- You got all your stuff? - Oh, yeah.
When you get there be sure to give us a call.
- We want to know where you are. - Alright.
- How are you fixed for money? - l'm OK.
Well, you...
You better take this...
Take this fifty in case you run into a mite of trouble.
You never know what's gonna happen between here and there.
- Thank you. - You got it.
Well, boy...
Don't worry too much.
lt's just the smart people that have to worry.
The Lord will take care of the ignorant ones.
- You paying attention? - Right.
There ya go.
See ya.
Any person who alters,
forges, knowingly destroys,
knowingly mutilates,
or in any manner changes this certificate,
may be fined not to exceed $10,000
or imprisoned for not more than five years.
Or both.
When the moon
ls in the seventh house
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius
When the moon is in the seventh house
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius
Excuse me, ma'am. Could you spare us some change?
That's a great hat you've got.
Could you spare a couple of nickels or dimes?
- Beautiful horse. - Could you spare some change?
l've never even ridden a horse. ls it difficult?
Would it be possible if l could ride it? l mean, just a little ways.
Just once. Just for a minute.
Hey, lady. Could l ride...?
Come on. Please?
Hey, Woof. Forget it, man. l'll get you one for Christmas.
Spare some change?
Change, like nickels, dimes, quarters?
- You want me to give you some money? - Right.
Why?
No reason, man, except she's pregnant and we haven't eaten for two days.
l don't believe you.
- Where are you from? - Oklahoma.
Listen, man, l know how it feels. l used to come from Kansas myself.
Sodomy
Fellatio
Cunnilingus
Pederasty
Father, why do these words sound so nasty?
Masturbation
Can be fun
Join the holy orgy
Kama Sutra
Everyone
Hey! Stop that horse!
Go, go. Go get 'em.
Once upon a looking for Donna time there was a sixteen-year-old virgin
Oh Donna, looking for my Donna
l just got back from looking for Donna
San Francisco psychedelic urchin
Oh Donna, looking for my Donna
Have you seen my sixteen-year-old tattooed woman?
Heard a story she got busted for her beauty
Just got back from looking for Donna
San Francisco psychedelic urchin
Oh Donna, looking for my Donna
And l'm gonna show her life on Earth can be sweet
l'm gonna lay my mutated head at her feet
l'm gonna love her make love to her till the sky turns brown
l'm evolving, l'm evolving through the drugs
That you put down
Once upon a looking for Donna time there was a sixteen-year-old virgin
Oh Donna, looking for my Donna
Looking for Madonna
Hey, man. You're a real cowboy.
Don't get off. We've got 15 minutes left. Take off.
No. l've got some things l gotta do.
- Like what? - l wanna see the Empire State Building.
l can do that today.
Tomorrow, l wanna go on a boat ride around Manhattan.
- You see the Statue of Liberty? - Sounds real good.
lf you have any ideas
about things to do while l'm here...
l don't have too much time.
l'm going in the army in a couple of days.
l think we can help you.
Hashish
Cocaine
Marijuana
Opium
LSD
DMT
STP
BMT
A&P, lRT, SPC
Claude. Here, man.
Hey, speak to me.
ls she really pregnant?
Really pregnant? Yeah, l am.
That's what she says.
That's what she says? That's what she knows.
- l am. - Jeanie, you don't know anything.
l know who the father is.
Yeah? You know that, you know a lot.
lf the baby comes out all white and squishy-like, crying his ass off,
we know Woof is definitely the daddy. lf he comes out beautiful
and chocolate brown, that's mine.
- White and squishy? - Yeah.
White and squishy.
When he come out and sees your crazy black ass standing there
he's gonna be spitting watermelon seeds in your face.
You open your mouth before you think.
When this baby comes out and sees me, he's gonna be so happy and so proud.
Do you know what he's gonna say?
l'm a...
Coloured, spade, a nigra, a black nigga
Jungle bunny, jigaboo, coon, pickaninny, mau-mau
Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima
Little black sambo
Cotton-pickin' swamp guinea
Junk man, shoeshine boy
Elevator operator
Table cleaner at Horn and Hardart
Slave, voodoo zombie
Ubangi-lipped
Flat-nosed tap dancer, resident of Harlem
And President of
The United States of Love
President of the United States of Love
Shit!
You invite this man to dinner, you gonna have to feed him
Watermelon, hominy grits and shortenin' bread
Alligator ribs
And pig tails
Some black-eyed peas
Lord, chitlins, some watermelon
Hominy grits, shortenin' bread
Alligator ribs, pig tails
Black-eyed peas, collard greens
And if you don't watch out the Boogie Man will get you
Yeah, l'm talking about it, y'all
Ha, so you say!
Say somethin' to Boogie Man.
lt's his first day in America. Just got off the boat.
D'you have a nice trip?
Manchester, England
Across the Atlantic Sea
And he's a genius
He believes in God
And he believes that God
Believes in Claude, that's him
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Finds that it's groovy to hide in a movie Pretend he's Fellini and Antonioni
And also his countryman Roman Polanski all rolled into one
Well, Claude Hooper Bukowski
Manchester, England
Across the Atlantic Sea
And he's a genius
- He believes in God - l believe in God
And l believe that God
Believes in Claude, that's me
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Finds that it's groovy to hide in a movie
Pretend he's Fellini and Antonioni and also his countryman Roman Polanski
All rolled into one, Claude Hooper Bukowski
Manchester, England
Across the Atlantic Sea
And l'm a genius
l believe in God
And l believe that God
- Believes in Claude, that's me - That's him
That's me
That's him
That's me
That's him
That's me
l'm black
l'm pink
l'm Rinso white
l'm invisible
Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money, ain't got no class
Ain't got no scarf, ain't got no gloves, ain't got no bed, ain't got no pot
Ain't got no faith
Ain't got no mother, ain't got no culture
Ain't got no friends, ain't go no schooling
Ain't got no shine, ain't got no underwear, ain't got no soap
Ain't got no A-train, ain't got no mind
Ain't got no smokes, ain't got no job, ain't got no work
Ain't got no coins, ain't got no pennies
Ain't got no girl
Ain't got no ticket, ain't got no tokens, ain't got no god
Ain't got no grass, ain't got no acid
Ain't got no clothes, ain't got no pad
Ain't got no apples
Ain't got no knife
Ain't got no guns, ain't got no garbage
Ain't got no draft card, burnt it
Ain't got no earth, ain't got no fun, ain't got no bike, ain't got no pimples
Ain't got no trees, ain't got no air, ain't got no water
City, banjo, toothpicks, shoelaces, teachers, football, telephone
Records, doctor, brother, sister, uniforms
Machine guns, airplanes, germs, M-1s, bang, bang, bang
M-2s, bang, bang, bang
Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money, ain't got no class
Ain't got no scarf, ain't got no gloves
Ain't got no bed
Ain't got no pot, ain't got no faith
Ain't got no god
Hey.
Where ya going?
l got a lot of things to do today.
Thank you.
Hey.
Claude!
What?
Come here. l wanna show you something.
What is it?
Just come here, please?
What?
Look at that.
What?
- That's the chick on the horse. - That's not her.
What do you mean, not her? Look at it.
Short Hills?
lt's real close.
Oh, yeah.
- That's today? - That's right.
Wanna go?
Why?
Why? Don't you wanna meet her?
Don't you have to be invited to those?
Would you like to come to a party with me?
Come on, will you guys spread out? Mingle.
Seat, my dear?
Steve?
Great party.
Yeah.
Steve,
see there's
an odd-looking character over there.
And over here to the right.
Chap over there.
That coloured gentleman with the girl.
See those two girls there? Do you know them?
Why don't you just,
unobtrusively, see if you can find out who they are,
how they got here, who invited them, and let me know, will ya?
Sure thing.
Hi. l'm Steve Wright.
What's your name?
Hud.
Are you supposed to be here?
- Well, l mean, who brought you guys? - Mr Berger.
Well, enjoy the party.
They're with Mr Berger.
Mr Berger?
Who's Mr Berger?
l dunno.
Just hold it. Don't even suck on it if you don't wanna burn your lips.
Now, now! Start puffing.
- Sheila! - Just a minute.
What's taking you so long, love?
l'm getting dressed.
Sweetheart, come on. You have a lot of people waiting.
Will you relax, Daddy?
- Well, hurry up. - What's going on here?
- They're getting dressed. - Sheila, open the door!
- l'm taking care of it. - l can see you are.
Sheila?
Yes?
There's no excuse for this performance.
Hello.
Excuse me. Mr Berger?
Yeah, but call me George.
lt's a private party. l think you and your friends had better leave. Please?
- You do? - Yes, l think that'd be the thing to do.
OK.
- Mr Berger? - Excuse me, everybody.
Everybody, please, pipe down.
l think... l think that really...
Just a few words, then we'll go. Split.
l don't care what you have to say.
- We weren't invited here... - Mr Berger...
Just a second. l just want to talk to these people for a second, OK.
l don't care about that, Mr Berger...
l know, but please, two minutes. l just want to talk to them for a second. Alright?
- No. - Please?
- No, Mr Berger. l think you'd better go. - Please.
l'm losing patience. This is a private party.
- l think you'd better leave. - You don't understand.
l have nothing to understand.
- You gotta understand what he'll do for you. - l don't want to hear.
- You know what he's gonna do? - l don't care.
You should care.
He'll be fighting for you. He's going to Vietnam to fight, to save your life.
- l don't care what he's gonna do. - To save your life!
Or what you do. l want you out.
l tell you, if you want me out, you're gonna have to throw me out.
That's exactly what l'm gonna do, Mr Berger. l'll get the police. l'm not gonna
muss myself up fussing with you. l'll have the police get you out, if l have to.
OK.
- That's exactly what l'll do. - OK.
Penguin.
Now, my friend Claude here is in love.
- He saw this chick on a horse... - Excuse me.
Oh, Jesus.
Now, look, let's deal with this as gentlemen.
- OK. - Quietly,
as gentlemen. May l give you a word of advice?
Yeah.
Get your ass outta here.
Now.
- That it? - That's it, yes.
Thank you. Now listen,
Claude here is in love.
The girl he's in love with is sitting right here in this room.
He just wants to sit here and he just wants to look at her for about five minutes.
He wants to just look at her and maybe have this picture in his head
when he's fighting in the jungles.
ls that so much to ask? l mean... Hey! This is for you, man.
Wait a minute. This is what you want. So, Sheila,
is that OK with you? ls it OK
if Claude just sits and looks at you for a few minutes before we go?
You've got a helluva nerve, young man!
l got life, mother
l got laughs, sister
l got freedom, brother
And l got good times, man
l got crazy ways, daughter
l got million-dollar charm, cousin
l got headaches
And toothaches
And bad times, too, like you
l got my hair, l got my head, l got my brains, l got my ears
l got my eyes, l got my nose, l got my mouth
l got my teeth
l got my tongue, l got my chin, l got my neck, l got my tits
l got my heart, l got my soul
l got my back
l got my ass
l got my arms, l got my hands, l got my fingers, got my legs
l got my feet, l got my toes, l got my liver
Got my blood
l got life, mother
l got laughs, sister
l got freedom, brother
l got good times, man
l got crazy ways, daughter
l got million-dollar charm, cousin l got headaches and toothaches
And bad times, too, like you
Got my hair, got my hands, got my brains, got my ears
Got my eyes, got my nose, my mouth
l got my teeth
l got my tongue, got my chin, got my neck, got my tits
Got my heart, got my soul, my back
l got my ass
l got my arms, l got my hands, l got my fingers
Got my legs, l got my feet, l got my toes, l got my liver
Got my blood
Got my guts
Got my muscles
l got life
Claude Bukowski,
George Berger, Lafayette Johnson,
Jean Ryan,
Woof Daschund.
The court is about to pronounce sentence upon each of you.
lt is the sentence of the court that you be confined to the workhouse for 30 days
or pay a fine of $50.
Your Honour, l...
l don't think you understand. We haven't got any bread, see...
l'm awfully sorry. There isn't anything l can do for you.
- Your Honour? - Yes, sir.
What if one of us has the money?
- Which one? - l do.
You may proceed to pay your fine.
Proceed to the clerk's office.
Excuse me, Your Honour, one second.
- Name? - Claude Bukowski.
- Wait a second. Put down George Berger. - No! Bukowski!
One second. Claude, listen, man.
Let me get out. l'll get the money, come back, get everybody out.
This is my money.
l'm sorry. My dad gave me this in case of trouble. This is trouble.
Don't be stupid. This is your last chance to get us outta here.
Stop it. This is mine. l'm gettin' outta here.
- What's the matter, don't you trust me? - Of course not.
Look, man, don't be stupid.
How you gonna get the bread? You don't know anybody on the streets.
How are you gonna get the bread?
He's not, man. He's just gonna leave us in here to rot. That's all.
No, l can make some calls.
Yeah, call my mama.
You better know what you're doing.
You sure better, George.
What's that?
Excuse me, you're in our way.
What?
You're blocking our way. Would you move, please?
Sure.
Hi.
- Hi. - Remember me?
Yeah.
Come on in.
- We have to get to school. - Good. Just get in, will ya?
What do you want?
What are you...? Hey, where are you going?
Jesus H Christ! What do you think you're doing?
You can't drive this car. We're only covered for Dad and me, OK?
- Sheila? - l got a problem. l need some bread,
like, right away. lt's $250. l need it now.
- So that's what this is about. Money. - Yeah. You got any?
No. Now, look,
we really don't have time right now. We've gotta be in school.
So would you just, stop the car, OK? Just let me drive.
Sheila!
- Well, what do you want me to do? - Tell him to stop.
Stop.
My friends are still in jail. You could ask your old man for the bread to get 'em out.
Ask my father for the money? Oh, right!
He got us into this. The least he could do is get us out of it.
- He got you into this? - Yeah.
He told you to dance on the table?
- No, he didn't tell me that. - There's a left at the bottom.
- You're really crazy. - The man got them in jail.
- Left. Bottom of the hill. - l wanna get 'em out.
- lt's coming up. - lmpossible. He won't give me a credit card.
Left. lt's coming up here. Right here.
Turn left. Right here. Turn left.
Jesus, you missed it.
What did l miss, Steve?
The school. lt's back there.
Oh, l'm sorry.
Look, we'll help you, OK?
We'll try to get you some money, OK?
So you can just stop the car now and l'll drive, OK?
- When? - l don't know.
Right after school. How's that?
About four o'clock, OK? We'll have it for you at four o'clock.
See, that's just what my other problem is, man.
- What? - You're full of shit.
You won't ask your old man for the bread and Junior's full of shit.
What am l doing here?
No.
- And men? - Men? Whaddaya mean?
Do you have any sexual attraction towards men?
- You mean if l'm homosexual or somethin'? - Yeah.
Well, l wouldn't kick Mick Jagger out of my bed
but l'm not a homosexual, no.
Well, tell me. Tell me why you're so uptight about having your hair cut.
She asked me why
l'm just a hairy guy
l'm hairy noon and night
Hair that's a fright
l'm hairy high and low
Don't ask me why
Don't know
lt's not for lack of bread
Like the Grateful Dead
Darlin'
Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair
Shinin', gleamin', steamin'
Flaxen, waxen Gimme it down to there, hair
Shoulder-length or longer Here, baby, there, mama
Everywhere, daddy
Hair
Grow it
Show it, long as God can grow it, my hair
Let it fly in the breeze and get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas in my hair
A home for fleas A hive for the buzzin' bees
A nest for birds, there ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendour, the wonder of my hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
l want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty, oily, greasy, fleecy, shinin', gleamin', steamin'
Flaxen, waxen, knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, perfumed and confettied, bangled, tangled, spangled
And spaghettied
Say, can you see my eyes?
lf you can
Then my hair's too short
Down to here, down to there
Down to there, down to where it stops by itself
They'll be gaga at the go-go when they see me in my toga
ln my toga made of blond brilliantined biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah, l adore it
Hallelujah, Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?
Hair
Flow it, show it, long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
You know, Danny's mother said Danny said to say hello.
He's in second year of dental school. You oughta see the girl he's dating.
She's beautiful. Nice. Eat it.
Got a lot of mayonnaise, the way you like. Eat it.
Thanks, Mom.
- lt's good. Eat. - l will.
- Gimme your pants. l put them in the wash. - Why?
They are dirty.
- No, they're fine. They're not dirty. - lt'll take a minute. Gimme.
My pants are fine, Mama.
Whaddaya say, Pop?
Whaddaya say, what?
Nothing, Ma, nothing.
Pa?
- Ya need money, get a job. - You're talking about money?
- What do ya need money for? - Nothing, l just need it.
Who is she?
- Who is who? - The girl.
There's no girl. What are you talking about?
You can tell us. We understand.
- There's no girl. l need money, that's all. - Tell us the truth.
- What are you talking about, the truth? - Goddammit!
Every time you come home there's trouble. Why not clean yourself up? Get a haircut!
- Get a haircut, l'll give you the money. - You give me the money if l get a haircut?
- Do something to make us happy. - You'll give me money if l cut my hair?
- Gimme your pants! - My pants are clean!
- Gimme your pants! - Why? They're clean, for Christ's sake!
How much you need?
Hair
Flow it, show it, long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
The draft is white people
sending black people to make war on the yellow people
to defend land they stole
from the red people.
LBJ
Took the lRT
Down to Fourth Street
USA
When he got there
What did he see?
Tricky Dick
On LSD
LBJ
lRT
USA
LSD
LBJ
FBl
ClA
FBl, ClA
LSD
- LBJ - Hey! Come on, man.
Hey, Berger!
- How you doin'? - Hi. How are you?
- Alright. - Listen,
l wanna apologise for Steven. Y'know.
He's very young and he really doesn't understand.
Tell me who
Do you love, man?
Tell me what, man
Tell me
What's it you love, man?
An old-fashioned melody
Listen, l was thinking,
would you like to get married?
What?
Would you like to get married?
- To whom? - Me.
An old-fashioned melody
Cos l was thinking, l'm having this baby,
and if you were married the army couldn't take you,
they wouldn't take you,
cos they don't take people who are married and having babies.
We're all encased in sonic armour beltin' out through chrome grenades
Miles and miles of Medusan chords The electronic sonic boom
lt's what's happenin', baby lt's where it's at, daddy
They chain you and brainwash you when you least expect it
They feed you mass media The age is electric
l got the electric blues
An old-fashioned melody
All encased in sonic armour belting out through chrome grenades
Miles and miles of Medusan chords An electronic sonic age
lt's what's happenin', baby lt's where it's at, daddy
l got the electric blues
Do you, Sheila Franklin,
take this man to be
your lawful wedded husband?
l do.
Do you,
Claude Hooper Bukowski,
take this woman
to be
your lawful wedded wife?
l do.
l now pronounce you man and wife.
Hare Krishna
Hare Rama
Love
Drop out
Be-in
Take trips, get high, laugh, joke
And goodbye, beat drums and old tin pot l am high on you-know-what
Take trips, get high, laugh, joke and goodbye
Beat drums and old tin pot l am high on you-know-what
Marijuana
Beads
Flowers, freedom
Happiness
Claude!
Claude Bukowski!
Hey, Berger. Right there.
Man, you alright?
- Hey, you OK? - Where you been?
Where have we been? Where have you been, man?
Watchin' the water.
Watchin' the water? Let me see your eyes, man.
Oh, my God. Black basketballs.
Look at the sky, man. Look at the stars.
Look at that! Shootin' star, man. Right over there.
Quick, everybody, make a wish.
Berger.
Will you take me home now, please?
Wait a minute, why do you wanna go home? lt's Claude's last night. Right, Claudie?
Are you gonna do something?
Yeah, we're gonna do something.
What are you gonna do?
l dunno. lt's Claude's night. What do you wanna do, Claude?
Take Sheila home.
Hey, she's all yours. Have a good time.
- Sorry l'm taking her home. - l know. Have a good time, anyway.
Come on, Jeanie.