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came down and made her good as new.

Glory, hallelujah, praise God, brother.

Well, this here is

my cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis.

Y'all probably know him from that

blasphemous "Shakin"' song he put out.

Number four in the top ten

this week, cousin.

Well, I really doubt

that it's in the Lord's top ten.

Rock and roll is the devil's music.

- Right.

- That's right.

Rock and roll is a rhythm. A feelin'.

A feeling that emanates

from the pit of hell.

- Right.

- Well, that feeling got me a hit record.

A hit record.

Do you still have that coin

I gave to you onetime?

Oh, as a matter of fact...

I do.

Choices, Jerry Lee.

This whole life is all about choices.

What choice are you going to make

with your music? With your life?

I don't play or sing as well as you do.

I heard that.

But all that I have belongs to God. All of it.

What would happen

if you gave him all you have?

Well, as a matter of fact, cousin,

I just might do that one day.

Praise God.

- What about today?

- What?

Do you remember what you said

you would do if you got a hit record?

You said you would go out

and preach his word.

Did I say that?

That's funny. I don't remember

sayin' that. I must have been drunk.

But the Lord remembers, cousin.

Well, is this that car

that God healed for you?

Well, that was six months ago.

She's up and died on me now.

Why don't you just lay hands on her here?

- I'd like to see that myself.

- Cousin, you cannot ask the Lord

for more help than you are willing

to help yourself. He's got me this far...

Why don't you just let this old Oldsmobile

here get you a little further along?

You made a choice just then, Jerry Lee.

From your singin' came this car,

and from this car will come

the spreading of God's word.

Amen.

- Thank you, Jesus.

- Well, don't thank Jesus.

Thank Jerry Lee Lewis.

Praise God, cousin.

- Let's go to bed, babe.

- OK.

Bedtime, Myra Gale.

Let them watch their movie.

Please, somebody!

Well, what do you think?

You know, Jay,

I reckon hooking up with Jerry Lee is

about the best thing ever happened to us.

Look here what I'm gonna buy next.

"The kitchen of tomorrow, today. "

- What in the hell are they doin' in there?

- Would you just leave them alone?

They're just watchin' TV.

That boy's been deep-fried.

It's only a movie.

Just a movie.

Here comes the creepy mouse.

Here comes the creepy mouse.

Um...

Whoo!

Mr Freed, Jerry Lee Lewis can blow

Chuck Berry right off of that stage.

Why do I have to go on before him?

He's had six number one hits

and you've only had two in the top ten.

- Who's got the number one record now?

- You.

- My point exactly.

- He should go on before me.

He can't. It's in his contract

that he closes the show.

OK, cat. If that's the way you want it.

Follow that, killer.

Come here, Romeo.

Let's get you in the car.

Drive.

Ooh, I want you to play me

like you play that piano, hot stuff.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey, you see that... that... Hey!

Don't be a bad sport. You got what

you wanted, and I got what I wanted.

Hey, you...

She cut off my goddamn hair.

Women.

I ain't never gettin' married.

They all turn on you.

First chance they get they're flat on

their back in bed with some other bastard.

You take JW there. He don't have to fool

around. He's got the perfect wife.

Lois is a lady, first and foremost. Quiet

and reserved, always stylishly dressed.

He never has to ask for his dinner

or hunt for clean socks.

You gotta get 'em while they're young

and take 'em right from their mama,

and you raise 'em up

right by you to keep 'em true.

You raise 'em just like

you would a bird dog.

- Jerry? Is that you?

- Did I wake you, darlin'?

- I was dreamin'.

- About me?

Oh, maybe.

And that pink house with that blue door

and the little baby in that highchair.

Quit teasin'. You're gonna

give me the sillies again.

- Myra Gale Brown.

- I gotta go.

What are you doin' callin' home

like this all the time?

Just talkin' to Myra.

Who are you talkin' to

at three o'clock in the mornin'?

- Well, what for, man?

- Cheerin' her up about her schoolwork.

It was Jerry Lee, wasn't it? Don't lie.

She don't need cheerin' up

ten times a day, now does she?

- Answer me.

- Nothin' else to do.

He's just feelin' far from home and he

wanted to hear a friendly voice is all.

- Stop or we send you to boardin' school.

- Stop or we send her to boardin' school.

"Great Balls of Fire"

is number one on the charts.

Knocked Elvis Presley's

"Teddy Bear" right off,

and remember, you heard it first

right here on WHBQ, Red Hot and Blue.

"Look" magazine called him

the other day "the wild man of rock".

Uh-huh, that's right.

This is "High School Confidential".

Everybody's dancin' to this.

Argh!

Where are we goin'?

Take a look in that glove compartment

there. I wanna show you somethin'.

It's a marriage licence.

I... I thought you had to stand there

and say something.

Well, it's only a permit, Myra.

Oh, so we ain't married?

Not yet.

But that's my prayer.

I'm asking you to marry me.

Me?

I love you.

Oh, Jerry.

Jerry, I'm only 13 years old.

Oh, heck. My sister Frankie Jean,

she was only 12 when she got married.

But...

- But you're as old as my daddy.

- What?

Oh, hell, I ain't that old.

- Can't we just wait three or four years?

- Well, now, I've got two hit records.

I got six months of dates booked up

in advance. I got me $100,000.

What more do you need?

I don't know. I... Just some time to think.

Why don't you think about

that pink house with the blue door

and that blue-eyed, blond-haired

son of God comin' up the walk?

Do you, Myra Gale Brown,

take this man, Jerry Lee Lewis,

to be your lawful wedded husband,

to have and to hold from this day forward,

till death do you part?

Oh, uh...

I do.

I now pronounce you husband and wife.

Who's gonna tell your folks?

You. You tell 'em.

No, you tell 'em.

No, Jerry. You tell 'em.

No, you tell 'em.

These potatoes are real good.

Well, thank you, Jerry Lee.

- What are you doing?

- What do you think?

- We can't till they know.

- When are you gonna tell 'em?

I thought you were gonna tell 'em.

- All right. I'll tell 'em right now.

- No.

By tomorrow night, I promise.

There's some people acting

mighty funny around here.

- Will you look at this?

- Rice.

Oh, no.

I knew it! They're married.

- Jay, what are you doin'?

- I'm gonna go kill that son of a b*tch.

Jay!

Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!

- Mr Phillips?

- Hey, man!

- Son, son, son.

- Glad you could come in, Jerry.

- We just been talking about you.

- I need to talk to you, too.

Can you believe it's been almost a year

since you first came to Sun

and cut your first record?

And we sure have come a long way

since then, ain't we?

Yes, sir.

Your new song's comin' out

in a big movie.

"High School Confidential" is gonna be

a bigger hit than "Great Balls of Fire".

Thank you, but I've got...

We got a brand-new

five-year contract to talk about.

In the spring we're gonna

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