Pure Country: Pure Heart Page #6

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MARQ:

Time's already paid for.

Come on,

let me take you downstairs.

All right, let's take a pass

and then we'll see

where the other parts come in.

Are you gonna play with us?

MARQ:

That's the plan.

Let's give it a go.

Just like we're singing

on the back porch.

MAN:

Rolling.

["NOBODY'S STRANGER ANYMORE"

PLAYING OVER SPEAKER]

BOTH:

Ooh, ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh, ooh

You and I won't be mistaken

For strangers

Everybody, they'll know

Where we've been

They won't stop us at the door

Like we open anymore

We all walk out the same door

We came in

Old friends, old lovers

Some records skip

More than others

It's the same song

We're all lookin' for

To be nobody's stranger

Anymore

No such thing

As a one-sided rescue

Sometimes it's hard to tell

Which side you're on

Sometimes they look the same

There's no face to the name

By the time you go

To thank them, they're gone

You and I will wander

Through the wild

You and I can see the forest

Through the trees

No matter where we go

Oh, we're never

On our own

We won't know what

It's our blood until we bleed

Old friends, old lovers

Some records skip

More than others

It's the same song

We're all lookin' for

To be nobody's stranger

Anymore

To be nobody's stranger

Anymore

Man, you girls know

how to write a song.

PIPER:

Thank you.

- Oh.

- Thanks.

Now, do it again better.

Okay.

ELIZABETH:

Thank you.

MAN:
I'll take another

when you get a chance.

[DOOR BELL RINGING]

- Hey, Elizabeth.

- Well, hey, there, Shula.

What can I get you?

Oh, I would love

a slice of peach pie

and a cup of coffee.

Yeah,

Meemaw's pies are addictive.

What did the girls

bring you over this morning?

[]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

Now, we gotta tell Mama

and Meemaw.

I know.

Mama might be mad at first,

but once she sees

all the stuff that's happened...

Shula Sloan

was in the caf today.

- Mama...

- I knew something was up

with you girls.

Gone all the time with Justine.

We were gonna tell you.

Just...

She said she didn't know

nothing about Piper

riding the paint horse.

Mama, let us explain.

So I came straight right home

and me and your Meemaw,

we found all this stuff.

And that is when I realized

I had raised liars.

- Mama, would you listen?

- There's nothing worse

than a liar, Ada. Nothing.

Tell me

where you were today.

Nashville.

Nashville?

We wanted to know more

about Daddy.

I found the Silver Star

when the pipe broke.

It was with all

the flooded stuff.

And then a Marine

at the veterans' home told us

about Daddy's music.

PIPER:

Mom, we're sorry.

Please,

we won't see her again.

See who?

[SOBS]

Marq Dunn.

You saw Marq?

We were at her house today.

She took us

to a recording studio.

Oh, girls.

Marq told us from the start

to let you know.

ADA:

We were gonna do it today.

Where does this boy Declan

fit in? Hmm?

Oh, don't tell me

Marq's met him.

He helped us find her.

What other secrets you girls got

I don't know about? Hmm?

Not telling you was wrong.

And I am sorry for that.

But we are not the only ones

in this house

with secrets.

Our daddy

shouldn't be a secret.

We should know who he was

and we should be proud.

Girls, your Mama...

Don't tell us

we're lucky, Meemaw.

I wasn't gonna say that.

I'm sorry for hurting you.

But I want to be a singer.

And so does Piper.

Oh, girls,

your mama is not saying

she don't want you to sing.

Yes, I am.

I want her to go to college.

I want them both

to get real careers.

Who said music

can't be a real career?

[SARAH JAROSZ'S "TAKE ME BACK"

PLAYING]

Take me back

In time again

Stay with me

Like you did then

Take me

As you find me here

Take me now

Feel me near

Love

Like I never knew

Before

Someday will fade

And be ignored

Nothing is forever

Anymore

Wrap me up

In quiet sins

Take me lost

Make me found

Hanging on

To every word

Whispered

As the morning stirs

PIPER:

Did I snore last night?

Surprisingly no.

[PIPER CHUCKLES]

Couldn't sleep anyway,

though.

Help me

if I mess up the words.

Mm-hm.

Ready? One, two, three...

BOTH:
We don't run

We don't compromise

We don't quit...

I've heard this song before,

long time ago.

Beautiful.

ADA:
Our daddy wrote

it with Marq Dunn.

Meemaw,

what did Miss Marq do

to make Mama so mad?

All right then.

When your daddy

met your mama

he stopped chasing

his singing career.

Now, Elizabeth did not tell him

to do that.

That was his idea.

He wanted to start a family.

If he stayed with his music,

he'd be in Nashville right now.

He'd be alive.

And maybe you wouldn't be.

How's that sit with you?

None of this explains why Mama

and Marq aren't friends.

She's my daughter,

but I'm not inside her head.

But I will tell you

one thing.

No one loved your daddy's music

more than your mama.

No one.

Now...

play me something

that you been working on.

Something that the two of you

wrote together.

Don't make me beg.

- "Hold On."

- Yeah.

Three, four...

[PLAYING "HOLD ON TO HOPE"]

Got the heart

Of a dreamer

BOTH:

From the heart of a man

Who knew

What it felt like

BOTH:

To give all you can

I know he's up there

Looking down on us now

I hope the girls he sees

Are making him proud

Oh, some days

Are gonna be a little harder

Some days you just float

On a breeze

It ain't pretty

Looking back

At where we started

Up ahead

Is all you need to see

When you're walking down

A long winding road

All you gotta do

Is hold on to hope

That is exactly

what I needed to hear today.

Thank you.

[]

[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

[CASSIDY FORD'S "LEAN ON YOU"

PLAYING]

Blue sky above my head

Steady ground

Below my feet

The sun came up

And set back down again

I never ask myself

What it all means

The stars hung

Like chandeliers

Lit up pretty all for me

I'm gonna lean

On you now

And you can lean on me

And I'm gonna let you in

- [BARKING]

- Elizabeth?

- Hi. Oh. Hi. Oh! Oh!

- [BARKING]

- Heh.

- No! Oh, my goodness.

- I'm so sorry.

- Oh. It's okay.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Uh...

Uh, this is for you.

I'm thinking

this is not a fan letter.

It's an apology.

You don't need to say

you're sorry for anything.

Yeah, I do.

Oh, hell. I'm sorry too.

Uh, you wanna go on a walk?

With the dogs?

I know Caesar would like

to, uh, make up

for his poor behavior.

Sure.

You don't have to read it.

It just says I'm sorry.

For my part in all of it.

Your part?

Yeah.

For Brian leaving the band.

No, no.

We gave it a shot.

It didn't work out.

I never meant

to take Brian away.

You didn't take Brian away.

Brian met you

and he didn't wanna stay up

all night writing songs with me.

[CHUCKLES]

I get it now.

I'm a handful.

Yeah, but, uh...

I should have called

a long time ago.

It's a two-way street.

I should've reached out more

after he died. That's, uh...

Yeah, that's on me.

Oh.

I don't even remember

how I made it

through those days.

For a long time I had

some kind of magical thinking

- that he would...

- He'd come back?

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