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I'm crazy.

Crazy. Go.

I need.

You love me as

long as you want.

And then

someday.

Leave me

for somebody

near you.

Worry.

Why do I

let myself worry?

What in the

world did I

do?

Crazy.

For thinking that my

love could hold you.

I'm crazy for

trying and crazy

for crying and

I'm crazy for

loving you.

Why do

I let

myself worry?

What in the

world did I

do?

Crazy.

Or thinking that

my love can

hold you.

I'm crazy for

trying and crazy

for crying and

I'm crazy for

loving you.

Pull.

Let go.

That's more fun than moping around, isn't

it? Nobody likes the smart mouth, Jill.

Silly old bear, I was just trying to

tear you up. I'm sorry.

No, I'm sorry.

Your poem cheer you up. A poem, you know

a poem will lay it on me, baby.

But sometimes it's OK. Just tell me the

part you remember. Wherever I am, there's

always poop. All right? I know that one.

There's always pooling me. What would I

do? I said. Who you know

wasn't for you.

There isn't much fun for one, but

two can stick together, says Poo. Says

He. That's how it is, says Poo.

Anybody want to go to the zoo? We just

went by the zoo. There's nobody there.

It's gonna be great. It's so cold. Hi.

Oh, oh,

surprise.

What is that kindling? You know the

fireplace hasn't worked since 1932. The

Thanks. I guess it looks like the

skeleton of a prehistoric fish.

Thesaurus. It looks like a modern dance.

I think it looks like a cheap truth.

Maybe I can get my money back. I

love it. Well, now I don't know. I

can think of a lot better ways of

spending 350. Thanks Weaver. Anytime,

Rocky, Anytime you watch it. Ohh. I

didn't mean it. I take it back.

Don't hit me, Rocky. Don't call me

Rocky. I'm a girl. Could have fooled

me. I hate your 3. Doesn't even

have any armaments. I wanna trade with

armaments. That's criminal. Sam, she's

OK, but I'm not going to work at

my uncle's store for the Christmas rush

and I start tomorrow, so I postponed the

gig at O'Brien's until January 4th and

the one at the Gravel Pit until January

10th. Weaver said it's OK with him first,

Nora. And now you.

I'm being abandoned in my hour

of need. I'm sorry, but I

need the bread. I've been living on

ketchup, mustard and relish for a month.

They give it to you free at the hot dog

stands. I didn't know that. Corey. Why

didn't you tell me you could always eat

here? I didn't want to do that. You got a

kid to feed? My uncle's not that bad. He

fetches a lot, but he's basically human.

Maybe you could get a job. The

two never.

Never, never. What do you

do? Never never. Can't afford

that Never. Long distance calling

Santa Claus Mom Sam here,

how you doing?

Ohh she's fine, thank you.

Yeah, I'm fine too. How's

home?

Good, so listen.

How about me and Jill coming home for

Christmas?No, nothing's

wrong. I just thought it would be a good

idea. You know, you always make such a

big deal out of Christmas, and Jill's

never had that. Be nice for her, maybe.

You can get out all the ornaments for the

Christmas tree and everything.

On my bike. Yeah, OK.

All right. Yeah, I'll be careful,

I promise. OK, for

sure. Take care of

you here.

OK, bye.

Home to crud Texas, Claude, to the

Cowboys and rednecks and virgin brides.

Why, To your mother the Baptist and

your father the bircher. That's a

brilliant way of dealing with your

feelings for Nora.

My mother's alright. Ohh, the one that's

been trying to adopt Jill out from under

you ever since Kate died. This is a

different mother. Maybe she wants to gift

wrapper send her parcel post. Corey, I

don't know what I'm doing here anymore.

I'm I'm 30 years old and I'm still

flailing around. I mean, is

this all it is, life flailing around so

you wouldn't flail in Claude? I don't

know. I mean, maybe. Yeah. I mean more.

I don't. It's where I'm from.

Figure if I go back there

maybe I could figure I don't

know something.

Some people say I'm a normal cow.

Others say I'm no good

but I'm just a natural

born travelling man doing what

I think I should.

Doing what I think I should.

When I was a little

baby. My Mama

said hey son.

Travel where you will grow

to be a man and

seeing what must be sung

and saying what must be

some.

And I don't give a

damn about the greenback dollar,

spend it fast as I

can for the waiting song

and a good guitar. See

only thing that I understand.

The only thing that I

understand.

Well, that's it. That's the house you

were born in. Yeah, it used to be

white or sort of Gray, I think, and

bigger. That's the wrong house.

Now it's the right house. I don't. I

don't remember all that aluminum siding.

Ah.

Where's the snow?Doesn't

snow till January. I wanted a white

Christmas. I'll sing it

for you on the guitar. That's not very

funny.

I'm not feeling real funny right

now. Where's the wind stop blowing?

Never.

Let's go in then.

Listen, listen, I could sell the bike. We

could get a plane back home tomorrow. You

want to? I mean, you just say the word,

OK?

I hate this wind.

Ohh boy, I haven't been on this

porch in nine years.

It's a real weird trip. You know, baby,

it's going to be all right. It got to

be nice to you. It's Christmas. Come on.

Silly old bear.

Ohh, not till 6:30 this evening. That's

what they told me down at the

bus station. We came on the bike.

He said there was nothing from Vancouver

until 6:30 and his old wind they

had to kick up again. Hello Mom.

Ohh, you are just beautiful.

Ohh grandma.

That's the nicest Christmas present

anybody ever gave me. Well, I'm not

giving her to you, Mom.

Where's Dad anyway? Is he sleeping well?

He's down at the paper where he always is

this time of day. How could I have

forgotten?I must be

getting old.

How would you like to help me

make breakfast? I can make bacon and

eggs by myself. You can.

This after breakfast we're going to

Amarillo shopping. We'll stop off for

doughnut and a milkshake and I have choir

practice that will let you can sing with

us if you want to. Weaver was right. I

should have sent her parcel post.

I'm going to love being a grandmother if

you just let me. I'm going to

let you. I'm going to let you. It's just

weird, you know? It's weird I for me than

it is for you. Actually, you're not my

grandma. Actually, I'm adopted.

We're very big on honesty, you see, and

next week we're going to start on

manners, right squirrel? Well, maybe you

will adopt me if I spoil you rotten. What

do you want for Christmas? How much can

it cost? Try me? Well, I want a 2

Wheeler with gears and handbrakes, cowboy

boots and pony. Let's get a pencil.

Could you set some limits? You'll be

wanting you out of house and home.

Alright, see.

Well, I guess you've been adopted.

So I'm going to go see

Dad. Ohh, Sam, your father hasn't

mellowed much. Ohh, but I have.

Cool is defined B.

Running out of Commons?

Hello, Dad. Should have figured it was

you. Just got the truck out with the

papers for today. It works. All done. And

here he comes, sashaying down from Canada

looking for a free meal, am I right? It's

good to see that some things don't change

like you. Good to see you

Sir. How you doing part of the little

girl? Ohh she's at home moms doing her

number. Well, I

was busting. No, we took the bike.

You brought my grandchild. All that

distance on a motorcycle. Are you out

of your mind? Do you have any

idea the statistics on motorcycle

accidents? That was all. There was

no trouble. Everything was fine. I rolled

through the Rockies. Now they were clear.

Yeah, everything was fine. Yeah, I bet

they were.

Hey, Scruffy, Still alive? Still alive?

How you doing, man? You must

be 20 years old right now.

We're both getting off. How are

you doing? Speaking of getting off.

I'm fine, you know. You know, you still

drive a taxi cab to feed the child. Yeah.

How long you going to give me, son,

before you settle down and learn a real

trade?I

don't know, 75 years?

I'm serious.

So am I. You're not getting any younger.

Sam's life is passing you by. Are you got

to knuckle down or something in a hurry?

If for no other reason than to give the

child some security. See. Irresponsible

to adopt A child and give it nothing.

It's irresponsible to be poor. Is that

what you're saying? No. Well, let me

tell you something. See, Jill knows how

to love. The sun

and the rain and the mountains and all

our friends and music. See. I'm giving

her something that I never got. You got

everything I had to give you. I hold

her, I hug her. I brush her hair.

I bathe her. We touch and we talk.

We're growing up together. Poor. Yeah,

maybe. It's stronger, I think, and

happier, I'm sure, and at peace. And you

call that irresponsible?It would

be one thing if you were any good as

a musician, but you're not. When you

going to face that, choose another path.

You never listen, do you?

Of course I do. I wouldn't be a good

newspaper man if I didn't. Now, anytime

you want to learn the newspaper business,

you just come to me. I'll give you an

assignment, start you out. You can't ride

while you can set time something.

You know, the last time you gave me that

speech, you used more arm gestures. You

think you could run through it again and

use some more arm gestures?

You are pathetic son.

What does it feel like to be a pathetic

man?

Be right with you.

Good Lord. How you been?

Hey, hey, you all right? This is what

you're supposed to do if you're going to

fight.

It's been a long time.

You look terrific.

I heard about your wife, Dad, That was

just awful. And the little girl, I mean,

leaving a baby like that, I just cried.

You adopted or didn't you? Wasn't even

yours and you adopted her. That's so

crazy and sweet.

When you get back just today.

Well, why didn't you call me or

something? You want something to eat or

something?Well, I smell some

coffee back there somewhere. I'll buy you

a cup of coffee, OK?Come back here. It's

a mess, but come on.

Hey this this is

wonderful. For a

house. I'll keep an eye on

things. I've lived here ever since.

Where's my dad?

And it's strange when people die young

and my mom and dad and my grandparents

are still alive and my husband's death.

You find it strange. I

find it inexcusable. Cruel and

evil and stupid.

I didn't mean to open it all up again.

So why'd you marry Wesley Blanks? I mean,

he was a cowboy.

Almost everybody around here is

inside of, not outside.

How was your marriage? Ohh,

OK, just OK.

OK, meaning. OK, tell me about you. Your

daddy comes by here and brags every once

in a while. Is it all true? You're

really a big deal in the record business?

No. Well, you

said you've been recording everything.

Yeah, we made 6 records.

All singles and none of them are sold

enough to even make their cost back. And

singles don't hardly cost anything, but

still 6 records. I mean I think that's

really some. And you playing nightclubs,

is that right for dinner and tips and

for money sometimes not very much. Well,

I think that's really exciting.

Well, it's not. It's a drag.

But I I didn't mean to dump it

all on you, Cody. At least not so

fast. I.

Oh listen, man. It's

for the coffee.

How long you going to be in town for?

I just brought my kid home for Christmas.

Can I see you again?Well,

sure. I guess.

You know it could have

worked. You and me,

we could have been happy. Don't

you think?

Yesterday is gone.

Hey, hey, what's happening? What's that?

Yeah, and already got finance, boy.

Already got two really tan brakes. A 2

Wheeler. Yeah, that's incredible. Well,

how are we going to get it home, though?

We're going to leave it here. Come back

this summer for the whole summer.

That's all right with you. Well, to ride,

isn't it? Grandma said she'll buy the

ticket even since we can't afford it. And

I loved the win. Teacher says it blows

all the time, all summer. Who's my

friend? Russell? Ginger Ann and Hugh's

oldest. They've got six kids. Can you

imagine that?I got

to go to the bathroom.

What, don't you want to go inside and get

out of the wind, Ginger? And married you,

Bob?Did your enemy used to

throw cow pies at cars on the highway?

And Hugh Bob stole Cody off of me in

junior high. I

planned 18 foolproof murders. So whatever

happened to him, I thought he was a

big time baseball player. He was going to

get into the major leagues.

He works sometimes, you know, for his

daddy in the feed lot.

She has a hard time changing with all

those little kids. She's run ragged

trying to keep me in clothes. Mostly he

just drinks now with old Stanley.

We all had such fine dreams.

I guess we've all kind of gone to hell.

Madam Man with jangles and he danced

for me.

Worn out shoes.

Silver hair, raggy shirt and

baggy pants.

The old soft shoe. I remember when your

father taught you that. No, he didn't

teach me that. I taught it to him.

Actually meet and make him go.

Terrible.

It's not your fault, mom.

I love him. And I know that he

loves me. It's just that every time we

see each other, we yell.

Well, let's go see that dream machine

of yours, woman.

Ohh, look at that.

Hmm. You

know it's their first bike, mom, It

really didn't have to be this fancy. Ohh,

it's the one she wanted, the most

expensive one in the store, right? Right.

Sam, why don't you just relax and enjoy

it?OK, I'm out.

Up, cowboy, but I don't know how to

ride it. I know that. I'm holding it,

aren't I? Don't let go. You here. I

won't let go. You're here. You're here.

Where'd you get that? You hear stuff? You

sound like Texas training wheels.

Come on, this is a super bike. You

can do it. Twiddle. We get off this

caliche and get on the smooth Rd. huh?

Don't go. I'm not. I'm not. Keep

peddling. I am. I'm letting go. I'm right

beside you, baby. Are you holding on? No.

You're doing it. I'm doing it. I'm doing

it. You're doing it.

Look out, look out. Come

on.

The only thing I can't do? Grandma's turn

left. Tomorrow I'm going to practice

turning left. Yeah, well, you're

not such an expert on those breaks yet

either. Kid, can I go to school here?

You just finished school in Canada. They

go right up to Christmas here.

Yeah, well, you can't go. Why

not? Because I said so. Then I'm going

to go. That's not a reason, Jill. We'll

talk about this later, right?

Trustee from the prison got killed in the

gravel pit. I fooled Steve. Didn't show

up for work today. He's gotten my camera.

I got nobody to send down there to take a

picture. It would have been a great front

page picture. Billy Anderson, convicted

murderer falls to his death. But nobody

wants to work these days. They don't want

to sit around and braid each other's hair

and. Look, I'll go take your picture.

Ohh. No, we're about ready to have

dinner. Father, You wanna be? Of course I

don't wanna be. I don't always want to be

when I come home. What do you mean don't

wanna be that scruffy?

Let you go. Yes.

Well, she looks normal enough, you were

expecting her to be abnormal. Figure

she'd at least have rickets.

Play. She's got those scratches on her

face. Mom bought her a bike. She's

learning to ride it. Can I play with your

dog? No. Why not?He's

old, crotchety, he's not used to

children. Oh.

He's not going to bite me, Grandpa.

Well, be careful.

Is he the one that dances?

You told her about that? Yeah, honey,

he's the one.

Play it Daddy, please. I want to see him

dance. Thing is, 20

years old now, that's 140 years old in

human terms. See, he can't dance anymore.

It would be a cruelty to ask him

to be cruelty. Asked me too. I suppose

you think I'm senile at 63 because you're

over the hill at 30. But I don't

take drugs, I don't collect welfare. I

don't dodge the draft. I'm not seeing all

this 63 here, neither is Scruffy here.

I have the body of a 25 year

old Marine. That's what my doctor told

me, a 25 year old Marine father. It's

been years now.

Madam Man, sell the

New Orleans Awards.

Down and out.

Look at me to be the

eyes of the age.

As he spoke

right out, he

talked of life.

He talked life.

Laughed, slapped his legs,

stare.

Mr. Bojangle.

Mr. Bull.

Mr. Bojangle.

There's another verse. Yeah.

Play it. No.

So you think I'm about to collapse when

I'm not about to collapse? Look, I'd be

delighted if you collapse. I'm just not

going to play the last verse. Why not?

Because it's too sad. Too sad for you or

too sad for me. It's too

sad for both of us. Not too sad for me.

Play well then for me. It's too sad for

me. The dog dies and the old man grieves.

It's not too sad for you because you

never loved anyone or anything in your

whole life, ever.

Dog up and died. Listen, you can go to

school here, squirrel. I don't. I don't

know why I said no. I didn't mean no.

I know. And were you

signed up?Teachers must smell

me. And then four.

The dog up and

died.

How come your grandpa all the time?

Because he yells at me.

But why?I

don't know. It's just the way we talk to

each other. It's habit. That's

not a very good reason.

Well, it is a little more complicated

than that, yes.

You see when he was young,

say about 15 or 16.

He loved playing the trombone. I mean,

he loved it more than anything. Like

I love you and and he quit

school and joined a big band.

And they dropped him after a year because

he wasn't good enough.

Then what?

Well then what? Well, he's stuck in

Amarillo, TX.

She starved for a while I guess.

And then the Baptist Church of Claude

took him in and apprenticed him to a

printer, and he got into the newspaper

business. And

then he met mom and married her.

And he hates the fact that I'm still

doing the music thing. I mean, it

infuriates him.

Does that make any sense?

I still don't understand why that makes

you yell at him. It makes him yell at

me and when he yells at me.

I yell at him. You're right, it doesn't

make any sense.

I think he needs a hug.

Come on Sam, this is crazy. I got to get

back. Wesley, good to you.

Now that is beside the point.

You can tell me what I have to talk about

him because I want to know.

Well, it wasn't him, Sam.

He was being married around

here. My dentist would

call up Wesley Ford, fix my teeth.

I mean, you know what's like around

here, if you have a husband, he

makes the decisions, all the decisions,

lives around here. I'm treated like, I

don't know, like the mentally ********.

But then he died and all came to me.

Of course the bank loan, the million

bills. I forgot pay electricity one month

and they cut me off. I had a bar

full, the drunk Cowboys and the lights

went out.

Well, while I was tempted to hire some

man, but I couldn't afford to. And I'm

glad now. Real glad.

Wow, everything is changed. Why is

this place so unbelievably depressing? It

always has been. We were young,

we didn't notice. I was into

twirling. You were into trucks.

Do you remember that 55 Ford pickup I had

with the Jack truck back in that truck? I

love that truck. Remember how we used to

drag race all the way to Lubbock? 200

miles of Flat Rd. Fluorescent green

seat covers every time I close my eyes.

And after high school, we go. We tool on

over to the drive in for two Cokes and

burgers. I haven't had Cherry Coke in

thousand years. Hey, let's go over to

Claude High. You want to come on? Just

walk around the building, OK? You know

that. Oh, no, I didn't know that. Yeah,

the the boss, the kids and I am real. And

now it's just boarded up. Well, come on

anyway.

Miss Oaks, Texas history,

man. You

know, it seemed like all we ever learned

in this school was Texas history and just

seems that way because we had a quiz

every Thursday.

Yeah, that's nice. You remember driving

up to Lake Buffalo and making love in

the back of that pickup?

I thought you'd never leave me, Sam.

I didn't want to.

I know.

Umm.

Want to Make Love right now? I'm not

here. No, right here. Soaked

class underneath the Texas flag. I think

exactly this class. Open your blue,

Brooks. We're now going to discuss the

fall of the Alamo. O spells. No, I have

to get back from restaurant with emphasis

on the heroism of John Peter and John

Bowie. Skin boy. Come on. You know that

one.

Cody, Cody, Cody. Do you think you'd ever

want to come back to Canada with me?

Ohh I have my business here. I love it.

I'm not ever going to leave it.

Well, maybe I'll stay.

You're so.

Well, you know what I mean.

You're not a cowboy.

You're sweet. You read books.

You talk to women like they're real

people.

We had a quiz math today. I got 100.

Keep that up and I'll be surprised for

you when school's over.

I'm not gonna lie, just tell me that.

Might be.

Bye, Grandpa. Hey, come on, Dad. No pony,

All right? I mean, the end of school

isn't a week. You already got her a bike

and a room full of presents. We're

talking about June.

You're going to school here till June?

Since when? Since I like it.

And then spend the summer well, can't I?

And then, of course, in the fall, we

couldn't tear her away from her newfound

friends, could we? Just headed there. Is

that the plan? Turn the kid on, get rid

of me, and then sue for custody. Is that

right? Well, you're not taking my baby

away from me here. You're not. And that's

for you, you traitor. Don't you call that

child names?Not in my house. She's

my child, my child. She is

not your child, Sam.

Excuse me, You sit tight. Not

my boss.

Hey, Daddy. Hey

squirrel, I love you.

I love you more because I'm bigger. If

you want to go back to Canada, we can go

back to Canada.

But you like it here, don't you?I love

it here, but I hate it when you yell at

me. I won't

do that anymore, OK?

Listen.

I met an old girlfriend who lives here.

I think she's going to cheer me up a bit.

Is it serious?

Well, yeah.

Well, I hope so.

What's your name?Cody,

You know Cody's Cafe? Yeah.

She.

She used to twirl the baton in the in the

4th of July parades.

And at the football games

everywhere. And she was something

she still is.

I'd say on a scale of 1 to 10, she's

about a nine. Only 9 in the world isNora.

You miss old Nora. Yeah,

don't you?

Yeah.

Are you Cody?

Yes, ma'am. What can I do for you? Sam's

my daddy.

Hi. We have some

peanuts. Sweet. Did you use Beaverton

toiler? Long time ago. The best West TX

ever saw by. She used pure magic with

that baton. Remember when Cody used to be

a twirler? Stanley. Yeah, yeah. We passed

the hat, sent it to the tri-state

competitions in Dallas. Remember that?

You wanna see my competition button?

Can't wait till I fill it out.

Do you got time?

Did you know Daddy when he was as short

as me?I've known your daddy

forever.

You ever kissed her?Lots.

We went steady for years and years.

Then I got to be a big deal with this

here Baton and Hugh Bob, he was captain

of the baseball team in those days. He

asked me to go with him to the prom. Sam,

he just couldn't believe it. He drove

over to my house, right behind Hugh Bob,

followed us to the dance, followed us

home. Bobby was fit to be

tied your daddy, he said. He had a right

to his whims.

Him and his whims.

That's great, sweetie.

Did you love Daddy?

Yes. Always.

Hey Squirrel, where you been

checking out Cody?

Ohh yeah. So how'd

she do?She's

annoying.

She's not Nora, but she's annoying.

2T bones best medium whale suit Mashed

potato salad, side onion rings, extra

gravy. And I got to

talk to you soon. Will you help me,

please? I'm all jammed up. My bus boy

didn't show. Here. This is Jill. Wants to

stay. She loves it here. Loves school,

loves you, loves the whole scene. You

know, the small towns are good for little

kids. Yeah, that's my father's #2 speed.

Right? That table saying no, he's right.

How did folks? My name is Cody. What Can

I hate you?I'm going to

stay here and I want you to marry me.

Got the T-bone on special tonight. Comes

with baked mashed French fries, Souper

salad, ice cream, mushroom tossed. Baby,

did you hear me? What's the soup? I'm

asking you to marry me. OK, I'll have

the special. Medium rare with salad and

Italian French blue cheese. Marry me.

Where are you?Like

mashed or French fries. No potatoes.

Cody Tomatoes, cottage cheese and

coleslaw. Cody crying out loud. Mary

Mary and Cody married him.

Think about it.

Are you going to do, Sir?

Hey, how you doing All right.

Did you need something? A

job?

The first sign of old age is

loss of hearing. Well, you said I

could work for your paper anytime. I

decided to turn respectable. Well, I'm

turning respectable. Why?

Jill loves it here.

She loves Mom, she loves

scruffy, she loves school, she

even loves you.

I was thinking that maybe you were right

about it being healthier for Jill to grow

up in a place where everybody drinks milk

and goes to church.

And. I was thinking

that maybe it isn't too late for me, you

know, learn the business, learn about all

this and maybe be of some use to you.

Come on Dad, give me an assignment. Try

me out.

I need a job.

Are you going to stay here? I'm going

to try, Dad. I'm going to try to

buckle down, shoulder my responsibility,

give my child some security, quote UN

quote. Are you going to get out of

the music business?Yeah,

well, I did the same thing myself

great number of years ago. I never

regretted it. I don't think

I'll regret it either. Of course,

this isn't Austin is part of Texas is a

hard place for a hippie. I'm not a

hippie. Well, whatever you are, it's

going to be hard for you to fit in here,

be accepted by the community. Are you

going to have to square yourself away if

you expect to make it in this time? We're

going to have to. Stand up straight. Get

your haircut. You're going to have to.

Steve's hair is longer than mine.

Steve is is an intellectual. What? Look.

Look. Do I get the job? Yes or

no? Let me get your haircut. No, then

no.

Please, man, wait a minute. Come on back

here. Wait, come back here.

Just forget it dad, it'll never work. You

mean you ever work you lazy bum? You

long haired welfare statistic and draft

Dodger? You OK? What's the damnassignment?

I'm looking for Ray Griff.

I'm from the paper, can I talk to

you? What paper? The cloud news. Ohh, the

toilet paper. But

you want a story on industrial

safety? What's your name? Sam Hayden.

Joe's hippie. Good Lord, Churkin, come

on up here. Come on. I

got to take this load over

Yonder. Joe wants a a story

on your safety precaution. What's that?

Safety. Cautions. What about him? Well,

it was the man killed out here last week.

You have a lot of accidents, but you

doing anything about it? I'll buy you

lunch in a while kid. Just sit tight and

enjoy the ride.

Mr. Griff, have you or have you not taken

any safety precautions as the man was

killed? Natalie Anderson had convicted

murderer who was killed at the gravel

pit. Was long hair Sam something like

you? It was his own fault. The inspector

saw that at once with his long hair got

caught in the machinery.

Want that in the paper. What I want in

the paper is this. The gravel pit ain't

no place for women or chicken hippies.

That's right. But the great United States

is great, and it's going to stay great

because I'm in a strong and the women

know the place. All right, It's women and

chicken. MPs need to safety precaution

not to mean on my crew, mean on my

crew real men.

I'm gonna keep going. Thanks.

Come on, come on. Look at now. Look at

it. Sam,

get up. Oh, oh, right.

Really.

All right.

Great.

That's right. That again.

Did all right, Joe? He sure

did surprise me. Surprise me?

I wouldn't have said it, my son like

that, Joe. Matter how weird he was, I

wouldn't have done that. I don't know.

What was in your mind? Well,

confidentially he's thinking moving back

here. I don't want him back here, right,

Unless he's willing to be a real man.

Thank you, William. I think

he's gonna make it. Cody,

there's none. I'm buying lunch for

everybody, including my son. No, I don't

want any lunch from you, Dad. I don't

want any lunch from you. I don't want any

job from you. I don't want anything from

you. I quit here. If I could quit being

your son, I'd do that too.

Y'all help me get him to the backroom.

I'm going to take care of you. That's all

right, Cody. I'll take him on home in the

truck. I'm going to marry him. Joe. You

what? I might as well start taking care

of him now. Good girl. Come on, team,

Let's go.

Alright, come on, I don't feel

too good man.

That's correct.

He'll be all right.

You did great.

Sam, are you awake?

Anytime you want a job with me, son, you

got one in a gravel pit.

A nightclub Korea Real gravel pit where

they dig out gravel. Well, he's

getting married. He needs a job.

New Year's Eve.

Quit yelling, Corey, I can't understand

you. You know I'm

not stoned. Just give me Norah's number.

Merry Christmas, Corey. I love you. I

miss you. I got to call Nora

now. Bye. She can accept presents on

her birthday and Christmas only. And no

pony till she's 10 years old.

Now, can you, can you live with

that? Oh, I think that's a very

good set of rules. Yeah. And. No

more cracks about my hair, my life,

or my work. I can handle your

father. I just wonder if Cody can

handle you. What do you

mean by that? Why am I just wondering if

you're not trying to be something that

you aren't? Geo wants to stay here. Now

you decide to stay. I want to stay here

too. I'm going to love being a hard

fighting, beer drinking, card playing guy

from the gravel pits. The stud duck.

Yeah, I'm going to cultivate a pot belly.

Get me some cowboy boots, one of them

stets and hats, and nice big Texas belt

buckle. Bunny Sam.

Well, it's not going to be easy.

But it's going to be better for Jill, and

with Cody, I know it's going to be better

for me.

I can make it work, Mom. I know I can't.

It's that important to me. I

thought you were a musician.

I am what I say I am. Is

it ordained someplace that I got to be a

second rate musician all my life?

Can I change?

Come back. What's your

name?

Ohh

yeah.

Baby.

Umm.

The

story

given.

Now standing there next to Kiki Russell,

one with the long blonde and I put it

right in the middle.

Ohh,

come

back.

I don't know.

Now we will sing the first

Noel, that is if that trailblazer

bus will let us.

What's your name?

What?

Down here.

234 We hate you, Marry

Christmas, We wish you a

Merry Christmas, We wish you

Merry Christmas and Happy New

Year.

Get Let's get that right on yourbirthday.

Kill you. Ohh freak. What are you doing

here? And what is Nora doing here? Well

is there marriage coming apart? No, her

marriage is fine and her husband is cool.

Man. He gave us some money to get here.

He knew he had to check out your old

lady. You think that you could just get

married to?Anybody man? No, she's gotta

pass inspection. Haha. How did you know I

was getting married? Jill the mouth.

OK, listen, man, you can get right back

on that bus right now because what you

think of Cody is beside the point. I'm

not going back to Canada. I've circled my

wagons. Damn. Where's your manners? Put

this on, You'll catch cold. Why don't you

come by the house for something warm to

eat and drink? Great. Mom. This cloud

just ruined your whole show. There.

That's alright. They saw it last year.

Ohh. My, your hair, Sam, with this

one around you going to look like

a Republican. Come on, dear.

Ohh, my walls

Bullfrog was a

good friend of

mine. Never

understood.

Drinking wine.

He always had very

good singing.

To the world. Ohh

you boys and girls.

Why do the fishes in the deep blue

sea?

Everybody sing.

All boys and girls.

Why do the fishes in the deep blue

sea?You

and me could talk.

Ohh, king of the world.

What are you doing?

Throw away the cars and bars

and wars and I'd make sweet

love to you.

If you're going to look after him, Cody,

you're going to love him enough.

Well, I'm sure going to try.

I mean, I've been practicing long time.

What do you think of Jill?

What is this?

Well, why do you think I came all the way

out here? I don't know.

The five of us are family.

Actually, we're closer than family. We're

we're best friends. So when we

heard we had to come to

meet you and to tell you

that Sam's a nut.

If he's going to be OK, see if you're OK.

I love Sam. Exactly the

way he is.

Then why is he quitting? Music caughthim.

Thank you. Thank you very much, friends.

Where have you been all my life? I like

it this time to introduce my friends. My

friends. Cory, give us on a guitar,

alright?And Billy. Billy

Weaver on the piano.

In their farewell performance. Yeah. And

I'd like you to know that they traveled

72 hours on the bus tonight all the way

from Vancouver, Canada, just to be here

to entertain you. Sure, we swell. Yes,

you. So this next song I would like to

dedicate to this little blonde monkey

right here, my daughter Jill.

When my wife died, she left me two

gifts, a legacy of loving and this child

right here.

34.

Sunshine on

my shoulder

makes me

happy.

Sunshine in my

eyes can make

me cry.

Sunshine on

the water.

You look so

lovely.

Sunshine almost

always makes

me hard.

If I.

Had a song

that I could

sing for you.

Sing a song.

To make you

smile.

And if I

had a wish

that I could

wish for you.

I make a

wish for sunshine

all the while.

Sunshine on

my shoulder

makes me

happy.

Sunshine in

my eyes

can make

me cry.

Sunshine on

the water.

You look so. Lovely.

Sunshine almost

always makes

me hard.

Sunshine.

Always makes

me hard.

You're fabulous, you know that?

I'm sexually ohh musically.

Sounded wounded, but I'm willing to take

another shot at it.

Why are you going to bury yourself in

Claude, TX?

Because I want your

body. That's that's why

I'm serious. I'm serious.

I'm not burying myself anywhere. Believe

me, it's better for me here

than where I was.

And it's better for Jill and it's better

for me. I mean, I love it and I love you.

And it's simple and it's great.

Especially with you.

OK, which one of us you're trying

to fool?

I'm I'm not fooling anybody.

There's no way you could be as good as

you are musically if it weren't somehow

what you ought to be doing.

Is she upstairs?I guess

so. What do you mean you get so annoyed?

You know you were there. You saw her.

You're my son. He's up there

with that girl. They're not married.

They've been married. They're getting

they're not married to each other

now. There is nothing that I can

do about what goes on in other places,

but I'm not going to have that kind of

behavior in my home. I'm going up there.

I'm gonna throw them both right out of

here. If you do that, I'm going to leave

you.

You know what I mean?

To prosecuting that boy. He's trying to

be the man that you want him to be. He's

trying to do everything just exactly as

you said he ought to. Now you just get

off his back.

Hey, Cody.

Hey. Yeah,

yeah, yeah, yeah.

Body.

Where's Cody? I heard your truck

leave all about 5:00 this morning.

Give me a real life pony and she's a

girl and I've named it because she's 30

years old and furry and sway backs. We

don't want that pony, Jill.

I told you no pony, didn't I? No

pony. He's not giving her

to you, he's giving her to me. And I want

her. Don't you see he's trying to buy you

off of me? First it's a bike and then

it's and then it's a pony or the down

payments. Don't you see that he's trying

to lure you away from me by giving you

all the stuff that I can't? Don't just

see that. It's

not meant that way.

There atonements.

I'm giving her what I never gave you.

I'd be grateful if you'd let me.

OK, OK, OK, there we go.

Good, good, good. I gotta

go find dress like that.

Ohh my love.

You

saw

my

love.

You love me too.

And I love her.

Close. Lock the

door, would you people keep coming in?

You can imagine people wanted to eat out

Christmas, but I guess there's a lot of

people. That family and they want to

come in a place like this just to be with

somebody. Wasn't sure to say it.

Nora, she's pretty. So are

you. She's like a movie

star song. Is that why you

ran off?

Umm.

Come on, Cody, come on. I can't stand it.

I thought you were what I wanted.

Turn it into what I wanted.

Kind of cowboy treatment.

Decent, but you're not.

Your musician, What is that a dirty word

or something? I don't mean it like that.

Oh yeah, I know, I know. You don't listen

enough. Come to Canada

with me. Sam,

I can't. Sure you can. All you have to do

is pack. You listen to me. You have to

listen to me.

When I was 16, they sent me to

Dallas and I flubbed it and I hated

myself. And then I was Missus Wesley

Blanks and I hated myself more. And then

I had to be somebody to deal with

the crisis, to pay the bills. Here are

the keys, and I know it doesn't seem like

much to you, but I got my dream right

here in the palm of my hand, and it means

as much to me as your music means to you.

I don't hate myself anymore.

If you could have stayed here.

It might have worked.

You're different and I could have been

happy married to you here.

Then I'll stay here.

You don't belong here.

Anymore not belong to Canada.

Can't you see that?

Shut the door. Even

with the door shut, the wind still blows

in here.

Want me to help you with that now? I

don't want to get it each year.

Well, put this finger, see on the second

string on the first fret right there and

then these two fingers on this one goes

up.

See this one here. This one third string,

second fret. This one first string,

second fret right there, press.

Now let's listen to this.

How about that? That's beautiful.

I'm going back to Canada then.

You're a great deal better musician than

I thought you were.

Thank you.

Cody going with you.

She won't leave this 2 bit town, not even

for wonderful me. I'm

sorry about that.

What about 1 for me?

That's what I came out here to talk to

you about. Beaver here, Sam.

I'm not trying to pull her from you,

but the school is good here and it's

a nice thing for a child to grow

up in space and freedom, music, business,

all the insecurity and that, that's no

good for a child.

I don't know if I can live without her

dad.

Dance with those and menstrual shows

and county fairs.

Throughout SE singing the slash

first spoken tears of 15

years how his dog and

him.

They traveled about.

Dog man died.

Love and die.

After 20 years, he's

still green.

Mr. Bull Jangle.

Mr. Bull.

Mr. Bull,

Django down.

I think you should keep her with you.

It's kind of continuity and and

continuity is like security for long.

Wrong. Look, adventure is more important

than continuity. Look, she's old enough,

you know?She's tough enough. I mean,

there's continuity of parent and school

environment and friends, Yes, friends.

But in England, in England, they put the

children in boarding school when they're

only 8 years old. That's right. Look,

look, look. Your parents love her. You

know that you're being serious.

Her decision saying by committing. No

wonder you never get anywhere. Well, it

may seem slow, dad, but you'll find

that eventually we consider everything

that needs to be considered embarrassing.

It's unmanly. Ohh, well, it works. Don't

knock it. I get nervous playing. You'll

feel better. I think it's very

democratic. I like it have a sandwiched

here if you want my $0.02 worth. I think

it could be a a lovely adventure for all

of us. That's where I feel that I'm

agreeing with you. Forgive me for asking

this, but what's the guarantee that

they're not going to try to keep her

permanently?

We are going to buy an airplane ticket,

and if you or any one of you

thinks she's not being treated well or

she gets homesick, you can just come and

get her. Or if you feel weird, you

know, overstepping ourselves. And what do

you think about all this, baby?

To bed.

Night. See you, Rocky.

I think I'm going to let you stay here.

I mean, seems to be what you want to do.

I think it would be a fine adventure for

you.

I mean, it's just temporary, you

understand? I mean, it's not like I'm

giving you to them or anything. I'm just

loaning you to them.

So I want you to write me once a week for

sure you're going to write me.

I'll try to keep it down once a day.

Don't forget to water the Ivy.

Right. I won't vacuum once a week. The

crud under the couch gets so thick it

clogs up the vacuum if you don't.

OK, promise.

I promise.

Grandma is a much better cook than I am.

And this is a real

house.

He already got a bike and a pony.

I think it's going to be just fine.

So.

Good night, kid.

That was Steve at the airport. He said

that Nora and the boys got on the plane

from Canada. Now you

call us as soon as you get to

Vancouver. You here call Collect if you

have to. Be careful now. Thanks, Dad.

Bye, son.

Now listen, don't you worry about

Jill. She's going to be just

fine.

So.

I love you, Daddy.

I love you more, squirrel, because I'm

bigger. Give me a kiss.

Here, come on here partner, let

you and me and Scruffy go

feed N all right.

I want my daddy. Well, my

daddy's so bad.

Help.

Wait for me, Daddy.

Sunshine in

my eyes

can make

me cry.

Sunshine on

the water.

You look so.

Sunshine almost

always makes

me hard.

Sunshine almost

always makes

me hard.