Girl Who Invented Kissing, The (2017)

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[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOG BARKING]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

[TELEPHONE RINGING CONTINUES]

[DIAL TONE RINGS]

[DOOR LOCKS]

[DISHES CLATTERING]

NEWSCASTER:

A few hours to set...

Today 40 years later, the...

[TV CONTINUES PLAYING]

What'd we do last night?

Lot of trick-or-treaters?

Any candy left?

Business was good.

You give out one a piece

like I told you?

What does that mean?

Come on, Victor,

you got your hearing aid in.

- What happened?

- They took it all, Jimmy.

They... they took it all?

Who took it all?

- Aladdin.

- Aladdin?

One kid?

You let one kid

take all the candy?

I thought you were gonna

sit outside with it.

Well, I pu... I put on

the dummy's clothes,

because I wanted to make

believe I was the dummy.

I wanted to scare 'em, but then,

they all rolled up on me

at once and I got scared.

Got scared to scare them.

JIMMY: Mugged by a bunch

of little shits with

- pillow cases.

- Aladdin.

Eh, listen, shake it off.

f*ck those kids.

Next year,

I'm getting 'em apples.

[DOOR HINGE CREAKING]

- DONNIE: Hey Jimmy.

- JIMMY: Morning.

- Hey, Jimmy.

- DONNIE: How you doing?

You didn't come home last night.

I was doing inventory.

I was here all night.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Besides, you're okay

by yourself, right?

JIMMY:

You didn't have any problems.

Outside the thing

with the g*dd*mn candy,

you did all right

by yourself, right?

How's it going, Vic?

What's the frequency

down here, buddy?

Hey, did you guys hear

they're sh**ting a big old movie

down there in the park?

JIMMY: Yeah, we heard.

Vic's all excited,

he's gonna head

over there tonight, right Vic?

Yeah,

it's a John Travolta movie,

but he's not gonna be there.

He's in Hollywood.

Hey, you know, Vic,

You ought to take

your fiddle down there.

You never know, they might give

you a big part or something.

PHIL:

He's right on that one, Victor.

You ever notice

they're always hiring somebody

to do something

in the background.

It's not a fiddle, Donnie,

it's a violin.

DONNIE: Whatever, same thing.

It's not like we've ever

seen you play the damn thing.

All right, leave him alone.

He's had a rough night.

They took all his candy.

DONNIE: They took his candy?

- Who?

- JIMMY: Aladdin, that's who.

[CAR MOTOR REVVING]

[PLATES CLANKING]

- [SIGHS]

- [BURPS]

Excuse me.

[BELL RINGING]

[YELLING]

- [THUDS]

- [GRUNTS]

Geez, Pat, are you okay?

[YELLING]

- NURSE: You all right?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

NURSE: f*cking druggy maniac.

- [SCREAMING]

- [PANTING]

Look at me.

Let's get you cleaned up.

Just go, go outside, go have

a cigarette or something.

All right.

- [TELEPHONE RINGING]

- [TELEPHONE CLICKS]

JIMMY: Oak.

Patti.

Are you all right?

Somebody gonna look at you?

Yeah.

Call me if you need anything.

Yeah. All right.

I'll talk to you later.

[DOOR OPENS]

- Hey, Leo.

- No.

What was I gonna say?

Am I getting any more

f*cking new Hank Snow records?

- Yeah.

- He's been dead,

um, 20 years now,

so he ain't gonna be

making any new albums.

I know he's dead.

So, stop asking me,

you chucklehead.

VICTOR: You give me no joy, Leo.

They're filming a movie here,

you know.

- Who's they?

- They.

Never heard of 'em.

I might go over there tonight

and watch.

You never know.

- VICTOR: See ya' later, Leo.

- Okay, Vic.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

- Long day?

- Long day.

You all right?

- Yeah, I'm okay.

- Yeah?

Where's Freddy?

Getting ready for work.

He was home all day?

Yeah.

Didn't wanna wake him.

Why you ask?

Don't know, just asking.

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

Oh, look at f*cking Victor, man.

Ta-doo, ta-doo, ta-doo.

[LAUGHING]

Yo, he thinks it's a real

phone booth.

[CHUCKLING]

Moron.

[CHUCKLING]

MAN: We should do something.

Yo, let's flip it!

[GLASS SHATTERING]

Jimmy, you need to get down

to Broad Street.

- Why, what's up?

- It's, uh, your brother Vic.

[GROANING]

[CRYING]

- Hey!

- Oh, oh, oh.

- Hey, what happened?

- Wait, who are you?

- I'm his brother.

- VICTOR: Jimmy?

- Jimmy!

- What the f*ck happened?

MAN: We heard a crash

and this is what we found.

Jimmy, get me outta here!

Victor, we're gonna get you out.

You gotta relax.

- I'm stuck, Jimmy, I'm stuck!

- Okay, relax, breathe.

- Just breathe.

- Okay.

- JIMMY: I'm here.

- Jimmy!

- Okay, I'm here now.

- [VICTOR SOBBING]

- Jimmy, get me...

- [GRUNTING]

[BUZZING]

- JIMMY: What's wrong?

- [YELLING]

Victor, what's wrong?

JIMMY: What's wrong?

Oh, my hearing aid,

Jimmy, my hearing aid!

Take the hearing aid out,

Victor.

I can't reach it,

Jimmy, I'm stuck!

- Okay, relax...

- Jimmy, Jimmy!

[HIGH-PITCHED BUZZING]

Cover your face!

JIMMY: f*ck!

[GLASS SHATTERING]

- [VICTOR GROANING]

- MAN: Is he all right?

JIMMY: You okay?

It's okay, it's okay,

you all right?

- [SIRENS WAILING]

- You okay?

- [AMBULANCE SIRENS WAILING]

- [HORN BLARING]

[TV CHATTER]

JIMMY: Hey, knock it off.

What do I always tell you?

- Chuck it.

- What?

Chuck it in the f*ck-it bucket

and move on.

But what else do I tell you?

What did Grandma

used to tell us, huh?

You can't what?

You can't unring a bell,

right, hmm?

Maybe if you didn't lose

or break

every f*cking cell phone

that I buy for you,

then none of this

would've happened.

I wasn't calling anybody Jimmy.

I was just playing.

Come on, let's just drop it.

Besides,

what'd the guy say, right?

They come back to town...

they'll let you,

put you in the movie.

They'll let you stand on

a corner or something.

They're not coming back.

How do you know that?

They went back to Hollywood.

Do me a favor.

Don't go disappearing today.

You come straight back

from the bank, right?

Need you to clean out

all the taps and move the kegs.

Eat your eggs,

they're gonna be like ice.

LEO: I know, Gram.

Every day,

I'm getting a little sick

of running this place

all by myself.

You, me, Cheryl, it's not easy.

By yourself?

You g*dd*mn right.

You, Cheryl, and Grandma?

You g*dd*mn right.

That don't make

no sense, Jimmy.

Oh, yeah?

You feelin' better now?

- Huh?

- You're g*dd*mn right.

Excuse me?

You being a wise a*s?

- What?

- Don't what, stop it.

- THE GIRL: Hello.

- [DOOR CLOSES]

You open?

JIMMY: Yeah, we're open.

Hello.

Can I use your girl's room?

Go ahead.

Yeah, you're feeling

much better, huh?

- JIMMY: Morning.

- PHIL: Morning.

DONNIE: How you doing, Jimmy?

Hey there, Vic,

what's the frequency, buddy?

- Just shut up, all right?

- DONNIE: What?

[IMITATING A WALKIE-TALKIE]

Uh, Bell Atlantic,

we have a problem.

- [LAUGHING]

- Didn't I just ask you

to shut the f*ck up,

- and leave him alone?

- DONNIE: Come on Jimmy,

I'm just kidding.

He's just bustin' with him,

Jimmy, come on.

Well, sometimes he doesn't know

when to shut the f*ck up.

Aw, Vic, I'm sorry, man.

You know I'm just messing

with you, right?

You give me no joy, Donnie.

JIMMY: That's it, Vic,

you tell him.

DONNIE: Seriously, Jimmy?

Nine in the morning with that?

- What?

- It smells like weed,

like somebody lit

a big bone up in here.

- Excuse me?

- You smell that, Phil?

I do.

Hey.

THE GIRL: Yo, I'll be right out.

You all right in there?

[HAND DRYER BLOWING]

Yep.

You know this girl?

Hey, do me a favor,

not in here with that, okay?

I don't know what

you're talking about, but...

thank you for your kindness.

THE GIRL: See ya', boys.

JUDY: Hi, Victor!

- Oh hi, Judy.

- JUDY: What happened last night?

Heard you had an accident?

VICTOR: I got pushed.

JUDY: You got pushed?

It's a long story.

Oh, don't be upset.

I won't bother you about it.

When are you gonna play

your violin for us?

I wanna hear it!

VICTOR: Yeah, someday.

[BEEPING]

[DOOR BELL RINGING]

[SQUEAKING]

Hey, you wanna see

something funny?

Read this.

If something really big

and scary...

and ugly and hairy...

is following you around

this Halloween,

don't be frightened.

It's just your fat a*s!

[CHUCKLES]

Hey, are you following me?

Not that you're big

and hairy and scary.

It's okay. I don't care.

You're not gonna hurt me, right?

No. No, no.

No.

Are you okay?

THE GIRL: I saw what they did

to you last night.

That was just downright

kinda f*cked up.

They were filming

a John Travolta movie...

but he wasn't there.

Jimmy said they might come back,

but they went back to Hollywood.

So, what's your name?

Victor.

THE GIRL: Why are you

following me, Victor?

Are you looking for a friend

to hang with?

You don't look like

the kind of person

people should be so mean to.

I'll be your friend, if that

is what you're looking for?

You're very pretty.

I am?

Oh.

Well thank you, Victor.

You're blushing.

I'll... I'll have to remember

this one for next year.

I got plenty of people

I can send that to.

It's just your fat a*s!

THE GIRL: What you got there?

VICTOR: Oh, that's my violin.

THE GIRL:

Are you going for a lesson?

VICTOR: Um, no.

THE GIRL: Are you gonna

play it somewhere?

VICTOR: No.

THE GIRL: You just like carrying

it around with you then.

VICTOR: Yeah, I guess.

THE GIRL: Something special

you like to have with you.

I get it.

Say, what's your name again?

I don't know,

what do you want it to be?

I don't know.

Maybe when I meet

someone new that I like,

I like them to pick out

a name for me...

and that way...

if it's a name they already like

then they already like me.

It's all right, you don't have

to pick out one now.

You can do it later.

Okay.

Hey, say Victor,

you wouldn't happen to have

a smoke on you, would you?

Oh!

No, I... I don't smoke,

Jimmy smokes.

Who's Jimmy?

Jimmy's my little brother.

He's the one

that yelled at you at The Oak.

That's our tavern, we own it.

- Oh, you don't say?

- Yeah.

It used to be

my dad's a long time ago...

but me and Jimmy,

we work there together.

Actually Victor,

I wouldn't say he yelled at me.

He actually seems like

a nice man, your little bro.

I've never seen you before.

VICTOR: What street you from?

I'm not from around here.

I'm from all over the place.

I usually just bus it,

and then when I see somewhere

I might like to stay

for a while,

that's where I get off.

Why'd you come off

a bus here in Bloomfield?

I don't know.

I dig the way

this part looked...

like it wasn't anything special

but it wasn't too bad either.

Well, where do you sleep?

Well, last night for instance,

I slept on that park bench

under that pretty tree.

But you don't have any mattress

or any pillow.

No, I don't need none.

I got a blanky in my knapsack,

a change of clothes, a book...

and when I woke up this morning

I was covered

in beautiful yellow leaves.

What?

Huh?

You're weird.

[THE GIRL LAUGHING]

Yeah.

That's right, Victor.

And you wanna know what?

You're pretty weird

yourself, aren't you?

I guess.

Don't let anybody tell you

that's a bad thing,

'cause it's not.

It's a good thing.

It's not?

Only the mediocre are

always at their best...

and I can tell already,

that ain't us.

[STEREO PLAYING]

["BLUE EYES CRYING

IN THE RAIN" PLAYING]

JIMMY: Vic!

Victor!

Hey, where the hell

were you today?

Didn't I ask you

not to disappear?

I needed your help today?

I was here.

No, no you weren't here.

I called the house six times!

I got a f*cking hernia moving

kegs around all day by myself.

I guess I forgot.

Don't give me you forgot,

because that's bullshit.

Get it outta your head that

I'm just gonna keep taking care

of you for the rest

of your life, because I'm not.

Learn to pull your

own g*dd*mn weight,

and will you turn this sh*t off

for Christ's sakes?

- [DISC SCRATCHING]

- Hey!

JIMMY: Can't you listen

to something else?

That's all I ever hear.

Hank Snow, Hank Snow!

Who the hell listens

to Hank Snow anyway, you,

- that's who!

- Hank Snow is a legend.

That's Songs of Tragedy.

Oh gee, Songs of Tragedy,

how uplifting.

He's got a f*cking

noose on his album cover!

It's dreary, hillbilly sh*t.

And since when do you

not make your bed?

You're an adult.

You have responsibility.

Sorry, I didn't do it

on purpose.

All right.

Just finish up whatever this is,

and then help me

downstairs with dinner.

I'm going out tonight.

Hey, Jimmy.

You didn't really get

a hernia today, did you?

No...

but I could've.

'Cause I was gonna say,

if you really did get a hernia,

I'm sure Patti could

take care of you.

Patti?

What the hell does that mean?

Who told you that?

Listen,

you don't go saying sh*t,

making up stories,

you understand?

Her and I are good friends,

that's it.

Yeah, but...

No, no, no but.

God forbid somebody hears you,

and get the wrong impression.

I can get in a lot of trouble.

Patti, she's a married woman.

You understand?

Yeah, Jimmy.

But alls I was saying

is that Patti's a nurse.

She could help you.

Oh.

FREDDY:

Where you going big boy?

Hey!

Where you going?

Hey!

Don't come near me!

I'll f*ck' jump!

If I could only be so lucky.

One less scumbag off

the f*cking streets.

[RADIO CHATTER]

Come here.

FREDDY:

You dumb m*therf*cker,

you should've jumped.

Do not f*ck with me!

I'll push you!

[SIRENS WAILING]

Cuff him!

- SUSPECT: I want a lawyer.

- [GROANING]

- ROBERTA: More tea?

- Hmm.

There you go. Thanks.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

ROBERTA: Hey, handsome.

How ya doin'?

ROBERTA: You're late tonight,

baby, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Guy steals a car in Belleville

and had to chase him

all the way to Franklin.

Can't f*cking run

like I used to, Roberta,

I'm telling ya'. Smoked.

Franklin, they just paved that.

Must be nice, right?

Yeah, it's beautiful.

[CHUCKLES]

- ROBERTA: Where's your partner?

- FREDDY: Jerking off.

[ROBERTA SCOFFS]

NOLAN:

Come on, it's freezing.

FREDDY: Yeah, I know,

bad guys are still out there.

- ROBERTA: Um,

- FREDDY: Yeah?

When I get off at one,

I could use a ride home.

FREDDY: All right, I'll see

what I can do, all right?

["EVERYBODY ALWAYS LEAVES"

PLAYING]

Sometimes

I can't remember nothing

Sometimes

It shadows everything

Some Sundays

It's as loud as thunder

In the morning when

The telephone rings

Clearer days in

Some distant forecast

Dark days in this

Present past

In the blur of some

Phantom widescreen

I'll let go of what

I never had

Sometimes

I can't remember nothing

Sometimes

It shadows everything

Some Sundays it's as loud

As thunder

In the morning when

The telephone rings

Un-f*ck-believable!

Awesome.

And what's with you?

- Huh?

- What?

I thought you said

you didn't know her.

I've seen her around.

Oh, you seen her around?

Is that how all the uh,

the "hello Victor"

business happened?

Look at you,

got your nice shirt on,

you smell like a barbershop.

Starting to think,

maybe Vic's got a girlfriend

he's been keeping from us.

What?

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Yeah?

Didn't I just talk to you

yesterday,

about doing that sh*t

in my bathroom?

Doing what?

What you were doing.

Peeing?

No, not peeing!

You know what I'm talking about!

Smoking weed in my bathroom!

I wasn't smoking weed.

- Yes, you were...

- No, I wasn't.

- Yes, you were...

- No, I wasn't!

Do you think

I'm a f*cking idiot?

Honestly, you think I'm stupid?

We all imagined the smell

of marijuana billowing out

of the bathroom door,

not two feet away from the bar?

Is that

what you're gonna tell me?

Huh?

I'm sorry.

I'm really sorry.

Just do me a favor.

If you're gonna

smoke that stuff,

smoke outside, not in here.

- I got it.

- JIMMY: Yeah?

- Yeah.

- You're clear?

Clear.

[SIGHING]

Can I go now?

I'm not the principal, go.

JIMMY: What am I running

an opium den?

DONNIE: You gotta point, Jimmy.

Cops come in here

and smell that,

you're the one

that's gonna be in trouble.

JIMMY: Yeah, no sh*t.

Her prancing in here, doing

whatever the hell she wants

like she owns the place.

I wanna know

how this girl knows Vic.

That's a good question, Victor.

[RECORDS CLATTERING]

Hiya, Leo.

THE GIRL: Hello.

Leo, this is my friend.

- [DOOR CLOSES]

- This is Leo, it's his store.

VICTOR: Hey, Leo?

You get any new Hank Snow in?

Um no, Vic, I... I don't.

Okay.

When do you think, maybe soon?

You'll be the first

to know, Vic.

You give me no joy, Leo.

Who's Hank Snow?

Hank Snow?

He's The Singing Ranger.

He's a legend.

He was the longest-running

artist on any label.

He was on RCA for 50 years!

He recorded over a hundred

and forty albums.

I only have a few

of them though.

They're hard to get on vinyl.

Ah, this one...

this one's one of my favorites.

I might get it again.

He's had a song on the charts

for five decades in a row.

In 1949, he met Ernie Tubb

and Ernie Tubb got him

into the Grand Ole Opry.

Cool.

- "Confused With the Blues."

- Oh,

"I'm Moving On,"

was number one on the charts

for 29 weeks.

It's his signature song.

Altogether, he had 85 singles

on the charts,

and sold over 90 million albums.

f*ck!

You know everything

about Hank Snow.

Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger.

He's a legend.

Well, why's he called

The Singing Ranger?

Was he a park ranger

or something?

Do you know?

I... I never thought about it.

Okay, we're done.

See ya', Leo.

GIRL: You own the whole house?

Yeah.

Me and Jimmy.

It's a two-family.

Our grandma used to live

downstairs here before she died.

Well, who lives here now?

VICTOR: Nobody.

It's just the way

Grandma left it

before her heart stopped

last Thanksgiving.

Her heart stopped?

It quit on her.

Grandma took care

of me and Jimmy

after our parents died.

She was the best.

- Hey.

- Yeah?

Do you wanna see it?

[DOOR SQUEAKING]

Um, this is the dining room.

This is the living room.

[FLOOR CREAKING]

This is the kitchen.

This is her bedroom.

VICTOR: That's Grandma.

It's the same picture

we have in The Oak.

She bought me my violin.

I used to play it for her...

but no one else.

Victor, what happened to you?

THE GIRL:

You're different, I know.

You're not like other people.

What happened?

I had an accident

when I was a kid.

It was an act of God.

Yep.

An act of God.

["NAILS" PLAYING]

The stars are falling

And the night's rolling up

The clocks are all twisted

And the bar's in knots

We're dirty, we're spent,

And we're quick like money

And if it wasn't so true,

well...

- I hope you're hungry.

- I am.

Thank you, Victor.

You're a chump, you're a fake,

You're a soft hollowed fist

You didn't want it?

Oh, that was the sweetest thing

that you did that,

but I can't take your pillow.

You understand, right?

Why not?

- Are you leaving?

- No, not right now, but...

pretty soon, I'm sure.

You know, no one's ever

given me their pillow before.

- [SCOFFS]

- [CHUCKLING]

What are you doing?

What you got there?

- It's for you.

- Hmm?

VICTOR: It's a diamond pin.

Oh, no, no, Victor.

You don't

have to give me presents.

It belonged to my grandmother.

- Victor.

- VICTOR: Open it.

- Victor, you...

- VICTOR: Take it.

It's a diamond pin

and it's for you.

Victor, you don't even know me.

Please, take it,

it's a diamond pin.

Take it!

Victor.

VICTOR: It's a dime-and-pin,

- get it?

- [LAUGHING]

Victor, I f*cking love it!

[LAUGHING]

Did you think

that I fell in love with you?

It's a Henny Youngman joke.

You can give it

to somebody else.

You big goof!

[DOOR BELL RINGS]

Use a fork, will ya'?

I like chopsticks, Jimmy.

It's a Chinese restaurant.

All right, well,

we're not in Tokyo now, are we?

It's a lousy invention,

use the fork.

Hong Kong.

What?

You getting friendly

with this girl, Victor?

- Who?

- Who, you tell me who.

She's my friend, Jimmy.

All right, well...

I don't want you getting

too friendly with her.

She's a pothead,

you know what that means.

- She's bad news.

- She's my friend, Jimmy.

And she says, she says you

seem like a good person.

Oh, is that what she says, huh?

'Cause she knows me so well.

What do you know

about this girl?

Where's she from?

What's her name?

VICTOR: She don't use a name.

What do you mean,

she don't use a name?

She don't use a name.

JIMMY: See, that's what

I'm talking about.

What kind of a girl

doesn't use a name, huh?

What's she trying to hide,

she don't use a name?

She's the gal

who invented kissing.

Like the Hank Snow song,

The Gal Who Invented Kissing...

Whoa, whoa, whoa,

whoa, whoa, hold on.

You guys kissed?

Okay, Victor,

I don't want you hanging out

with this girl any more.

I don't need this, okay?

I don't need to be watching out

for you all the time.

You don't have to watch

out for me, Jimmy...

Oh no?

What happened

with the phone booth?

I was pushed.

Pushed by who?

Huh, nobody saw you get pushed.

The girl, she saw it.

Oh, the girl saw you get pushed?

[DOOR BELL RINGING]

Great.

- VICTOR: What's the matter?

- JIMMY: Nothing, shut up.

FREDDY: Oh, look who it is!

- JIMMY: Hey.

- FREDDY: Hey Vic.

Jimmy, what do you say?

How's everything, how's The Oak?

- Well, you know, still The Oak.

- FREDDY: Yeah, yeah.

How's everything, how's Patti?

She's good. You know,

still the same pain in my a*s.

We keep missing each other

you know,

I come home, she goes to work.

Plus, I'm out there trying

to get my real estate

license right now.

I'm trying to make some

extra money, you know?

I hear you.

Listen, Freddy,

I'm... I'm having this problem.

I got this, uh, this dr*fter.

She keeps coming in the bar,

she's getting high

in my bathroom all the time,

I mean, what do I do?

Is she selling?

No, no, no, nothing like that,

but I mean, you know.

It's like reefer madness.

I mean, she's getting

high smoking a bone,

the whole place

stinks like weed.

Listen, don't worry about it.

f*ck it, you'll be all right.

- Yeah?

- Yeah, she comes in again,

you give me a call.

I'll tune her up for you.

I'll see you later, Vic.

[DOOR BELL RINGS]

JIMMY: What?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey!

No, no, no, no, no.

Not again today.

- You know...

- Nope, no. You gotta go, scram.

I have to use the bathroom,

is that okay?

I don't care,

what are you gonna do,

- smoke a bone in there...

- GIRL: No, no.

No, you have to leave.

Well, we talked

about this already.

- JIMMY: Now!

- I promised, Jimmy.

- I'm trying to run a business!

- THE GIRL: Please!

I gotta pee!

I gotta pee, Jimmy.

Come on.

Make it fast.

What is this?

[GIRL WHISPERING]

She's gotta pee, she gotta pee.

["THEY WERE WRONG" PLAYING]

I wish I'd known

Maybe I could've helped you

But you were already gone

To the trouble that held you

Come knee high you were

Treated like the meantime

Well they might've been young

But excuses just become lies

They were wrong

They were wrong

They were wrong

They were wrong

The day is never too long

When it's gone, it's gone

They were wrong

My God, they're still wrong

We were drinking warm beer

At Ninth and Michigan

You were making me nervous

But I was still listening

Well he might've been a talker

But he never said too much

He was just a souvenir

From a cold done dead love

They were wrong...

THE GIRL: Oh my God, oh my God,

oh my God, oh my God,

oh my God, oh my God, oh my

God, oh my God, oh my God!

...The day is never too long

When it's gone, it's gone

They were wrong...

There's two guys over there.

They're...

they're sucking each other off,

and they were trying

to get me to watch!

All right, hold on,

hold on, relax, come on.

Thank you, sir.

...Here's the saddest song

You never heard...

Hey!

What the f*ck

you two doing, huh?

...They deserve

We were in the front row

At the sad last goodbye

You were so pissed off

You were trembling inside

Why'd you ever live to wish

And wait by the front door

That your daddy

Never answered

And your mama won't any more

They were wrong

They were wrong

They were wrong

They were wrong

The day is never too long

When it's gone, it's gone

They were wrong

My God, they're still wrong

They were wrong

They were wrong

They were wrong

They're still wrong

They were wrong

They were wrong

They were wrong

God, they're still wrong

FREDDY: You look pretty.

What are you doing,

you going out?

Wow!

That's it, huh?

One lousy piece of chicken?

So now you're unhappy,

I suppose...

All I'm asking

is if there's any more chicken.

Hmm?

There, now you got two.

You want three?

Don't know why

you're busting my ba*ls, Patti.

Where were you last night?

Where am I every night?

You stop at that diner?

- Yeah.

- PATTI: Yeah?

- Yeah.

- You had a nice little visit

with your waitress friend?

Well, they did serve me coffee

and a f*cking brownie,

so, unless brownies are giving

reach-arounds these days...

Come on, what's with all

the questions, huh?

So now I'm picking a fight?

FREDDY: Oh, I get it.

You're on your f*cking period.

- Enjoy.

- Thank you.

- I'm going out.

- Nice, where you going?

PATTI: I don't know, out.

Okay, I'll be here

with my one piece of chicken.

f*ck-A,

I feel like Henry VIII!

[KEG SCRAPPING]

PATTI:

Karen LaMonica just went by.

Her son, Mike, he was on

a submarine for two years.

Heard he went AWOL last week.

Oh yeah?

Tell me what you meant

that time.

What?

You remember that time

I had that thing at work?

That guy knocked me down?

You asked me about Freddy,

why I didn't wanna wake him?

What'd you mean?

I don't know,

that was a while ago.

That was three weeks ago.

What'd you mean?

Nothing.

Then why were you asking?

I wanna know.

I don't know.

- [METAL CLANKING]

- Come on.

I wonder

why you won't just tell me.

Jesus Christ.

You know how much those

f*cking things weigh?

JIMMY: I can barely roll one.

[METAL CLANKING LOUDLY]

He just moves them around

like he's Magilla Gorilla.

Do you think Victor's

ever had sex?

[CHUCKLING]

What?

He's your brother,

why you asking me?

I just thought that women

had like a sixth sense

or something

for that, I don't know.

Wait, you worried

about that girl, the pothead?

Why don't you just ask Victor?

Don't you guys talk

about that stuff?

I thought all guys talked

about who they slept with.

Come on.

Tell me what you meant.

I don't know, I...

I don't know, Patti,

some maniac jumps you at work.

You get blood all over you.

You call me

to make you feel better.

Three times, you call me.

Not your husband.

What does that tell you?

He was sleeping,

didn't wanna wake him up.

You'd have woken me up though,

right?

- Yeah.

- JIMMY: Yeah.

- That's different.

- Why's it different?

You're beautiful, you know that?

Keep dreaming.

Okay, you're right, you're not.

I'm making it all up.

I'm just trying to build

up your self-esteem.

You're actually ugly.

And you're nuts.

Is Freddy nuts too?

Yeah.

I mean...

[SCOFFS]

What are we talking about Jimmy?

Us.

It's not like

that's gonna happen, is it?

It's not like you're

gonna leave Freddy.

Who says so?

I look for excuses all the time.

- Nice, you need an excuse.

- No!

It's not like you

don't have Victor.

I don't have Victor.

What is that supposed to mean?

Victor's fine

- on his own...

- PATTI: You know what I mean.

He's like a big kid.

He's sweet, he's like

a big, sweet lummox.

All right,

Victor is not a lummox.

I said sweet...

- Oh, that makes it better.

- Lummox.

Well I didn't mean

it in a bad way!

Well, how do you mean it then...

- Well, you know...

- Is there a good way?

I wouldn't never talk...

that way about your brother!

You just did.

Look, he is what he is.

There's just plenty a better

choice of words than lummox.

PATTI: Like what?

Magilla Gorilla?

Come on, you took

it the wrong way.

I'm sorry, okay?

It's just we both have things

that come along with the deal.

JIMMY: f*ck!

What's the matter?

I'm missing $2200,

that's what's the matter!

- How?

- It's all f*cked up.

Victor loses half

the g*dd*mn bank receipts

and I got nothing to go

on but these shitty books.

I don't know why you

don't have a bookkeeper

- to do all this.

- Just relax, okay?

You don't understand relax

and I can't afford

a f*cking bookkeeper,

'cause I'm missing $2200,

maybe that's a problem.

- Okay.

- I got insurance bills,

car payments, I'm paying off

that stupid,

high-def TV that he wanted.

I'm paying liquor distributors

for this f*cking sh*thole...

Hey stop cursing,

you sound like Freddy!

[KEG CLANGING]

Hey, Vic.

Remember Mike LaMonica?

He went AWOL

on a f*cking submarine.

How do you do that?

What, did he swim?

f*cking Aquaman?

- PATTI: Hey.

- This is what Patti tells me.

If I wanna get yelled at,

I'll go home and get yelled at.

Call me when you're in

a better mood.

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

- [TELEPHONE RINGING]

- Oak.

Jimmy, where are you?

What do you mean, where am I?

You just called me, didn't you?

Are you coming home now?

No, how am I gonna come home?

I'm still trying to figure out

where the g*dd*mn

money went, okay?

I'm up to my eyeballs

in f*cking paperwork.

Just stop calling me

every five minutes,

so I can get this sh*t done!

Okay, Jimmy.

But you are coming home, right?

Eh, yes no,

maybe, I don't know.

I'll be home

when I'm done with this, okay?

Just stop calling.

[TELEPHONE CLICKS]

[PHONE CLACKS]

[DOOR LOCK OPENING]

[DOOR SQUEAKING]

[FLOOR CREAKING]

[WATER DRIPPING]

[WATER TRICKLING]

[OPENING LOCK]

Oh!

Um, can you close the door,

it's cold.

[DOOR UNLATCHING]

Would you like some coffee?

Sure.

How long have you been

staying here?

Two weeks, on and off.

Now I know where all

the food's been going.

Victor let you in?

Of course.

I come in through the basement.

He said he'd talk to you first.

You don't say?

I don't suppose

he got the chance?

No.

You mad?

Listen, whatever your name is,

I'm really

not in the mood for this.

I'm having a bad day.

It's late.

I'm tired, so just...

What do you want?

I don't suppose you mean

what do I want in my coffee?

Okay, what do you

want in your coffee?

I'm not really a coffee person.

Can I have tea?

- I know what you're thinking.

- Do you?

You think I'm taking

advantage of your brother.

- And?

- Well, you're wrong.

I know he's different and

I know people around here

treat him like sh*t

and he doesn't deserve it.

And I respect you

for taking care of him,

and looking out for him.

If you weren't suspicious,

then you wouldn't be

much of a brother.

- Can we cut the sh*t?

- It's not sh*t!

What do you want?

What are you looking for?

I just wanted

to be his friend.

His friend?

Is that what you

think Victor thinks,

- that you're his friend?

- Yeah, I do.

No, no, no, no. See, you,

you're the girl

who invented kissing.

He told you that.

That's my fault.

I told him to pick out

a name for me.

Well?

What is your name?

Look, do you want me to leave?

'Cause I will.

I'm used to taking care

of myself, it's what I do.

You mean like with my money?

What money?

Victor didn't mention

anything to you

about the bar missing any money?

No, as*h*le!

I don't appreciate

the accusation!

- Hey!

- If you got nothing to hide,

- you got nothing to worry about.

- THE GIRL: Hey,

what the f*ck

are you doing?

- What do you got in here, huh?

- No one touches my f*cking sh*t!

as*h*le!

Don't think I'm afraid of you

'cause I'm not, m*therf*cker!

Get the f*ck off of me.

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[SIGHING]

[MOANING]

[MOANING]

[TV CHATTER]

I'm sorry I didn't come home

last night.

I know I told you I said

I would and I didn't.

So, let's just leave it

at that, okay?

Why is there three?

- It's a tea.

- A tea?

[DOOR CREAKING]

Morning.

JIMMY: Morning.

Oh, thank you.

Uh, would you

like some breakfast?

No, thank you.

Breakfast makes me pokey.

Hey, Jimmy?

Did you find that money?

No.

What happened?

Jimmy lost $2200.

Okay, I didn't lose $2200.

The books are short,

that's all, so whatever I did,

whether I added wrong...

let's just drop it

Okay, you can't unring a bell.

Maybe you should

hire a bookkeeper.

[DOOR CREAKING]

DONNIE:

Happy Thanksgiving, guys.

- Happy Thanksgiving, guys.

- Look at the size of that thing.

I've got 27 pounds.

[INDISTINCT GREETING]

DONNIE: What do you think, Vic?

THE GIRL: I've never seen

something like that before.

PHIL: You never seen

a turkey before?

Hey, Jimmy.

- What's up?

- She's invited, right?

Yeah, of course.

It's Thanksgiving, right?

DONNIE: Yeah.

THE GIRL: Turkey bowl!

[GROANING]

[MARCH BAND PLAYING]

So, it's you and you,

me, Donnie, Phil,

Freddy, Patti,

Irene, Irene's mom.

VICTOR: Mm-hmm.

[MARCH BAND PLAYING]

[TV ANNOUNCEMENTS]

What is it?

Hour every three pounds or so?

JIMMY: Something like that.

Frigging thing's so big,

I've moved all the racks,

it still barely fits in.

Guy's like a 35-pound

monster in there.

JIMMY: Yeah, right?

Gonna go for a smoke.

Coming?

- No.

- No.

I'm gonna stay here

and chill with James, all right?

Keep him company.

Everything under control

over there, buddy?

Need any help?

Nah, we're good, Fred, thanks.

All right.

How's The Oak? Still got

that chick coming in there

who was blazing up

the weed in the bathroom?

No, no, we took care of that.

- FREDDY: Oh, you did?

- Thank you, yeah.

Hey, Jimmy, let me

ask you something.

You ever see Patti

in there with anybody?

You mean like,

with a guy or something?

Yeah, like, with a guy,

you know,

like someone

that's not me, behind my back.

No, no, nothing like that.

- Patti's a good lady.

- Yeah.

She comes in with Barbara,

that's all.

[SCOFFS] Barbara!

Jesus.

You know, you got that

one that's married,

then you got one who's single,

the single one starts chirping

in the married one's ear

- and hello, here we go.

- I wouldn't worry about it.

But you know me.

I'm f*cking psycho, man,

I will put someone in the dirt!

Yeah.

[SIGHS] Aw, f*ck!

I'm f*cking paranoid!

Jesus Christ,

I wish that Barb would

just find a man already!

Yeah, right?

[FREDDY EXHALES]

All right, anyway.

Hey, who's that hot piece

of a*s in there you knew?

You hitting that sh*t?

No, no, that's Victor's friend.

[LAUGHING]

- f*ck outta here with that!

- Why, it's not funny.

Just relax,

I'm not saying nothing.

It's just that, I don't know,

she looks familiar.

I swear I've seen her before.

JIMMY: All right, coming in hot!

[DINNER CHATTER]

- Wow!

- Nice.

Nice, good job, boys.

All right, Victor, the grace.

- Okay.

- THE GIRL: Can I?

That's if Victor doesn't mind.

But Victor always does

the grace.

I don't mind, Jimmy.

Thanks.

All right.

I, uh, I don't really make it

to church ever,

but I just wanna

thank Jimmy and Victor

for inviting me into their home.

I pray the universe will help

those in their time of need,

pain, sorrow and sadness,

and give them hope,

strength,

and happiness to carry on.

And if on this day,

you can remember the poor,

the sick, the homeless,

and most especially, the lonely.

I'm hungry.

- Hallelujah!

- ALL: Hallelujah!

FREDDY: What do you want, this?

ALL: Oh!

- IRENE: I'm sorry.

- FREDDY: Vic!

Aw, Irene, don't worry about it.

Come here, come here,

we'll figure it out.

- I'll get it!

- DONNIE: I got it. I got it!

[LIGHTER FLICKS]

- [DOOR OPENS]

- [DOOR HINGES]

THE GIRL: Hey.

Mind if I join you?

No, I don't mind.

PATTI: I love your hair.

THE GIRL: Thanks.

[CHUCKLES]

So how long have you

known Jimmy and Victor?

God!

[SCOFFS]

Long time.

Since junior high.

Jimmy was my prom date.

He says you're

not from around here.

No.

I'm just from here, there,

but mostly there.

He says you and Victor

been hanging out a lot.

Yeah.

- Victor's a real sweetheart.

- Yeah.

They're both nice boys.

So, you know what happened,

then?

- What do you mean?

- He said it was an act of God.

Hmm.

It wasn't an act of God.

Old man was a drunk,

running the same bar.

He was picking them up

at Turtleback Zoo in the winter,

Jimmy, Victor, their mother.

He turned up an hour late.

He was drunk

after a day at The Oak.

He, uh...

told them to get in the car...

and then he drove it

off the bridge...

into the f*cking Passaic.

Their parents both died.

Victor was the only one

to make it out,

but he went back in.

He went back into

the freezing water.

He pulled Jimmy out.

- Victor did that?

- Yeah!

Almost drowned.

By the time the police

turned up, he was...

he was floating in the water.

He'd lost oxygen in his brain,

he went half deaf.

God...

that's so sad.

He saved Jimmy's life.

I guess there's your act of God.

Does it bother you, what you do?

Does what bother me?

Being on your own,

sleeping outside,

sleeping in strange places.

No.

Come on, there's a lot

of crazy people out there.

Yeah, well, they better be

careful, that's all I can say.

I may not look tough,

but I'm not afraid

to protect myself.

My first day

in the park here, you know,

some guy wanted to get high

with me,

so I was like, yeah, okay.

We did an A-b*mb

and some uppies,

and then he started grabbing me,

and I didn't want him to.

Wasn't really anything, I just

didn't want him touching me,

and he wouldn't cut it out.

What'd you do?

Stabbed him.

[SCOFFS]

[LAUGHING] What, did he die?

I doubt it,

I stabbed him in the a*s.

DRUGGY: Someone

stabbed my a*s!

I just might've

given it to him if he asked...

but some people figure they

can just take what they want,

and who gives a sh*t?

But when they take

what they want,

and you're not ready to give,

then what's taken

can never be replaced.

You stay that way forever.

I look around and I see people

who've been taking,

and I see people who've been

taken from their whole lives.

I look at you.

You look at me how?

- I don't know.

- PATTI: Come on...

what does that mean?

I just mean, how long have you

been taking from Jimmy?

I don't know

what you're talking about.

I meant how long

have you been screwing him

behind your husband's back?

I don't care

how many drug dealers

you stabbed in the a*s,

you keep your mouth shut.

You come here to make trouble?

You got off on the wrong stop.

Leave Victor alone.

Stay the f*ck away

from Jimmy too.

Get back on the f*cking bus!

- You tr*mp!

- [SOBBING]

[DOOR OPENS]

Thanks for the cigarette.

[DOOR SLAMMING]

[MUSIC PLAYING OVER TELEVISION]

Hey, Victor.

I'm a little tired.

You mind if I go upstairs

and lie on your bed for a while?

Sure.

[MOTOR ENGINE REVVING]

THE GIRL: Victor,

I got a good idea.

Let's bury ourselves,

and then when someone comes by,

we'll jump out and scare

the crap out of them!

- Come on!

- VICTOR: Yeah, yeah.

[THE GIRL GIGGLING]

- Okay.

- Okay?

Victor?

Someone coming?

If you could do anything,

I mean...

if you had the money to do

something you always wanted

to do...

what would it be?

Like...

- anything?

- Anything.

Is there something

you always wanted to do,

but you

couldn't afford to do it?

I would wanna buy

Jimmy a new car.

No.

Something for yourself,

not necessarily an object but...

is there someplace

you never been...

something you always

wanted to see?

I've... I've never been

to the Grand Ole Opry.

It's in Nashville.

It's where Ernie Tubb

discovered Hank Snow.

It's where his memorial is.

Well, let's do it!

Let's go there!

Go there?

How?

Well never mind how.

Listen...

I have some money.

It's just money to spend

for something like this. It's...

money no one cares

about any more.

Yeah?

f*ck!

Come on!

We'll go out,

we'll get all new outfits,

I'll buy some makeup

and paint my nails.

We'll go get the bus tickets

and we'll leave tomorrow.

[SALSA MUSIC PLAYING]

Come on.

Listen...

this will just be

our little secret, okay?

VICTOR: But what about Jimmy?

THE GIRL: Don't worry

about Jimmy.

We'll write Jimmy a postcard.

THE GIRL: Psst!

You like?

Um, you got no pants.

You like purple, right?

Mm-hmm.

Hey, wait a minute, I got

a few others I wanna show you.

Oh, no.

Where are you going?

Hey, it's okay.

We're buds, right?

Victor?

Haven't you ever seen

a girl undress before?

It's okay,

there's nothing

to be ashamed of.

They're just t*tties.

You don't have to be shy.

Do you wanna touch me, Victor?

You don't have to,

but if you want to, if you're...

if you're curious.

- [THE GIRL SCOFFS]

- Here.

How's that feel?

Soft, right?

Victor.

- Victor, what's the matter?

- Oh, no.

- Oh, f*ck!

- Oh, no.

- Oh, no.

- Victor,

Victor, look what I made you do.

VICTOR: No, it's not funny.

Victor, you came!

[GIGGLING]

- Victor, you came!

- [VICTOR MOANS]

[LAUGHING]

- sh*t! Let's get out of here.

- It's not funny.

[LAUGHING]

Shh.

[SIREN BLEEPS]

FREDDY: Hey, heads up,

scumbag, you're under arrest.

- Hiya, Freddy.

- What are you doing there, Vic.

Huh? You staying out of trouble?

Yeah?

Hey Vic, when are you

gonna play us something

on your violin there?

- Someday.

- NOLAN: No, come on, man,

- I want to hear maestro...

- Nolan, stop!

Come on, Vic's a good guy.

But seriously Vic,

Patti says you're pretty good.

What, do you only

play for the chicks?

No.

Oh, I don't know,

Patti says you're good.

What about your girlfriend,

you play for her?

She's not my girlfriend, Freddy.

We're just good friends.

Okay, what about Patti?

Jimmy and Patti

are just good friends, too.

Oh, you f*cking knucklehead.

What I'm saying is,

Patti said that you're good,

so she must've heard

you play, right?

No, she's never heard me

play before.

All right, Victor, you just stay

out of trouble, all right?

Hey, hold on a second.

Vic, come here, I just wanna

talk you to for a second, okay?

Look...

Vic...

what'd you mean by...

"Jimmy and Patti are

just good friends,"

like I know it's true,

but what does that mean?

Jimmy...

Jimmy said him and Patti

are just good friends, Freddy.

Oh, when did he say that?

See, it's weird to me,

it's like,

why would he say that

like why would he say that

him and Patti

are just good friends,

I don't understand.

Because she's his friend.

You're right.

Jesus Christ, sometimes I can

be a knucklehead too, Vic.

Hey, thanks for your help,

I appreciate it, all right?

Now you stay outta trouble,

you understand?

Let's get outta here.

[MUSIC PLAYING IN CAR]

[TELEPHONE RINGING]

- Oak.

- PATTI: Jimmy, don't come over.

It's Freddy.

- What's the matter, what's up?

- PATTI: He knows.

He had a fit,

he was going crazy!

He said he talked to Victor.

He said Victor said something.

He wouldn't listen to me,

I mean, he was acting

like a f*cking maniac!

- Are you all right?

- PATTI: Yeah, I'm okay.

Jimmy...

be careful.

[SIGHS]

f*ck!

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Heya, Jimmy.

How is The Oak?

Well, Victor...

if you ever bothered to show up

once in a while, then you

wouldn't have to ask me,

now would you?

Does it need any help?

What did you say to Freddy?

Freddy?

You said something

to Freddy about me and Patti.

Now what did you say?

I just said that...

you said that you and Patti

were just friends.

You know, Victor...

half the time I talk to you

I get nothing but shrugs,

but when you open your mouth,

boy, do you open your mouth.

Now there's a good chance

that when I go in

to open up tomorrow morning,

Freddy's gonna be there

to rip my head off.

- Jimmy, I...

- Just!

do me a favor

and just shut up!

You did enough

g*dd*mn damage for one night!

Don't yell at me, Jimmy.

I'm tired of you yelling at me!

Well then, stop f*cking

embarrassing me all the time!

Don't talk to me like that,

Jimmy, I'm your older brother!

Well then, start acting like it

and stop being

such a g*dd*mn lummox!

- Don't you call me that, Jimmy.

- Why not?

You don't even know

what one means!

Otherwise you wouldn't

keep acting like one!

Here, here, people been

calling you one all your life,

it's about time you look it up!

Lummox!

It's under L!

Look it up!

[VICTOR BREATHING HEAVILY]

I'm not a lummox, Jimmy!

I'm your brother!

[VICTOR YELLING] You're supposed

to take care of me!

And I'm your older brother!

You forget that?

I'm your older brother!

[YELLING CONTINUES]

You don't call me that!

Huh, Jimmy, you hear me?

You!

You don't call me that!

[TV SWITCHING ON]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

- I'm sorry.

- Shut up.

- What do you wanna do, Freddy?

- I swear to God.

- [DOOR OPENING]

- [DOOR SLAMMING]

Go home, Victor.

You okay, Jimmy?

I'm fine.

Jimmy, get Vic outta here.

- I'm not leaving, Freddy.

- Victor, go home!

No.

I'm not leaving, Jimmy.

Get him outta here, Jimmy!

- Victor, go home!

- No!

I'm warning you, Vic,

this is between me

and your brother, Jimmy.

You leave

my little brother alone.

Victor, go home!

No!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR OPENING]

Hey, Freddy?

What?

Look, this is important.

[FREDDY BREATHING HEAVILY]

[WHISPERING]

You okay, Jimmy?

It's over now, just go home.

[EXHALES]

[DOOR OPENS]

[OPERATOR ANNOUNCEMENTS]

FREDDY: Okay.

It's okay.

Hey, Jimmy.

What are you doing home?

I mean, who's watching The Oak?

That's...

some shirt

you got there, Victor, that new?

My friend bought it for me.

So, the girl?

What's the matter, Jimmy?

JIMMY: Sit down, Victor.

You okay?

Listen...

there's no easy way

to tell you this...

so I'm just gonna say it.

Your friend...

someone hurt her.

What?

They found her body

behind the... train station.

You understand

what that means, her body?

Are they sure that it was her?

They know.

Any idea who'd do

something like that, Freddy?

No, you hang out

with strange people like that,

sh*t I see every day.

Shanked, parents wanted

nothing to do with her.

Hey Jimmy,

how's Victor taking all this?

Is he holding up?

Not well...

he's, uh...

just said it's an act of God.

Maybe someone

should go check on him.

I'm gonna take him out

to Doodle Eve's today,

get his mind off things.

PATTI: That poor girl.

Every time I think

about being mean to her...

Never even knew her name.

Judge ye not.

[VICTOR PLAYING VIOLIN]

Careful, Vic.

What's on your mind, Victor?

You know you can talk to me

about anything, don't you, Vic?

I mean, we're brothers, right?

That night

you didn't come home...

and we lost our money?

Yeah, I remember.

You wasn't with Patti.

No...

I wasn't with Patti.

I'm sorry, Victor.

[CLANG ECHOES]

It wasn't enough that you tried

to take Patti away from Freddy?

It wasn't enough that

you're the handsome brother?

That you are the smart brother?

It wasn't enough

that you are the brother

I almost died for that day?

I know I'm different, Jimmy.

I know that I'm what

people call stupid...

but sometimes people don't know

that I know that.

But I'm smart enough

not to have thought

that a girl like that...

would ever fall in love

with someone like me.

I know what a lummox is, Jimmy.

I know that I am one.

It was just nice

that someone like her

didn't treat me like one.

I, uh...

I guess I never really talked

about it with you...

like we should've.

Like brothers should've.

[SOBBING]

I miss Grandma, Jimmy.

She was good to us.

She wasn't nothing,

but a little old lady, but...

when she died

I didn't feel safe no more.

Sometimes...

I wish I could

un-ring that bell.

[SIGHS]

[JIMMY SOBBING]

JIMMY: Sorry I haven't been

a good brother to you...

but I tried, Vic.

I really tried.

[SOBBING]

Only the mediocre

are always at their best.

Oh, be careful, Jimmy.

["DULCE ET DECORUM EST" PLAYING]

I'm riding on a train

Well you know

Cute girl in an English hat

Why'd it have

To rain like that

And in pulling off

her scarf...

- Hiya, Leo.

- Vic.

...I let go

It floated

Like a wounded bird

Hey, Leo, you getting

any Hank Snow records in?

Yeah.

What?

It's an import from Japan,

promotional picture disc,

it's got ol' Hank burned

right there into the hot wax.

Would you like to hold it maybe?

Gotta be

real careful though, okay?

That there's the holy sh*t,

Holy Grail of all Hank vinyl,

very, very rare.

- How much?

- Phew.

It's on me, Vic.

Thank you, Leo.

Who gives you joy?

- You.

- Who?

- You do, Leo.

- Thank you.

Okay, get outta here,

go listen to your record.

- See ya', Leo.

- Okay.

While I slept

Nothing gave

And nothing changed

Every day was more the same

You know

You know

I think

I think

I am

I am

Heroic in a failing way

For some of us

It goes that way

Dulce et decorum est,

my dear

It's sweet, it's right

There's nothing for you here

Here

When someone lets you down

You free fall

To that bigger hand

Around your wrist

You'll swear you

Never wanted this

Well you know

You know

I think

I think

I can

I can

Vanish with the evening rust

Join the ghost

That haunted us

Well you know

You know

I think

I think

I am

I am

Heroic in a failing way

For some of us

It goes that way

Dulce et decorum est

My dear

It's sweet, it's right

There's nothing for you here

Here

Now I'm pouring

Something cold

Down my throat

And I'm thinking

About you and me

Once we had

A drink or two or three

But those cold

autumn stars

Refused

We were swimming

In that frozen lake

Our eyes the sound

That sirens make

Woo

Woo hoo

Woo