Get your pants off and come on in!
You wanna go home?
Look, Claude, you're just gonna take me home, right?
- Yeah. - No, l mean...
- You know what l mean. - l'll take you home.
Because nothing's gonna happen.
No, l'm just gonna take you home.
No.
No, l think l'll go home by myself.
No, l'll take you home.
- l don't feel like it. - Why not?
l don't have to explain everything to you.
Do l?
Come on, Hud! Come on, will ya!
The water's filthy, y'know.
Listen, l'm sorry.
l didn't mean to be so...
- l'm sorry. l wasn't trying to upset you. - That's alright.
- lt's just sometimes l just get so... - l understand.
- So, you're upset, right? - Oh, no.
No, you are and l'm sorry. lt's my fault.
But l just thought... Well, you're going away tomorrow, right?
- Yeah. - So l thought, what's the point, right?
You mean, if l wasn't going away it'd be different?
Maybe.
Well,
l might not go.
- Oh, right! You expect me to believe that? - l'm serious.
Forget it. l don't believe you.
Where did everybody else go?
They're around somewhere. Jeanie's still up there.
Hey, where are our clothes?
Well, where did they take them?
Oh, funny!
You guys are so mature!
Don't blame me. l had nothing to do with it.
Don't worry about it. They're...
Berger!
Sheila.
Taxi!
- Wait! Don't go! - We got your purse!
Sheila, wait!
l don't believe it, man. What happened?
What the hell d'you do that for?
- lt was fun, man! - Fun?
l'm really sorry, man...
l didn't think she'd pull a stunt like that. We know where she lives.
We'll take her clothes back tomorrow. lt's cool.
l'm not gonna be here tomorrow.
Man, you're not still serious about that shit, are you?
None of your goddamn business.
No, it is my goddamn business, man.
You wanna be a big hero with a gun? Big macho dude in a uniform?
ls that what you want, man?
- l can't talk to you. - Hey, l'm right here. Talk to me, Claude.
l happen to think you're ridiculous.
l am, man. l am ridiculous. l'm totally ridiculous. l'm ludicrous.
l don't wanna go and kill people and murder women...
You go and be ridiculous and l'll do what l have to do.
Who are you doing it for?
- l'm doing it for you, man. - Don't hand me that.
lf you're doing it for me, don't.
lf the shoe was on the other foot, l wouldn't do it for you.
Give me my clothes.
Listen, how's she gonna get home? She doesn't have her stuff, she has no bread.
You better get that stuff to her.
Me?
Yeah. That's what you wanted, wasn't it?
And you're telling me l'm ridiculous?
Where do l go?
Follow the river
Where do l go?
Follow the gulls
Where is the something
Where is the someone
That tells me why l live and die?
Where do l go?
Follow the children
Where do l go?
Follow their smiles
ls there an answer
ln their sweet faces
That tells me why l live
And die?
Follow the wind-song
Follow the thunder
Follow the neon
ln young lovers' eyes
Down to the gutter
Up to the glitter
lnto the city
Where the truth lies
Where do l go?
Follow my heartbeat
Where do l go?
Follow my hand
Where do they lead me?
And will l ever
Discover why l live and die?
Why
Do l live?
Why
Do l die?
Where
Do l go?
Tell me why
Tell me where
Next.
- Woodrow, Sheldon? - Yes, sir.
Everything off, please.
Woodrow, your socks.
- Have you got a problem with your socks? - No, sir.
Then, take 'em off.
Sergeant?
Next.
Black boys are delicious
Chocolate-flavoured love
Liquorice lips like candy
Keep my cocoa handy
l have such a sweet tooth
When it comes to love
Once l tried a diet
Of quiet rest, no sweets
But l went nearly crazy
And l went clearly crazy
Because l really crave for
Chocolate-flavoured treats
Black boys are nutritious
Black boys fill me up
Black boys are so damn yummy
They satisfy my tummy
l have such a sweet tooth
When it comes to love
Black, black
Black boys!
Next!
White boys
Are so pretty
Skin as smooth as milk
White boys are so pretty
Hair like Chinese silk
White boys give me goose bumps
White boys give me chills
When they touch my shoulder
That's the touch that kills
My mother calls them lilies
l call 'em piccadillies
My daddy warns me to stay away
But l say come and play
White boys are so groovy
White boys are so tough
Every time they're near me
l just can't get enough
White boys are so sexy
Sexy
They're so long and lean
Love those sprayed-on trousers
l love the love machine
My brother calls them rubble
They're my kind of trouble
My daddy warns me no
But l say, white boys, go!
White boys are so lovely
Beautiful as girls
Love to run my fingers
And toes through all their curls
Give me a tall
A lean
- A sexy - A pretty
- A groovy - A juicy
White boy
Oh, yeah, give me a white boy
- White boys - Oh, Lord, don't excite me
Give me a white boy
Doors locked
Blinds pulled
Lights low
Move it!
Flames high
My body
My body is walking
ln space
My soul
ls in orbit
With God
Face to face
Floating
Flipping
Flying
Tripping
Tripping from Pottsville
To starlight
Tripping from starlight
To Moonville
Red-black
Blue-brown
Yellow-crimson
Green-orange
Purple-pink
Violet-white
White-white
All the clouds are cumuloft
Walking in space
Oh, my God, your skin is soft
l love your face
How dare they try
To end this beauty?
To keep us underfoot They bury us in soot
Pretending it's our chore They ship us off to war
ln this dive we rediscover sensation
Walking in space
We find the purpose of peace
The beauty of life
You can no longer hide
Our eyes are open
Wide
Hey, Berger!
- Hey. How ya doin'? - l'm alright.
- Yeah? - Look. l've got something.
Where is he?
Nevada?
So, l was thinking of writing him.
What do you think l should say?
l wanna say something.
Tell him that... l wanna say that... Jeanie says hi.
You're gonna write him?
Why don't you come with us?
- Where are you going? - Nevada.
We are?
Aren't you serious about anything, Berger?
l'm always serious.
- Well, like, when are we gonna go? - Soon as Sheila's ready.
Well, l can't just take off and go to Nevada.
Nah, l guess not. We'll see ya.
Well, wait a minute.
How are you gonna get there?
- Car. - Lafayette?
You don't have a car.
- l'm gonna get a car. - Lafayette!
How? How can you get a car?
Well, what are you staring at?
- And who's that? - What are you doing here? Come on!
- l said come with me. - l heard you.
l'm asking you, who is that woman?
- Are you a friend of my Lafayette? - Look, l ain't no Lafayette no more.
- Don't be botherin' her, alright? - What've you done to your head?
Never mind what l done to my head. Why don't you just go on back home?
ls that his child?
- l told you, don't be talkin' to her. - ls that your child?
You wouldn't understand.
What do you mean, l wouldn't understand? ls that your child or not?
What kind of question is that? Maybe it is and maybe it isn't.
What?
l knew you wouldn't understand. You don't understand anything.
l understand just fine. You explain it to me.
You understand cosmic consciousness and that shit? That's what l'm talking about.
All l'm talking about is Lafayette Junior here
is your child. ls that gonna be your child, too?
Never mind, woman. Come on.
- Where are we going? - To the bus. You're going home.
- l don't wanna go home. - Come on!
You're going back home. Understand me?
- l wanna stay with you. - You can't.
- Why not? - Cos you can't, that's why not. l said so.
Look, we got a friend in trouble and we have to help him out.
Now, that's all you need to know. So, why don't you just go on back home?
l never said you couldn't help your friends, Lafayette.
Goddammit, woman! l ain't no Lafayette.
Shit, don't you understand nothin'?
How
Can people be so heartless?
How can people
Be so cruel?
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold
How
Can people have no feelings?
You know l'm hung up on you
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no
Especially people
Who care about strangers
Who care about evil
And social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
How about
A needing friend?
l need a friend
How can people
Be so heartless?
How can they ignore their friends?
Easy to give in
Easy to help out
Especially people
Who care about strangers
Who say they care about
Social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
How about a needing friend?
l need a friend
How
Can people
Have no feelings?
Oh, how can they
lgnore their friends?
Easy to be hard
Easy to help out
Easy to be proud
Easy to say
No
- Hi, Steve. - Hi.
Wanna come out of the car for a minute?
No.
l just wanna talk to ya.
You wanna talk? Talk.
l'd like to talk to you outside.
l don't wanna talk to you.
Don't worry about a thing. l'll handle this.
OK. Whaddaya want?
- Keys. - No.
- Hey, come on. - Come on, Steve, cool out, baby.
- Come on. You're taking the car? - Just for a few days. Coming with us?
No, l'm not going with you. Come on, Sheila.
Sheila. Out of the car. Sheila.
What? Sheila!
l'm not into any heavy preference trip, y'know, like who the father is.
l don't care. l think they're both beautiful. Don't you?
But how can you not care about something like that?
lf a woman carries a child, she should know who the father is, don't you think?
Well, l...
l admit that l have this dilemma. But it'll be resolved real soon.
lt's not a big crisis or anything. lt's not a world war.
l don't know what you're so uptight about.
l fell in love with someone. We had a child.
We were going to get married. That's why l'm uptight.
- Yeah? - And you're holding it up.
No, l'm not holding it up.
See, you don't see the way it is. This is really, like,
a great thing that's happened. To all of us. Everybody's happy about it.
The guys are really happy.
l think it'd be great if you could, y'know, be happy about it, too.
- You're crazy. - Yeah. We're all crazy. Let's shake on it.
Let's not.
Come on!
Attention!
Stand at ease!
lf all you men could be standing where l'm standing,
and seeing what l'm seeing,
you'd know how it feels to be truly proud of our country.
The United States Army is the greatest fighting force in the world.
And now you men
are going to be thousands of miles
away from home in a few days,
and you'd better take some of that greatness with you.
And this afternoon, while you're on leave, you'd better take some with you, too.
Sergeant!
Shut the damn thing off!
Ripped open
By metal explosion
Caught in barbed-wire fireball
Bullet shock
Bayonet
What the hell should l turn off?
Shrapnel
Throbbing meat
- Electronic - Attention!
Data processing
- Black uniforms - Company!
- Bare feet, carbine - Company!
Mail-order rifles
- Get some results! - Shoot the muscles
Two hundred
And fifty-six Vietcong
Captured
Two hundred
And fifty-six
Vietcong captured
Prisoners in Niggertown lt's a dirty little war
Three-five-zero-zero
Take weapons up
And begin to kill
Watch the long, long armies drifting home
Prisoners in Niggertown
lt's a dirty little war
Three-five-zero-zero
Take weapons up and begin to kill
Watch the long, long armies drifting home
Prisoners
Prisoners in Niggertown lt's a dirty little war
Three-five-zero-zero
Take weapons up
And begin to kill
And watch the long, long armies
- Drifting home - Everybody out!
Ripped open by metal explosion
- Company! - Attention!
Now, can all you men hear me?
Good morning, starshine
The Earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning, starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early-morning singing-song
Early-morning singing-song
Good morning, starshine
The Earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning, starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early-morning singing-song
Singing a song
Humming a song
Singing a song
Loving a song
- Laughing - Laughing a song
Singing a song
- Singing a song... - Sing a song
Song a sing
- Hi. - What can l do for you?
We're going in.
Sorry, no civilian contact allowed right now. There's been an alert.
We're not civilians. We're friends of a guy on the base.
Claude Bukowski. You may know him. Private, blond hair.
l don't know any Bukowski. l'm sorry, you still have to turn around and go off post.
Alright? You need help, l'll be glad to assist you.
Otherwise, back up and turn around.
- We don't wanna make trouble... - Turn around and you won't.
- OK, just let me make a phone call... - You make your call where l tell you to go.
You said you'd give me assistance. l'd like...
- l'll help you turn round. That's the help. - You don't understand...
Chief, this is it, right here. Turn the vehicle round and go.
Are we clear?
You get my drift? Turn your vehicle round. Off post.
- You don't understand... - No, you don't.
- Five days straight! - Listen, man...
l just wanna see my friend...
l'm telling you, get the hell off my post. You turn around and go that way.
You listen to me. Got that?
Thank you. Have a nice day.
What's your name?
George.
What's yours?
Sheila.
Yeah? Where's your husband? On the base?
l'm not married.
l'm visiting my brother.
No, wait. OK. This time, l'm gonna do it.
Hey, that was a really good one.
Wait, let me do that again.
OK, l'll blow one, then you blow one,
and see if they can, y'know... Like, you blow one through one of mine.
OK?
Nearly did it...
Where is it? Where's your car?
Over there.
Hi.
God Almighty.
Hey, let's pull over there.
Stop. Let's stop here. Company, halt.
Dismissed.
Dismissed?
You cutie pie!
Come here, my cutie.
That's my hat.
Hey! What are you doin'?
Hey!
Hey, baby!
How do l look?
Very authentic.
Left, right, left.
l want to go to Vietnam
Company!
Bukowski!
- Yes, sergeant? - Move it out!
Yes, sergeant.
- Double-time, soldier. - Yes, sergeant!
Double-time, soldier.
Sir?
- ln the car, soldier. - Yes, sergeant.
- Are you an asshole, soldier? - No, sergeant.
That's too bad.
Cos l am.
How you doin', man?
l wanna be an Air Force Major
l wanna live a life of danger
- Stay in the car. - What are you doing?
l wanna go to Vietnam.
What are you doing?
- Get in the trunk. - What?
- Come on, get in the trunk, quick. - Why?
Everybody's waiting. We got a big picnic planned for you in the desert. Get in.
Berger, the base is on alert. They're taking head counts all the time.
lf l'm not here, l've had it.
Listen, man, it's just for a couple of hours. l'll have you back in time for dinner.
- l can't. - What do you mean you can't?
We just drove 2,000 miles to see you. Everybody's waiting.
Look, just trust me. l got it all figured out.
You're making it sound like l don't wanna come.
Then, come. Get in the trunk, man.
l mean...
l can't believe you're here.
l just can't believe it. Travelling all that way.
l can't believe it.
l appreciate your coming here.
l can't tell you...
Don't tell me. Just come with us. Just get in the trunk.
You don't understand. This isn't a game.
What am l gonna tell everybody?
Did Sheila come?
- Yeah. - And Jeanie?
Everybody's there, man.
How is Sheila?
How is she?
What are you doing?
Give me your clothes.
Claude!
Hey, man, you made it!
Attention!
At ease!
Sound off when your name is called!
Calpo!
Here, sir!
- Head! - Here, sir!
Sumner!
Here, sir!
- Brock! - Here, sir!
Bukowski!
- Here, sir! - Hart!
- Tyleman! - Here, sir!
- Scanlin! - Here, sir!
Now, give me your attention, men.
l've received word at headquarters. We've been alerted for overseas movement.
At this time l want you to get your bags packed,
and get out on this red line.
Sergeant, you've got three minutes to have these men ready.
Let's go, men. Move with purpose. There's a war on.
On the double! Move!
Let's go! Let's get it on! Let's move with a purpose!
Snap to it like you've got a pair. Let's go! Move it! Quickly!
Let's go! Get on the red line. Get yourself a backpack.
Let's go! Move like you got a purpose.
What the hell's wrong with you, soldier? Didn't you hear what the Captain said?
Get your bag packed! Get your helmet! Get your pistol belt! Get it right now!
Let's move like you got a purpose. Get the doggone coat on!
Quickly! What's the matter with you troops? You act like you don't wanna go!
l don't wanna go, but if you gotta go, l gotta go, we all gotta go.
Let's move it! Now! Right now! Let's get on the red line. Let's go!
Let's go! Move with a purpose!
What in the hell are you waiting on?
Get that web gear on! l want that rain bucket on your head!
l want that duffel bag on the red line. Soldier, there's a war on!
Move, hurry up!
Now listen up. When l call your name l want you to sound off smartly,
and move out.
- Calpo! - Yes, sir!
- Sumner! - Yes, sir!
- Harrison! - Yes, sir!
- Brock! - Yes, sir!
Bukowski!
You'd better get your head outta your ass! Let's go! This way, soldier!
Let's go. Move out! You better move, soldier!
Hey, where are you going?
What's the matter with you? l said put the duffel bag on that truck!
The vehicle right there! Let's go! Get it on there!
Now!
We starve Look at one another short of breath
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation
Of moving paper fantasies
Listening for the new-told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes
Somewhere
lnside something there is a rush of
Greatness Who knows what stands in front of
Our lives? l fashion my future
On films in space
Silence tells me secretly
Everything
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
We starve
Look at one another short of breath
Berger!
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation
Berger?
Of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new-told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes
Singing our space songs on a spider-web sitar
Life is around you and in you
Except for Timothy Leary, dearie
Let the sun shine
Let the sun shine in
The sun shine in
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
Flow 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
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
They'll be gaga at the go-go when they see me in my toga
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
Flow it, show it, long as God can grow it
My hair