Paulie Page #4

to a lot of wonderful things,

but, you know, she left

one very important thing out.

(Woman singing opera)

(Yawns)

(Singing continues)

Hmm?

(Bird giggling)

(Laughing)

(Female) Hola.

Hi, I'm Paulie. Uh, Paul.

Could you help me?

I'm a little lost.

Me llamo Lupe.

Soy una pajara muy bonita.

Huh? Uh, maybe we got off

to a bad start.

Look, my name's Paulie, and I'm

a little lost. I need some help.

Hey, wait. Where you going?

Hey, wait for me.

# All my friends know the Low Rider #

(Squawking)

(Man) Hey, you guys, knock it off.

What are you doing? What's going on?

Oh.

Hey, you, come on down here.

Yeah, you. Come on.

OK, what's your story?

Uh, yes. Uh, I'm looking for

someone named Marie Alweather.

But I'm afraid I may be lost.

Can you tell me where I am?

(Chuckles)

You're in L.A. East L.A.

L. A? L. A! Oh, my gosh, I made it!

I made it! L. A! I don't believe it!

I don't believe it. You can talk?

They talk.

Them? (Chuckles)

They don't talk. I say "taco."

They say "taco."

- (Together) Taco, taco, taco.

- Are they OK?

Sure, they're OK.

I don't know about me.

I'm talking to a bird.

OK, I'm talking to a bird.

- Is her daddy's name Moe?

- Uh-uh. Warren.

Oh.

Well, I'm sorry, amigo. Such

an Alweather is not in this book.

Maybe they have an unlisted number.

(Squawking)

Hmm. Pero, sabes qu?

You know what I was thinking?

- Can you carry a tune or dance?

- What do you mean?

Get ready to turn. Da. Turn.

(Humming)

OK, that's it. Come on.

(Humming continues)

- (Squawking)

- No.

(Sighs) Tell you what.

Why don't we have one guy on each

end, and then Lupe in the middle?

OK, uh, Chaco, uh, Paco, hello?

- Come on. Talk to them.

- I'm trying.

- Talk to them in parrot.

- What?

Talk in parrot,

so they'll understand.

- Talk parrot? Right.

- Yeah. Come on now.

OK... (Whistling) Hey,

where you going? What'd I say?

- Man, what did you say?

- I don't know. I don't talk parrot.

Hey! Hey, Paulie! Where did you go?

Hey, all of you! Get your little

feathered butts back in here.

We gotta rehearse.

You think this stuff just happens?

(Clears throat)

Uh, I really like you a lot.

(Yellow bird)

I really like you a lot.

Wow. I'm so glad you feel that way.

(Giggling)

Wow. I'm so glad you feel that way.

- Are you listening?

- Are you listening?

- Or are you just repeating?

- (Laughing)

(Misha) Well, women can be tough.

(Paulie) Tell me about it.

So, how do you know

if you've met the right one?

Well, for me...

Let me see.

She would be pretty, but smart.

She would have books on her table

and flowers in her hair.

- And...

- And lots of golden feathers.

Well, yes, important

to have high standard.

- So, Misha, you got a girlfriend?

- No.

Well, once. Little bit.

What? How do you have

a little bit of a girlfriend?

- Well...

- This is interesting. Go on.

Before I'm coming to America,

there was girl.

We were student together

at university.

Sure, we talk about books.

We even fight about them.

She was very smart. And stubborn.

I say book mean one thing.

She say, "No, Misha.

Book mean other thing."

One time, she act in play...

in front of whole school.

I was working behind curtain,

in dark.

I see her on stage.

She had little flowers

in her hair...

and the light make them all...

different color.

And I say to myself,

"My God, she's beautiful.

"Maybe too beautiful for me,

but I will tell her how I feel."

Afterward,

when I'm come near to her...

She stole your words away.

Yes.

She marry my best friend.

He told her how he feel.

At wedding,

she take me aside and say,

"Misha, I always like you best,

"but I was afraid...

"afraid of your silence."

It's important to speak up.

So, you're going to tell me

what happened to Lupe,

or shall I go sweep more floor?

(Paulie) OK, OK.

(Singing in Spanish)

(Paulie) 'So I had a girl in L.A.,

all the mangos I could eat.

'Everything was going great.

But you know how it is.

'Soon as you think you're OK,

'the past comes back to bite

your tail feathers.'

- Come on. Let's go, will ya?

- Yeah.

(Singing in Spanish)

Come on, come on. Sit down.

What are we doing here?

You never take me any place nice.

What are you talking about?

This is nice. Look at this.

Because you're a loser, that's why.

Would you stop with the loser.

I'm not a loser.

I'm just lookin' for the right angle.

Angle. Listen to you.

Hey, could I get a drink today, huh?

(Continues singing in Spanish)

Any drink, please. Somebody.

Did you see that?

I think I know that bird

from somewhere.

Hey, taco guy! Come on!

Come over here! Yeah.

Hey, I'll give you $50

for that green parrot over there.

- What? For Paulie?

- I don't know. Yeah.

No, I'm sorry, seor,

he's not for sale.

He's a parrot.

He could get lost

or get eaten by a goat.

This way, you got something

to show for him.

Like I said, thank you,

but he's not for sale.

You know what?

Maybe you can help me, though.

My bird is looking for his friend,

Marie Alweather.

Do you know anybody by that name?

- Alweather? In East L. A?

- S. S.

- What a jerk.

- OK, well, gracias.

Come on, taco man.

I'm just joking around.

Come on. 50 bucks.

Everybody wants

a piece of the action, huh?

You know, I was thinking

about costumes, you know?

What about

a little fruit hat for Lupe?

You know, like that...

what's her name... Dolores Del Rio.

What's the matter, my friend?

Mm, I know. You're thinking

about Marie, huh?

No, I was thinking about Lupe

wearing nothing but that fruit hat.

You are some kind of weird bird,

my friend.

But tonight, we sing, hmm?

Have a big time.

(Paulie)

'Ignacio was all right for a human.

'He knew me better

than I knew myself.

'I hadn't forgotten Marie,

but I got a little sidetracked.

'I had the prettiest parrot in L.A.

interested only in me,

'I was in show business, and

for once in my life, I was a bird.'

(Lupe) # Estoy loca

(Ignacio) # She's crazy

# Mucho crazy

# Estoy loca por ti, mi amor

# No te vayas

# Don't go away

# Ven aca

# She's to stay

(Lupe) # Estoy loca por ti, mi amor

# Estoy loco, estoy loco

# She is crazy, very loca

# Estoy loco por ti, mi amor

# No te vayas, ven aca

# Don't go away, you heard her

# Estoy loco por ti, mi amor... #

Cops? Yeah, how ya doin'?

I don't normally do this.

I'm just trying to be a good citizen.

You know what I mean?

I'm down here at this taco stand,

and I gotta be honest,

it's pretty disgusting.

There's no floor,

no roof, no bathrooms.

And I gotta be honest, there's gotta

be 1,000 maniacs running around here.

There's rats the size of footballs,

and a guy's serving alcohol

to children.

Is that allowed? I didn't think so.

Why don't you come and help me out?

I'm tryin' to do a good deed.

# I am crazy, I so crazy

# She's crazy, so crazy

# I am crazy for you, my love

# Don't go away, I'm here to stay

# No te vayas, ven aca

# 'Cause I am crazy for you,

my amor

# I am crazy for you, my love

# Estoy loca por ti, mi amor

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