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He hasn't made me do anything. For the first time in my life I love someone without conditions.
- He's costing me money! - He's gonna inspire me so much,
I'll write you a dozen hit songs.
Yeah, sure. When he breaks your heart.
No, thank you.
Uh, new receptionist, Joel?
How are The Beatles gonna put us out of a job?
They write their own stuff and every group coming up from England now...
is following that trend.
Well, what are you gonna do when there's no need for Songwriter magazine?
Oh, probably start a little fanzine for Denise Waverly on the west coast.
Ah!
Why? Are you moving?
Moving? Not that I know of.
Oh, but you could, right? You could move away.
With your family. Just move away so I'd never see you again.
A safe could fall on my head.
Look, I'm not gonna disappear on you.
[Tammy Lee] # You said you'd stay #
- Hey. - Yeah.
# Here by my side #
- # The truth is you lied ## - Let's wash the doll.
[John] That was little Tammy Lee with "Truth Is You Lied" written by Denise Waverly.
You're listening to the RCA Songwriters' Hour on WKEE. I'm John Murray.
One more show and I'll be transplanted to Chicago of all places.
- But we hope you'll continue to stay tuned to WKEE to hear... - Mommy.
the very best songwriters showcased such as Denise Waverly...
whose life is every bit as inspiring as her work; amazing stuff.
You wanna cut a record?
- Cut it out, Joel. - I talked to Red Bird today.
They'll sign you for one single.
I don't have a song to sing.
For five years you've been buggin' me to let you record.
I would've thought that you'd been saving up material for this day.
No, contrary to what you always suspected, I never held out on you.
That's my girl. So write something. Isn't that what I pay you for?
[Softly] Yeah, write something.
I don't... I don't know.
I just... I don't think I have anything left inside of me, you know.
- It's just gone. - Let me tell you somethin'.
Are you listenin' to me? This bullshit you're wallowing in...
is happening outside of yourself.
If you could just pick yourself out of the crap, you'll realize that...
Mr. Married Guy let you down, not your talent.
Don't let these other bastards get you down.
- [Sighs] - Come on.
I have the perfect producer lined up.
- [Laughs] - Come on, sit up.
This guy, he's the new "hit-maker" genius, the next..."wunderkind."
- Phil Spector? - Phil Spector, history!
Shadow Morton? Shadow Morton?
This guy's no Liberace, who I feel is valid in his own right.
He's an Einstein in the control booth. He's a wizard.
Direct your eyes right here.
# Take a run at the sun #
[Reporter] While The Beatles and The Byrds are both at work on...
what are being termed "concept albums", teen favorites, The Riptides,
are also changing directions.
Oh, Joel.
Jay Phillips, the one on the guitar. He's the brains behind the band,
- And the wizard behind your next hit. - On their last album,
Jay Phillips caught the critics' attention...
when he added orchestral instruments into their popular surf sound.
Surf and turf stuff. [Laughs] That's not my thing.
[Reporter] It seems this was only the beginning of Phillip's imagination.
- Tell us what we can expect from this new record. - [Chuckles]
Well, I really don't know what to expect myself.
I'm kinda... just gonna sort of let the album dictate itself to me.
But I can guarantee it'll be different from anything you've heard from The Riptides before.
Very, very talented. Very sweet.
A little out there. He's from California.
Is there any particular theme or subject stringing it all together...
like some of the other concept albums being recorded now?
Childhood. Innocence.
How a kid looks at things. How a kid'll make up a song so the lyrics...
don't always make sense to, uh, [Chuckles] adults.
Kids are cool.
- Can you give us an example of a lyric? - He's not so bad.
I heard Lennon wrote a song about a walrus...
and McGuinn wrote a song about a spaceman.
There's a thing in music now where you can write a song about...
You can write a song about anything at all, not just a protest or love songs.
On this new album, I'm into writin' songs like kids do when they're singing to themselves...
- Or playin' in their yard. - [Laughs] Sounds pretty far out.
Yeah, far out.
The world's waiting, Jay.
[Joel] Listen, I want you to seriously think about this.
- Hmm. - Hear what I said?
- [Rattling] - Sorry.
So, I'll just... It's been a while.
- Sure. - So, I'll just... Okay. Let's just go for it, okay?
## [Starts]
# Now I have nothing #
# So, God give me strength #
# 'Cause I'm weak in his wake #
# But if I'm strong #
# I might still break #
# And I don't have anything to share #
# That I won't throw away into the air #
# That song is sung out #
# This bell is rung out #
# He was the light that I'd bless #
# He took my last chance of happiness #
# So, God give me strength #
# And, God if he'd grant me #
# His indulgence and decline #
# I might as well #
# Wipe him from my memory #
# Fracture the spell #
# As he becomes my enemy #
# Maybe I was washed out like a lip print on his shirt #
# See I'm only human #
# I want him to hurt #
# I want him #
# I want him to hurt #
## [Piano Continues]
# Since I lost the power to pretend #
# That there could ever be a happy ending #
# That song is sung out #
# This bell is rung out #
# He was the light that I'd bless #
# He took my last chance of happiness #
# So, God give me strength #
# God, give me strength #
# Give me strength #
[Sighs]
# I need strength ##
[Sighs]
Wow.
What a sad song.
- [Sighs] - Sad song.
[Clears Throat] Well, it's a little melodramatic.
Oh, no. It really moved me.
I think we should try to... I think we should try to make it big.
I don't expect it to be a big hit.
No, no. I mean, big sounding. Big.
- I'm hearing all these things, it's strings or something. - [Laughs]
# Indulgence and decline #
# I might as well #
# Wipe him from my memory #
# Fracture the spell #
# As he becomes my enemy #
All right, okay, let's stop. Okay, stop! Enough! Stop!
- Is he always like this? - Yeah, he is.
- It needs a little bit more bite, - I like it.
so between bar 52 and 56, pizz.
I want you to play pizz on bar two and three. Yeah.
And what are you doing over there? You're like stirring oatmeal or something.
I need you to... Is everything all right?
I need you to really pop this thing like... Really give it a... a snap.
This is rock 'n' roll. Okay, this is a pick up from, uh...
from bar 50, okay?
What the fuck is that drummer doing, man?
- # I was washed out like a lip print on a shirt # - Holy shit. Fuck.
# See I'm only human I want him to hurt #
Yeah, that's it.
This is the board. It's got all these cool EQs and knobs...
that do all these far out things.
[Engineer] Hey, hands off the console.
- Are you digging the work? - Oh, yeah.
- Hey, man, get up. - I never had any idea how much you got involved in the work.
- All the arranging and producing is really wild. - Yeah.
- Almost finished with your first single. - [Chuckles]
- Denise Waverly's first single. - I can't believe it.
I mean... Listen, we should do something really cool to celebrate.
Yeah, yeah.
Um...
Can you stay here tonight with me?
Um, yeah. I'd like that a lot.
I mean, I gotta get home at some point. I got a kid.
But, uh...
- # He was the light that I'd bless # - [Camera Shutter Clicks]
# He took my last chance of happiness #
# So, God give me strength #
[Denise] I don't know. Maybe I put too much of myself in the song.
The whole game's changed now, kiddo. Everyone's writing their own material.
And now with Betty checked into Lexington and Sha Sha getting married,
that pretty much puts an end to The Luminaries.
I gave Doris some leads on session work out in Los Angeles.
Have you, um... you know, have you thought about what you're gonna do?
- Well, with Matthew dumping Cheryl, I thought maybe... - You and Cheryl?
Nah. Nothing's going on with us. It's strictly business. You see?
She was a married lady and l... I don't mess around.
Geez, does she know how you feel. I mean, do you have a plan?
I'm gonna ask her to marry me.
Joel. [Laughs]
Maybe you should, you know, ask her out for dinner and a movie first.
You think that's a better idea, huh? Oh, well.
Yeah. I do.
Why don't you level with me? "God Give Me Strength" broke you, right?
What? Get out of here, huh.
You're just like a woman to think she's the ruination of a guy.
Look here. You made me, Denise.
I was the laughing stock of this town before you wrote me my first hit...
a-and my second, and how many since?
See, you forced me to take... chances I would've never had the guts to take alone.
You made me, kiddo.
# Absence makes the heart grow fonder #
# How I miss him when he wanders ##
## [Surf]
[Denise] Hey, Luma! Hey! [Laughing]
Oh, Jay. You're very bad, you know. You said you were gonna buy her a puppy.
- You didn't say you were gonna buy her two puppies. - I know.
She couldn't make up her mind, and she looked so adorable holding them both.
It so adorable. Edna. I'm gonna have to call you Edna from now on.
You know, sometimes when I look at you, I see you way in the future...
as this amazing old lady who's done all this really far out things.
- Mm-hmm. - But you don't see that. What's it gonna take for me...
to get you to see your spark?
[Theremin Blaring]
# It's never been this hard #
# The feeling taunts me now #
# Just me and you #
# Me and you #
# They all know I'm happy #
- # They don't like good things Chewing and waving # - # It's sad to be alone #
- # Come on, make a new sound # - # I'm too, too low being sad #
# What's wrong with liking good things Chewing and waving ##
[Theremin Blaring]
[Theremin Stops]
[Sighs] Well, I'm wondering how we're supposed to do that live?
Where are the cars? Where are the surfboards? It's not The Riptides.
I'm not singing that stuff.
- Brian, anything to add? - [Brian Chuckles]
I dig the theremin at the end. It's cool.
- He likes the theremin. - It's great, man, come on.
Wow. That's great, man. Everybody's really fucking happy, huh?
- [Sighs] - It's great, baby.
- [Tape Flapping] - [Engineer] It's great. How can you not like that?
- I thought you guys were a little harsh. - What's it all about?
- The future, man. - The future?
- What is that supposed to mean? - You gonna sing about surfboards the rest of your life?
- It's a metaphor. - A metaphor for what? Is it psychedelic?
- Ever heard anything like that before? - No.
- I liked it. - I hated it.
Luma, I love that one. I'm gonna put that one on the fridge.
What about mine?
I don't know if I'll put yours up.
Edna, man, who was down at the studio, man?
My tapes. Somebody fucked with my tapes, man.
Jay, no one's been in the studio. We've been here all day.
These boxes are empty!
- Somebody was in the studio. - No one was in the studio.
Somebody took my tapes. Somebody fucked with my tapes, man.
- If they didn't like the song... - Would you calm down?
Don't tell me, Edna! What do you think I am?
Jay, I don't even go in the goddamn studio.
What happened to the tapes? They're not in the studio!
- Annie, get the kids. Take them in the house. - Come on.
Go ahead, protect them! Who's lookin' out for me and my fuckin' songs?
You were talkin' and kissin' ass with those three fuckin' morons.
They're not even in my band. I write all the songs.
- I taught 'em how to play every fuckin' instrument. - Would you please stop now?
Fuckin' empty, man! Empty! Zilch!
They're missing! Empty!
For chrissakes, Jay!
I got my eye on you.
All right, Jay.
[Sighing]
[Door Opening]
[Man] Secure all windows, all doors.
All access into the house is to be taped and wired.
Now, down here we got the studio.
We got an intercom...
running up from the studio.
Run your wires down along the steps here.
[Jay] What about these skylights, man?
We're puttin' 'em back in as soon as we run our wires down.
I mean, somebody could come up on the roof.
- Oh, you want to secure your skylights? - Hey, baby.
- You could put bars across them. - Good morning, Jay.
- Jay? - Good morning.
Sweetie, um,
what's, uh, going on?
- Fortification. - Hmm?
- Um, this gentleman here is a security expert. - Ah.
From now on, no one will have access to this room...
except for you and me.
- That's it. - Okay.
Uh, sweetie, I'm gonna go see Cheryl.
- I'll see you later. Okay. - Groovy.
Listen, man, how about some guard dogs or somethin'?
- [Man] Dogs are good. - [Jay] Yeah, we got these puppies...
Jay?
- You need some... Yeah? - What is this?
Those are my tapes. I found them.
You need some Dobies or some rottweilers. Somethin' big.
- Jay, the lost tapes? - Yeah.
[Man] I could put a perimeter system right around your board there.
# We danced in the sand #
# And the water rose higher and higher #
I gotta say, you know, seeing you and this,
I really miss... I miss the work, I really do.
If you're really interested in doing something again, I'll introduce you to the producer.
- Really? - He's desperate for people to write.
They need songs every week. I'm inundated.
- I'm overworked at the moment. - [Laughing]
I gotta tell you, you know what? I would really love it.
[Cheryl] You're too good for this stuff, but...
[Jay] It's great. Your mom is gonna be proud when she sees this castle.
- Hey, what's this? A sand castle? - Hey, Mom.
- It's a sand fort. - Oh.
It's a fort.
Listen, I've got some great news. I got a job today.
- You got a job? - Uh-huh.
- A job? Really? - Yeah.
Doing what?
Well, you see, Cheryl's friends with the producer,
and I'm gonna be doing the only thing I know how to do.
I'm gonna be writing songs.
That's not the only thing you know how to do.
You're an artist.
You wanna see something cool, Luma?
Well, Jay, the artist in me is gonna be writing songs for "Where The Action Is."
"Jay, the artist in me is gonna be writing songs...
for some pop bubble-gum show, Jay, and I'm really excited about it."
- I mean, will you listen to yourself? - What?
You don't need a job. You have money.
And if you're not gonna use it to develop yourself as an artist,
then get rid of it.
Throw it away! Throw it in the fucking ocean!
All right, Jay, I'll get rid of it.
But you know what? I gotta report to the set in an hour.
You wanna wish me luck?
Denise, the only thing I wish for you...
and I really, sincerely mean this... is that you are fired.
That's nice.
I mean that for your own good. You are doing yourself a disservice.
That's great, Jay. Thanks. Thanks a lot.
I love you!
- I'm gonna do something. - Watch it.
## ["Groovin' On You"]
- # I've been groovin' on you for an hour or two # - # An hour or two #
# Thinkin' of a way I can get to you #
Come on, girls, this is meant to be upbeat, not uptight!
Get happy!
# How can I get #
- # Through to you # - # Before the other girls do #
- # How can I get # - [Cheryl] Yeah, yeah, yeah, see?
# Through to you #
- # Before the other girls do # - # How can I get #
- What? - What?
No, it's good. It's good.
- # How can I get # - [Sighing]
## ["Bermuda"] # I see his eyes #
# In the water blue #
# I see his hair #
- # In the glowing sunlight # - Jay?
# A vision clear #
- Luma? - # Calling me near #
# In Bermudian waters Oh, so clear and cold #
- [Crying] - Annie, open the goddamn door.
[Knocking] Annie, what the hell is this?
- Okay, what is happening? - Your man flipped his lid.
Only this time, he lost the kids.
- Jay? - Yeah, Jay.
He took them to the museum and he came home without them.
- Have you called the police? - Yes, I called the police and the kids are okay.
They found them hiding in some old ice cream truck in the museum.
Okay, fine. Why didn't you call me?
You were on the set! I couldn't reach you!
All right.
Oh, and by the way, he lost my child too, Denise.
- I understand, Annie. - No, you don't.
Where is Jay?
He just tore up the place and dragged the mattress into the studio.
- Okay, he's fine. Let me go speak to Jay... - Yeah, yeah.
Go speak to your man, 'cause that's what you need to do.
- Don't you dare, dare speak about Jay like that. - Go deal with him!
- [Door Opening] - # I see his lips #
- # In the coral # - Jay?
My mother, she used to, uh...
- She used to sing this song when we were kids. - # In the water blue #
She had big eyes, like you.
Jay, knock it off. You lost the kids.
Do you understand that when you come home,
you have to have the kids with you?
- Do you understand that? - I mean, we were playing.
We were at the museum. We were playin'. We were havin' fun.
Do you know that Howard is gonna be calling any minute,
and he's gonna want to speak to Luma, and what am I supposed to tell him, Jay?
- What am I supposed to tell him? - One minute they were there.
One minute they were there?
- And the next minute they were... - You would like me to say...
that one minute they were there, and the next minute they were just gone.
- Is that it, Jay? - [Lid Slamming, Needle Scratching]
- [Knocking] - [Annie] Denise, the cops are here.
Oh, Luma, come here, sweetie.
- Did you have a little adventure? - Thank you.
- Thank you very much, officers. - You're welcome, ma'am.
- If I was you, I would be so furious with him. - What am I supposed to do?
People want you to promise through sickness and in health and make that commitment...
and then they want you to check out the minute there's a problem.
Well, I can't do that. I'm his wife.
And what, am I supposed to walk away from him now that he's in trouble?
Can't do that.
Would he walk out on me if I was falling apart?
No, of course he wouldn't.
Well, if you won't leave him then you'd... You'd better help him.
I don't know how to help him.
Well, I'd get him a doctor.
I hate doctors.
Okay, artist in crisis.
- That's why people call me. - Look, look, look, Doc.
He's been holed up in that studio for three weeks...
without bathin' or talkin' to anyone.
I don't mean to minimize Jay's state.
I apologize.
Are you fearful that you, or your loved ones, are in danger?
No, he'd never hurt, you know, me or Luma, no.
Do you believe he's using narcotics?
Well, I mean, he smokes a little grass...
- And, you know, he does some psychedelics... - Mm-hmm.
and mushrooms and peyote.
- But he's down on hard drugs. - Yeah.
So basically...
you want him to know you're concerned and that you care.
And that you want to be reassured...
that he's okay.
I want him to know that I care about him...
and I want him to know I love him...
and l... I really want to make sure that he finishes his album,
because I know how important it is to him, you know?
It's everything.
I can help you, okay?
Uh, Jay?
A friend of yours stopped by.
[Dr. Jones] Jay, it's Jonesy.
Hey, Jonesy, man.
[Jay] What's happenin'?
Hey, man, I'd like to come in and rap for a minute.
You know?
Oh, well, I don't know, man. I'm workin', I'm real busy.
I'm talkin' to my muse, man.
Maybe you could introduce me to her.
I'm, uh, single now, you know.
Where are you at, man? Hey.
There you are.
Man, it is...
so far out to see you again.
[Dr. Jones] Goin' through some changes, huh?
[Inhaling]
Doctor has brought some...
herbal medicine.
[Inhaling]
Where's the muse?
I could use a little inspiration myself.
[Jay] You know where to find it, man.
The muse.
She lives in the cave...
where everything you ever lost lives.
But...
you have everything, Jay.
I had everything.
I lost everything.
I lost everything that mattered.
[Jay] I lost everything that ever mattered.
[Keys Dropping]
'Til I met Denise.
You saw her. Oh, man.
She's so beautiful. And her kid.
- Left her fuckin' kid at the museum, man. - Jay.
- Suppose you heard about that. - Jay, listen.
Man, you spaced out.
Man, you know me, man. You know I love kids and I love animals and shit.
- I wouldn't fuckin'... - You spaced out, man.
Listen, you're dealin' with some heavy shit.
You got people tellin' you you're the voice of your generation...
and, "What's he gonna say next?"
You gotta cut yourself some slack.
Cut Jay some slack and pick up...
on the positive vibes.
They're there, man. They're all around you, people who love you.
- That little girl, she loves you. - Yeah.
That groovy new old lady, man,
- She digs you, she's there for you! - Yeah, Denise.
Pick up on 'em.
Denise, man, she gave it all back to me.
Yeah. Yeah.
Pick up on that. Hang on to that.
- Hold on to that, man. - Jonesy, man.
You got so much, huh?
All right.
## ["Don't You Think It's Time"]
# Of a song I thought was yours #
# But I know life was overrated #
# Before you walked in through my door #
# You're so shiny #
# You're so fine #
Oh, Jay!
# Come on wiggle for me #
# Don't you think it's time #
Oh.
[Moaning]
[Whispering] It's beautiful.
It's so beautiful, Jay.
- It's so beautiful. - Yeah?
I was so scared, Jay.
I was so scared. I thought you didn't love me.
And then you told the doctor that you lost...
Oh, no.
[Sobbing] That you'd lost everything.
Oh, God.
# Don't you think it's time #
# Take my love #
Oh, Jay, please don't leave me again, please.
[Laughing]
Be sss...
- [Kissing Sounds] - # Take me with you #
# You're so fine #
- It's beautiful, Jay. - Yeah.
- You like it? - # Don't you think it's time #
I'm still working on a new ending.
[Faintly] I love you.
Now, we have to start working on your new album.
Oh, I don't know, Jay.
Remember, I'm kind of a pacifist, so...
I don't know if I feel I should, you know, force my work on the public.
[Laughing]
- It'd be a concept album. - Mm-hmm?
Only it'd be...
It'd be so much better than what we guys are doin'.
Because it'd be more personal,
genuine.
- Well, maybe someday. - Baby.
Hmm?
I want you to make this record...
more than anything I could ever want for myself.
Can you dig that?
Can you?
Hey.
You know what, Handsome?
Why don't we get you all dressed up...
and we can go out and go to the Whiskey and go see Doris sing.
And we'll call Cheryl and get some of the gang...
and, you know, we'll have a real celebration.
[Sighing] Yeah, that sounds groovy.
- Really? Yes? - Yeah.
- Okay, good.
- Babe? - Hmm?
Why don't you run ahead without me?
I just had a couple flashes and I want to lay down the tracks...
- Before I forget them. - You sure?
You run ahead and have fun, and when you come home...
we'll smoke a little grass and we'll do it 'til the sun comes up.
- All right? - Oh, Jay.
[Kissing Sounds]
[Denise Chuckling]
- And listen, by the way. - Yes?
Your mother? She was full of shit.
You fit. You fit just groovy.
# Some folks know about it Some don't #
# Some will learn to shout it Some won't #
# But sooner or later, baby #
# There's a ditty say you're gonna have to get it #
# Right down to the real nitty gritty #
# To the nitty gritty Ba, Ba-Da, Boom, Boom The nitty gritty #
[Whistling]
## [Saxophone Solo]
# Oooh #
- [Whistling] - [Surf Crashing]
- # Nitty gritty One, two # - # One, two #
# Nitty gritty Oh, yeah #
## ["Man From Mars"]
# I fall apart #
# Every time I picture you #
# Swallowed by the dark #
[Journalists Indistinct]
- # There is no center to my life now # - Stay away, okay?
- # No grace in my heart # - [Indistinct]
# Man from Mars #
[Journalist] What was the last conversation you had with your husband?
- # I called and called # - They think it's my fault.
They think it's all my fault.
# The silence is so full of sounds #
# You're in them all #
[Guru Dave] Denise, when people take their own lives...
## ["Between Two Worlds"]
# Off in the distance a cool wind is blowin' #
it's difficult for their souls to let go of this plane.
# I'm not who I was and I'm not where I'm goin' #
The reason you can't let go of Jay's memory...
# I'm so tired of knowin' there's no way of knowin' #
is because his soul still clings to this planet...
instead of moving on.
# You left me stranded between two worlds #
# You turned me into a mixed-up girl #
# You left me stranded between two worlds #
[Denise] I understand, Guru Dave.
But what can I do about it?
[Guru Dave] Meditate. Pray.
You must visualize Jay's release for him.
# Is it nicer where you are #
# Do you ever think of me #
[Annie] Oh, what's that? Cotton?
- Annie, come on. Guru Dave said that... - Fuck Guru Dave.
I milked goats, churned butter, bailed hay.
I planted radishes, magic mushrooms and weed for five goddamn months, Denise!
My spiritual lessons are mastered! I saw God! Let's go!
- Goddamn! - All right, girls!
Get up out of the manure!
I'm buying dinner!
- Thank you, Lord, for New Yorkers. - [Joel Chuckles]
- Where you been? - Denise, I've returned.
- Annie. - Joel.
Hey, James, how you doin', huh? Luma.
- Denise. - I think I know him.
Who's your friend? How are you? You look great.
- Hey, Joel. - You look great.
I mean, you look great to be so skinny. How are you?
These your friends over here?
- Hey, wow, I love this place. - Come on, Joel.
- Share with your sister, okay? - She ain't my sister.
I'm almost your sister.
Hey, no arguing or you won't get caramel sundaes later.
Denise, eat your hamburger, all right? You look like a vampire.
[Joel] All that fresh air and health food'll kill you.
After dinner, you guys can watch TV in this first-class joint I booked us into.
- [Luma] I hate it. - [James] I love it.
- [Joel] You don't know what's happenin' on TV. - Same old Joel.
You goin' for a swim?
What are you doin'?
I'm just spacin' out, you know. I'm talkin' to my Jay.
Mm-hmm.
Well, what's that supposed to prove?
[Sighing]
Because Guru Dave said...
that if I can help Jay let go of life,
then I'm gonna be okay.
Jay did let go of life.
He drowned himself. He's dead.
You couldn't save him while he was alive...
and now you're gonna waste your own precious life and Luma's...
tryin' to save him after he's dead?
- That makes sense to you? - Yeah, it does.
You just wouldn't get it.
You just don't get it. You never will.
Well, I know one thing, that the only sense...
any of these jerks you've allowed to sidetrack you...
have had in common is a belief in your talent, I know that.
Yeah.
Well, you know, talent... [Chuckling]
is pretty meaningless when someone you love is dead.
Your talent is meaningless to you, Denise.
It always has been.
- From day one you were tellin' me how you wanted to make a record. - I made a record.
- Yeah. - About a thousand years ago, and it flopped.
Okay? I put myself out there and they didn't want me.
And they were right. They were right.
I failed and I've accepted it...
and I have come to peace with it and I've gone on with my life.
And so you give up after one flop, huh?
I thought you were made of tougher stuff.
The last thing I ever took you to be was a coward.
Look at you, out in the mud, pullin' up turnips!
[Sighing]
You know, I don't need a lecture, okay?
I'm a little old for a little pep talk from Joel.
Especially from you. You wouldn't know the first thing about...
giving yourself to someone, about sharing your life with someone,
sharing your pain with them.
You wouldn't know the first thing about it.
- You think you're the only one shit happens to, huh? - Yeah.
Huh? Well, think again, kiddo.
I've had my own share of disappointments...
in this secondary existence of a life I live.
In my business I've been disappointed and, yeah, big surprise,
in my big dumb heart, and it didn't come from playing it safe.
- [Laughing] - You said yourself...
that the very thing Jay wanted was for you to make that record.
- Yeah. - And if he hasn't let go of life,
it's 'cause he's as disgusted as I am to see you sittin' here,
feelin' sorry for yourself and givin' up!
- Oh, you're fuckin' disgusted? - That's right.
You wouldn't even have a life if it wasn't for me!
- That's right! - You're the one who's a fuckin' leech!
- I am a leech, that's right! - Yeah, you are!
- That's why I'm here. - You wouldn't have a life if it wasn't for me!
- Oh, really? - You live every fuckin' thing through me!
- So fuck you! - Fuck me?
- Yeah, fuck you! - Then fuck off! Fuck you!
- No, fuck you! - No, fuck you!
- That's right, hit me! - [Screaming]
- Go ahead! Go ahead! - [Sobbing]
I am sad!
And I'm alone.
[Sobbing]
I'm sorry.
[Sobbing]
# Oooh #
No, no, no, no.
[Denise] It's not gonna distort. I want it in the red.
- # Oooh # - All right, Jay. Help me out, man.
I want a high end on the vocal...
and I wanna round out the bottom on the bass.
Whoa, what was that? Who you talkin' to, huh?
Joel, I'm talking to Jay 'cause I need his help on the EQs.
As long as it's work-related, you can talk to dead guys.
[Chuckling] Thanks.
Everyone is excited about this album.
You realize that? Even your old pal.
- Who? - John Murray.
- Well, there's a song about him in here, so... - A song for everyone...
- But the guy who stuck around. - Joel.
[Joel] Even moved out to this ridiculous town...
that doesn't deserve to be called a city.
Joel, let's go to work, okay?
- That's why I'm here. - Okay.
You guys, that was great. That was great.
[Musicians Chattering]
Okay, here we go. Let's try one.
Come here, wish me luck, sweetie pie.
[Engineer] "A Boat On The Sea," take two. This is piano track only.
This one's for you, Joely.
[Over Speaker] # There's a lamp that won't light in my poetry room #
# And children out playing and a big full moon #
# My man's barricaded there in his womb #
# He'll be coming out soon #
# I remember when I met him he blew in like a wind #
# No one was more beautiful or dangerous than him #
# He blew through my soul like a tangerine wind #
# He'll be coming out soon #
# I never knew #
# I was built so strong #
# My heart #
# My heart is a boat on the sea #
# I never thought #
# I was built for hurricanes #
# My heart #
# My heart is a boat on the sea #
# Luxury looms on a fog-bound day #
# I'm not alone now and I'm not afraid #
# I'm clean and I'm free It's all stripped away #
# My debts are paid #
# I wonder if he ever looks down on the sea #
# And thinks about the time that he spent with me #
# I know everything's exactly how it has to be #
# All's right with this world #
# I never knew #
# I was built so strong #
# My heart #
# My heart is a boat on the sea #
# I never thought #
# I was built for hurricanes #
# My heart #
# My heart is a boat on the sea #
# In the cold and the dark #
# You're the grace of my heart #
# In the cold and the dark #
# You're the grace of my heart #
# In the cold and the dark #
# You're the grace of my heart ##
## ["God Give Me Strength" by Elvis Costello]
# Now I have nothin' So God, give me strength #
# 'Cause I'm weak #
# And awake #
# And if I'm strong #
# I might still break #
# And I don't have anythin' to share #
# That I won't throw away into the air #
# That song is sung out #
# This bell is rung out #
# She was the light that I'd bless #
# She took my last chance of happiness #
# So God, give me strength #
# God, give me strength #
# I can hold on to #
# God, give me strength #
# When the phone doesn't ring #
# And I'm lost #
# And imaginin' #
# Everythin' that kind of love is worth #
# As I tumble back down to the earth #
# That song is sung out #
# This bell is rung out #
# She was the light that I'd bless #
# She took my last chance of happiness #
# So God, give me strength #
# God if #
# She'd grant me her indulgence and decline ##
# I might as well #
# Wipe her from my memory #
# Fracture the spell #
# As she becomes my enemy #
# And maybe I was washed out #
# Like a lip print on his shirt #
# See, I'm only human #
# I want him to hurt #
# I want him #
# I want him to hurt #
# Since I lost the power to pretend #
# That there could ever be a happy ending #
# That song is sung yet #
# This bell is rung yet #
# She was the light that I'd bless #
# She took my last chance of happiness #
# So God, give me strength #
# God, give me strength #
# Wipe her from my memory #
# I might as well #
# God, give me strength #
# God, give me strength ##
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