I Could Go on Singing Page #7

But what if I do go with her?

Well, if it was something

you really wanted to do...

and it was going to make

you happy, I'd get used to it.

So you don't really care.

Matt, of course I care.

If it was up to me...

I'd say go and telephone Jenny

and say good-bye!

Tell her you've got

a good life here...

and you're not going

to muck it up.

Matt, you're my son.

I love you.

I love you.

And I want you to

go on being my son.

Hello?

Matt. Hello.

How are you?

Are you all right?

Wake me? No.

I've just been sitting here

waiting for your call.

Where are you?

Good.

Matt, would you come over

right away, please?

I've got so much to explain.

Everything was so hideous

yesterday, especially for you.

Please come over

right away, darling.

Well, what about

this afternoon?

My day is free.

Why?

What's happening?

Well, why don't you

bring your friends along...

and you and I can

have a private talk...

for a little while...

and then we can all join forces

and have a lovely day?

Yes, it sounds

a bit complicated.

What about tomorrow, Matt?

My, you are a busy fellow.

Matt, you know that trip

to Paris we were planning...

the one we talked about?

Good. I've been thinking

about it, too...

and I just don't see

how I'm going to be able...

to work things out.

Yes, that's right.

I'll be busy

from morning till night...

and well, we couldn't

be together at all.

You might wind up very lonely.

I'm glad you understand.

Well, of course you're going

to be seeing me.

I'll be back in London

in no time...

and we'll have lots of laughs

and lots of fun.

OK?

All right.

Well, now, you take care

of yourself, you hear?

And thank you for being

such a fine young man.

Bye-bye.

Matt...

God bless.

Ida!

Get me my black dress.

I'm going out!

Wait for me, will you?

I hope you don't mind us

getting onto you, Mr. Donne...

but she was asking for you

and wouldn't see anyone else.

Where is she?

Of course you realize

we are trying...

to keep this matter

completely confidential.

Yes, of course I do.

Unfortunately,

we're full up at the moment...

so we had

to put her in there.

Thank you very much.

- Lf there's anything you need...

- I'll let you know immediately.

Right.

Don't ever go

to an exhibition...

of abstract art

for the minions.

No, I won't.

Thank you, nurse.

And if you do go,

don't drink the martinis.

No.

Because they're half gasoline.

And you've had enough.

I've had enough

to float Fire Island.

Does it show?

Someone told me.

That's pretty sneaky.

There's a young lord

I must warn you about.

A young Lord George...

Hell, whatever his name was.

He asked me if he could take

me home, and I said thank you...

and we got into a cab.

The next thing I knew

it was all fall down...

and I wound up with this.

He knew where he lived,

all right...

but I was out, I was out cold.

I was out.

Nobody asked me where I lived.

How did you get here?

Cab driver named Gerald.

Gerald brought me here,

and they fixed my foot...

and they gave me coffee.

And somebody asked

for an autograph...

for their cousin Marilyn.

I feel awful, David.

Have some of this.

Come on.

No more coffee. No,

I couldn't take any more coffee.

You'd have to feed me

through the vein. I'm full.

I'm full to the brim

with the whole goddamn world!

Yes. Well, now look. Come on.

Be good. Drink this. Come on.

Have you come to take me home?

No, I've come to take you

to the theater.

No, you haven't.

I'm not going back there.

I'm not going back there

ever, ever again.

Listen, they are waiting.

I don't care

if they're fasting.

You just give 'em

their money back...

and tell them

to come back next fall.

- Jenny, it's a sell-out.

- I'm always a sell-out.

You promised. They're waiting.

- There's George and Ida...

- George and Ida...

- and 200,000...

- nd 200,000. I know that.

Just let them wait.

To hell with them.

I can't be spread so thin.

I'm just one person.

I don't want to be rolled out

like a pastry...

so everybody can get

a nice big bite of me.

I'm just me.

I belong to myself.

I can do whatever I damn well

please with myself...

and nobody can ask

any questions.

You know that is not true,

don't you?

Well, I'm not gonna

do it anymore, and that's final.

It's just not worth all

the deaths that I have to die...

It's just not worth all

the deaths that I have to die...

You have a show to do tonight.

You are going to do it...

and I am going to see

that you do.

Do you think

that you can make me sing?

Do you think you can...

do you think George

can make me sing or Ida?

You can get me there, sure,

but can you make me sing?

I sing for myself.

I sing when I want to,

whenever I want to...

just for me.

I sing for my own pleasure.

Whenever I want.

Do you understand that?

I do understand that.

Just hang onto that, will you?

Hang onto it.

I've hung on

to every bit of rubbish...

there is to hang onto in life.

And I've thrown all

the good bits away.

Now, can you tell me

why I do that?

No, I can't tell you

why you do that...

but I can tell you this,

you are going to be late.

I don't care!

Darling...

I don't give a damn

who you let down...

but you're not gonna

let you down.

You haven't called me that...

for years.

I haven't been able

to call you that for years.

Now, come here, look.

Just look at me, please.

Are you listening to me?

There's something

I haven't been able...

to say to you in years, too.

David, don't.

Don't say it.

Because if you said it now...

and if you didn't mean it,

I think I'd die.

I think I'd die.

I'll mean it.

I love you.

Oh, David!

David.

Darling.

Help me. Help me.

Help you?

Help us. Help us.

David.

He didn't want to go with me.

He didn't want to.

He made all kinds of excuses.

He didn't want to stay with me.

Darling, I know. I know.

Help me, please.

I want to help you...

but I don't know how.

Now, look. Come with me now.

Come now, Jenny, please.

David, you wouldn't

cheat me, would you?

Darling,

I wouldn't cheat you.

You wouldn't say you love me

if you didn't.

I wouldn't say I love you

if I didn't.

No, I wouldn't, darling.

Please tell me again.

Please, once more.

I'll tell you as often

as you want me to.

I've always loved you.

That's where it ends,

isn't it?

That's where it ends.

We were the right people

that met at the wrong moment...

with all the right ideals.

We were just too strong...

ever to give up everything

for each other.

We just didn't fit.

We fitted. The rest didn't.

That doesn't make much sense.

The loving does.

Yes.

The loving does.

The loving always does.

Are you all right now?

I'm all right.

I think you're gonna

have to help me...

with my foot, though.

Can you manage?

Oops. You know...

there's an old saying.

When you go onstage...

apparently, you don't feel

any pain at all.

When the light hits you,

you don't feel anything.

It's a stinking lie.

Will you stay with me?

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