

Wind and water

Stand by me

[WATER RUNNING]

MEEMAW:
Get started on your schoolwork.

Your mama'll be back

- once that brunch crowd fed.

- PIPER:
Flood!

Oh, my Lord.

- Oh, Lordy, Lordy.

- Look at all that water.

MEEMAW:

Hey, that water pipe is busted.

- Where's the water coming from?

- One busted pipe made all this?

Let me get the...

Let me get the valve.

Whoa.

- Is it off?

- MEEMAW:
I'm trying.

All right, here. Grab this.

- There you are.

- Give me one.

- All right. Hurry, hurry.

- There.

Got it?

ADA:
Brian Quinlan Spencer

was a staff sergeant

in the United States

Marine Corps,

Third Battalion,

Fifth Marine Regiment,

Regimental Combat Team 1,

1st Marine Division,

I Marine

Expeditionary Force.

While fighting

with his Marine unit

in Karabilah, Iraq,

an enemy soldier

threw a grenade.

Other Marines watched

as Spencer sacrificed himself

and dove on the grenade.

On November 10th, 2004,

Staff Sergeant Spencer

was awarded the Silver Star.

ADA:

It was just right there.

A whole page

about the battle.

With names of Marines.

That's insane.

I kept searching and I found

the name of this guy.

Mr. Henry LaRue Monroe.

He was next to my daddy that day

and he survived.

Holy moly.

Got an address for him.

And he's here. In Tennessee.

- No way.

- What?

What part of Tennessee.

Down Route 269.

Just 30 miles from here,

at a state veterans' home.

Oh, he's practically

a neighbor.

I knew my daddy

was a hero and all,

but no one in my house

- wants to talk about it.

- Yeah.

You're gonna tell your mom

about Monroe?

- Hell, no.

- Why kick the hornet's nest?

Hey. Why don't you and I

borrow your daddy's truck

and just the two of us

pay the man a visit?

What?

Come on.

You don't wanna meet Mr. Monroe?

I mean, he's your big discovery,

not mine.

I know all I need to know

about my family.

But I can drive you

over there.

Heh. Thanks.

But you owe me.

- Uh-huh.

- Mm-hm.

[CHUCKLES]

Wait.

What you doing?

You can see what I'm doing.

No. I mean why you got

Daddy's military papers

hidden under your bed.

Shut the door.

You got no right

snooping in here.

I didn't tell.

Tomorrow, I'm gonna meet a man

who was with Daddy

in the Marines in Iraq.

Sam Hill.

I'm going too.

Watch your mouth,

young lady.

We're a team.

Remember?

Relax.

You've got a part to play

in all this.

You bet I do.

Where you going?

Tomorrow we're going

to Justine's

and she's gonna let me ride

her paint horse.

She is?

Mm.

In exchange for a pie.

Wanna come?

[COW MOOS]

[CHICKEN CACKLING]

ADA:

Taking any longer?

Hey, hey, hey...

MEEMAW:

Pies.

- Thank you.

- Thank you. Bye.

Bye-bye.

They're awfully excited

just be riding a horse.

I'm guessing

there's a boy involved.

Heh.

That would explain the pie.

Okay. Let me try.

I get so tired...

No.

Of myself sometimes

Mm-hm, hold on. I ca...

I don't wanna go out there.

- Let me try again.

- All right.

I get so tired

Of myself sometimes

Yeah, that's it.

I get inspired

Then watch it fade

Into a slow decline

If I could tie

My heart

Into these dreams of mine

Oh, I...

Yeah, that's it.

I'll never let them

Slide

BOTH:

Let them slide

Into the way I was

Before I knew

What I love

Not a single clue

What I have inside

Just lead me

Away from this life

ADA:

Oh, it's pretty good.

All right now, y'all.

My mom's gonna come out

any minute.

- All right, we'll be quick.

- Make it snappy.

Here, I brought the dress.

Go change in there.

[HORSE SNORTING]

[]

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

- You don't have to smile.

- Everyone likes people

- looking happy in pictures.

- Just listen to Justine.

She's trying to be

an art photographer.

What's that supposed

to mean?

It means

you don't show your teeth.

Just look natural.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

Maybe it's natural for me

to smile.

[CHUCKLES]

Stop posing.

- [LAUGHS]

- [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

PIPER:

So, what if Mama calls?

ADA:
We don't pick up. Okay, ready?

One, two...

ALL:
Driving down

A stretch of road

And round and round

And round we go

Telling ourselves

We'll be there soon

Trying to get the town

To pass

Barns and cows

And blades of grass

PIPER:
Holy hell, I

think I see the moon!

[ALL LAUGH]

I saw your pecan pie

In the window

I ate the whole darn thing

'Fore you could see

I told you

That it was Meemwaw

But I'm just fibbing

It was actually me

Oh, a little lie

Never hurt nobody

[ALL LAUGHING]

What is this place?

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