Nashville (2012–2018): Season 3, Episode 1 - That's Me Without You - full transcript

Previously on "Nashville"...

There's nothing left for me here.

I got to start someplace else.

Maddie is never gonna stop watching you.

You have a responsibility here.

- What is wrong?
- I'm gay.

I'm sorry, Layla.

You think if your boyfriend found
about your mistakes, he'd forget?

- Tell me I heard wrong.
- I don't deserve you.

But don't make me be alone again.

And I was hoping to
become your ball and chain.



You and me, Ray.

That's how it's supposed to be.
I never should have taken it back.

- I told you I can't be someone else.
- Juliette, you are overreacting.

I'm just stuck being
stupid, screwed-up me.

It's natural to be emotional
when you just went through...

I'm terrible! I'm terrible! I'm
a horrible human being! I suck!

And if you don't see that, then
you're both either liars or idiots!

Hey, let's... let's all just calm down.
Juliette, what are you looking for?

A pair of scissors! Do we not
have a single pair in this house?

- Thank you.
- Do you need me to...

No, I don't!

From NPR, welcome to a very
special evening of music,

as we broadcast live from the
Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee.

So glad they're letting us film
this. I wasn't sure they'd be okay



with us crashing their event. Are
you nervous 'cause it's national?

Yeah, that... that's got to be it.

Listeners can tune in on the air and
watch via our live streaming broadcast.

Well, either way, your life changes
completely. You realize that.

Yes, I'm aware. I mean, this
is marriage we're talking about.

You know how I feel.

I do know how you feel.
Of course, I'm the one

who's gonna have to live with the decision.

I may not have to sleep with your decision,

but we're all gonna be impacted
by it one way or another.

Oh, I know. Thank you for reminding me.

As if I haven't been
thinking about that all day.

Mmm. I'll leave you to it.

Hey. So... I'm gonna come tonight.

I love you.

So you made up your mind?

Yeah, I did.

Stupid girl. Stupid. I hate...

So stupid.

Thank you, thank you. You
know, a lot of artists I respect

have come through these doors and
when I say artists, I mean that.

That's why people come to the Bluebird.

They know they're gonna
see and hear the real deal.

Three chords and the
truth, is what they say.

Anyway, I...

I'm honored to be able to tell you mine.

This is for my wife.

♪ What is it called when all that
you want is to be around somebody ♪

♪ They say that you fall but I don't
know feels a little more like flying ♪

♪ 'Cause even when I'm close to you it
ain't close enough each and every kiss ♪

♪ Ain't long enough I can't
explain what my heart does ♪

♪ oh, oh, oh I don't
care what we call it ♪

♪ oh, oh, oh as long as I
can stay in this moment ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh this feeling, oh I
can't fight it baby, no, I can't lie ♪

♪ If it's love then I think I like
it love and I think I like it ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh I don't
care what we call it ♪

♪ oh, oh, oh as long as I
can stay in this moment ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh this feeling
oh, I can't fight it ♪

♪ baby, no, I can't lie if it's
love then I think I like it ♪

Luke Wheeler? What's he doing here?

I think it's for me.
Can you give me a minute?

Hey.

Why can't you just let her be happy?

Why can't you?

- Hey.
- Hey.

Ohh. What are you doing here?

Well, my kids will
probably sleep till noon.

I squared it with the nanny,

snuck away to be with the
woman I proposed to last night.

I'm thinking it is official.

Oh, my goodness. It certainly is.

Oh, I tell you what.

I've been married before, been
in other relationships, but...

what we got... it's damn near perfect.

I guess timing really is everything.

I guess it is.

Avery! Avery!

I know you're in there! Avery!

I know you said you needed time to think.

Yeah, I meant more than a few hours.

Yeah, but I have been up all
night, literally sick to my stomach.

I can't take not knowing where we stand.

Oh, Juliette, it's,
like, 6:00 in the morning.

I need to know how you're
feeling, what you think.

I bared my soul to you, and
you just turned and walked away.

I was trying to explain to
you why I am the way that I am.

I appreciate your self-awareness,

but it's a lot to ask of anyone.

You said that you loved me.

Don't you have, like, some movie
audition to get ready for today? Huh?

God, how pathetic am I? I know
your schedule better than you do.

Avery, I'm so sorry. I am so sorry.

You have to forgive me. Please. I love you.

I love you. Please.

Juliette, I'm not trying
to be mean, but right now...

I can't stand the sight of you.

You should go.

Okay. I will.

Hey!

Hey. I didn't wake you, did I?

No, no. I was up early, anyway.

I was trying to pack the rest of my stuff.

Which includes that mug.

Thank you.

Is that a new song? I
haven't heard that one before.

Yeah, I'm gonna debut it
tonight at the Bluebird

at the NPR show that
you're gonna be missing.

That's my pen.

Seriously?

Thank you.

You're gonna sing this
at the Bluebird tonight?

I was thinking about it.

Did you think about the fact that
Rayna's marrying Luke Wheeler?

Yeah, well, they ain't gone
down the aisle yet, have they?

- Might be time to move on.
- Or move away.

I only came to Nashville to be with Avery

and then those other things
happened and now I can't go anywhere

without everybody knowing
that I went crazy...

- Nobody thinks you're...
- So...

Seems like a pretty good
idea to move home to me.

And, like, what else do I do? There's...

there's nothing left here for me.

That's funny, 'cause I heard you had
an Uncle and a cousin here in town.

Well, I really don't know Maddie that well,

and you're going out on tour.

Maybe I am, and maybe I'm not.

- Come in.
- Come in.

- Hey.
- Is that some kind of going away present?

Uh, it's my, uh, overnight bag.

Listen, Scarlett.

I got to get the hell out of this town.

Can I hitch a ride with you?

You up yet?

I brought you some coffee.

Did you ever feel anything?

Did you ever love me...

- At all?
- Yes, I did.

- I do.
- Then can you change?

I don't know.

So what do we do?

Camera crew's already setting
up, so, I guess for now...

we got to do the show.

Hey. Thought I heard you playing.

I mean, I don't have any homework,

so unless we're not allowed
to play at your house at all...

Hold on, okay?

Dad, she thinks you hate music.

I came up here because I wanted to tell you

I thought it sounded nice, that's all.

And you know what? This
isn't just my house.

It's your house, too. Both of you.

All right, Daphne, can I have a
minute with your sister, please?

- Dad.
- No, please.

Look, I... I know that it's...

it's been harder between us lately.

I just really wish that
you could share with me

what's going on with you.

I don't have anything to say, dad.

Okay, come on.

You can't tell me that
you don't have feelings

about everything that's
been happening lately.

With your mom and Luke.

Honey, you can tell me anything,
and I promise you I'm not gonna...

Dad, there's nothing to tell!

Okay, but that reaction
suggests to me that there is.

Maddie, we cannot expect to have
any kind of relationship at all

if we're not willing to communicate.

How am I supposed to talk to you

about someone that I know that you hate?

How am I supposed to tell you

that I wanted mom to
marry Deacon and not Luke?

What a jackass.

That he has the audacity
to ask you to marry him

on the same night that you
said yes to someone else.

I mean, that is so Deacon.

You know what he's trying to do, right?

He's trying to pull you into
the same crazy-making drama

that you two have been
engaged in for years.

No, what he's trying to do is
not miss out on an opportunity

that I didn't give him the first
time around when I married Teddy.

Why are you justifying his actions?

You're not seriously considering
his ridiculous proposal.

I don't know, Tandy.

I've loved that man for a very long time.

But your relationship with Luke is healthy.

We'll see about that, 'cause I'm
gonna have to tell him about Deacon.

Well, that's a bad idea.

Well, I'm not very well gonna
marry a man I can't be honest with.

Still a bad idea.

Damn it, girl.

I'm gonna miss you, something fierce.

I'm gonna miss you, too.

Thank you for everything.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure I
owe you a thanks or two.

I'm gonna get in the car
before Avery cooks in it.

Uh-oh. Get it. I'll call
you when I get there.

Yeah, all right.

All right, tell Maddie her cousin says hi.

All right. You drive safe now.

All right.

In my opinion, it is a mistake to leave.

What the hell are you doing here?

You are too talented.

And you're too much of
a good songwriter to...

Gunnar, thank you. I appreciate
the gesture and the compliment,

but I got a long way to go.

I don't belong here and never did.

My head literally is about to explode.

You haven't given yourself
time to think it through.

Yeah, I have. No. Remember that
whole thing? It nearly killed me.

Well, yeah, but what doesn't kill
you makes you stronger, right?

Please stop talking.

I really got to get on the road,
guys. Gunnar, get out of the car.

- No, you don't.
- For the love of God, just go.

Seriously, I am not getting out of
this car till you come to your senses.

I feel that strongly about it.

Well, if you ain't leaving, you're going.

What?

Juliette? She hasn't
picked up any of my calls,

so I went looking for her
and saw her car out front.

She's got to be in there.
Juliette, open the door!

Come on. This could be an emergency.

- You're the landlord.
- I understand.

Use your damn keys or
I'll break this door down.

- Please.
- Yes, sir.

Juliette? Juliette, are you okay? Honey?

- Where's Avery?
- Gone.

- Then what are you doing here?
- Trespassing, I guess.

- We broke up.
- What? Why?

- Doesn't matter.
- Okay, well, here's what matters...

You have a movie audition in two hours.

You're gonna be Patsy Cline, remember?

No. I can't do it anymore. I'm sorry.

No, no, no. Listen to me.

These film people came out here
to find somebody who can sing

as well as act the part of this icon.

Every female vocalist in this town
wants this part, including you.

We... we are doing this in the same
studio where Patsy recorded the song.

For crying out loud,
Juliette, this is a big deal.

Here's what you're gonna
do. You're gonna get up.

- No.
- You're gonna get a shower,

and you're gonna nail this thing.

Because, sweetie, that's what you do.

You're right. It's what I do.

- Let's go.
- It's what I do.

- Don't you have any A.C.?
- It's all going out the window.

It's not like I planned on
taking a road trip with her.

She just took off before
I had the chance to...

No, I know we're supposed to go to...

Yeah, fine.

I'm not sure why Zoey's mad
at me for getting kidnapped,

bue she is.

By the way, we cross state lines,
we're talking federal charges.

I gave you the option. Your choice
to be here is not my responsibility.

Just drop him at the next bus depot.

I will, but it's gonna be a
while. I'm taking the Scenic Route.

Seriously?

Yep. Oxford, Mississippi, by
way of the Natchez Trace Parkway.

We're not exactly in a rush.

Okay, I know how he got to be here,
but I'm not sure why you're here.

I know you broke up with Juliette
and stuff, but you didn't say why.

He... he didn't tell you the story?

- Don't speak.
- You know something I don't?

I don't want to talk about it. You hear me?

This is between Juliette
and me and no one else.

- Well, it wasn't just you two.
- Oh, who'd she cheat with?

I just said I don't want
to talk about it, okay?

It's not fair to her or to me!

Damn, why you'd want to protect somebody

who hooked up with a sleaze bag?

What are you doing?

You know what? Shut your damn mouth!

Oh, stop it. Stop it,
Avery! Get off of him!

Tell him to get his damn hands off me!

No, you stop it, as well!

Do not make me pull over.

Just stop it! I'm taking you
both to the nearest bus station!

You hear me?

Okay. All right. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

- That's not good.
- Where exactly are we?

I think I was probably
here for most of them,

but, how many times you figure
you've played here over the years?

Oh, man. 400? 500? A few less than you.

How many times you been in
your living room, up know?

I mean, it's where we cut our teeth, right?

You and me and lots of other
artists, like Garth Brooks.

Taylor Swift.

- Rayna Jaymes.
- That's right. Yeah.

First time I ever played
here was with Rayna.

Right. And that relationship
has been amazing over the years.

You and she collaborated on
what, about a dozen hits or so?

Yeah, something like that.

And you've even co-written
her newest single.

Yep. Mostly, though, what
I've been focusing on is...

Yourself. That's all right. I understand.

For those of you who don't
know, this young man is finally

pursuing a solo career.

That's right, Tom. I'm what's
known as a late bloomer.

But it's working for you. Touring
with the top act in country music,

Mr. Luke Wheeler, who, as we all now know,

is engaged to your frequent collaborator.

That's the word on the street.

So what does that do with you and Rayna?

Are you still gonna team up on songs?

I'm pretty sure things are gonna
work out the way they're supposed to.

- Hey!
- Hey!

- How you doing?
- Baby.

- Thank you, sir.
- Oh, you bet.

- Hey.
- Hey.

What, you couldn't stay away from me?

I couldn't, you know.

We got so carried away
this morning, we didn't...

We never really got a chance
to talk about last night.

What about last night?

Well... well, it was kind of a big night.

Listen, listen, I know
I put you on the spot

by proposing to you like that, but...

you have to know, it...

it came from the heart. It was real to me.

Felt right to me. I hope you felt that.

I did. It's actually really
what happened after that.

Why? What happened after that?

Well, Deacon came by the house.

And?

And... he... proposed to me.

What'd you say?

I didn't say anything.

Look, I'm not gonna apologize for
being more than a little ticked

that Deacon did what he did, but...

I get it. Be hard losing somebody twice.

And if it's up to me, that's
exactly what's gonna happen.

But it's not just up to me.

How are you feeling about all this?

I feel... a lot of different things.

I love you. But Deacon and I
just have this... this thing.

And we get tangled up in it.
And it goes deep, you know?

It's about what was and... what could be.

Look. Here's what I do know.

You're the one for me.
There's no question in my mind,

and I guess you just have to figure
out at this point in your life,

right now, who or what
is gonna be right for you.

- Yes, I do.
- All right, listen.

I'll go stag to this charity thing tonight
if you'd rather have some more time.

I don't want to pressure you or rush
you any more than I already have, okay?

You let me know what you want to do.

They say what time the
tow truck would get here?

Nope. The, uh, dispatch
lady was having a bad day.

Bad life, maybe.

Yeah, well, we all have our burdens.

Our rotten childhoods or whatever.

It doesn't justify lousy
behavior as an adult.

I don't know.

Some scars run pretty deep, Avery.

Yeah, but how damaged do you have
to be to sleep with Jeff Fordham?

Tell you, it would have
hurt a hell of a lot less

if she'd fallen in love with another man

instead of screwing that one and
then expecting me to understand why.

I'm sorry. Scarlett,
this is your road trip.

I should be the one doing
the listening. How are you?

I'm fine. It's a little less
meditative than I thought it would be.

But can't say it hasn't been interesting.

Being back in Mississippi
with you is pretty weird.

'Cause if you'd asked me two
years ago where I'd be today,

I would have said living in
Nashville, married to you.

Yeah, a lot's changed since then, huh?

You know, Scarlett, I never
thought I deserved you.

I always thought a better
man would come along.

Well, I can't be sure, but
I may have gotten chiggers.

Thank y'all so much for seeing me.

Is there anything specific
you want me to do with this

or any directions?

Yeah, in this scene, Patsy's just got
in a fight with her second husband,

one that's pretty physical, but
she's still got to perform, so...

I'll just sing, okay?

♪ I'm crazy, crazy
for feeling so lonely ♪

♪ I'm crazy crazy for feeling blue ♪

♪ I knew you'd love me
as long as you wanted ♪

♪ Then someday leave
me for somebody new ♪

♪ worry why do I let myself worry ♪

♪ wondering what in the world did I do?

♪ I'm crazy thinking that
my love could hold you ♪

♪ I'm crazy for trying
and crazy for crying ♪

I'm sorry.

♪ one day ♪
♪ I saw him walking ♪

♪ on the street ♪
♪ we started talking ♪

♪ downtown ♪
♪ now we're moving ♪

♪ in the rain ♪
♪
Now we're grooving ♪

♪ she smiled ♪
♪ nothing happened ♪

♪ so fine ♪
♪ the beats working ♪

♪ I knew ♪
♪ honey, honey ♪

♪ she'd be mine ♪
♪ easy money ♪

Deacon. Babe, come on. We got a gig.

Come on. Don't do this again. Let's go.

♪ I had a past ♪
♪ red wine ♪

♪ a dark past ♪
♪ hotel ♪

♪ I had a gun ♪
♪ bad girl ♪

♪ a big gun ♪
♪ room service ♪

♪ hair trigger ♪
♪
I'm getting nervous ♪

♪ I pull it ♪
♪ all night ♪

♪ Hammer down ♪
♪ silk sheets ♪

♪ lead bullets ♪

Hey. Can't find him?

He's probably passed out somewhere.

I mean, I go on in ten minutes.

Well, I tell you what.
Um, I know your set cold.

I could cover for him out there and
then help you look for him after.

How would that be?

That's real sweet, Luke.

Thank you.

♪ love goes ♪
♪ love goes ♪

♪ she's gone ♪
♪ I'm gone ♪

♪ To Mexico ♪

♪ a postcard from Mexico ♪

Hey.

I really didn't mean to
hurt your feelings, dad.

You didn't. But you were
wrong about what you said.

I don't hate Deacon.

You know, if it wasn't for him,
I wouldn't have you, would I?

No.

And you're wrong about something else.

I don't hate music.

Oh, you and your sister
need to go get dressed up.

We're going out tonight.

It's not some mayor thing, is it?

Yeah, kind of. Go on. Get dressed.

- It's a sign.
- Would you stop?

It is a sign that moving is a bad idea.

The car is packed.

I'm halfway to my new life and my new home.

All right.

Uh, replaced your alternator and its belt.

Checked your battery. It's good for now.

But you're gonna need a new
one pretty soon, all right?

Oh, thank you so much.

Yes, ma'am.

- I thought that was you.
- Pardon?

Scarlett... you're...
you're that singer, right?

One that had that nervous breakdown?

Yeah, yeah. I seen it on the Internet.

You ever get yourself any help?

Yes, I did. Thank you.
Have a great day. Bye.

Thank you very much. Where's Avery?

I really want to go right now.

Uh, he's across the way.

He said something about, uh, happy hour.

Oh, hey. Come on in.

- How you doing today?
- I'm good.

Just getting ready for that live
thing we're doing at the Bluebird.

How are you?

Don't do it, Rayna.

I know he's a safe choice,
but he's the wrong choice,

and it's like I said.

I'm not the man I was 20 years
ago, or even 14. Hell, even one.

- I know.
- I've changed, Rayna.

I know. I've changed, too.

I have loved you, and I'm sure

I'm gonna love you for the rest
of my life, but I love him now.

He's gonna be able to give me
something that I'm just never

- gonna be able to have with you.
- And what's that?

A clean slate.

No painful memories that
I'm always trying to forget.

No addiction to hope against all the time.

I don't deny my addictions, Rayna,

but you can't deny my
recovery... our recovery.

And don't deny all the great times
that we've already had together.

And there's more to come.

I mean, we had a daughter.

I know. I know.

Our lives are always gonna be connected.

We are gonna raise her up together.

But there's more than that, too.

We also love each other.

I mean, we're in love
with each other, Rayna.

Mnh-mnh.

That's just the truth, no matter
what you tell yourself or tell him.

I need you to listen to me.

Rayna, there's nothing
we ain't been through.

I get that. But we're through it.

And me, I happen to believe that
all of it, every single second,

it was meant to be so that we
could be right here, right now,

at this place in time.

The way things are right now,

this is how we're gonna need to stay.

Tell me you don't feel
that and I'll let go.

Or just come to the Bluebird
tonight, baby, and just sing with me.

And then you tell me you're
gonna marry someone else.

♪ This heart of mine

- Just passing through?
- Yep.

♪ Could never see

- Too bad.
- You seem nice.

Wish I could say the same about my ex.

He's selfish, kind of
unstable. Just no good.

Me, too. I mean, my ex is no good.

She's a terrible woman, you know?

Why don't you buy me a drink
and, uh, we can talk all about it?

Hey!

I think she's thirsty.

Can't believe that guy recognized me.

Well, that's the point I've been
trying to make for the last 200 Miles.

Wherever you go, there you are,
and you're still who you are.

You're an artist. You make music.

I can do that anywhere,
though, and there is something

to be said for being closer to home.

Look, you've got more family in
Nashville than you do in Mississippi.

And a hell of a lot more friends.

You can't drive away from
your problems, either.

You got to just try
and... fix your mistakes.

To letting go of the past
and embracing the future.

You really think we can do this?

- I think we can try.
- And I'll tell you another thing.

Sometimes she was just... just
be, like, really selfish, you know?

Just really selfish for no reason.

Well, anyway.

Thanks for the drink.

- Whoa, hey!
- What?

- Is that my hand?
- Hey!

Get your hands off my woman!

- Hey, you got
to go. - Uh-oh.

I can't feel my legs.

Let's just get him to the car.

Put him in the back.

I'll get him. You start the car.

You're gonna go back to
jail. You're on parole!

- You get back here!
- Stop it!

- Ah!
- Okay, go, go, go!

- Get back
here! - Whoo-hoo!

Juliette, can I come in?

Juliette?

Oh, my... What the hell did you do?

I hate me.

- I just...
- Oh God.

I... I lost everything
that meant anything to me.

The part, my soul, Avery.

Okay, listen, listen.
You might have lost Avery,

but you didn't lose your soul, or the part.

I just got off the phone with
the producers. They loved you.

They were blown away by the emotional
depth you brought for to the song.

They... they want to
screen-test you for the lead.

- Seriously?
- Yes. Yes.

So you can either sit
here with the bad hair,

or you can get off your butt and go
win the role you were born to play.

Is that... is that soon?

Is that... I don't feel good.
I mean, like, I'm getting sick.

Okay.

Then we'll get your doctor
over here to check you out,

but you are not gonna throw away
the opportunity of a lifetime

just because you got dumped.

Sounded good.

Thanks.

Layla.

Where you been? I've
been looking all around.

Are you a psychopath?

- How can you do that?
- Shh! Shh!

How can you just lie like that?

All right, just keep it down
and talk to me, all right?

Because I can't, Will. I
can't just pretend to be happy.

Okay, all right. All right. Let's just...

Let's go inside and talk about it.

- On in ten.
- Okay.

Hey. You all right?

I'm great.

Maybe we should just
pull the plug, you know?

Call it quits before it goes any
further, before you get any more hurt.

You mean, like, get a divorce?

Yeah.

Okay.

Can I come in?

Amazing, Will.

We got some great stuff. We'll
get even more at the second set.

Thank you.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah. Um...

Layla and I...

- We want off the show.
- What?

Yeah, we're... we're not happy.

- We're splitting up.
- Here's the thing.

The only way my company makes money

is by delivering the show
that we sold to the network.

Now, if we need to opt out
of delivering that show,

we have to explain why.

You can just tell them that
we don't want to do it anymore.

Why don't you take a look at
the dailies we just got back?

- What is it? What is wrong?
- Material shot last night.

Gina, I know we made a commitment
to the show, but I don't...

I'm gay.

See, the show we sold

was about newlyweds on
the rise in country music.

And I'm pretty sure that
the network we sold it to

doesn't want a show about a
gay cowboy and his naive wife.

I really love you guys.

Yeah, we love you, too, man.

I'm so glad this near-death experience

has brought you closer together.

Gunnar is not just my friend.
He's like my bro, you know?

Scarlett "blue sky"
O'Connor, you're like my...

my girl-bro.

You know, I think we might have
just saved his life back there.

I don't think I could
have done it by myself.

- I'm glad you came.
- Yeah, me too.

You know, there's not a lot of
signs on these country roads,

but I'm pretty sure the mile markers

are counting down in the wrong direction.

- Do you know where you're going?
- Yeah.

Home.

I actually like this a lot better.

It's great.

Okay. I think I'm done here.

Did a preliminary urine test.

I'll send the rest with
your blood work to the lab

and call you when the results are in.

Great. I'm feeling a lot better.

I think I just need
something to help me sleep.

I haven't been getting
a lot of that lately.

Can we talk privately for a moment?

If this is about
doctor-patient confidentiality,

I don't care if they know I take xanax.

I'm not giving you anything.

And why the hell not?

Because you're pregnant.

- Deacon, surprise!
- Hey!

- Happy to see you.
- You too.

- Deacon.
- Hey.

How are you doing today?

Good. So you brought the girls.

- Yeah, sure.
- Yeah.

And dad's letting me stay up late.

I guess I better kick some tail then, huh?

- Is your mom on her way?
- Uh, I don't think so.

- Is she supposed to be?
- Right this way, mr. Mayor.

- I have a table reserved for you.
- Oh, great. Great. Girls?

- Ladies.
- Good luck.

I cannot believe you did
this for us, honestly.

Oh, why wouldn't I?

You know she thinks you're a nerd.

A nerd? I don't know.

Sometimes being a mayor can be pretty cool.

Hello! How we doing? Good to see you.

- Hey. Hey, good seeing you.
- Where's Rayna? Is she coming tonight?

Well, now, shouldn't the
first question tonight be about

the great work the T.J.
Martell foundation is doing?

It's good to see you, Katrina.

Hey! How are you?

I'm not going to tell you how I know

but I happen to know
that this next gentleman

has lived a wild and tempestuous life

and he's got the songs
and the scars to prove it.

He's a legendary musician,
a gifted songwriter

and a talented performer in his own right.

I'm glad to call him my friend.

Ladies and gentlemen, Deacon Claybourne.

Luke, any comment about
the upcoming wedding?

Have you set a date?

Uh, well, it just happened, hon,

so give us a minute and a
half to get used to the idea.

Can you at least comment about the ring?

- How many carats?
- Uh, seven. That's my lucky number.

Oh, it's Rayna!

Rayna!

Rayna!

- Sorry I'm late.
- I'm just glad you're here.

I love you. And the person
you've always been to me.

Rayna, can we get a shot of the ring?

Thank you.

I've been told that we're going out
there live tonight, which is great...

means a lot of people might be
listening or maybe even watching

who appreciate the authenticity
of this great place.

A whole lot of magic's been made here.

But there's no smoke
and mirrors, no autotune.

What you hear is what you get.

This first song might have a few more
than three chords, but it's the truth.

♪ My broken promises broke your heart ♪

♪ time and time again ♪

♪ I let everything fall apart ♪

♪ I was such a fool back then ♪

♪ but you loved me once, I know ♪

♪ So many sorries ago ♪

♪ So here I am ♪

♪ and I just pray ♪

♪ that you will listen long enough ♪

♪ To hear me when I say ♪

♪ this brand-new man ♪

♪ won't let you down ♪

♪ if you let me show you ♪

♪ I know how to love you now ♪

♪ I see that look in your eye ♪

♪ you're scared ♪

♪ and I understand why ♪

♪ so am I ♪

♪ but here I am ♪

♪ and I just pray ♪

♪ that you will listen long enough ♪

♪ to hear me when I say ♪

♪ this brand-new man ♪

♪ won't let you down ♪

♪ if you let me show you ♪

♪ I know how to love you now ♪

♪ girl, let me show you ♪

♪ I know how to love you now ♪

♪ You get your hands in it ♪

♪ plant your roots in it ♪

♪ dusty headlight dance
with your boots in it ♪

♪ you write her name on it ♪

♪ spin your tires on it ♪

♪ Build your corn field,
whiskey bonfires on it ♪

♪ you bet your life on it ♪

♪ It's that elm shade, red
rust clay you grew up on ♪

♪ That plowed-up ground that
your dad damned his luck on ♪

♪ That post-game party
field you circle up on ♪

♪ And when it rains you get stuck on ♪

♪ Drift a cloud back behind ♪

♪ county roads that you run up ♪

♪ The mud on her jeans ♪

♪ that she peeled off and hung up ♪

♪ Her blue-eyed summertime smile ♪

♪ looks so good that it hurts ♪

♪ Makes you wanna
build ten percent down ♪

♪ white picket fence
house on this dirt ♪

♪ You know you came from it ♪

♪ and some day you'll return to it ♪

Thank you guys so much.