Bus Stop Page #2

- We know that, Bo.

- Bye, Grace.

So long, honey.

- You the one that plays the guitar?

- That's right, ma'am.

I'm real fond of music myself.

All aboard. Bus loadin' right away.

Good-bye, Grace.

See you in a couple of days.

- So long, Carl.

- Come on, cowboy.

- Good luck at the rodeo, cowboy.

- Thanks, ma'am.

Come back real soon, you hear?

- So long, Carl.

- So long, Grace.

Come back soon, hear?

Talk about angels. How about her?

Well,

she may be an angel, Virge,

but she ain't my angel.

How can you tell?

I'll know.

When I see my angel,

I'll know right off the bat.

Fasten your seat belts and take off your

coats. We're startin' to lose altitude.

Landin' in Phoenix in about an hour.

Well, I'm sorry to leave you folks,

but this is where we get off.

"Welcome, cowboys.

"The town is yours." Yee-haw!

That's us, Virge! That's us!

So long, fellas.

Don't let him take any wooden nickels.

I'll be drivin' you back tomorrow night.

That is, if you're still in one piece.

Don't you worry about us, mister.

We're gonna be all right.

You just drive your bus.

Come on, Virge, let's go register.

Is that our hotel?

Bo!

Bo, wait on the corner.

You gotta try to remember.

They go when it's green,

they stop when it's red.

Never seen so many gals.

Must be a hundred head of 'em.

Bo!

Wait till it turns green.

Kiss me quick and go

my honey

Kiss me quick and go

To cheat surprise and prying eyes

VIRGE:
Bo, you're gonna wash

yourself down to a nub!

What are you doin' anyway?

Ain't got nothin' like this at home.

Shower and bath at the same time!

Bo, you have a terrible habit

of overdoin' everything.

- Come on!

- Yee-haw!

Listen, Bo, if you're gonna take all night,

I'm gonna step across the street.

That there Blue Dragon place

seems kind of interesting.

You go ahead, Virge.

I'll be over there in a couple of minutes.

Just wait outside.

Why ain't you outside where you belong?

(SCREAMS)

I've heard enough of you,

you ignorant hillbilly!

Now get out there and get to work!

You'd better change into

your costume, honey. You're late.

And he called me an ignorant hillbilly.

How do you like that?

Well, ain't ya? I don't mean ignorant.

I mean, but you do come from the Ozarks.

I ain't sung hillbilly since I was...

Well, not since I turned chantooze.

I've been tryin' to be somebody.

(SIGHS)

Can you imagine if Hildegarde

was jumpin' down between her numbers,

sittin' in some truck driver's lap?

I don't know why you just don't quit.

I can't.

Look.

I don't get paid till Wednesday.

I owe for my room and everything.

Besides that,

it took me too long to get this far.

What's that line for?

That line?

You might say that this line here

is the history of my life up till now.

- See right there where it starts?

- Yeah.

That's River Gulch,

the little old town where I was born.

River Gulch. I never even heard of it.

Well, it ain't there anymore anyway.

Floods come and washed us all away,

all except me and my baby sister, Nan.

- Oh.

- I just picked her up

and took her along here, this line.

- Yeah?

- Till we got to Lubbock, Texas.

- You know what happened there?

- What?

Nan got this job as a waitress,

and I got to workin' in Liggett's Drugstore.

- Yeah?

- And, this amateur contest opened.

And, Nan said to me,

"Honey, why don't you enter

yourself in that contest?

"You've been watchin' people in movies."

Well, Nan and I used to live in the movies.

"You've been watchin' people put over

their songs and gestures," you know.

And so, I did it, and I won it.

- First prize?

- No. Second prize.

A couple of boys jugglin' milk bottles,

they won first prize.

Anyway, that's how I got

my direction and all.

Direction?

Oh, sure.

If you don't have a direction,

you just keep going around in circles.

And look. You can see by this

just how straight my direction is.

River Gulch, that's where I started,

this is where I am now,

and look where I'm goin'.

- Where?

- Hollywood and Vine!

Look, straight as an arrow.

River Gulch, whew, Hollywood and Vine!

What happens when you get there?

What happens? Honey, you get discovered.

You get tested,

with options and everything!

And you get treated

with a little respect, too.

What's goin' on in here?

She's changing into her costume.

You want her to go out there naked?

Get out there and take care of them tables.

Come on, Dinah Shore.

Them cowboys is gettin' real lonesome.

Zip her up.

Go zip yourself up!

He looks like the safest.

- Oh, I never know what to say to 'em.

- It's easy.

Just say some cute little joke, like,

"Hello, mister. Buy me a drink.

I'm so dry, I'm spittin' cotton."

That's a real cute one. Go on.

Hello, mister.

- Howdy.

- I wonder if you'd buy me a drink.

I'm so dry, I'm spittin' cotton.

(LAUGHS)

That's a good one. It sure is.

Whiskey for the lady. Beer for me.

I'll give to you a paper of pins

And that's the way our love begins

If you will marry me, me, me

If you will marry me

You sure have a good head

for whiskey, ma'am.

I don't wanna sound like I'm

keepin' track, but that's four in a row.

Oh, that's the way I am.

Sometimes I can just drink

all night long. Happy days.

Hey, what ya doin'? Let go of me.

- That ain't whiskey!

- Let go of my arm!

- That's tea!

- I can't help it.

That's all they let us drink here.

Last night I had to drink 15 tea and sodas.

You've been hustlin' me for drinks,

60 cents a shot!

One thing I can't stand is a woman tries

to make a sucker outta me!

- Come sing a song.

- I'm sorry!

Ladies and gentlemen!

Ladies and gentlemen!

I know you ain't payin' no attention.

You're all too busy havin' fun

and enjoyin' yourselves.

(CROWD LAUGHS)

But we got this little floor show,

and we have to do it.

Hope it don't disturb you none.

Okay, baby. Take it away.

(BAND PLAYS JAZZ)

That old black magic

Has me in its spell

That old black magic

That you weave so well

Those icy fingers

Up and down my spine

The same old witchcraft

When your eyes

Meet mine

The same old tingle

Bo.

That's her, Virge.

That I feel inside

- That's my angel.

- Angel?

She's just a gal works in a saloon.

Look at her gleamin' there,

so pale and white.

And down and down I go

Quiet!

And round I go

Quiet! (SHUSHING)

Keep quiet over there!

Like a leaf

that's caught in the tide

(SHUSHING)

I should stay away

(SHRILL WHISTLE)

But what can I do

(CHATTERING STOPS)

Bo, Bo!

That's better! Now let's keep it this way!

Can't you see the little lady's tryin' to sing?

- Sit down, cowboy.

- That goes for you too, mister!

- (ALL LAUGHING)

- Quiet!

Okay, miss, I reckon you can

go on with your song now.

- Whereabouts were we, Henry?

- "I should stay away."

I should stay away

But what can I do

I hear your name

And I'm

Aflame

Yee-haw!

Aflame with such

(SHRILL WHISTLE)

A burning desire

That only your kiss, kiss

Kiss

Can put out the fire

For you're the lover

I have waited for

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