Black Dog Page #2

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Isaiah 2, verse 4.

You read your Bible?

- Probably not as much as I should.

- You try and lead a good life?

When I can.

That's the most

important thing.

- [Engine Whining]

- Excuse me, Mr. Crews.

- Where have you been?

- Puttin' her through her paces.

This ain't

a damn NASCAR rally.

Did you get

my Sunday throwaways?

- You know, it slipped my mind.

- It slipped your mind?

Did you know there's coupons for 50

cents off luncheon meats at Winn-Dixie?

I ask you to do

one simple thing.

Mr. Cutler

sent us a driver.

Earl. Jack Crews.

You'll have to forgive

Earl's manners.

He was hopin' he'd get to drive.

[Chuckles]

- Uh, I'm not takin' that.

- What?

It's brand-spankin' new.

I don't need

that kind of attention.

Junior, come down here

and show Jack Crews a tractor...

that's more to his likin'.

Come on.

I think Mr. Cutler suspects something.

He sent down a new driver.

It don't make a damn bit of difference,

Red. Our deal's with you.

I know that.

Things are gettin' more complicated now.

I'm gonna need some more cash.

You listen to me.

6:
00 tonight with that truck...

or cash'll be

the last thing you need.

- So, what's it got in it? - 3406

"Cat," turbo-ed, four and a quarter,

- Fuller-Eaton ten-speed, pro-shift.

- Got a Jake brake?

Yep.

- How are the brakes?

- New. Put 'em on myself.

- And the rubber?

- Almost new. Ain't no recaps.

All right. Fire her up.

- Earl's gonna be riding with ya.

- What do ya mean, he's gonna be riding with me?

Somebody has to drive

that tractor home.

Right as rain.

Sonny's here.

I guess we can hit it.

You're late.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.

I may be late, but I'm always on time.

- Hey, Wes. [Laughs]

- Hey, Earl.

- Who's that?

- He's drivin'.

- Since when?

- Since an hour ago.

- Came down from the top.

- From the top of what?

You make him seem like

he's goddamned Moses.

- Don't you take the Lord's name in vain.

- I'm goddamned sorry.

You gonna be sorry. If you don't like

it, Sonny, you can get out right now.

What I don't like is you, him or anybody else

changing the plans every time I turn around.

That's what I don't like.

- I'm Sonny.

- And I'm Wes.

And I'm Jack Crews.

We'll be cruisin' right behind ya.

Cruisin' behind "The Crews. "

What do ya mean,

you'll be right behind me?

- [Red] Protection.

- Protection from what?

It's policy. We send

a car with every truck.

Come on. Let's do it.

[Dog Barking]

- This your dog?

- Tiny ain't nobody's dog but his own.

Easy, boy.

Toilets. Can you believe it?

Five-gallon flush.

- Wanna look any closer?

- I'm just here to drive.

(music) I was born on a bus

they say goin' south (music)

(music) Left at a truck stop

I never knew my mother (music)

(music) And ever since

the highway's been my home (music)

(music) Like a restless wind

I keep movin' on and I (music)

(music) Can't seem to stay

in one place too long (music)

(music) I'm a road man (music)

(music) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (music)

Over there,

you have your starter.

Down there's your clutch,

brake, go pedal.

- Thanks for reminding me.

- Let's see what ya got.

[Engine Starts]

- [Air Whooshes]

- [Sighs]

[Sighs]

[Engine Shudders, Stalls]

I thought

you could drive.

First time.

This driver comin' down,

does that change things?

You're not plannin' on havin' kids,

are ya, Junior?

I don't know.

Find the right woman, maybe.

- Why? - 'Cause you suffer

from a sorry-ass lack of balls.

(music) Well, the midnight headlights

blinds you on a rainy night (music)

(music) Steep grade up ahead

Slow me down, makin' no time (music)

(music) But I gotta keep rollin' (music)

(music) Those windshield wipers

slappin' out a tempo (music)

(music) Keepin' perfect rhythm

with the song on the radio (music)

(music) Yeah, I gotta keep rollin' (music)

(music) Ooh, I'm drivin'

my life away (music)

(music) Lookin' for a better way (music)

(music) For me (music)

"Virgo:
Today's

the day to begin...

a business relationship

with a new friend. "

Guess you're

my new friend.

(music) Well, the truck stop cutie

comin' on to me (music)

(music) Tried to talk me into a ride

Said I wouldn't be sorry (music)

We in the middle of committing a felony.

That's what you want to do, litter?

- We're not committing anything. We're just following a truck.

- Yeah, right.

- Ya wanna play Pididdle?

- Pi... what?

Pididdle... Ya see a car

with one headlight, you yell "Pididdle. "

First one to yell wins.

- It's daylight, Wes.

- Ya got a point.

[Laughs]

I got it. Yes.

This is what I do.

This is my passion.

I'm a...

I'm a songwriter.

That's what I do.

Listen to this.

(music) Do you still read my horoscope

in the paper every mornin' (music)

(music) To see exactly what

I'm gonna do (music)

(music) Do you still read my horoscope

in the paper every mornin' (music)

(music) To see if I'll be

comin' home to you (music)

What do ya think?

Uh, I... I don't listen

to very much country music.

Well, I do.

Take my word for it.

This is the beginning

of a good song.

See, a good song has to have

a good hook. That's what it's all about.

You reach out and... and you grab with

"horoscope. " See, you give 'em the twist...

- Pull over, would ya? I gotta take a leak.

- Again?

I got a bladder

the size of a pea.

Breaker 1-9 from 10-36.

What do you want?

[Sonny]

Wes has to drain his lily.

Think I'll hit

the head too.

I'm gonna see if they

got any books on tape.

All that stuff about Moses and all that.

That wasn't personal, you understand.

- No problem.

- I just wish for once these clowns...

- would stick to the plan, you know what I'm sayin'?

- I hear you.

Hello!

- [Chuckles] He... Hello. Come to Papa!

- In your dreams, Wes.

(music) He's been gone

for ten long days (music)

(music) Burnin' up that interstate (music)

(music) He's got a run

from coast to coast (music)

- (music) I got one more night to go (music)

- See, I told you we could play Pididdle in the day.

- What?

- Pididdle, right behind us.

- [Gun Cocking]

- Oh!

What the...

- [Grunts]

- [Glass Shatters]

- [Tires Screeching]

- [Horn Blares]

Ah... Aah...

[Screams]

Oh-oh.

[Both Grunt]

That's D.W. And Leroy

from Red's place.

What the hell

are they doin'?

Now, we got ya.

[Grunts]

- [Grunts]

- [Engine Revving]

- That Red's truck?

- He's tryin' to hijack the load.

Good ol'

Southern hospitality.

Crews?

Huh? Jeez!

What are ya doin'?

[Grunting]

[Grunts]

Oh...

Son of a b*tch!

What the hell you waitin' on?

Move it! Move it!

Let's go! Let's go!

Get out of that truck! Come on!

I should've seen this comin'. For all

his talk of Jesus, Red is a greedy man.

[Grunting]

[Tires Screeching]

Sonny, next time he backs off,

floor it. Can you do that?

Okay, I'm gonna try!

Watch out!

- Sonny, now!

- Go! Go! Go!

[Tires Screeching]

- Yeah. You can drive.

- It's comin' back to me.

Damn! Look what he did

to my car, man!

Can't believe this!

Will you look at this!

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