Joyful Noise Page #8

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Pastor G.G.

Has a nice ring to it, don't it?

The competition folks

don't care what church sponsors...

...as long as somebody does.

Well, I'd prefer to be sponsored

by this church.

But I told you once before,

I will not let you screw with my family.

Now, we have exactly

one hour and 47 minutes...

...to drive 92 miles to the airport if he's

gonna make it in time for the show tonight.

Oh, don't do something

we're gonna all look back on and regret.

Oh, my God, we're never gonna make it.

Step on it.

If we have an accident,

we'll certainly never make it.

- Are you crazy? Step on the gas.

- Well, fine.

Pacashau Choir, your dressing room's

gonna be on the other side of the stage.

Oh, look.

Oh.

People are gonna fill all those seats?

No.

Go for house lights.

People are gonna fill all those seats.

Lunch is being set up in the foyer.

- Um, is this seat taken?

- Only by you.

How do you do?

I'm from Pacashau Sacred Divinity Choir.

Earla Hughes.

He had high blood pressure.

That's weird.

Hey, are you okay?

It's all right.

Mr. Hsu was the first man

I had been with in four years.

Do you think God was trying to punish me

because we weren't married?

Girl, if that's how he operated...

...most men would be dead

by their senior year in college.

You are a beautiful, intelligent woman.

And I know you will meet

a wonderful guy.

I'll tell you what. If you're right,

I'll dance a jig and do a split.

She said if I'm right,

she gonna do a split.

I'd like to see that.

Look. Look.

Let's go. Let's go.

Ladies and gentlemen...

...welcome to the finals

of the National Joyful Noise Competition.

Y'all ready? Here we go.

Take a load off your mind

Ride the mighty glory

Listen to my story

Ride the mighty high

Take a load off your mind

Ride the mighty glory

Listen to my story

Ride the mighty high

I really liked your choir.

I thought you guys were good.

Let's, uh, find somewhere we can talk.

Can I give you some advice?

Don't stay mad so long at your mama...

...and go get that boy.

Trust me, your mama will get over it...

...and you'll both forget what it is

you got mad about to start with.

- I'm afraid it's already too late.

- No, the clock ain't run out yet.

He's still seeing you like a little girl.

You gotta show him a woman.

Come on and ride the mighty high

Y'all ready to hear some

good music tonight?

- Come on and ride the mighty high

- Ride the mighty high

Because there's some folks back there

who are ready to sing for you.

You look amazing.

Mm-hm.

Excuse me, Miss Hughes?

Oh...

They're my warm-ups.

"Toy boat, toy boat, toy boat, toy boat."

- Mm-hm.

- My name's Justin.

Hi. Earla Hughes.

I know who you are.

I've been following your choir

from competition to competition.

- Why would you do that?

- For you.

Wow, that really made it sound like

you need a restraining order.

It was only two competitions.

And I happened to be in Georgia,

because I'm moving there for work.

Look, I know I don't know you...

...but you just seem so...

...special.

Is that creepy?

This may seem like a strange question...

...but you don't have high blood pressure,

do you?

That is a strange question, but no.

I'm healthy as an ox.

- Ah...

- People in my family live to be 90.

Uh-uh!

Come on and ride the mighty high

If you're in trouble

Come on and ride

The mighty high

Oh, my God, you're all grown-up.

How did I not notice?

- This must be for that boy.

- Like you care.

Hey. It gives me no joy

to see you unhappy.

Don't you know that?

I love you.

And I'm very, very proud

to be your mother.

And you love me too.

Otherwise you wouldn't

be hugging me right now.

- I'm not hugging you.

- Any second now.

Don't try to fight it.

You know it's gonna feel so good.

There we go.

- I'm sorry, Mama.

- Oh...

- I don't know what's wrong with me.

- Girl, you 16.

And let's face it, your life

has been no day at the beach.

Please welcome our first finalist...

...from Pensacola, Florida...

That's our competition.

... Our Lady of Perpetual Tears.

Why can't we be humble

Like the good Lord said?

He promised to exalt us

And show us the way

Why are men so greedy?

They're kids?

I've got a bad feeling about this.

Are you hearing that kid?

That's the way God planned it

- That's the way God wants it

- To be

- He wants it to be

- Ooh

- Be, yeah

- Yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh

- Yeah, oh

That's the way God planned it

- That's the way

- He wants it to be

He wants it to be

Oh, you gotta believe

Let not your heart be troubled

Let all your suffering cease

Just learn how to help one another

And live in perfect peace

If we just be humble

Like the good Lord said

He promised to exalt us

And show us the way

- That's the way God planned it

- That's the way

That's the way God wants it to be

- Ooh

- Hey, yeah

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh

- Oh, I want you to know

That's the way God planned it

- That's the way he wants it to

- He wants it to be

- To be, hey, yeah, yeah

- Yeah, yeah

- Yeah, yeah, oh

- That's the way he planned it

The way he want

He wants it

They way he planned

So you best be humble

- Like he said

You better make it happen

- Like he said

He planned it

The way he want

- He wants it

- The way he planned

- You need to love your sister

- Like he said

- You need to love your brother

- Like he said

- So let's help each other

- Like he said

And live

I hope you get the message

Where you won't Somebody will

You may not understand me

But I will love you still

- That's the way

- That's the way

God planned it

- That's the way God wants it to be

- Ooh

- Hey, yes, it is, hey

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh

That's the way God planned it

- That's the way God wants it

- He wants it to be

He wants it to be

God loves you.

That's the way he wants it

That's the way God planned it

That's the way

- Hey, yeah, he wants you to be

- Ooh

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, oh

- Hey! Yeah!

That's the way God planned it

He wants it to be

Yeah, yeah, yeah

That's the way

- Yeah, yeah, yeah

- That's the way he planned it

- Yeah, yeah, yeah

- You gotta believe it

- Yeah, yeah, yeah

- Yeah

- Yeah, yeah, yeah

- You gotta be humble

- Yeah, yeah, yeah

- Oh, yeah

- Yeah, yeah, yeah

- That's the way

- That's the way

There's no way.

I mean, we've come this far.

Okay. Okay. All right.

It's not fair. How are we supposed

to compete with that?

Especially doing our old, tired songs.

And even if we win, we're beating a bunch

of little kids. It don't feel right.

"Don't feel right"?

What are we gonna do?

I mean, what are we gonna do?

Hey.

I don't believe what I'm hearing.

You're getting all squishy and sentimental

over a bunch of 12-year-olds? Now?

They knew what they

were getting into.

Their parents signed

the permission slips.

This is the big time, baby.

Didn't Jesus say

"suffer the little children"?

Yes, he did.

They're young. They're resilient.

They'll get over it.

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