Easy Rider: The Ride Back Page #5

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I'll pass. Six times done wore me out.

- Do you wanna lie down, Pop?

- Oh, yeah. That'd be good for a while.

Oh, hey, you know,

I should hit the road.

Oh, nonsense.

I said I was takin' a nap,

not dyin'.

Stay for supper.

Yes.

Please do. I'm not the greatest cook in the

world, but I'll whip up something after chores.

Andy, why don't you come down to the

stables with me to feed the horses?

That's a good idea. Make the

old codger work for his dinner.

Hey. I'm still

a pretty good chore boy.

I bet you are.

My God.

I haven't seen one of

these since the war.

It's for Pop's birthday. Cody finished

restoring it before he went overseas.

Brings back

a lot of memories.

But Pop doesn't know about it.

My lips are sealed.

Good.

Whoa, whoa. Uh, I'll get

that for you. Hang on.

Okay. I got it. I got it. Thank you.

So tell me. Is there a Mrs. Andrew

Jackson Bennett floating around out there?

In name only.

After 30 years of marriage, we went

our separate ways a few years ago.

I'm sorry. No, no.

We're still good friends.

Uh, we just weren't

making it as a couple.

The "she has her own life

and I have mine" philosophy...

just didn't work

anymore.

I understand.

Oh, boy.

What happened? All the

lights go out in Paris?

Oh, that's funny.

What brings you here?

I just want to

talk to my son.

I just want you to know that I'll be damned

if I'm gonna let you enlist in the army...

Excuse me! and go off

and get yourself killed.

Dad, I've talked to a lot

of people about this. Ward...

- You mind? I'm talkin' to him.

- Yes, I do mind!

You've talked to some people

about this? How dare you.

You know what you're getting into?

What people have you talked to?

Your warmonger grandfather? Virgil,

the Vietnam burnout? That is enough!

Those are the people you're

talking about? I made up my mind.

You're my son, and I don't want you

to go off and get yourself killed!

That is not your choice.

It's his. Would you shut up?

Let me talk to my son! I will not

shut up! You have no right to be here!

If Cody wants to follow in that

tradition, I will support him.

He's twice the man

you'll ever be.

Oh, fine.

Go to Iraq.

Shane?

I lost you there for a moment.

You okay?

Yes.

Somethin' about

that girl got a hold on me

Somethin' about

the way she made me feel

But there's somethin'

about this road

That makes me free

It makes me want to try

to find a way

To turn these wheels

back around

Somethin' about these nights

In strange little towns

There's somethin' about

the lonesome highway sounds

But here I go again

Like so many times before

Drivin' down this road

No way to turn my wheels

back around

Ohh

Down this road

Are the years past

Down this road

Still lie the reasons

I thought

we could never return

It's not

for the weak of heart

Not for the easy rider

But the ride back

is the only way

To go home

To go home

To go home

He breezed through basic and was immediately

selected for Special Forces training.

In 1967,

Virgil was home on leave.

And this Special Forces

captain shows up,

needs Virgil to deal

with a V.C. sniper.

Boy could always shoot.

Sarge, we're comin' up on your

D.Z. We go silent from here on in.

Boys are sayin' that motherf***er's

been causing a lot of havoc down there.

Do us all a favor.

Frag his ass.

Move!

One, two, three.

Oh, sh*t.

F***!

Halt. Halt! Stay the

f*** down, goddamn it.

I can make it. I can make it.

Cover me.

Move, goddamn it.

You are not f***in' dying today.

Virgil moved back to

Springfield after the war?

Yeah. Still races motorcycles every

Friday night at the fairgrounds.

And the girl? She married a

man named Winston Caruthers.

His family's big, high

muckety-mucks in the bankin' world.

Virgil's never cared

for another woman since then.

Not that I know of.

Broke his heart.

Now, I'm not gonna lie to you and

tell you 'Nam didn't change him.

I'd rather have a changed son

any day than a yellow one.

Get outta here!

- What do you want?

- This came for you in the mail.

Beat it!

"Greetings from the president.

Dear Mr. Morgan Wiliams,

by the authority of

the United States government,

you are hereby ordered to appear before

the Ohio Local Board number 103...

For active duty.

Failure to do so may result

in fines and/or imprisonment. "

Yeah. All right!

And f*** you too,

Mr. President.

Hell, no! We won't go!

Hell, no! We won't go!

Hell, no! We won't go! Hell, no!

Virgil's over in Vietnam, and you... you

don't even have the guts to fight with him!

Get the... Get the hell

off my property!

Did you ever forget about, "I may

not agree with what you're saying,

but I'll fight to the death

for your right to say it?"

A traitor like you has no

right to quote a great patriot.

Get the hell outta here.

Okay. Come here.

- One man's traitor is another man's

patriot. - You're no son of mine.

Don't worry about it.

I'm outta here.

Okay.

Come here, baby.

F*** you and f*** your war

and f*** your goddamn country!

Morgan turned yellow.

He... left.

Went to Mexico. A lot

of young men did that.

Yeah, well,

as far as I'm concerned,

good riddance.

See this? That's a symbol of

the motorcycle club I started.

I got it after

the kids were born.

But it's more

than that.

Hey. Take it easy.

Take it easy.

The red cross

on my medic satchel.

Yes.

Thank you, Stonewall.

It's gettin' late. Now, I gotta

go, and I mean it this time.

Shane's got a hundred bedrooms in

this place. Come on. Spend the night.

We'll celebrate my birthday

tomorrow in grand style.

Pop's right. It wouldn't

be the same without you.

Hell, besides Shane,

Cody and Virgil,

you're just about

the only family I got left.

Fact, if you don't stay,

I'd consider it an insult.

Virgil's comin' in the morning.

I'd love for you to meet him.

Well, hell, Hickcock.

When you put it that way,

how can I refuse?

Exactly.

Yes, sir.

Shane.

Sometimes people say things

they don't mean.

- Good night, Pop.

- Good night, sweetie.

You ever regret

splittin' to Mexico?

You know, man, I think of

that every now and then.

Things are always a lot

clearer lookin' back.

Yeah.

You think your old man knows that

Virgil told you not to go to 'Nam?

Hell, no.

There's a lot about

what went down back then...

that the old man

don't know.

He didn't know the

real reason that Virgil enlisted.

It was that chick,

right?

Yeah.

It was that chick.

But not the way

most people thought.

There'll never

be anyone else but you

For me

Never ever be, just couldn't

be anyone else but you

If I could take my pick of

all the girls I've ever known

Then I'd come pick you out

To be my very own

There'll never be

anyone else but you

For me

Never ever be, just couldn't

be anyone else but you

A heart that's true

and longs for you

Is all I have to give

All my love belongs to you

As long as I may live

There'll never be

anyone else but you

For me

Never ever be, just couldn't

be anyone else but you

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