Last Kind Words Page #3

I'm sorry about your loss.

What was his last words?

He said he loved you, ma.

Don't you stand beside

your father's grave.

And lie to me.

He said, "kill him."

Why don't you, uh...

go inside and get cleaned up?

I'm gonna fix us all

some dinner.

Thank you, Waylon.

Eli, would you

take a walk with me?

I'm sure that

that service wasn't free.

And I know y'all

don't have much money.

Believe it or not,

I ain't exactly.

Too fat in the hip

myself, neither, but...

I wanted you to have this.

To help out as I could.

I'll be sure to give it to ma.

Well, you gotta

take care of her now.

You're the man.

Ain't nobody gonna protect

your family but you.

You know what happened

up there with your pa.

Was an accident, right?

Sure.

He come at me for something

he believed Id done,

And I didn't have no choice

but to protect myself.

You saying you didn't do it?

No. No, sir,

I ain't sayin' that.

But maybe I had a good reason.

That man in the hole

in the ground,

The man she killed...

That was our father.

( Inhales )

( Gasps )

I... I thought

you had gone.

No, I didn't.

Are you cold?

No.

Sorry.

Everything's going so fast.

And I just feel so left alone.

( Sobbing ) I need someone

to take care of me.

You got Eli...

and you got me.

( Groans )

You think Im ugly.

No, I don't.

You think Im pathetic.

I feel sorry for you.

Well, then...

take pity on me.

I am way...

way more pathetic

than you'll ever be, Ida.

( Door slams )

Eli.

Eli?

Eli?

Aah! Waylon, hurry!

Joe, joe, put her down.

Put her down.

Mr. Peterson wants

his money, Waylon.

Your time ran out.

He'll get it.

He wants it now.

I don't have it now.

Aaah!

Ohh!

Uhh!

You got three days until we

come back and take this farm.

And you wind up at

the bottom of the lake.

Damn! Ohh!

Eli:
Amanda!

Amanda, come out

and talk to me!

You're alive.

You're not scared of me?

Should I be?

No.

( Knock on door )

Is Eli here?

No.

Know when he'll be back?

I'm sorry.

Can you tell him

Katie took off,

And if he wants to find me...

I guess tough sh*t.

Yeah, Ill tell him.

Who was that?

It's a friend of Eli's.

Who are those people

you owe money to?

The local bank.

They sure don't act like

any bankers I ever seen.

Well, they ain't

exactly F.D.I.C.

( Starts engine )

I have more boxes in the truck.

May I?

Go ahead.

Holy god.

You know what this is?

My great-Great-Granddaddy pulled

that off a dead union troop.

In his cornfield

before he burned him.

Of course I know what that is.

Amanda:

Did you find him?

Waylon showed me.

What'd he do to you?

Him?

Nothin'.

Waylon said he was your father.

And that you killed him.

I didn't kill my father.

He died in a hunting accident

when we were kids.

Waylon shot him.

But this isn't him.

Well, who's this?

This is barnaby.

He was a runaway slave.

Waylon has his shoes.

I thought he was hung.

He was.

On the same tree where I hang.

And he wandered the woods.

The same way I do.

Waylon made me watch.

As he cut barnaby down.

What happened to him

when Waylon cut him down?

He disappeared...

into nothin'.

Are we safe here?

I don't know.

You good at horse?

Not really.

Oh!

Mmm?

Sh*t.

Ha ha!

Did you ever see anybody

else out here before me?

Just hikers, mostly.

Or trespassers.

Did you ever spook anyone?

Maybe once.

What happened?

Oh, it was just some kids.

Up to no good.

That car outside...

I turned it on.

I bet they looked like

they'd seen a ghost.

( Music playing )

You know what I miss?

Dancing.

I've always thought

I wanted to run away.

Now I want to

stay here forever.

Become like you.

You can't.

Why not?

I need you to protect me.

Do you promise?

( Music turns off )

Waylon:

Where is she?

I don't know.

You were just talkin' to her.

I heard you.

I was talkin' to myself.

I will cut her down.

If she don't talk to me.

You wouldn't do that.

I will slice you like a pig,

You get in my way, boy.

Amanda:
Waylon?

Can I touch you?

What do you want?

I want to tell you Im sorry.

And I want for you

to forgive me.

You did something unforgivable.

I was so young.

I was younger.

But you...

You were gonna leave.

How can I protect you

if you were gonna leave?

I wasn't yours to protect.

I'm sorry, Im sorry,

Im sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Oh, no. No!

Go.

Go on, go.

Go on, get.

( Barking )

Go, go, go!

( Barking )

Go!

( Yelps )

Stay here.

You stay here.

Waylon, I can't

let you do this.

Uhh!

God!

( Grunting )

You love her...

don't you?!

She love you, too?

Like father, like son.

He's chasing me.

Where is he?

Everywhere.

Amanda.

( Distant music playing )

( Music grows nearer )

Amanda:
Eli!

Cut him down!

I can't.

He's on the same rope.

Sh*t.

Aah!

Aaah!

Cut him down!

If you love me...

kill me.

Please!

# Who knows the things

# Oh, one who knows?

# What are you dreaming of?

# Of opened rest?

# Girl

# Where did you stay

so long, girl? #

# Where did you stay

so long? #

# I feel strong

# The answer she gave

# Simply was

# I'll show you

# Where the lilies grow

# At the banks...

( door closes )

Where's Waylon?

Gone.

Gone where?

I don't know.

When'll he be back?

I don't think he will.

Well, did he happen to leave

anything here for me?

That's for you.

Looks like you been

in a scrape.

Am I about to get into another?

No, sir.

Y'all have a good day.

What'd they want?

Their money.

They get it?

What happened to you?

I fell down the stairs.

What's all this?

Waylon ran off.

It says he left me the farm.

I mean, why would

he just run off?

People run off all the time.

You don't sound surprised.

# I want to

# I want to know...

Ill be damned

if you don't look.

More and more like

your father every day.

As long as I don't

act like him.

He wasn't always

such a hard man, Eli.

Something bad happened to him,

And it changed him.

I won't ever let anything

bad happen to you.

I promise.

We love it here, ma'am.

The trailer's real nice.

Please... call me Ida.

Ida, this is billy...

My husband.

And I don't know where

laura ran off to.

# The last kind words

# I heard my daddy say

# Lord, the last kind words

# I heard my daddy say

# If I die, if I die

# In the german war

# I want you to send my body #

# Send it to my mother, lord #

# If I get killed,

if I get killed #

# Please don't bury my soul #

# I prefer just leave me out #

# Let the buzzards

eat me whole #

# When you see me comin'

# Look across

the rich man's field #

# And if I don't

bring you flour #

# I'll bring you bolted meal #

# I went to the depot

# I looked up at the stars

# Cried, some train

don't come #

# There'll be

some walkin 'done #

# My mama told me

# Just before she died

# Lord, precious daughter

# Don't you be so wild

# The mississippi river

# You know,

it's deep and wide #

# I can stand right here

# See my babe

from the other side #

# What you do to me, baby

# It never gets out of me

# I may not see you

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