16 Years of Alcohol

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MAN:
Sometimes, for some people,

things don't work out

as they might have hoped,

Hope is a strange thing,

A currency for people

who know they're losing,

The more familiar you are with hope,

the less beautiful it becomes,

This is a story about hope,

Hope

and desire,

A dream of an extraordinary world,,,

,,where angels watch over you

as storm clouds gather,

Mary? Come on, come on,

pick up the phone.

- Hi, please leave a message,,,

- Mary, it's Frankie.

I just wanted to tell you...

WOMAN:
Frankie, I'm here,

Frankie?

Frankie?

PUNCHING AND GRUNTING

FRANKIE:
Sometimes,

for some people,,,

,,things don't work out,,,

,,as they might have hoped,

# PADDY REILLY:
Fields of Athenry

# Michael, they have taken you

# Away

# For you stole Trevelyn's corn

# So the young might see the morn

# Now the prison ship

# Lies waiting in the bay

# Low lie

# The Fields of Athenry

# Where once we watched

# The small free birds fly

# Our love was on the wing

# We had dreams

and songs to sing... #

OK, cowboy, go get your mother.

Come on, Mum. Dad wants to go.

Hurry up!

I have always had

a strange feeling about love,

It seemed tricky,

Happiness and sadness,

ugly and beautiful,,,

,,real and unreal,

One thing I've always known, though,

is that I have wanted

to be around love,

Quietly, not too much,

Just enough to make my heart happy,

It didn't have to sing,,,

,,just smile a little,,,

,,smile at the world,

Love is greedy,

Sometimes, when things don't work out

as you might have hoped,,,

,,love becomes a dangerous thing,

Scary, violent,

cold like the moon,

But today, it's warm like the breeze,

Mrs Jackson? I see you've got

your pet pig with you.

Christ, Jim, it's you! You've shaved.

Ladies and gentlemen, have you

ever seen two more handsome men?

Alberto and Cornelius,

the Brothers Grimm.

LAUGHTER:

What is this I see in front of me?

Who is this vision of beauty?

Well, well, well, it's my wife.

Take a bow, you gorgeous creature.

That's it, stand up, take a bow.

APPLAUSE:

Magic! OK, what's it to be?

- Goodnight Sweetheart!

- He'll Have To Go? Jim Reeves.

Yes.

OK, here's one for the beautiful

girls who've stolen our hearts.

# Put your sweet lips

# A little closer to the phone

# Let's pretend that we're together

All alone

# I'll tell the man to turn

The jukebox way down low

# And you can tell your friend

There with you

# He'll have to go

# Whisper to me

Tell me do

# You love me true?

# Or is he holding you

# The way I do?

# Though love is blind

# Make up your mind

I've got to know

# Should I hang up

# Or will I tell him

He'll have to go?

# You can't tell the words

I want to hear

# While you're with another man

# Do you want me

Answer yes or no

# Darling, I'll understand

# Put your sweet lips

A little closer to the phone

# Let's pretend that we're together

# All alone

# I'll tell the man to turn

The jukebox way down low

# And you can tell your friend

There with you

# He'll have to go,,, #

APPLAUSE:

It feels suddenly as if the clocks

stop and the world stops moving,

The derision, the hate,,,

,,the end of good,

What are you left with,

other than this thing called hope?

I knew it all along

but didn't understand it,

WOMAN MURMURS:

This was a charade,

WOMAN:
Oh, Christ.

Not a place where people

won things,,,

,,but a place where people lost,,,

,,and lost badly,

Here comes the wind,,,

,,cutting down the buildings,

Looking for someone to blame

for its pointless journey,

Someone always has to pay,

that's the rule, the only rule,

Have you seen your father?

Did you hear me?

Your father, have you seen him?

Did he come out of the bar?

No. I haven't seen him.

Go home.

Go home.

What have these seen tonight,

I wonder?

Hey, cowboy,

who's the fastest gun in the west?

So, you're Jack Wilson.

Yeah, that's right.

I've heard that you're nothing

but a low-down Yankee liar.

WOMAN:
She should know who I mean,

she's been with him 15 years.

Every single day she's seen him.

Anyway, she's telling me

she's coming down next Thursday.

I said, ''Be at the British Legion.''

She says, ''I'm calling the bingo.''

I said, ''You won't. Last time

you made a right hash of it.''

She comes in last week

with her husband.

Says, ''I'm not married.''

I said, ''I was at the wedding.''

Anyway, he comes in with her,

like Lord Muck and Lady Toff.

Last time I saw her she was pregnant.

I tell you what,

they only go there on a Friday...

What does that taste like?

What, this?

Terrible. Like donkey's piss.

..Need a decent meal. She said, ''What

would you know about a decent meal?''

Can I have a taste?

..Wouldn't go on a diet

if you paid me.

CLOCK TICKS:

MUM IN OTHER ROOM: I saw her.

She had your jacket on.

DAD:
She probably went to the bar

to get some cigarettes.

You're f***ing out of order.

I'm sick of this, too.

MUM:
You bastard, stop lying to me!

DAD:
F***ing lying. You're lying!

SHOUTING:

You're f***ing out of order!

I can't go out with my pals

or have a f***ing drink!

MUM:
Do what you want,

I'm not here to take it!

DAD:
F***ing let me in!

I'm sick of this, too!

What are you doing?

I want to come down.

SILENCE:

I'm coming down.

Can you hear me?

I'm coming down.

Hello?

I'm coming in now.

RECORD PLAYER HISSES

This is not the stuff

that dreams are made of,,,

Each second here is another education

in the art of destruction,

The wonder of hate,

There's no heart left here,

Only eyes that lie and people

that charge through the day,

Trying to remember

where it all began is not good,

All that matters is how it affects

you and the people you care about,

That's the real world,

You see, how easy is this?

Too easy to stop,

They say when a ship sinks

the rats float to the top,

Some people

Look forward to that time,

- Where did this happen?

- The social club.

- On your own turf?

- Absolutely. An outrage.

No, it's not,

it's a diabolical liberty.

Well, you know me...

- One singer, one song?

- Yes.

What did you say?

Well, I said,

''So, James, you man of mystery,

this is the moment

your world changes forever.''

Know what he said?

Oops! The boss has arrived.

Sit down just for a minute, Frankie.

So, where was I? Oh, yeah.

So I said, ''James, this is the moment

your world changes forever.''

And the bastard said,

''It's either me or you.''

So I said,

''No, James, you're wrong.''

- ''There's only you.''

- What did he say to that?

He never lived to tell the tale.

That's right, Frankie.

How's it going, Frankie?

WOMAN SINGS:

Don't see your mum much these days.

She'll be back soon.

Don't worry, that's just what women

do to get attention.

# Show me the stairway

# I have to climb

# So for my sake

# Lord, teach me to take

# One day at a time

# One day at a time

# Sweet Jesus

# That's all I'm asking of you

# Give me the strength

# To do every day

# What I need to do

# Yesterday's gone, sweet Jesus

# Tomorrow may never be mine

# So for my sake

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