[tentative music]
XI
[tentative music continues]
XI
- COME ON, BABY DOLL.
- [clears throat]
- DO YOU WANT EGGS, HON'?
- UM, NO, JUST CEREAL.
- GOOD. THERE'S MORE FOR ME.
- UH-UH-UH-UH-UH.
OKAY.
EVERYTHING ELSE YOU WANT YOU HAVE TO GET ON YOUR OWN.
I HAVE TO GET READY.
- YOU'RE LEAVING ALREADY?
- YEAH, I WANT TO MAKE THE 9:00 A.M. MEETING TODAY.
- YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU A RIDE?
- NO, I'LL TAKE THE BIKE.
I DON'T WANT TO WALK BACK.
- OH. OKAY.
GIVE ME A BEATBOX.
- COME ON, IT'S TOO EARLY.
- COME ON NOW.
- [beatboxing]
- J” I DON'T FEEL THAT JUST BECAUSE MY MISSUS ♪
♪ TURNED ME DOWN FOR A RIDE ♪
♪ WON'T LET IT HURT MY PRIDE ♪
♪ I HAVE TO LET IT SLIDE ♪
♪ IF SHE PREFER HER TWO-WHEEL ♪
♪ TO THE FEEL OF MY FOUR ♪
♪ I WILL KISS HER THEN I'LL MISS HER I
♪ AS SHE WALK OUT THE DOOR ♪
J” 'CAUSE SHE THE PRETTIEST THING THAT YOU EVER DID MEET I
♪ SURE TO STOP TRAFFIC RIGHT THERE IN THE STREET ♪
♪ AND EVERY TIME MY WIFE IS AWAY FROM ME I
J” MY HEART GETS HEAVY AND I HEAR A MELODY ♪
♪ ABOUT THE CLOUDS MOVING IN TO GRIP THE SKY ♪
♪ YOU KNOW JUST WHAT I'M TALKING 'BOUT I
♪ SO SING ABOUT WHY ♪
- J” AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE'S GONE I
♪ IT'S NOT WARM WHEN SHE'S AWAY ♪
- [beatboxing]
- J” AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE'S GONE I
♪ SHE'S ALWAYS GONE TOO LONG ♪
♪ ANYTIME SHE GOES AWAY ♪
- GENIUS SON OF OURS, AIN'T HE?
- MM-HMM. GOOD GENES.
- ♪ WONDER THIS TIME WHERE SHE'S GONE J”
♪ WONDER IF SHE'S GONE TO STAY ♪
J” AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE'S GONE ♪
♪ THIS HOUSE JUST AIN'T NO HOME ♪
♪ ANYTIME SHE GOES AWAY ♪
♪ I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I
I' HEY I'
♪ I OUGHT TO LEAVE THE YOUNG THING ALONE I
♪ BUT THERE AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE'S GONE ♪
♪ ANYTIME SHE GOES AWAY ♪
[indistinct chatter]
- [mimics explosion]
[brakes squeal]
SEE YOU LATER, BUD.
- SEE YOU, DAD.
[indistinct chatter]
- HEY, MATTHEWS.
WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR PANTS?
YOUR IVIOIVI STILL SO HIGH SHE CAN'T EVEN POI I Y-TRAIN YOU?
[kids laugh]
[rattling]
- I'VE BEEN SOBER FOR A YEAR AND TWO MONTHS.
[applause]
[sighs]
ON MY WAY HERE,
I HAD TO PASS BY MY OLD STOMPING GROUND.
ALL THE PEOPLE I USED TO GET HIGH WITH ARE...
STILL THERE.
STILL SHOOTING UP.
- MM-HMM.
- I MISS IT...
GETTING HIGH.
THAT SCARES THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF ME.
BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE SECOND THAT I FEEL THAT,
THE SECOND I GET TEMPTED,
I JUST THINK ABOUT MY HUSBAND
AND MY BOY.
THEY'RE MY WORLD,
MY LOVE.
THEY'RE MY HIGH.
- MM-HMM.
- IT HELPS ME FIGHT MY TEMPTATIONS,
STAY ON THE PATH.
[sighs]
DAY BY DAY.
- THAT'S RIGHT, GIRL.
- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
[school bell ringing]
- GET HIM. COME BACK HERE, CHICKEN.
GET HIM!
WHERE YOU GONNA GO, MATTHEWS?
HE'S GOING IN THE CHURCH.
- HEY! HEY, HEY.
CAN I HELP YOU?
ARE Y'ALL HERE FOR PRAYER MEETING?
- NO. SORRY.
WE'RE LEAVING.
- I THINK YOU'RE SAFE NOW,
BUT I'D WAIT A SECOND BEFORE I LEAVE.
- OH, YEAH.
THANK YOU.
- HEY, WILLIAM.
- HEY, CARL. HOW'S IT GOING?
- OH, THE SAME OLD, SAME OLD.
- WHAT YOU GOT?
- THERE.
AND...
THERE.
- [grumbles]
BILLS, BILLS, AND MORE BILLS. - SORRY.
I DO HAVE SOMETHING ELSE FOR YOU,
BUT IT'S ADDRESSED TO YOUR HOUSE.
YOU WANT IT? - WHY NOT?
- ALL RIGHTY. YOU BE GOOD.
- YOU TAKE CARE.
[light piano music]
XI
- DO YOU PLAY?
- NOT REALLY.
- OH, SON, YOU EITHER PLAY OR YOU DON'T PLAY.
- WELL, I DO, BUTI DON'T HAVE A PIANO LIKE THAT.
- YOU EVER PLAYED A REAL PIANO BEFORE?
- NO, SIR.
- YOU WANT TO TRY'?
COME ON UP HERE.
- [chuckles]
- COME ON.
PLAY WHATEVER YOU WANT.
- WHAT WAS THAT YOU WERE JUST PLAYING?
- JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING
I WAS WORKING ON FOR WORSHIP SERVICE.
HERE, YOU WANT TO TRY?
- ALL RIGHT.
- HERE YOU GO.
[soothing piano music]
XI
- ♪ COME INSIDE MY HEART ♪
♪ COME INSIDE, IT'S GLORIOUS ♪
♪ COME INSIDE, SPIRIT ♪
♪ THERE'S NOTHING MORE ♪
♪ THERE'S NOTHING LESS ♪
♪ COME INSIDE MY SOUL ♪
♪ COME INSIDE, MY GLORIA ♪
♪ LOVE CAN MAKE YOU WHOLE ♪
♪ WANT NOTHING MORE ♪
♪ WANT NOTHING LESS ♪
♪ BEAUTIFUL ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
♪ WONDERFUL ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
♪ MARVELOUS ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
- MM.
MM-MM-MM.
MRS. DECLAIRE,
I THINK WE'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ANGEL.
- HMM.
IF THERE BE ANY ANGELS UP IN HERE,
HOW COME THEY AIN'T HELPING ME WITH THESE BOOKS?
- [chuckling]
- I'M NOT GONNA BE LONG, BABE.
- I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN MANAGE WITHOUT YOU.
'CAUSE THE LAST TIME YOU LEFT, I HAD--
- HEY. SHH.
YOU STOP THAT.
YOU'VE GROWN, BABE.
' [sighs]
- YOU'RE NOT THE SAME PERSON YOU WERE THEN.
WORK THE PROGRAM.
MEETINGS EVERY DAY.
YOU'LL SEE.
TIME WILL FLY.
' [sighs]
OKAY.
IT WILL.
[sniffles]
- OUR lNCOME'S GONNA SUFFER,
SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT BACK SOME, OKAY?
[door creaks open and closes softly]
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
MOM.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?
- HEY.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR MOM, HENRY.
SHE'S FINE.
- THEN WHAT'S GOING ON?
- I'VE BEEN RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY, SON.
I'M LEAVING...
FOR AFGHANISTAN IN A FEW WEEKS.
- HOW COULD THEY DO THIS? THIS ISN'T FAIR.
YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN TO IRAQ.
- HENRY.
I KNOW THIS DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO YOU,
BUT THIS IS MY CHOICE.
THE MONEY THAT I'VE BEEN PAID AS A RESERVIST
HELPED YOUR MAMA GET BETTER.
IT ALLOWED ME TO PUT A DOWN PAYMENT ON THIS HOUSE
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW IT'S MY TURN TO KEEP MY WORD.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
[door shuts]
- HE'LL BE FINE.
HE'LL BE FINE.
[delicate music plays]
XI
[knock at door]
[music clicks off]
' [sighs]
I'M SORRY.
HEY, I'M NOT MAD AT YOU. I'M JUST--
- I KNOW.
IT STINKS BIG TIME.
YOU KNOW I'M GONNA NEED SOMEONE
TO KEEP SOMETHING SAFE FOR ME WHILE I'M GONE.
- REALLY?
- REALLY.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO EMAIL ME
SOME OF YOUR NEW RECORDED STUFF,
BECAUSE I GOT TO SHOW MY SON OFF WHILE I'M OVER THERE.
- WAIT, YOU CAN GET EMAILS OVER THERE?
- YEAH.
I MIGHT CAN'T CHECK THEM EVERY DAY,
BUT THEY GOT COMPUTERS.
- I WAS PLAYING A REAL PIANO TODAY,
AND IT WAS AMAZING.
- WHERE?
- AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH DOWN ON MAIN STREET.
- AND WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE?
- JUST STOPPED BY.
THE PASTOR WAS REALLY NICE,
AND WE ENDED UP COMPOSING A SONG TOGETHER.
- DID HE TRY TO TALK YOU INTO JOINING HIS CHURCH?
- NO.
- DID HE TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE BIBLE?
- NO.
- DID HE POUR WATER OVER YOUR HEAD
WHILE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING?
- NO.
- I AIN'T NEVER HEARD OF A PASTOR LIKE THAT BEFORE.
SO YOU GONNA PLAY ME A SONG OR WHAT?
- OH, OKAY.
UH... I JUST ADDED A NEW BEAT.
- [clears throat]
[soothing keyboard music]
XI
- ♪ COME INSIDE MY HEART ♪
♪ COME INSIDE, IT'S GLORIOUS ♪
♪ COME INSIDE, SPIRIT ♪
♪ THERE'S NOTHING MORE ♪
♪ THERE'S NOTHING LESS ♪
♪ COME INSIDE MY SOUL ♪
♪ COME INSIDE, MY GLORIA ♪
♪ LOVE CAN MAKE YOU WHOLE ♪
♪ WANT NOTHING MORE ♪
♪ WANT NOTHING LESS ♪
♪ BEAUTIFUL ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
♪ WONDERFUL ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
♪ MARVELOUS ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
♪ HOLY, HOLY ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
- ♪ WE BE LIVING DOWN HERE IN THE BIBLE BELT J“
♪ WHERE SOME SAY A STRONG PRESENCE OF THE LORD IS FELT I
♪ AND PEOPLE FEAR THE DEVIL ♪
J” PREPARE ME FOR THE NEXT LEVEL ♪
♪ WE AIN'T SEEN YOU AT CHURCH, NOW YOU A REBEL? I
♪ QUESTIONING GOD IS NATURAL ♪
♪ LOOK AT CIRCUMSTANCES ♪
♪ 'CAUSE MAN CREATED THE BAD ♪
♪ THE WAY THE DEVIL DANCES ♪
♪ GOD IS BEAUTY AND LOVE ♪
♪ THE SEARCH WITHIN YOUR HEART ♪
J” SO IF YOU NEED TO PRACTICE FAITH I
♪ GO AND PLAY YOUR PART J“
- ♪ BEAUTIFUL ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
♪ WONDERFUL ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
♪ MARVELOUS ♪
♪ SPIRIT ♪
- WHOO-HOO!
[clapping]
WHOO-HOO!
[laughs and claps]
- WELL, I GUESS THAT'S IT.
[sighs]
YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR JOB IS, RIGHT?
WHAT IS IT?
- TAKE CARE OF MOM.
- NO, BUD.
THAT'S MOM'S JOB.
YOUR JOB IS TO GO TO SCHOOL.
BUT MOST IMPORTANT,
YOU SING...
EVERY DAY,
ALL THE TIME.
YOU HEAR?
- OKAY.
- IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
- YEAH.
I PROMISE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.
[sniffles]
- [breathes deeply]
[sniffling]
[alarm ringing]
[wistful music]
XI
[faint applause]
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[wistful music continues]
XI
[man singing distantly in foreign language]
[indistinct radio chatter and motor rumbling]
[helicopter rotors whirring]
- NEED HELP WITH THAT?
- YES, SIR, SERGEANT.
- WHAT YOU GOT THERE, MAN?
SOME NEW MUSIC FROM YOUR LITTLE BLUE-EYED SOUL WONDER?
- YOU KNOW IT.
- LET ME HEAR SOME, MAN.
COME ON.
[passionate guitar chords strumming]
- ♪ WALKING DOWN A COLD AND LONELY ROAD I
♪ I FEEL SO MUCH PAIN, SADNESS, AND HURT ♪
♪ DOWN IN MY SOUL ♪
[bluesy rock music]
♪ WONDERING WILL I EVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN? ♪
♪ AND WILL THE WEIGHT IN MY HEART EVER BE LII-TED? ♪
- ARE YOU SURE THAT'S A WHITE BOY, MAN?
- COME ON.
- ♪ I OPEN UP MY EYES, I MISS YOU ♪
♪ EVERY TIME I FALL ASLEEP, I MISS YOU J“
♪ I WANT TO SCREAM ♪
- YOUR BOY GOT SOME FLAVOR, MAN. - UH-HUH.
- ♪ EVERY DAY IS ALL ABOUT HOW I MISS YOU J”
♪ EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES, I MISS YOU ♪
♪ EVERY DAY, WALKING THE STREETS TO BE NEAR YOU I
- ALL RIGHT.
- ♪ I FEEL YOU ♪
♪ HOW CAN I HELP IT? ♪
♪ YOU KNOW I MISS YOU ♪
- HE LEAVES THIS PART INSTRUMENTAL
FOR ME TO FREESTYLE.
- OH, DOES HE, NOW?
SO LET ME SEE SOMETHING. LET ME HEAR SOMETHING, MAN.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
- YOU FIRST. - COME ON, MAN.
OH, ALL RIGHT. IT'S LIKE THAT?
♪ I MISS HER MUCH ♪
♪ YOU KNOW SHE GOLD ♪
♪ MY VERSION OF JANET JACKSON I
♪ WITH A LITTLE EXTRA BIT OF SOUL ♪
♪ YOU KNOW HOW WE ROLL ♪
♪ OFF THE WALL, ON THE FLOOR ♪
♪ BY THE SHORE ♪
J” OF THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER JORDAN J“
♪ EARLY IN THE MORNING TILL WE GET UP OUT THIS SAND TRAP ♪
♪ WITH TERMINATOR GAT ♪
♪ ON AN ADRENALINE HIGH ♪
♪ SEMPER Fl, DO OR DIE I
♪ CROSS THE LINE, BULLETS FLY ♪
♪ 'CAUSE IT'S YOU OR I ♪
♪ GUNS SMOKING LIKE SUN SPOTS ♪
♪ WHO GOT THE DROP? ♪
♪ MY BAND OF BROTHERS LIGHT IT UP ♪
♪ KEEPING IT HOT, HOO-AH! ♪
All: ♪ HOO-AH! ♪
- COME ON.
- CHECK IT.
♪ IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS I MISS THE MOST ♪
♪ AT HOME WITH MY SON SHARING THE MIC POST I
♪ WHEN WE SUDDENLY OVERCOME ♪
J” WITH THE SMELL OF MY WIFE'S ROAST I
♪ THEN WE BOTH KNOW TO FINISH THE SONG J”
J” I'M SPl-l-l-ING, HE'S HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES J”
♪ IF Y'ALL WERE SITTING THERE HEARING IT J”
♪ YOU WOULD BE SWEARING IT COULDN'T BE WHITE FOLKS I
♪ AND I MIGHT BOAST ♪
J” 'CAUSE ALL THAT I HAVE TO GRASP J“
♪ ARE WEAPONS AND RIFLES ♪
♪ I'MA GO WHERE THE FIGHT GOES I
♪ AS LONG AS I REP WITH MY BROTHER DISCIPLES J”
J” BUT A LIGHT GOES, GIVE ME RESTART ♪
♪ I CAN'T SEE THE EYES OF MY SON ♪
♪ AND I WELCOME THE DAY TO LAY DOWN MY GUN ♪
IAND INTO MY ARMS HE WILL RUN ♪
- ♪ I OPEN UP MY EYES, I MISS YOU ♪
♪ EVERY TIME I FALL ASLEEP, I MISS YOU J“
♪ I WANT TO SCREAM AND SHOUT ♪
- HOW CAN YOU DO THIS? IS THIS LEGAL'?
YOU LISTEN TO ME.
MY HUSBAND IS IN AFGHANISTAN.
HE'S SERVING THIS COUNTRY.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
IF YOU'RE SO SORRY,
THEN WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO US?
I HAVE TO GO NOW.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, MOM?
_ [sighing]
IT SEEMS THAT WE CAN'T COVER OUR MORTGAGE
ON YOUR FATHER'S MILITARY SALARY.
- WHAT?
- THE HOUSE IS GOING INTO FORECLOSURE.
- NO. NO, WAIT.
I'LL GET A JOB. - NO.
IF ANYBODY GETS A JOB, IT'S GONNA BE ME.
AND I JUST-- I TRIED FOR FOUR MONTHS,
BUT lT--YOU KNOW?
THIS WAS APPARENTLY A BAD MORTGAGE
THAT THE BANK TRICKED US INTO SIGNING WITH LOWER RATES,
AND NOW THEY WANT TO RAISE THOSE RATES
TO THREE TIMES AS MUCH AND--
WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND THEY DON'T CARE THAT YOUR FATHER'S ON ACTIVE DUTY.
- WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?
I MEAN, WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE THE HOUSE
THAT DAD EXPECTS TO COME BACK TO.
IT'LL KILL HIM.
- OKAY, WELL, BABY, WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS?
SHOULD WE TELL HIM
THAT WE LOST THE HOUSE WHILE HE'S IN AFGHANISTAN,
WHERE HE CAN DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT BUT WORRY?
- WHERE ARE WE GONNA LIVE?
- [sighs] WELL...
UNTIL I GET A JOB, WE'LL HAVE TO STAY WITH MY DAD.
- WHAT? NO, MOM, HE HATES ME.
- HE DOESN'T HATE YOU.
HE JUST-- HE DOESN'T LIKE THE MUSIC
YOU AND YOUR DAD LISTEN TO.
SO JUST WEAR YOUR HEADPHONES WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
IT'LL BE FINE.
I PROMISE YOU, IT'S JUST GONNA BE
FOR A SHORT LITTLE WHILE, OKAY?
' [sighs]
[ignition turns over]
[slow beeping]
[dog barks distantly]
- HI, DAD.
- MM.
I TOLD YOU NOT TO MARRY HIM, DIDN'T I'?
ALWAYS THINKING HE'S BETTER THAN US.
BUT HAVE I EVER LOST THE ROOF OVER MY HEAD, HMM?
- NO, YOU HAVEN'T.
- MM.
THAT'S NOT ALL COMING INSIDE.
I'LL TELL YOU THAT.
- NO, WE'LL STORE MOST OF THIS STUFF AT A FRIEND'S.
IT'S JUST FOR TONIGHT.
COME ON, BABY.
- HEY, LISA.
- HEY.
- YOU CAN STORE SOME OF THAT STUFF IN HERE IF YOU WANT.
I GOT ROOM FOR YOU.
- NO, THAT'S OKAY.
- NO, MOM. LET ME CARRY THIS ONE.
- HE AIN'T WEARING THOSE KIND OF CLOTHES AROUND HERE, LISA.
THIS AIN'T NO JUNGLE BUNNY GHETTO.
YOU HEAR ME?
- I HEAR YOU.
[sighs]
[rooster crows]
- MORNING, MOM.
- [sighs] MORNING, BABY.
DO ME A FAVOR AND WEAR THAT TODAY.
' WHY?
[glass clinking]
- HENRY, BABY, PLEASE.
I JUST WANT TO KEEP THE PEACE WHILE WE'RE HERE, OKAY?
- MOM, I CAN'T WEAR THIS TO SCHOOL.
I'M GONNA GET A BEATING.
- WOW. YOU'VE GROWN.
'MOM!
- HENRY, IT'S NOT THAT BAD.
LET ME SEE YOUR HEM.
IT'S NOT THAT BAD.
ANYWAY, YOU'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GET A BEATING
FROM YOUR GRANDPA FROM WEARING THOSE BAGGY PANTS.
- I GOT TO GO.
- WHAT ABOUT BREAKFAST?
- NO, THANK YOU. I'M LATE.
- UGH.
HENRY.
HENRY!
HENRY, YOU HAVE TO EAT SOMETHING.
[sighs]
- HEY, I'LL EAT IT.
[chuckles]
SO...
YOU'RE SOBER NOW, HUH?
- YEAH.
A YEAR AND TEN MONTHS.
- WELL, TOO BAD.
'CAUSE I GOT ME SOME OF THE FINEST LOCAL RIGHT HERE.
- OH, CLAYTON, PUT THAT AWAY, PLEASE.
- YOU SURE?
JUST ONE LITTLE HIT?
- NO. I HAVE TO GO TO MY MEETING.
[sighs]
- SUIT YOURSELF
- HONEY, YOUR BACKPACK. - THANKS, MOM.
[indistinct chatter]
- I'LL BE DAMNED.
EMINEM TURNED INTO PEEWEE HERMAN.
- LOOK AT HIS PANTS.
[laughter]
- TELL YOUR MOM TO STOP BUYING CRACK AND BUY YOU SOME CLOTHES.
- AND WHY DON'T YOU TELL YOUR MOM
TO STOP STUFFING HER FACE
SO SHE CAN FIT THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR AGAIN?
- OOH-HOD.
- WHAT'D YOU SAY? - YOU HEARD ME.
' HEY!
CLASS.
- AFTER SCHOOL.
' [sighs]
- [breathes deeply]
[sighs]
MY HUSBAND IS STILL IN AFGHANISTAN.
AND WE LOST OUR HOUSE.
SO...
WE HAVE TO STAY WITH MY DAD.
AND THIS MORNING,
HIS NEIGHBOR OFFERED ME A HIT.
I TOLD HIM TO PUT IT AWAY,
AND I LEFT.
BUT I REALLY WANTED A HIT SO BAD.
I IMAGINE THAT MOMENT WHEN
ALL YOUR PROBLEMS DISAPPEAR.
I JUST MISS MY HUSBAND SO MUCH.
AND I WORRY ABOUT HIM SO MUCH.
THE IDEA OF NOT WORRYING,
NOT MISSING
AND FEELING
JUST...
A FEW MOMENTS OF PEACE
IS JUST SO TEMPTING.
YOU KNOW, BUTI PRAYED.
AND I DIDN'T GIVE IN TO THAT TEMPTATION.
SO FOR TODAY,
I'M OKAY.
[applause]
[school bell ringing]
- YOU LITTLE WIMP.
- WE'RE GONNA GET YOU.
- NO HIDING.
[rapid footsteps]
[footsteps thundering]
- LET'S GO.
WE'LL GET HIM NEXT TIME.
' [sighs]
AREN'T THESE GUYS GETTING TIRED OF THIS ALREADY'?
- [sighs] I WISH THEY WOULD.
- MM.
COME ON. SIT DOWN.
"ALABAMA TEEN STARQUEST."
THINK ABOUT TAKING PART IN THIS?
- I DON'T KNOW.
- THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT
OF BIG-TIME RECORD EXECUTIVES THERE.
YOU SHOULD TRY IT OUT.
- WELL...
I'M MORE INTERESTED IN THE $5,000 PRIZE MONEY
IT SAYS YOU CAN WIN.
- HMM.
WELL, YOU'RE CERTAINLY GOOD ENOUGH.
- YOU THINK SO?
- YEAH.
WHY DON'T WE GO DOWNSTAIRS AND MAKE A COPY OF THIS FLYER?
- ALL RIGHT.
[indistinct chatter]
[cell phone ringing]
- HELLO?
- HI, BABY.
- HI, DARLIN'.
OH, MY GOD!
I MISS YOU SO MUCH. IT'S SO GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
- IT'S GOOD TO HEAR YOURS TOO.
HOW ARE YOU?
- I'M GOOD. I'M GREAT.
- HOW'S HENRY?
- OH, HE'S GREAT.
HE'S COUNTING THE DAYS TILL YOU COME HOME.
- TELL ME ABOUT IT.
I CAN'T WAIT TO COME HOME.
IS HE BACK FROM SCHOOL YET?
- UH, NO, NOT YET.
HE'S BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH PASTOR JOHNSON,
WHICH MAKES ME ACTUALLY KIND OF GLAD,
'CAUSE I'D RATHER HIM BE THERE THAN--
- WHAT DO YOU MEAN? - [stammers]
YOU KNOW, NOTHING. NOTHING.
IT'S JUST HE'S BEEN SPENDING
QUITE A BIT OF TIME IN HIS ROOM, YOU KNOW?
BEHIND THE COMPUTER.
IT CAN'T BE HEALTHY.
- DON'T WORRY, BABE.
THE KID JUST LOVES HIS MUSIC.
MUSIC AIN'T NEVER BEEN BAD FOR ANYBODY.
- OH! SPEAK OF THE DEVIL!
[giggles] - ls HE THERE?
- YEAH, YEAH, HERE HE COMES A-RUNNING.
COME ON, IT'S YOUR DAD.
OKAY, HOLD ON. HERE HE IS.
- DAD? DAD?
- HEY, BUDDY.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
- GUESS WHAT. - WHAT?
- OKAY, SO PASTOR JOHNSON FOUND
A SINGING COMPETITION FOR TEENS IN BIRMINGHAM.
I COULD WIN $5,000.
- REALLY?
WELL, YOU GONNA DO IT?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I'M REALLY NERVOUS.
I WISH YOU COULD BE THERE WITH ME, YOU KNOW.
HELP ME CHOOSE SOME SONGS, FREESTYLE SOME.
- WELL, WHEN IS IT?
- UH, IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
- WELL, I COULD BE BACK BY THEN. - REALLY?
- YEAH, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SHORTENING OUR DEPLOYMENT.
WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER.
- OKAY.
BUT IF YOU'RE NOT HERE BY THEN,
I MIGHT HAVE TO DO IT ON MY OWN.
'CAUSE I REALLY WANT TO WIN THE MONEY.
- I WILL BE THERE.
WE'LL WIN IT TOGETHER.
- COOL.
[alarm blares loudly, phone crackles]
- HEY, WHAT'S THAT?
- IT'S JUST A GATE CALL,
BUT I'M SERGEANT OF THE WATCH, SO I GOT TO GO.
TELL MOM I LOVE HER, OKAY? - OKAY, I WILL.
- BYE.
- HI, BABY.
- NO, MOM.
HE HAD TO GO.
- WELL...
I BARELY GOT TO TALK TO HIM.
[thunder crashes]
[thunder continues rumbling]
[rain pattering]
[bird squawks]
[rain pattering]
[thunder rumbles]
[alarm ringing]
HENRY, YOU AWAKE?
I'M GONNA LEAVE NOW.
DON'T BE LATE FOR SCHOOL.
- HEY, I MET YOU AT THE MEETING.
HOW ARE YOU?
- HEY, ISN'T THAT LISA?
- LOOKS LIKE SHE AIN'T COMING.
- HEY, LISA!
- I NEED TO GET HIGH.
- I GOT YOU.
' [sighs]
- NO WORRIES.
- OKAY, NOT TOO MUCH.
I HAVE TO BE NORMAL BY THE TIME HENRY GETS BACK FROM SCHOOL.
[angry music blares loudly]
XI
[muffled hip-hop music continues]
- HE BEEN HERE ALL DAY, HUH'?
I'M NOT HAVING HIS LAZY ASS HANGING ROUND MY HOUSE ALL DAY
PLAYING THAT NIGGER MUSIC.
NOW, YOU GET HIM UP, OR I'LL DO IT, YOU HEAR?
[sighs]
ALL RIGHT, THEN.
[muffled hip-hop music thumping]
XI
[hip-hop music blares loudly]
HEY!
XI
smash!
I TOLD YOU,
I DON'T WANT THIS MUSIC IN MY HOUSE!
DIDN'T I? DIDN'T I?
' [Shrieking] MOM!
[muffled shrieks and smacking continue]
STOP! GET OFF OF ME!
- IF I EVER HEAR THIS SHIT AGAIN,
I WILL SHOOT YOU.
YOU HEAR ME?
NOW GET UP AND GO TO SCHOOL!
- [whimpering and sobbing quietly]
MOM?
MOM.
THANKS, SIR.
- GOOD NIGHT, NOW.
- BYE.
[horn honks]
[people talking indistinctly]
WOW.
[sighs]
- CAN I HAVE Y'ALL'S ATTENTION, PLEASE?
THE COMPETITION WILL BEGIN IN HERE SHORTLY.
Y'ALL THEN WILL BE CALLED INTO THE THEATER, UH...
ONE BY ONE.
[distant train whistle blowing]
[ignition turns over]
' [sighs]
DAMN, GIRL.
YOU DONE CLEANED US OUT.
[chuckles]
I'M GONNA GO HAVE TO GET US SOME MORE
SO AS I CAN JOIN THE PARTY.
- LISA?
HENRY?
[pounds on door]
TRAVIS!
IT'S WILL MATTHEWS.
LISA.
DAMN, LISA.
YOU PROMISED ME.
WHERE'S HENRY?
HENRY?
HENRY!
WHERE'S HENRY? HMM?
HE WASN'T IN SCHOOL TODAY.
WHERE IS MY SON?
[panting]
WHAT'D THEY DO TO YOU?
- SAMMY JO SNYDER, THEATER TWO.
- WE NEED TO PRAY NOT TO GET CALLED INTO THEATER TWO.
- YEAH.
- THOSE JUDGES ARE MOSTLY BLUES AND URBAN-TYPE MUSIC.
- THEATER TWO.
THEATER TWO, PLEASE.
[engine humming and hissing loudly]
[train whistle blows]
' [groans]
HENRY?
- YOUR DAD WILL BE HOME SOON.
HEY, YOU WANT TO COME OVER TO MY PLACE AND DO SOME MORE?
- NO.
- WHAT?
- NO, NOT RIGHT NOW, CLAYTON. I GOT TO FIND HENRY.
DAD?
DAD.
- NOW WHAT'?
- DO YOU KNOW WHERE HENRY IS'?
- NO, AND I DON'T CARE TO KNOW.
- WELL, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU SEEN HIM?
- WHEN I BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM
FOR PLAYING HIS GHETTO MUSIC IN MY HOUSE.
[laughter]
- WHEN WAS THAT?
- UM...
YESTERDAY, I THINK.
- HENRY?
HAVE YOU SEEN MY SON, HENRY?
[people talking indistinctly]
- JOSH FRENCH, THEATER THREE.
- HENRY?
" DAD?
DAD!
YOU'RE HERE.
- COME HERE.
- I MISSED YOU SO MUCH.
- YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE.
HOW ARE YOU HERE?
- I TOLD YOU I'D BE HERE.
WHAT DID I MISS?
- NOTHING.
UH...
JUST ONE PERSON AHEAD OF ME, THEN IT'S MY TURN.
- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA SING?
- WELL, I WAS THINKING ABOUT EITHEFIMY GIRL
ORAIN'T NO SUNSHINE.
- WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE JUDGES?
- WELL, UM, I KNOW THEATER TWO IS INTO BLUES,
SO I'M TRYING TO GET CALLED INTO THERE.
- WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS?
- UM...
I HAVE NO IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING.
- YOU GOT TO KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE, SON.
ALL RIGHT, WAIT HERE.
I'M GONNA GO CHECK IT OUT.
- AVERY O'BRIEN, THEATER TWO, PLEASE.
HENRY MATTHEWS, THEATER THREE.
ARE YOU BY YOURSELF?
- NO, SIR. MY DAD'S ALREADY IN THERE.
- [indistinct shouting]
YOU PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTE IDIOTS.
LET'S GO.
- NEXT.
- HEY, WAIT. WAIT.
- WHAT?
- THESE JUDGES MAKE WHITE BREAD LOOK DARK.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET BY WITHMY GIRL ORSUNSHINE.
- WHAT SHOULD I DO THEN'?
- BATl'LE HYMN?
- ALL RIGHT.
MY NAME'S HENRY MATTHEWS,
AND I'M SINGING BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.
♪ MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD J”
♪ HE IS TRAMPLING OUT THE VINTAGE ♪
J” WHERE THE GRAPES OF WRATH ARE STORED J“
J” HE HATH LOOSED THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING ♪
♪ OF HIS TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD J“
♪ HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON ♪
♪ GLORY, GLORY ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ OH, GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ OH, GLORY GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
J” HALLE LU - LU- LU - LU-JAH ♪
♪ HIS TRUTH ♪
♪ IS MARCHING ON ♪
[applause]
- YOUNG MAN,
YOU HAVE DEFINITELY MADE IT THROUGH THIS ROUND.
" YES!
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
- YOU'RE WELCOME. - THANK YOU.
[giggles]
- [gasping and sniffling]
[panting]
PASTOR JOHNSON.
I'M HENRY'S MOM.
- COME ON IN.
COME ON.
- CAN I HAVE Y'ALL'S ATTENTION, PLEASE?
THE COMPETITION WILL NOW BEGIN.
FIND A SEAT AND WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ONSTAGE.
THANK YOU.
- WOW.
LET'S FIND A QUIET PLACE IN THE BACK.
[applause]
- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IAM MR. SHELTON,
THE DIRECTOR OF THE ALYS STEPHENS CENTER
AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ARTS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
I WELCOME YOU TO OUR ANNUAL SINGING CONTEST FOR TEENS,
THE ALABAMA TEEN STARQU EST.
[cheers and applause]
UM, PLEASE WELCOME WITH ME, IF YOU WOULD,
THIS YEAR'S HOST FOR THE STARQUEST.
UM, HE IS ONE OF THE FIVE ORIGINAL MTV VJs
AND OF COURSE, PRIDE OF BIRMINGHAM,
MR. ALAN HUNTER.
[cheers and applause]
- MR. SHELTON. GOOD JOB, MR. SHELTON.
I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
AND I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
A TRUE PATRON OF THE CULTURAL SCENE.
THAT WOULD BE DR. JACK SCHAEFFER.
STAND UP AND TAKE A BOW.
[polite applause]
THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE EVENT TODAY.
FIRST UP, LET'S GET TO KNOW OUR JUDGES.
FROM HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, A PROFESSIONAL VOCAL COACH
AND FORMER WINNER OF THE BIRMINGHAM SENIOR TALENT SHOW,
MRS. DARLENE MAYER.
HELLO, DARLENE.
ALL RIGHT.
ALABAMA'S MOST BELOVED RADIO HOST,
BUBBA STANCER OF RADIO 101 'S BUBBA STANCER SHOW.
- THANK YOU.
[cheers and applause]
- ALL RIGHT, A COUPLE RULES HERE.
ALL CONTESTANTS MUST SING LIVE.
THEY CAN BE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR OWN TRACKS,
LIVE MUSICIANS, OR BACKUP SINGERS.
JUDGES WILL SCORE POINTS FROM ONE TO TEN
AFTER EACH PERFORMANCE.
THE EIGHT CONTESTANTS WITH THE HIGHEST SCORE
WILL BE INVITED TO PART TWO, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE TOMORROW.
LASTLY, IF YOU STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF A SONG
OR YOU FORGET THE LYRICS,
THE JUDGES WILL DEDUCT ONE POINT FROM THE SCORE.
SO FIRST UP ON THE STAGE,
A YOUNG MAN BY THE NAME OF TODD SIMPSON.
TODD SIMPSON.
[cheers and applause]
[slow guitar chords strumming]
XI
- ♪ OH, I DIED WHEN I MET YOU ♪
J” I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FORGET YOU I
♪ I KNOW YOU'RE MEANT ♪
♪ TO FEEL ALL ALONE J“
♪ BABY, IT'S HELL ♪
♪ WHEN YOU WERE LEAVIN' ♪
J” BROKE MY HEART, SO DECEIVIN' J”
♪ BROKE MY HEART ♪
♪ WHEN YOU WALKED OUT MY DOOR ♪
[melancholy music]
♪ DARLIN' ♪
- I GUESS WE SHOULD DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA PLAY NEXT.
- ALL RIGHT.
UM...
NOT USHER. IT'S TOO HIP.
LUTHER?
- NO, BUD.
YOU GOT TO THINK DIFFERENTLY HERE.
BUBBA IS A HUGE '80s FAN.
HE PLAYS IT ON HIS SHOW ALL THE TIME.
- '80s.
[melancholy music continues]
XI
- ♪ NOW I'M CRYING ♪
J” OH, TO THAT ALABAMA LINE, YEAH ♪
IOH ♪
[cheers and applause]
- WOW.
LET'S SEE SOME SCORES.
NINE FROM BUBBA. SEVEN FROM DARLENE.
- REMEMBER?
- THAT ONE'S AWESOME.
- THAT' LL SHOW OFF YOUR VOICE.
[scattered applause]
- J” I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER THOUGHT THAT I
- WE'RE GONNA DO IT TOGETHER, RIGHT?
- OF COURSE. WE'RE GONNA KILL IT.
- DEFINITELY.
I THOUGHT HE WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
- YEAH, AND HE CLEARLY KNOWS IT.
- ♪ WE WERE FRIENDS RIGHT FROM THE START J”
♪ HE MADE ME HAPPY ♪
♪ HE MADE ME LAUGH ♪
♪ SO I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY J”
- DO YOU KNOW WHEN THIS HAPPENED?
' [sighs]
I THINK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
[sniffles] HE HASN'T BEEN HOME SINCE.
- OKAY.
WELL, I HAVE A FEW FRIENDS AT THE POLICE STATION,
SO I'LL GO DOWN THERE AND REPORT HENRY MISSING.
IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK YOU SHOULD MAKE
A MISSING PERSONS FLYER HERE AT THE CHURCH.
DO YOU HAVE A RECENT PICTURE OF HENRY WITH YOU?
- YEAH.
- OKAY. IT'S OKAY.
OKAY.
MRS. MATTHEWS, DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO STAY?
I DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE FOR YOU
TO BE GOING BACK TO YOUR FATHER'S HOUSE TONIGHT.
- [stammers]
I'LL FIND SOMEPLACE.
- PLEASE, WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM HERE AT THE CHURCH.
WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO STAY WITH US.
MRS. DECLAIRE?
- YES, PASTOR?
- THIS IS LISA MATTHEWS, HENRY'S MOTHER.
SHE'S GONNA BE STAYING
IN OUR GUEST QUARTERS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
WOULD YOU TAKE CARE OF HER FOR ME, PLEASE?
- OF COURSE.
COME WITH ME, BABY. - THANK YOU.
' [sighs]
- S' COME ON I
- ♪ TO GIGGLE TOWN ♪ - J” COME ON ♪
Both: ♪ GIGGLE ♪
♪ TOWN ♪
[smattering of applause]
- HUH. ALL RIGHT.
A RAINBOW OF TALENT HERE IN THE CONTEST.
DARLENE, THIS HAS GOT TO BE UP YOUR ALLEY.
- WELL, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS BAD.
- WHAT?
- BUBBA, WHAT DID YOU THINK, MY FRIEND?
- I WOULD RATHER CRAP HOT MANURE
AND SERVE IT TO MYSELF FOR LUNCH
THAN TO EVER HEAR YOU TWO WINDBAGS PERFORM AGAIN.
- [chuckles] THAT'S JUST MEAN, MY FRIEND.
SO WHAT'S YOUR SCORE? - ONE, AL.
ONLY 'CAUSE THERE'S NO ZERO ON THIS ON THIS PANEL, PAL.
- NO SURPRISE THERE. DARLENE?
WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR US? AN EIGHT.
A TOTAL OF NINE. CONGRATULATIONS, KIDS.
THEY SEEM HAPPY.
NEXT UP ON THE SHOW, IT'S HENRY MATTHEWS.
HENRY MATTHEWS, COME ON UP.
[applause]
- DO YOU WANT ME TO CONNECT THAT FOR YOU?
- NO, THANK YOU, SIR. MY DAD'LL DO IT.
I'M SINGINGFOREVER YOUNG BY ALPHAVILLE.
MY FATHER'S SUPPORTING ME.
[lively music blast] - WHOO!
- ♪ LET'S DANCE IN STYLE ♪
♪ LET'S DANCE FOR A WHILE ♪
♪ HEAVEN CAN WAIT, WE'RE ONLY WATCHING THE SKIES I
♪ HOPING FOR THE BEST BUT EXPECTING THE WORST ♪
J” ARE YOU GONNA DROP THE BOMB OR NOT? ♪
♪ LET US DIE YOUNG OR LET US LIVE FOREVER ♪
♪ WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER ♪
♪ BUT WE NEVER SAY NEVER ♪
♪ SITTING IN A SANDPIT ♪
♪ LIFE IS A SHORT TRIP ♪
♪ THE MUSIC'S FOR THE SAD MAN ♪
- IYEAH ♪
- ♪ CAN YOU IMAGINE WHEN THIS RACE IS WON ♪
♪ TURN OUR FACES INTO THE SUN ♪
♪ PRAISING OUR LEADERS WE ARE GETTING IN TUNE ♪
♪ THE MUSIC'S BEING PLAYED BY THE MADMAN ♪
♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪
♪ I WANT TO BE FOREVER YOUNG ♪
♪ DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LIVE FOREVER J”
♪ AND EVER? ♪
- ♪ UGH, COME ON ♪
- ♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪
♪ I WANT TO BE FOREVER YOUNG ♪
- ♪ FOREVER, Y'ALL ♪
- ♪ DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LIVE FOREVER J“
♪ AND EVER? ♪
- ♪ A WISE MAN ONCE TOLD ME ♪
♪ THAT THE KEY TO SOUL ♪
♪ IS THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND LIKE A TH REE-YEAR-OLD J”
♪ YOU'RE GIVING 100, GIVE 110 J“
♪ AND ALWAYS LOOK OUT IN FRONT OF YOU J”
♪ NOT TO SEE WHERE YOU BEEN ♪
J” AND WHEN YOU LEAVE, THEN REMEMBER J”
♪ THAT YOU' LL ALWAYS BE CAUGHT ♪
J” YOU GOT TO TRUST IN YOUR GUTS AND THE POWER OF THOUGHTS ♪
♪ IT'S THE VERY BEGINNINGS ♪
♪ WHERE MY FEELINGS ARE TRUE ♪
♪ THAT'S THE MAGIC PASSAGE TO THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH ♪
♪ COME ON ♪
- ♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪
♪ I WANT TO BE FOREVER YOUNG ♪
♪ DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LIVE FOREVER J”
♪ AND EVER? ♪
♪ FOREVER YOUNG ♪ - ♪ FOREVER, Y'ALL I
- .P I VVANTTO BEI - J” IT'S FOREVER, Y'ALL J”
- J” FOREVER YOUNG ♪ - J“ FOREVER, Y'ALL ♪
- ♪ DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LIVE FOREVER J“
♪ AND EVER? ♪
- ♪ IT'S FOREVER, Y'ALL ♪
- J”I_A ♪
- THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
HENRY DID IT AGAIN.
[cheers and applause]
- I LIKED IT.
GOOD JOB, MY FRIEND.
NICE JOB. LET'S SEE WHAT THE JUDGES SAY.
BUBBA? - WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN, KID?
- HENRY.
[chuckles]
I THINK GOD SENT YOU HERE TODAY, HENRY, TO RESTORE MY BELIEF
IN TEENYBOPPER SINGING COMPETITIONS.
- [chuckles]
- I WAS CONSIDERING FAKING A HEART ATTACK,
BAD FLATULENCE, ANYTHING TO GET OUT OF HERE.
BUT, BOY, I SURE AM GLAD I DISCOVERED YOU TODAY, KID.
- DARLENE, WHAT'D YOU THINK?
- WELL, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT SONG...
- OF COURSE NOT.
- BUT I THOUGHT YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL VOICE.
- LOOKS LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE RESTORED PEACE
IN THE GAZA STRIP THERE.
LET'S SEE SOME SCORES.
- TEN.
- BUBBA'S GOT A TEN.
AND DARLENE IS A NINE.
GREAT.
YOU DID GOOD.
CONGRATULATIONS. - THANKS.
[cheers and applause]
- THE RESULTS IN NOW FOR THE FINAL EIGHT CONTESTANTS
IN THE BIG ALABAMA TEEN STARQUEST CONTEST,
SO WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE HOP ON UP HERE.
AND IN ADVANCE,
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU SO FAR.
FIRST UP, KAYLA DALY. KAYLA, WHERE ARE YOU?
- HEY, I'M GONNA SNEAK OUT FOR A SECOND, OKAY?
- WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IF I GOT THROUGH?
- I KNOW YOU GOT THROUGH.
I DID THE MATH.
LOOK, I CAME LOOKING FOR YOU SO QUICKLY,
I DIDN'T BRING MY WALLET OR ANYTHING.
SO UNLESS YOU WANT TO SLEEP ON THE STREET TONIGHT,
I GOT TO SCOPE OUT THIS PLACE FOR SOMEWHERE TO SLEEP.
- OKAY.
- I'LL COME AND GET YOU.
- OKEYDOKE.
NUMBER SIX HERE ON THE LIST TODAY IS KIMRANCE YOUNG.
KIMRANCE YOUNG. YEAH, THERE SHE IS.
SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
SO OUR SEVENTH CONTESTANT HERE IS TODD SIMPSON.
TODD SIMPSON.
DON'T BRING THE BAND. WE'LL GET THEM LATER.
- TODD, YOU ROCK!
- TODD SIMPSON, LADIES AND GENTLEM EN.
ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO.
THE FINAL CONTESTANT IN OUR BIG CONTEST HERE,
NUMBER EIGHT,
PLEASE COME TO THE STAGE...
HENRY MATTHEWS.
[cheers and applause]
- HEY.
I REALLY LIKED YOUR GIG, MAN.
- FREAK.
- PSST!
PSST! PSST!
- DAD, COME ON. WAKE UP.
IT'S STARTING.
- WE BETTER FIND A BATHROOM,
GET YOU CLEANED UP.
- NICE.
WELCOME TO PART TWO OF THE ALABAMA TEEN STARQUEST.
FIRST OFF, I WANT TO SAY ANOTHER WELCOME
TO OUR SPECIAL JUDGES HERE.
THE EVER-POPULAR, ALWAYS AMUSING MR. BUBBA STANCER...
[cheers and applause]
THE DELIGHTFUL AND LOVELY MS. DARLENE MAYER...
[cheers and applause]
AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN STARQUEST HISTORY,
WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST JUDGE.
HE IS A REAL SUPERSTAR,
HAVING HAD 2O SINGLES
ON THEBILLBOARD COUNTRY MUSIC CHARTS.
HE'S GOT MULTIPLE PLATINUM AND GOLD RECORDS TO HIS CREDIT.
AND WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE HIM HERE,
BECAUSE HE IS A REAL POWERHOUSE IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC BIZ.
PLEASE, PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR JIMMY KNOX!
[cheers and applause]
HOW YOU DOING? HEY, JIMMY.
[cheers and applause]
ALL RIGHT, AS SOON AS HE GETS SETFLED,
LET'S GET THIS THING STARTED TODAY.
AGAIN, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH US.
IT'S VERY EXCITING.
WE GOT A LOT OF TALENTED PEOPLE HERE WITH US,
LIKE THIS NEXT YOUNG LADY.
HER NAME IS KIMRANCE YOUNG.
SO PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR KIMRANCE YOUNG.
[cheers and applause]
[upbeat synthesized music]
- J”OC)H.P
♪ OH-OH-OH-OH ♪
♪ SWING LOW ♪
♪ SWEET CHARIOT ♪
♪ COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME ♪
♪ WELL, I LOOKED OVER JORDAN J“
♪ AND WHAT DID I SEE? ♪
♪ COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME ♪
- GOOD JOB, THERE, KIMRANCE.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE JUDGES HAVE FOR YOU.
JUDGES, SCORES, PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT.
- I COMM' FOR TO GARRY ME HOME X
♪ AND IF YOU GET THERE BEFORE I DO ♪
♪ COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME ♪
♪ YOU CAN TELL MY FRIENDS THAT I'M COMIN' TOO ♪
♪ COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME ♪
♪ HOME ♪
♪ SWING LOW ♪
♪ SWEET CHARIOT ♪
♪ COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME ♪
♪ SWING LOW ♪
♪ SWEET CHARIOT ♪
♪ COMIN' FOR TO CARRY ME HOME ♪
[laughter]
- ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP ON THE STAGE,
PLEASE WELCOME HENRY MATTHEWS.
HENRY MATTHEWS, EVERYBODY.
[cheers and applause]
- I'M SINGING AN ORIGINAL SONG.
IT'S CALLEDI MISS YOU.
[passionate guitar chords strumming]
XI
- J”OC)H.P
♪ OOH-OOH-OOH ♪
♪ WALKING DOWN THIS COLD, DARK, LONELY ROAD I
♪ I FEEL SO MUCH PAIN, SADNESS, AND HURT ♪
♪ DOWN IN MY SOUL ♪
[bluesy rock music]
♪ WONDERING WILL I EVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN? ♪
XI
♪ AND WILL THE WEIGHT IN MY HEART ♪
♪ EVER BE LIFTED? ♪
♪ WHOA-OH-WHOA ♪
♪ I OPEN UP MY EYES, I MISS YOU J”
♪ EVERY TIME I FALL ASLEEP, I MISS YOU J“
♪ I WANT TO SCREAM AND SHOUT HOW I MISS YOU ♪
J” EVERY DAY IS ALL ABOUT HOW I MISS YOU J”
♪ EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES, I MISS YOU ♪
♪ EVERY DAY, WALKING THE STREETS TO BE NEAR YOU I
♪ WHEN I DROP MY BEATS, I FEEL YOU ♪
♪ HOW CAN I HELP IT? ♪
♪ YOU KNOW I MISS YOU ♪
- ♪ IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS I MISS THE MOST ♪
♪ AT HOME WITH MY SON SHARING THE MIC POST I
♪ WHEN WE SUDDENLY OVERCOME ♪
J” WITH THE SMELL OF MY WIFE'S ROAST I
♪ THEN WE BOTH KNOW TO FINISH THE SONG J”
J” I'M SPl-l-l-ING, HE'S HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES J”
♪ IF Y'ALL WERE SITTING THERE HEARING IT J”
♪ YOU WOULD BE SWEARING IT COULDN'T BE WHITE FOLKS I
♪ AND I MIGHT BOAST ♪
J” 'CAUSE ALL THAT I HAVE TO GRASP J“
♪ ARE WEAPONS AND RIFLES ♪
♪ I'M A GO WHERE THE FIGHT GOES I
♪ AS LONG AS I REP WITH MY BROTHER DISCIPLES J”
J” BUT A LIGHT GOES, GIVE ME RESTART ♪
♪ I CAN'T SEE THE EYES OF MY SON ♪
♪ AND I WELCOME THE DAY TO LAY DOWN MY GUN ♪
♪ AND INTO MY ARMS HE WILL RUN ♪ - ♪ YEAH-YEAH-YEAH-YEAH J“
♪ I OPEN UP MY EYES, I MISS YOU J”
♪ EVERY TIME I FALL ASLEEP, I MISS YOU J“
♪ I WANT TO SCREAM AND SHOUT HOW I MISS YOU ♪
J” EVERY DAY IS ALL ABOUT HOW I MISS YOU J”
♪ EVERY TIME I CLOSE MY EYES, I MISS YOU ♪
♪ EVERY DAY I'M WALKING THE STREETS ♪
♪ TO BE NEAR YOU ♪
♪ WHEN I DROP MY BEATS, I FEEL YOU ♪
♪ HOW CAN I, HOW CAN I LET YOU KNOW ♪
♪ HOW MUCH I MISS YOU ♪
♪ WHOA-OH ♪
[music fades]
[cheers and applause]
- JUDGES, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- EXCELLENT, KID.
JUST PURE TALENT.
[cheers and applause]
- ALL RIGHT. JIMMY.
- WELL, OBVIOUSLY, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON YOUR STYLE,
BUT I DO KNOW A GOOD VOICE WHEN I HEAR ONE.
YOU GOT CHOPS, KID.
[cheers and applause]
- CHOPS.
LET'S HEAR FROM MISS DARLENE.
- WELL, YES, YOU'VE GOT A GOOD VOICE,
BUT THIS IS A SINGING COMPETITION.
YOU'VE ONLY GOT A MINUTE AND A HALF FOR YOUR SONG.
YOU SHOULD USE THIS TIME TO SING
INSTEAD OF THAT OTHER NONSENSE.
[crowd oohs]
- THINK WE COULD SWITCH SEATS?
- OH, NO WAY, BUDDY. NOT EVEN FOR YOU, PAL.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE WHAT THE JUDGES' SCORES ARE.
BUBBA, WHAT YOU GOT?
- TEN, AL.
- TEN FROM BUBBA.
JIMMY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
JIMMY GIVES YOU A NINE.
JUST LIKE THAT, 19 POINTS.
DAR LEN E?
OH, WELL. [chuckles]
[crowd booing]
NO SURPRISE THERE. YOU DID GOOD, THOUGH, KID.
AND YOU WILL BE BACK, I'M SURE.
NEXT UP-- [cheers and applause]
GIVE HIM A HAND. GIVE HIM A HAND.
NEXT UP ON THE STAGE, TODD SIMPSON.
PLEASE WELCOME TODD SIMPSON.
[cheers and applause]
- ♪ WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY ♪
♪ MY DADDY SAID TO ME ♪
♪ LIVE YOUR LIFE, SON ♪
♪ BE ALL YOU CAN BE ♪
♪ BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THIS ♪
♪ THAT MY DADDY'S WORDS ♪
♪ WOULD BE THE LAST ♪
♪ I EVER HEARD ♪
♪ WELL, LIVE YOUR LIFE ♪
♪ LIVE FOR THE DAY ♪
♪ THE GOOD LORD MAY COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY I
XI
♪ I SAID LIVE FOR THE DAY ♪
♪ DON'T LIVE IN NO PAST ♪
♪ AND IF MY FATHER NEVER STARTED LIVIN' LIKE THIS I
♪ WHAA-OW! ♪
♪ LIVE LIKE THIS ♪
[wailing guitar solo]
XI
- WE CAN'T SING ANOTHER BALLAD.
- WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO, THEN?
- I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA.
[wailing guitar solo]
- IWELL ♪
♪ LIVE YOUR LIFE ♪
♪ LIVE FOR THE DAY ♪
♪ THE GOOD LORD MAY COME AND TAKE YOU AWAY I
♪ LIVE FOR THE DAY ♪
♪ DON'T LIVE IN NO PAST ♪
J” AIN'T ABOUT THOUGHTS OF DEATH J”
♪ IT'S ABOUT LIVING LIKE THIS ♪
♪ YEAH ♪
[cheers and applause]
- MAN.
HOLY COW. [cheers and applause]
GET THAT MAN SOME WATER, WOULD YOU'?
TODD SIMPSON, EVERYBODY.
JUDGES, LET ME SEE SOME SCORES.
TEN FROM BUBBA.
TEN FROM JIMMY.
AND NINE-- WE'LL TAKE IT.
29 FOR TODD SIMPSON.
GOOD JOB, MY FRIEND.
[muffled voices]
- FOX SIX NEWS WITH A SPECIAL REPORT
FROM OUR ANNUAL TEEN SINGING CONTEST,
THE ALABAMA TEEN STARQU EST,
WHERE A MAJOR CELEBRITY
HAS GENEROUSLY GRACED THE COMPETITION
WITH A SURPRISE APPEARANCE AS A GUEST JUDGE.
THE CONTESTANTS AS WELL AS THE CROWD
CHEERED ENTHUSIASTICALLY AS JIMMY KNOX SHOWED UP
AND TOOK HIS SEAT AT THE JUDGES' DESK.
MR. KNOX SEEMED GENERALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE CONTESTANTS
- I'LL BE DAMNED.
JIMMY KNOX IS IN BIRMINGHAM.
- SIMPSON AND A YOUNG NEWCOMER, 13-YEAR-OLD HENRY MATTHEWS,
WHO ARE BOTH FAVORITES TO WIN THE $5,000 PRIZE.
- YOU LITTLE PIECE OF--
[motor rumbling]
[country music playing faintly]
[engine revs]
LISA.
- WHAT?
- YOU WANT ME TO TAKE YOU TO HENRY
OR NOT?
- HENRY? WHERE IS HE?
- YOU GET IN, I'LL TAKE YOU THERE.
- NO, DAD, JUST TELL ME WHERE HE IS.
- LOOK, YOU EITHER GET IN AND I'LL TAKE YOU THERE,
OR YOU CAN TRY TO FIND HIM ON YOUR OWN, HMM'?
- LET'S GO TALK TO PASTOR JOHNSON.
- WHAT IS IT?
I'M NOT WAITING ROUND HERE MUCH LONGER.
- LISA. - I HAVE TO GO GET MY SON.
- COME ON.
- COME ON, THEN.
- PASTOR!
[panting]
LISA.
SHE WENT WITH HER FATHER.
' WHY?
- BECAUSE HE TOLD HER HE KNEW WHERE HENRY IS.
' [sighs]
WHAT'S TODAY'S DATE?
- THE 19TH. WHY?
- I THINK I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
[sighs] OH, MAN.
HOLD MY SERMON FOR ME AND TELL EVERYBODY I'LL BE BACK.
AND SEND MY APOLOGIES, PLEASE.
OKAY?
- AND NOW FOR THE LAST PERFORMANCE
IN OUR QUARTER FINALS,
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE YOUNG HENRY MATTHEWS.
HENRY MATTHEWS, EVERYBODY.
[cheers and applause]
- I'M SINGINGOUR HOUSE BY MADNESS.
- [whistles and claps]
[light sentimental music]
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♪ FATHER WEARS HIS SUNDAY BEST ♪
♪ MOTHER'S TIRED, SHE NEEDS A REST J”
♪ THE KIDS ARE PLAYING UP DOWNSTAIRS ♪
J” SISTEFFS SIGHING IN HER SLEEP ♪
♪ BROTHERS GOT A DATE TO KEEP ♪
♪ AND HE CAN'T HANG AROUND ♪
♪ OUR HOUSE I
- J”HEY!.P
- ♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREET ♪
♪ OUR HOUSE I
♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ♪
♪ OUR HOUSE I
- J”HEY!.P
- ♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREET ♪
♪ OUR HOUSE I
♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ♪
- ♪ OUR HOUSE ♪
♪ THE SPOT ON THE BLOCK WHERE I ROCK ♪
♪ YOU'LL BE HEARING US ALL THE WAY TO THE BUS STOP I
♪ WHERE WE PLAY LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW ♪
♪ AND EVERY DAY THERE'S A NEW WAY I
♪ TO ELIMINATE THE SORROW ♪
♪ THE WORLD WILL BE FILLED WITH JOY ♪
♪ IF YOU SAW WHAT IT'S LIKE AT MY HOUSE I
♪ HOLLA AT YOUR BOY! ♪
♪ IT'S THE FEELING OF CALM ♪
♪ GRACE YOUR BEATS ♪
♪ BUT THEN WE DROP THE BOMB AND WE RAISE THE BEATS J”
- ♪ OUR HOUSE ♪
All: I HEY! ♪
- ♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREET ♪
♪ OUR HOUSE I
♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ♪
♪ OUR HOUSE I
all: I HEY! ♪
- ♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREET ♪
♪ OUR HOUSE I
♪ IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR STREET ♪
[cheers and applause]
- [chuckling]
LET'S SEE THOSE JUDGES' SCORES.
TEN FROM BUBBA, TEN FROM JIMMY, EIGHT.
I THINK THEY LIKED IT, KID.
I THINK THEY LIKED IT.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY,
WE HAVE OUR THREE SEMI-FINALISTS.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE
KIMRANCE YOUNG, TODD SIMPSON, AND HENRY MATTHEWS.
COME ON OUT, GUYS. TAKE ANOTHER BOW.
CONGRATULATIONS.
HERE THEY ARE, YOUR THREE SEMI-FINALISTSI
KIMRANCE YOUNG, HENRY MATTHEWS, TODD SIMPSON.
[cheers and applause]
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A SHORT TWO-HOUR BREAK.
WE'LL BE BACK ABOUT 6200 P.M.
AT THAT POINT, THE LOCAL TELEVISION STATION
IS GONNA COVER THE COMPETITION LIVE,
SO COME ON BACK.
WE'LL SEE YOU.
[cheers and applause]
- SOMEBODY'S HUNGRY.
- [scoffs] YES.
GET OUT OF MY WAY. THAT'S MY GRANDSON OVER THERE.
- MOM? - HENRY!
- MOM. - HENRY!
- YOU'RE GONNA BE IN BIG TROUBLE FOR LETTING HIM DO THIS TRASH.
- OH, MY GOD, BABY, I WAS SO WORRIED.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING? - LET'S GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
- HEY! LET GO OF ME!
- WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
- I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S GOING ON.
MY GRANDSON'S BEEN REPORTED MISSING.
HIS MOTHER WAS SICK WITH WORRY.
AND IN THE MEANTIME,
THESE PEOPLE LET HIM TAKE PART IN THIS SHOW WITHOUT A PARENT
WHEN HE'S A MINOR!
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
DAD'S BEEN WITH ME THE ENTIRE TIME.
- YOU'RE A GODDAMN LIAR. - [sighs]
- HIS FATHER DIED THREE MONTHS AGO IN AFGHANISTAN.
- THAT'S NOT TRUE.
JUST SHUT UP.
JUST SHUT UP!
- HENRY, NO.
- SHUT UP!
- HE'S LOST HIS MIND.
- DAD, SAY SOMETHING, PLEASE.
- I DON'T THINK THEY CAN SEE ME, SON.
- WHAT?
MOM.
- HENRY, YOU KNOW YOUR FATHER'S GONE.
- WHAT?
MY FATHER'S SUPPORTING ME.
- NICE CHRISTIAN BOY.
- WHAT, YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE IF I GOT THROUGH?
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
- FREAK.
- I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE HERE. HOW ARE YOU HERE?
- YOU SHOULD USE THIS TIME TO SING
INSTEAD OF THAT OTHER NONSENSE.
- ♪ OUR HOUSE ♪
♪ THE SPOT ON THE BLOCK WHERE I ROCK ♪
♪ YOU'LL BE HEARING US ALL THE WAY TO THE BUS STOP I
♪ WHERE WE PLAY LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW ♪
♪ EVERY DAY THERE'S A NEW WAY I
♪ TO ELIMINATE THE SORROW ♪
- HENRY.
HENRY.
- NO.
NO.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
IT'S NOT TRUE.
- I GOT TO GO. TELL MOM I LOVE HER.
[indistinct shouting] - GO! GO! GO!
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- WE GOT A LOCAL WOMAN WHO CAME UP ON US.
WE TOLD HER TO LEAVE, BUT SHE WON'T GO.
- AASALAAMU ALEIKUM.
- ALEIKUM SALAAM.
- [speaking Arabic]
- SHE JUST WANTS SOME WATER.
- HEY, GET ME SOME WATER.
- STAFF SERGEANT,
THE LOCALS KNOW THEY DON'T BELONG UP HERE.
I WOULDN'T GO OUT THERE, MAN, NOT FOR NOTHING.
- AND LET HER DIE OF DEHYDRATION?
GIVE ME THE WATER. I'LL GIVE IT TO HER.
- [screams]
- DROP IT! [gunshots]
- HOLD, MEN!
YOU'RE GONNA BE GOOD.
STAY WITH ME, MAN.
COME ON.
YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
- HENRY.
- MOM.
DAD'S HERE.
HE'S RIGHT HERE.
[sniffles]
- OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH OF THIS, HUH?
HE'S GONE CRAZY.
- OH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
DON'T YOU EVER CALL MY SON CRAZY AGAIN, YOU HEAR?
IF HE SAYS HIS DAD'S HERE,
THEN THAT'S THE WAY IT IS, ALL RIGHT'?
- OH, GOOD, NOW YOU'VE BOTH GONE INSANE.
_ Ql_l__ - LET'S GO NOW, HMM?
- DAD, DON'T TOUCH ME. - SIR.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO STEP BACK.
- YOU DON'T TOUCH MY FAMILY.
IF I COULD PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE RIGHT NOW--
- DON'T YOU SEE, OFFICER? THEY'VE BOTH GONE CRAZY.
AND I OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOTH OF THEM.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
I'M GONNA WAIT OUTSIDE,
AND IF YOU'RE NOT THERE IN TEN MINUTES,
YOU CAN WALK HOME.
HMM?
- WHOA, THIS GUY'S GOT PROBLEMS. [indistinct whispering]
- MA'AM.
ARE YOU GONNA BE ALL RIGHT?
- YES, SIR, WE'LL BE FINE.
THANK YOU.
COME ON, BABY, LET'S GO OUTSIDE.
- ATTENTION, PLEASE.
THE TALENT SHOW WILL CONTINUE IN 3O MINUTES.
- [clears throat]
L--l REALLY--
I REALLY ENJOY YOUR MUSIC, MR. KNOX.
- THANK YOU.
- YEAH, I GOT ALL YOUR ALBUMS.
ALL OF THEM.
I HAD MY NEIGHBOR DOWNLOAD THEM FOR FREE ON THE INTERNET.
- [grumbles]
[grunts]
[sighs]
- UH, YOU KNOW, MY GRANDSON, HE'S IN THE COMPETITION.
- OH, YEAH? WHO IS HE?
- OH, HE'S A LITTLE KID NAMED HENRY MATTHEWS.
- OH, YEAH. HE'S VERY GOOD.
- YEAH.
I JUST WISHED THAT HE WOULD SING YOUR STYLE OF MUSIC,
NOT THAT--
THAT FILTHY NIGGER STUFF.
- YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO DO THIS WITH WET HANDS.
- WHAT?
Thud!
[grunts]
- EXCUSE ME.
HENRY?
- YES?
- I'M SO SORRY,
BUT THE COMPETITIONS FIXING TO CONTINUE,
AND WE WERE WONDERING IF YOU WANTED TO GO ON.
- [sniffles, sighs]
- [clicks tongue] AW.
YOU'VE COME SO FAR.
ARE YOU SURE, BABY?
- COME ON, HENRY.
YOU CAN WIN THIS THING.
THAT'S GONNA OPEN UP SO MANY DOORS FOR YOU.
- [sighs heavily]
OKAY.
- OH, GREAT.
- MOM?
- YEAH, BABY?
- CAN I BE ALONE FOR A FEW MINUTES?
[sniffles]
- SURE.
IS IT BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TALK TO YOUR DAD?
IS HE HERE?
- [sobbing]
YES. [sobs]
- WELL, BABY,
I CAN'T SEE YOU...
BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I'M SO SORRY.
[breathes deeply]
I'LL NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN.
I PROMISE ON MY LIFE.
I'LL NEVER LET YOU AND HENRY DOWN AGAIN.
I WON'T EVEN LEAVE HIS SIDE TILL HE'S AT LEAST 21.
[sighs]
- I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS WITHOUT YOU.
- WHAT?
- SING.
- I'LL BE THERE.
- I KNOW.
BUT...l DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT YOU'D BE THERE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN PERFORM BY MYSELF.
- I THINK YOU CAN.
NOW REMIND ME HOW THIS NEXT ROUND WORKS.
- WELL, THE PERSON WITH THE LOWEST SCORES OUT.
AND THEN IT'S BETWEEN THE TWO FINALISTS.
I REALLY JUST WANT TO WIN THE MONEY
SO MOM AND I CAN START OVER SOMEWHERE.
- I KNOW, SON.
YOU THINK YOU CAN GET THROUGH THIS ROUND ALONE?
I'VE GOT TO GO SEE SOMEONE,
A FRIEND THAT'S GONNA PERFORM WITH YOU.
- NO, DAD.
- TRUST ME, HENRY.
LT'LL BE JUST LIKE HAVING ME UP THERE.
EXCEPT...
HE'S A LITTLE MORE ALIVE.
" DAD?
- YEAH.
- WHAT'S IT LIKE,
BEING DEAD?
- I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO EXPLAIN.
I'M PRETTY NEW AT THIS.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT I UNDERSTAND CERTAIN THINGS NOW.
- LIKE WHAT?
- WHERE I AM NOW
FEELS LIKE HOME.
AND I REALIZE NOW THAT
FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW,
LIFE
IS MERELY AS LONG AS A ROLLER COASTER RIDE
AT THE COUNTY FAIR.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU IS,
ENJOY THE RIDE.
ALWAYS KEEP THOSE EYES OPEN,
EVEN RIGHT BEFORE THE SCARY DROP.
HECK, RAISE YOUR ARMS UP HIGH ESPECIALLY BEFORE THE DROP.
EXPERIENCE EVERY SINGLE MOMENT
WITH EVERY FIBER IN YOUR BODY.
THAT'S WHY YOU BOUGHT THE TICKET IN THE FIRST PLACE.
YOU UNDERSTAND?
JUST MAKE IT THROUGH THIS NEXT ROUND.
- WILL YOU BE BACK?
- HENRY,
EVEN IF YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ME ANYMORE,
KNOW...
THAT I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE.
- [sniffles]
- I LOVE YOU, SON.
- I LOVE YOU, DAD.
[church bells tolling]
[indistinct speech on TV]
- MAN, YOU GOT TO LAY OFF THE SAUCE, BROTHER.
- A CURIOUS INCIDENT HAPPENED AT THE ALABAMA TEEN STARQU EST.
CELEBRITY GUEST JUDGE JIMMY KNOX WAS ACCUSED OF ASSAULT
BY ONE OF THE YOUNG PARTICIPANTS GRANDFATHERS,
TRAVIS PARKER. - DAMN.
- TO ADD ANOTHER STRANGE TWIST TO THE STORY,
THE MAN'S GRANDSON, HENRY MATTHEWS,
WAS NAMED BY JIMMY KNOX TO BE THE FAVORITE TO WIN...
- HENRY MATTHEWS.
- I GUESS WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO SEE
IF THE YOUNG FELLA CAN OVERCOME
WHATEVER FAMILY DRAMA HE HAS GOING ON.
- TRAFFIC IS BACKED RIGHT UP.
- THANK YOU.
"JEREMY,
"BRO, IF YOU'RE READING THIS LETTER,
"I'M DEAD.
"MAN, THAT WOULD REALLY STINK.
"LET ME JUST SAY IT WAS AN HONOR SERVING WITH YOU,
"AND I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A FAVOR,
"KNOWING THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE
"I COULD TRUST WITH THIS REQUEST
"PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON MY SON
"AND BE THERE FOR HIM IF EVER HE NEEDS SOMETHING.
"I WILL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU.
"SEMPER Fl,
YOUR FRIEND, WILLIAM."
- ♪ OH-WHOA-OH ♪
♪ OH-OH-OH-OH-OH ♪
♪ WHOA-OH-OH ♪
♪ WHOA-OH ♪
♪ WHEN YOU HOLD ME, YEAH ♪
♪ YEAH-YEAH ♪
♪ THAT'S HOW I FEEL ♪
[cheers and applause]
- NICE JOB, MY DEAR.
WELL, KIMRANCE, LET US SEE HOW THE JUDGES FEEL.
JUDGES, THE SCORES, PLEASE.
LOOK AT THAT.
NICE.
ALL RIGHT, LAST PERFORMANCE OF OUR PRE-FINALE,
IT'S HENRY MATTHEWS.
[cheers and applause]
- I'M SINGINGBATFLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.
♪ OOH, YEAH ♪
♪ MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY ♪
♪ OF THE COMING OF THE LORD ♪
♪ HE IS TRAMPLING OUT THE VINTAGE ♪
J” WHERE THE GRAPES OF WRATH ARE STORED J“
♪ HE'S LOOSED THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING ♪
♪ OF HIS TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD J“
♪ HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON ♪
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♪ GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY HALLELUJAH ♪
♪ OH, GLORY ♪
♪ GLORY ♪
♪ HALLELUJAH ♪
[stammers]
[groans]
[sparkling music]
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I'M SORRY.
- COME ON, EVERYBODY, GIVE IT UP.
GIVE IT UP FOR HENRY.
HENRY.
HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US, KID.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE JUDGES' SCORES,
UNDERSTANDING, OF COURSE, THERE WILL BE A POINT DEDUCTION.
JUDGES, WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR US?
LET'S LIFT IT UP, GUYS.
HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.
[audience groans]
ALL RIGHT, HENRY, THAT WAS A GREAT EFFORT
[cheers and applause] HENRY MATTHEWS, ONCE AGAIN.
HENRY MATTHEWS.
KID'S GOT HEART.
[cheers and applause]
WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE TWO FINALISTS IN OUR TEEN STARQUEST COMPETITION
ARE KIMRANCE YOUNG AND TODD SIMPSON.
COME ON OUT, GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS.
[cheers and applause]
OH, HEY, TODD. GOOD JOB.
[cheers and applause, inaudible speech]
NO, MAN, IT'S YOURS.
LT'LL BE FINE. YOU'RE IT.
[chuckles]
- YOU DID GOOD.
WINNING'S NOT ALL IT'S CRACKED UP TO BE, IS IT?
- SUDDEN TURN OF EVENTS, EVERYBODY.
PER THE RULES OF THE COMPETITION,
IF A CONTESTANT WILLINGLY DROPS OUT,
THEN HE OR SHE WILL BE REPLACED BY HIS RUNNER-UP.
NOW, TODAY'S RESULTS WOULD, OF COURSE, BEEN
KIMRANCE YOUNG AND TODD SIMPSON,
BUT TODD SIMPSON HAS JUST BOWED OUT.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE FINALISTS FOR THE ALABAMA TEEN STARQUEST
ARE KIMRANCE YOUNG AND HENRY MATTHEWS.
HENRY MATTHEWS, EVERYBODY.
[cheers and applause]
- I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[cheers and applause]
TODD!
- WHY AREN'T YOU IN THERE SINGING?
- WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?
- FIVE YEARS AGO, MY BROTHER DIED OVER IN IRAQ.
IT WAS ROUGH, MAN.
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.
- SORRY.
- AIN'T WE ALL?
BE GOOD, BROTHER.
- HEY, HENRY.
- YEAH? - HEY.
I'M JEREMY WALT.
I WAS A FRIEND OF YOUR FATHER'S.
- YEAH, I KNOW.
HE SAID YOU HAD SOME OF THE BEST FREESTYLING SKILLS
THAT HE'D EVER SEEN.
- [chuckles] WELL, LISTEN.
THIS BELONGED TO YOUR DAD,
AND I'M SURE HE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO HAVE IT.
- THANK YOU.
- RIGHT ON.
- SO ARE YOU GONNA PERFORM WITH ME'?
- IT'D BE MY HONOR.
- ALL RIGHT. COME ON.
[motor revs]
- WELCOME TO THE STAGE, KIMRANCE YOUNG.
[applause fades]
- ♪ THE BOYS GET TO KRUMPIN' ♪
♪ THE GIRLS GET TO KRUMPIN' ♪
♪ THE BOYS GET TO STUNTIN' ♪
♪ THE GIRLS GET TO STUNTIN' ♪
♪ THE BOYS GET TO TRIPPIN' ♪
♪ NOW EVERYBODY'S SLIPPIN' ♪
♪ OH-OH-OH, YEAH ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU THINK I'M TRIPPIN' BUT I CAN'T HEAR IT ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU THINK I'M TRIPPIN' BUT I JUST NEED A MINUTE ♪
J” BEEN GONE FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW I'M BACK UP IN ITJ”
♪ PUSHING ME TO THE LIMIT ♪
♪ AND ALL UP IN MY BUSINESS ♪
♪ DON'T WORRY 'BOUT MY LIFE ♪
IWHO I GOT UP IN IT ♪
♪ YOU HAD ME FOR A MINUTE ♪
♪ BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO FINISH ♪
♪ I KNOW YOU HATIN' HARD, BUT HATE ME FROM A DISTANCE I
J” IF YOU READY TO ROCK, YOU'RE READY TO ROLL J”
♪ LET'S GET IT ON ♪
♪ I NEED A HOT ONE, CAN I GET A HOT ONE? ♪
♪ WE KEEP IT ROCKIN', WE KEEP IT FLAVORED I
- IS THAT OKAY?
- OKAY?
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO FREESTYLE ABOUT?
- WELL, IF I TELL YOU,
WOULDN'T THAT DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF FREESTYLING?
JUST SAY WHAT YOU FEEL.
- IT AIN'T ALWAYS PG, MY MAN.
- NEITHER IS LIFE.
- [chuckles]
YOU'RE A WISE KID, HENRY MATTHEWS.
- ♪ WATCH ME GET THE PARTY STARTED I
♪ CAN'T BE TARDY ♪
♪ LIKE WHOA-OH-OH-WHOA-OH ♪
[cheers and applause]
- ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB.
GOOD JOB, KIMRANCE.
JUDGES, WHAT SAY YOU?
BUBBA, WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR US?
BUBBA SAYS... - TEN.
ALL RIGHT, BUBBA.
JIMMY KNOX, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
TEN FROM JIMMY KNOX. ALL RIGHT.
2O SO FAR.
DAR LEN E?
OH-HO-HO.
NINE FROM DARLENE. BOO, INDEED.
29.
THAT WAS A GREAT JOB, THOUGH, MY DEAR.
YOU DID GREAT. TAKE A BIG BOW HERE.
KIMRANCE YOUNG.
[cheers and applause]
NEXT UP HERE, THE GRAND FINALE
IS A LITTLE MAN WITH A HUGE HEART.
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE HENRY MATTHEWS, EVERYBODY.
HENRY MATTHEWS.
[cheers and applause]
- UNBELIEVABLE.
HE'S IN THE FINALS.
THAT KID IS UNBELIEVABLE.
- HE SURE IS.
[cheers and applause]
- I'LL BE SINGING KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR
BY BOB DYLAN.
PERFORMING WITH ME IS JEREMY WALT.
WE'D LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS SONG TO MY FATHER
AND ALL OUR FALLEN HEROES.
[jaunty rhythmic music]
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[energetic martial drumbeat]
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♪ MAMA, TAKE THIS BADGE OFF OF ME ♪
♪ I CAN'T USE IT ANYMORE ♪
J” IT'S GET-FIN' DARK J”
J” IT'S GETTING TOO DARK FOR ME TO SEE I
♪ AND I FEEL LIKE I'M KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR ♪
♪ OH, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ I'M KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ OH, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ I'M KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ TEARS DROP, KNOCK ON HEAVEN'S DOOR J”
♪ ANGELS CARRY HEROES HOME FROM THIS MANMADE WAR ♪
♪ SOME ASK WHAT IT'S ALL FOR ♪
♪ AND WE STILL AIN'T SURE ♪
J” ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT'S STONE ♪
♪ WHERE THIS HEART WAS PURE ♪
J” A SENSE OF PURPOSE IS WORTHLESS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU'RE SIX FEET DOWN ♪
♪ MAYBE WE DID IT ALL FOR COUNTRY AND CROWN I
FOR DID WE DO IT ♪
♪ FOR THE DOW JONES BLUES GOING DOWN? I
♪ I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO LET THE POLITICIANS FIGURE IT OUT ♪
♪ COME ON, NOW ♪
- ♪ MAMA, PUT MY GUNS IN THE GROUND ♪
♪ I CAN'T SHOOT THEM ANYMORE ♪
♪ THAT LONG BLACK CLOUD IS COMIN' DOWN ♪
♪ AND I FEEL LIKE I'M KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR ♪
♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
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♪ I'M KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ OH, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ YEAH-YEAH ♪
♪ KNOCKIN', KNOCKIN' ON ♪
♪ KNOCKIN', KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR J"
- ♪ HEY, YO, SOME CATS CAME HOME WITH HALF THEY HANDS ♪
♪ TRAUMATIC THINGS, CALL HIM HALF A MAN ♪
♪ I FEEL YOUR WAY SOMETIMES ♪
♪ IT FEELS THAT LIFE'S A SCAM ♪
♪ AND CAN WE SEE A LIGHT IN THE END OF THE PLAN ♪
J” YOUNG BLOOD, I KNOW YOUR DAD RESTS LOW IN THE CALM J“
J” IN THE CRADLE OF THE LORD'S LOVING ARMS ♪
♪ BEHIND THE NIGHT ♪
♪ HEAR THE ANGELS FALL ASLEEP SINGING SONGS J“
♪ WE'LL ALL BE TOGETHER WHEN THE FATHER CALLS I
- ♪ HEY, YEAH! ♪
- ♪ I'M KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ I'M KNOCKIN', I'M KNOCKIN', I'M KNOCKIN' J”
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ CAN YOU HEAR ME? ♪
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ I'M KNOCKIN' ♪
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ I'M KNOCKIN' ♪
♪ I'M KNOCKIN' ♪
L' HEY I'
[choral humming and rhythmic clapping]
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[cheers and applause]
[wild cheers and applause]
- HEY. THAT-A WAY.
WOW!
WHAT A PERFORMANCE.
JUDGES, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
BUBBA, PUT IT UP THERE.
- TEN! - I KNEW THAT.
YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, JIMMY? TEN.
DAR LEN E?
WHAT DO YOU SAY, DARLENE?
- I KNOW. I'M LOOKING FOR THE PADDLE.
- JIMMY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER DUCKING.
- YOU GOT IT, PARTNER.
- DARLENE, COME ON, GIVE IT UP, MY DEAR.
DARLENE'S TEN! [crowd roaring]
- WE WON! [cheers and applause]
- WE HAVE A WINNER!
HENRY MATTHEWS,
THE BIG WINNER OF THE ALABAMA TEEN STARQUEST.
[cheers and applause]
' HEY!
WHERE ARE YOU GUYS GOING?
- OH, WELL, JEREMY'S GONNA GIVE US A RIDE TO A MOTEL TONIGHT.
- REALLY? - YEAH.
- HOW WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO GO TO LOS ANGELES?
- LOS ANGELES? [stammers]
- HERE.
CALL THIS GUY.
NEXT THURSDAY, 3:00 P.M., BE IN HIS OFFICE.
HE'S DYING TO SIGN YOU TWO.
AND MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THAT SUCKER PAY BIG TIME, OKAY?
- YOU BET.
- THANK YOU. - THANK YOU.
- SO...
L.A.?
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- L.A.
[all laugh]
- ♪ DO YOU DREAM ♪
♪ THAT THE WORLD WILL KNOW YOUR NAME? I
♪ SO TELL ME YOUR NAME ♪
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♪ AND DO YOU CARE ♪
♪ ABOUT ALL THE LITTLE THINGS ♪
♪ OR ANYTHING AT ALL ♪
XI
♪ I WANT TO FEEL ♪
♪ ALL THE CHEMICALS INSIDE ♪
♪ I WANT TO FEEL ♪
XI
♪ I WANT A SUNBURN ♪
♪ JUST TO KNOW THAT I'M ALIVE ♪
♪ TO KNOW I'M ALIVE ♪
XI
♪ DON'T TELL ME IF I'M DYING ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ♪
♪ IF I CAN'T SEE THE SUN ♪
♪ MAYBE I SHOULD GO ♪
♪ DON'T WAKE ME 'CAUSE I'M DREAMIN' I
♪ OF ANGELS ON THE MOON ♪
♪ WHERE EVERYONE YOU KNOW ♪
♪ NEVER LEAVES TOO SOON ♪
[passionate music]
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J” THIS IS TO ONE LAST DAY IN THE SHADOWS ♪
♪ AND TO KNOW A BROTHEFFS LOVE ♪
♪ THIS IS TO NEW YORK CITY ANGELS I
♪ AND THE RIVERS OF OUR BLOOD ♪
♪ THIS IS TO ALL OF US ♪
ITO ALL OF US ♪
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♪ DON'T TELL ME IF I'M DYING ♪
♪ 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ♪
♪ IF I CAN'T SEE THE SUN ♪
♪ MAYBE I SHOULD GO ♪
♪ DON'T WAKE ME 'CAUSE I'M DREAMING ♪
♪ OF ANGELS ON THE MOON ♪
♪ WHERE EVERYONE YOU KNOW ♪
♪ NEVER LEAVES TOO SOON ♪
♪ DON'T TELL ME IF I'M DYING ♪
[music fades]
[jaunty rhythmic music]
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[energetic martial drumbeat]
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- ♪ MAMA, TAKE THIS BADGE OFF OF ME ♪
♪ I CAN'T USE IT ANYMORE ♪
J” IT'S GET-FIN' DARK J”
J” IT'S GETTING TOO DARK FOR ME TO SEE I
♪ AND I FEEL LIKE I'M KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR ♪
♪ OH, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ I'M KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ OH, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ I'M KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ TEARS DROP, KNOCK ON HEAVEN'S DOOR J”
♪ ANGELS CARRY HEROES HOME FROM THIS MANMADE WAR ♪
♪ SOME ASK WHAT IT'S ALL FOR ♪
♪ AND WE STILL AIN'T SURE ♪
J” ALL I KNOW IS THAT IT'S STONE ♪
♪ WHERE THIS HEART WAS PURE ♪
J” A SENSE OF PURPOSE IS WORTHLESS ♪
♪ WHEN YOU'RE SIX FEET DOWN ♪
♪ MAYBE WE DID IT ALL FOR COUNTRY AND CROWN I
FOR DID WE DO IT ♪
♪ FOR THE DOW JONES BLUES GOING DOWN? I
♪ I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO LET THE POLITICIANS FIGURE IT OUT ♪
♪ COME ON, NOW ♪
- ♪ MAMA, PUT MY GUNS IN THE GROUND ♪
♪ I CAN'T SHOOT THEM ANYMORE ♪
♪ THAT LONG BLACK CLOUD IS COMIN' DOWN ♪
♪ AND I FEEL LIKE I'M KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR ♪
♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
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♪ I'M KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ OH, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
♪ YEAH-YEAH ♪
♪ KNOCKIN', KNOCKIN' ON ♪
♪ KNOCKIN', KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR J"
- ♪ HEY, YO, SOME CATS CAME HOME WITH HALF THEY HANDS ♪
♪ TRAUMATIC THING, CALL HIM HALF A MAN ♪
♪ I FEEL YOUR WAY SOMETIMES ♪
♪ IT FEELS THAT LIFE'S A SCAM ♪
♪ AND CAN WE SEE A LIGHT IN THE END OF THE PLAN ♪
J” YOUNG BLOOD, I KNOW YOUR DAD RESTS LOW IN THE CALM J“
J” IN THE CRADLE OF THE LORD'S LOVING ARMS ♪
♪ BEHIND THE NIGHT ♪
♪ HEAR THE ANGELS FALL ASLEEP SINGING SONGS J“
♪ WE'LL ALL BE TOGETHER WHEN THE FATHER CALLS I
- ♪ HEY, YEAH! ♪
- ♪ I'M KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ I'M KNOCKIN', I'M KNOCKIN', I'M KNOCKIN' J”
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ CAN YOU HEAR ME? ♪
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ I'M KNOCKIN' ♪
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ I'M KNOCKIN' ♪
♪ I'M KNOCKIN' ♪
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ I'M KNOCKIN', I'M KNOCKIN', I'M KNOCKIN' J”
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ CAN YOU HEAR ME? ♪
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ I'M KNOCKIN' ♪
- ♪ KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR I
- ♪ I'M KNOCKIN' ♪
♪ I'M KNOCKIN' ♪
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