Joyful Noise Page #3

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Uh, can I try?

There's nothing you can do when he's

like this. It's his Asperger's syndrome.

- I don't like to be touched.

- I won't touch you. Uh, look.

Hey, I will sit all the way down here.

Okay?

Okay, good. Now just play that note

This one. Right there.

Good. Good. Okay, now, just do it in time.

That's good. That's perfect. That's great.

Okay, now, keep doing that.

Just walk away, Rene

You won't see me follow you back home

The empty sidewalks on my block

Are not the same

You're not to blame

That's "Walk Away Rene."

Hey, you know, um, if you want,

I could give Walter piano lessons.

Walter, would you like that?

Come on.

Here you go.

You go out there and win

that competition, you hear?

We're counting on you.

Ah, there but for the grace of God.

Amen.

I worry about my job at the hardware store

and my boss is my own father.

Well, like he always says, people always

need a hammer or a doorknob.

I'm in love with a stripper

She poppin', she poppin', she rollin'

She drivin' that pole

And I'm in love with a stripper

She trippin', she trippin', she playin'

I ain't goin' nowhere, and I'm stayin'

I'm in love with a stripper

She poppin', she poppin', she rollin'

She drivin' that pole

What? I'm in love with a stripper

She poppin', she poppin', she rollin'

- I'm in love

- I'm in, I'm in love

With a stripper.

Do it right now. Come on and pray.

Baylor Sykes

and the Holy Vision Church of Detroit.

They're the reason we never make it to the finals.

They always beat us at regionals.

- Why don't you do songs like this?

- Can you imagine? With my mother?

So how long until regionals?

Two weeks.

I should go.

If she knew I even came out here

to sit with you, she'd explode.

Will I see you tomorrow?

See you when I get home from school.

Don't look at my butt. I'm a good girl.

- Stop it.

- Ha-ha-ha.

- You wanna join the choir?

- Yes, ma'am.

He's a good singer, Mama.

A great singer.

Yeah, when he's singing about

being in love with strippers.

I mean, do you know any decent songs?

Because they don't have to be corny.

How about, um,

Sly and the Family Stone?

I want to take you higher

Do you even know who Sly Stone is?

You just wanna be near my little girl.

Just listen to him, Mama.

- He is good, Vi.

- Yeah, how would you know?

We've been sneaking in

some extra rehearsals.

Excuse me?

We wanna win, Vi.

- Come on, give him a chance.

- Go ahead, Vi, give him a shot.

I'm sorry.

I'd call you stubborn,

but that'd be an insult to mules.

Heh, oh, she said she'd call her stubborn,

but it'd be a insult...

Vi, don't deny him

just because he's my grandson.

Maybe I'm amazed at the way

You love me all the time

And maybe I'm afraid

Of the way I love you

Maybe I'm amazed at the way

You pulled me out of time

You hung me on a line

Maybe I'm amazed at the way

I really need you

Maybe I'm a girl

Maybe I'm a lonely girl

Who's in the middle of something

That she doesn't really understand

Maybe I'm a girl

And maybe you're the only one

Who could ever help me

Hey, won't you help me understand?

Ooh, help me understand

Maybe I'm amazed at the way

You're with me all the time

And maybe I'm afraid

Of the way I need you, yeah

Maybe I'm amazed at the way

You help me sing my song

Right me when I'm wrong

Maybe I'm amazed at the way

I really need you

Yeah

Maybe I'm a girl

Maybe I'm a lonely girl

Who's in the middle of something

- Oh

- That she doesn't really understand

Maybe I'm a girl

Maybe you're the only one

Who could ever help me

- Oh

- Hey, won't you help me understand?

- Ooh, help me understand

- Help me understand

Maybe I'm amazed at the way

You love me all the time

- Love me all the time

- Maybe

Maybe I'm afraid of the way

I love you

Ooh

Maybe I'm amazed at the way

You pulled me out of time

Ooh

- Yeah

Maybe

- Maybe I'm amazed at the way

I really need you

Maybe I'm amazed

Maybe I'm amazed

Oh!

Oh, maybe I'm amazed

- By you

- By you

- Amazed

- Amazed, amazed

- By you

- By you

Come on.

Oh! Ah! That was amazing.

It was like... It was like you knew everything

I was gonna sing before I sang it.

Well, we rehearsed all week,

so it's not magic.

It was magic.

You felt it too, I know you did. Heh.

What?

My mother says when I sing,

I should just be the instrument...

...not try to be more important than God.

But singing is the only time

I feel important.

Where I don't feel like I'm this close

to disappearing.

I don't know,

I guess I'm just being prideful.

Hey.

So what?

You deserve to be as proud

as you can be.

Seems to me your mother

doesn't tell you that near enough. Heh.

Hey, well, I'll tell

you, I am proud of you.

And I would be very upset

if you disappeared.

Young love.

I haven't been with anyone

in three years.

Four.

As long as you live

Someone who loves you

Tender like I do

You'll never find

Oh.

No matter where you search

Someone who cares about you

Wakey-wakey, Mr. Hsu.

The way I do

I made you a big breakfast.

Mr. Hsu?

Oh, Mr. Hsu.

I'm the one who loves you

And there's no one else

No

Mr. Hsu.

God.

Cherish the brief time

you and Mr. Hsu had together...

...rather than weep for his loss.

That's not why I'm crying.

Oh.

- Why are you crying?

- Well...

...what man's ever gonna

wanna be with me after this?

From now on, I'll just be known

as the girl who, you know...

Tap it and die.

- I hear that.

- No.

Go, go, go. She wakes up

if I breathe funny in the next room.

- Hey, Vi Rose, I have your daughter.

- Stop. That's not funny.

- Don't wake up, I'm stealing her.

- Stop.

I'm gonna keep you dancing

Baby, all night long

Drop it nice and low

Take it to the oor

Let me see you work it

What you working for?

If I didn't see it with my own eyes,

I wouldn't believe it.

Olivia Hill and not a pew in sight.

Come on, Manny, I wanna dance.

Don't talk to me like you know me.

I just met you 10 minutes ago.

You look pretty.

Would you like to dance?

I'm sorry, son.

She promised this dance to me.

Baby girl, you're with me

'Cause you're beautiful

Got it going on, baby

From head to toe

And I'm gonna take you home

If you don't wanna go

I still have you on my phone

- I can't, Randy. I don't know how.

- Yes, you do.

I know you dance all alone

in your room to your radio.

Got a little stuffed animal going:

You wanna be a church girl

the rest of your life?

There's so much more to you than that.

Come on.

Baby girl, you're with me

'Cause you're beautiful

Got it going on, baby

From head to toe

And I'm gonna take you home

If you don't wanna go

I still have you on my phone

'Cause I like the way

You like to dance with me

And I like the way you looking

In them jeans

And I wanna take you home

If you don't wanna go

I still have you on my phone

Let me get your bedpan.

Okay, here we go. Okay.

It's okay. It's all right.

Hey.

Lazy bum.

It's time for your lesson.

No one wants to hang out with me.

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