Grace Unplugged Page #2

Uh...

No.

Dad, as soon as I got in the car,

Paige called, okay,

and she was sobbing.

There was nothing else I could do.

Look, it's fine,

I'll fill it up right now.

Nope.

- Okay.

- (KEYS JANGLE)

Do you see what I'm

talking about, Mom?

Grace, honey,

this one's on you.

You broke your word. Again.

Okay. I'm gonna go to bed.

Good night.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Come in.

(DOOR OPENS)

You left your Bible in the car.

Oh, thanks.

Is there something

you wanna tell me?

What? No.

Nothing? Nothing at all?

Okay, I'm sorry.

I didn't put gas in the car,

I'm a horrible person.

That's not what I'm talking about.

Then what, Dad?

This is unbelievable!

I don't fill the car up

and you look at me like

I'm a serial killer!

Ditching youth group

for a movie is not the point,

but that little song and dance

that you gave your mother...

Look at me.

That little song and dance

you gave your mother down there

about youth group

was great, uh-huh...

You will not disrespect my wife

like that, not in this house.

These lies, this pattern.

You know it's sin, Grace.

Is that how we raised you?

Is it?

No. No.

You always wanted your

life to be about God.

And these days you're

just all about you.

And I always thought

that we'd be a team,

but if this doesn't stop,

I just don't see how you can

stay in the worship band.

Or be on that album.

ALL:
I will bring praise,

I will bring praise

No weapon formed

against Him shall remain

I will rejoice, I will declare

God is my victory

and He is here

This is my prayer in the battle

When triumph

is still on its way

I am a conqueror

and co-heir with Christ

So firm on His promise

I'll stand

I will bring praise,

I will bring praise

No weapon formed

against me shall remain

I will rejoice, I will declare

God is my victory

and He is here

All of my life In every season

You are still God

I have a reason to sing

I have a reason to worship

Johnny Trey,

still pulling his own cables.

Mossy?

- In the flesh, mi amigo.

- (LAUGHS)

Come here, man.

Dude, what in the world?

(LAUGHS) Hey, hey!

Let me look at you.

(LAUGHS)

- Man, you got old.

- Yeah.

- (LAUGHS)

- MICHELLE:
Mossy?

Michelle! (LAUGHS)

Oh, my gosh! (CHUCKLES)

Oh! Now, she's not aged a day.

Well, I'll have to take

your word for that.

Oh, trust me.

And who is this, if I may?

- JOHNNY:
That's Grace.

- Hi.

What? No.

Our daughter.

No, no, no.

(LAUGHS) Yes, yes, yes.

This beautiful woman is baby Grace?

- MICHELLE:
Yes.

- (LAUGHS)

How did that happen?

When I saw you last,

you were in diapers.

I'm not kidding.

Grace, this is Frank Mostin.

He was my manager.

He discovered your old

man back in the day.

Pleasure.

You sang beautifully.

Oh, thanks.

You completely got me. Okay, tell

me, what brings you out here?

MOSSY:
You remember

Larry Reynolds?

Oh, yeah.

Publicity at MCA.

Well, he's moved up in the world.

Two months ago, they made him

the president of Sapphire Music.

JOHNNY:
(LAUGHS) Wow, good for him.

I always liked Larry.

MOSSY:
He runs the whole

company now, yeah,

so I went by and paid my old

friend a visit, kissed the ring.

And the first thing he

wants to talk about

is the Australian American Idol kid

who sang the song.

You don't...

How do you not know about this?

(CHUCKLES)

Foolish me, assuming there's

Wi-Fi in the South.

- (JOHNNY AND MICHELLE CHUCKLE)

- Uh...

A couple of weeks ago,

a young kid wins the Australian

American Idol

show singing Misunderstood.

- MICHELLE:
You're kidding!

- (JOHNNY LAUGHS)

- Yeah, and the video goes viral.

- What video?

Your video of you at the Greek,

singing the song a

hundred years ago.

(LAUGHS) Wow.

MOSSY:
How did you not

hear about this?

JOHNNY:
That's the thing

Bill was talking about.

MOSSY:
Okay, good, you

scared me there for a moment.

Anyways, so Larry and I,

uh, you know, dinner becomes drinks,

before the sun comes up, I've got

an office at Sapphire Music.

Oh, that's great.

Wow. Congratulations.

It's nice when friends

help out friends.

So anyways,

the best part of the whole thing,

and what brings me here today,

is that although Larry and I have

not quite hammered

out all the details,

Sapphire is ready to

offer you a deal.

Mmm-hmm.

It's a one-off for now,

but I got Larry to agree, in advance,

to a full domestic tour

in support of a new album.

As far as the songs, hands off.

All right?

(EXHALES)

You can do whatever you want. I mean,

not the religious stuff, of course,

but as long as you sing

Misunderstood at every gig on tour,

Larry said, really, the album

is completely up to you.

- Wow.

- Huh?

That is, uh, humbling.

Humbling?

It's huge!

Do I have to point out,

they don't make

offers like this anymore

to guys like us?

(LAUGHS)

- Johnny, we're back!

- (CHUCKLES)

It sounds like an

incredible opportunity.

Oh, it is. And you're welcome.

I worked real hard on it.

(CHUCKLES) I'm sure you did, man.

I'm sure.

And, uh, I really appreciate it.

But, uh, I'm gonna

have to pass, man.

(STAMMERS)

You're messing with me.

No, that's just not

my thing anymore.

Not your thing anymore?

I don't understand.

You're looking healthy and great,

you've got your life back together.

I love what we're doing here.

You do?

Listen.

May I speak freely?

Absolutely. You can say

whatever you want here.

You remember the airport bars?

The coffee house open mics?

Who gave you your shot?

We had a good run, man.

Yeah.

Passed out drunk onstage,

waking up in county?

You remember that, too?

And who was there for you?

You. You did a ton for me.

That's why I gave

you my publishing.

And I would love

to help you out here, Mossy...

Fine, then just say,

"Yes, and thank you, Mossy."

All right.

(CHUCKLES) Um...

- If Misunderstood is all hot again...

- Honey, come on, come in here.

Just do a remake. You own it.

Get the kid from the Idol...

Nobody wants the kid.

Larry wants you.

I want you.

Everybody wants you.

I am sorry, Moss.

Just seeing him again

brings me back.

Me too.

He'll be all right.

- He's a survivor.

- (CHUCKLES)

He'll be fine.

(SIGHS) I just haven't

thought about it in so long.

What?

The past.

How I shouldn't even be here.

The drugs alone should

have killed me.

Mmm.

I'm just glad that life's over.

Then after the guy leaves, right,

my dad launches into this, like,

10-hour speech on

motives and temptation,

and how that world was

so empty for him.

And everyone has a

different calling,

and now he's so fulfilled

and everything.

- What's wrong with that?

- Nothing!

I've heard it a million times.

He said it at every church we

ever played at. I'm serious.

He acts like I've never

heard it before.

Yeah, but I mean, it

is pretty cool that

your dad's song is

getting so many hits.

What difference does it make?

He turned him down.

He told the guy if Misunderstood

is that hot right now,

he should get someone

else and do a remake.

What'd the guy say?

(INAUDIBLE)

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