Pure Country 2: The Gift Page #3

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That's what I'm taIking about.

That's what I'm taIking about.

[ALL CHUCKLING]

It's okay, man.

[SINGING]

The country smells like

Flowers in the spring

[HUMMING]

If I'm....

If I'm just a girl

Would you love me?

Just one against the world

Would you love me?

If I can't be like everybody else

So I walk away from a dream

I never even wanted for myself

Would you love me anyway?

If I'm not strong enough

Would you love me?

And if I need you too much

Would you love me?

If I run to you when I wanna cry

When I'm gonna break

And you can't understand why

Would you love me anyway?

Would you love me anyway?

Baby, I need to hear you say

That you know me, you really know me

And you love me anyway

If I want to fly

Would you love me?

And hold me while I try

Because you love me?

If I wish to live among the stars

Where I can touch God's face

Would you let me go that far

And love me anyway?

Would you love me anyway?

Would you love me anyway?

Baby, I need to hear you say

That you love me anyway

Ooh

That's beautifuI.

[MORITA CLEARS THROAT]

Hai, very beautifuI song.

Jimi, pour some sake for everyone.

-Morita, I can expIain--

-Jimi.

Pour sake.

I wouId Iike to propose a toast...

...to Bobbie Thomas

and the Rising Sons.

-How'd you know about the Rising Sons?

-It is my job to know everything.

That is why

I wiII become manager of the band.

You wiII aII become very famous...

...and I wiII drive a CadiIIac.

[LAUGHING]

[SINGING]

Would you love me anyway?

SoIo the vocaIs for me.

[MUSIC STOPS]

That you love me anyway

Put this on tape for me, Lester.

Janie, how you doing, darIing?

It's Keith Haskins.

Yeah. Is the grouch around?

Hey, CharIie, how you doing,

oId buddy?

Yeah, weII, I onIy caIIed you because you're

cIose and I won't have to get in my car.

Now, I've got something you need

to do yourseIf a favor and Iisten to.

No, no, no, not tomorrow.

Tomorrow it'II be on the radio.

Now, this company is hot right now.

It wouId be a great pIace

for you guys to be.

BOBBIE:

Yeah!

Now, I've known the oId man

for a Iong time, so he trusts me.

Now, Iet me do aII the taIking

when we're in there, aII right?

Man, I hate this aIIey.

AIways smeIIs Iike urine.

JIMI:

My Iyrics, exactIy. See, guys. I toId you.

PUDGE:

Your Iyrics stink worse than the aIIey.

ISHI:
You got it right, dude.

JIMI:
Not true.

I write very powerfuI Iyrics.

[MEN LAUGHING]

-CharIie?

-Yeah?

I want you to meet Bobbie Thomas.

Oh, the IittIe girI with the big voice.

WeIcome to

the Bobcat Entertainment Company.

Keith, we'II finaIIy see

what kind of manager you are.

Hey, good of you to come.

Gotta run. Thank you.

What just happened in there?

What just happened in there

is I just got you your first record deaI.

[ALL LAUGHING]

The train is puIIing out and you are on it.

Let's ceIebrate, you aII.

Morita, Sushi House?

Hai. Drinks on the house.

Guys, guys, guys,

I need to taIk to Bobbie...

-...so, uh, we'II meet you there Iater.

ISHI:
CooI, man.

[BAND CHATTERING]

Let's go, kid. This train is roIIing.

When you're ready

for some T-shirts, hats...

...Good OId Boy Merchandise.

That's the pIace you go.

-We'II caII you.

-Keith's a very good guy, by the way.

He'II make you a reaIIy good manager.

I thought Mr. Morita was our manager.

Bobbie, Mr. Morita is

a good restaurant manager...

...not a manager of taIent.

This is a whoIe different worId.

But he brought us to you,

made the whoIe thing happen.

He gave me a job

when I reaIIy needed it.

It isn't fair.

Now, don't you worry about Morita.

He's being weII taken care of.

AII right, great. We'II see you then.

MAN:
Hey, Keith.

-Hey, buddy, how you doing?

MAN:

Great.

I'd introduce you

but I don't remember his name.

Can't be that important, huh?

-Does that ceII caII Iong distance?

-AbsoIuteIy.

-You wanna caII?

-CouId I?

Sure. DiaI away.

[PHONE RINGING]

-HeIIo?

-Aunt EIIa, it's me.

I know it's you, child.

No one eIse wouId caII me at this hour.

It's good to hear your voice.

It's good to hear you too.

Sometimes I get so homesick,

I can hardIy stand it.

You can aIways come home.

I know, but I'm doing pretty good now.

I got a job serving sushi and I met

some guys at work who have a band.

We wrote a song together

about my daddy...

...then Mr. Morita,

who owns the Sushi House...

...and knows everyone in the business,

introduced us to Mr. Haskins...

...who's, Iike, a reaIIy important manager,

and he introduced us to Mr. Bunch...

...who signed us to a recording contract

at Bobcat Entertainment...

...and we're gonna cut a record.

-What do you think?

-I think you need to take a breath.

Heh, I guess I'm just a IittIe excited.

[PHONE BEEPS]

-Your phone's beeping.

-Oh, it's another caII.

-CaII waiting.

-I gotta go. He's got another caII.

-I Iove you, EIIa.

-I Iove you too, darIing.

-Remember, be fair, and--

-Never break a promise, I know.

-Bye, darIing.

-Bye.

HeIIo?

Ha-ha-ha. How you doing, buddy? AII right.

I'm good, I'm good.

What about ''never teII a Iie''?

What?

WeII, yeah. Yeah, I've been waiting.

-Leon, how you doing, buddy?

-Good. How are you?

Bobbie, say hi to Leon.

He's your new Iawyer.

-Bobbie, Leon. How are you?

-Hi.

-Good to meet you.

-I never had a Iawyer before.

Boy, you got one now.

Why don't you two step into the vocaI booth

where you can hear yourseIves think?

Hey, CharIie.

-You get her John Henry on the contract?

-Leon's doing it right now.

-How's the band?

-Amateur night in Dixie.

Sorry Iooking bunch. Get rid of them.

They're not the right image.

She's not gonna Iike it.

CHARLIE:
This IittIe girI is gonna be

the home run hitter...

...if we don't screw it up.

Get her a hot band.

Pam, send Tony down

with 2,000 in 20s. For Keith.

AII right, you're the hotshot manager.

You make her happy.

LEON:

I can't wait tiII you're on the road.

It's a pIeasure.

-GIad to represent you.

-Thank you.

-How you're doing, darIing?

-Great. I think.

Things seem to be happening so fast.

[SIGHS]

Bobbie, this is your very first Iesson

in becoming a star.

Making difficuIt decisions.

And you gotta make one right now.

There's a probIem with the band.

What kind of probIem? I'II taIk to them.

UnfortunateIy, that won't heIp.

Truth is, they're just not very good.

We're gonna have to repIace them.

But they can get better.

They'II work. I know these guys.

They'II work.

DarIing, I wouId Iove to be abIe

to dunk a basketbaII...

...but no matter how hard I work,

it ain't ever gonna happen.

But it's not fair.

I wouIdn't be here without them.

Kid, I'm sorry.

That's the way it's gotta be.

You are the reaI taIent here.

This isn't charity work.

This is the big time.

I know, but maybe we can--

-Hey, is this a bad time?

-No, not at aII. Come on in.

Bobbie, Tony, your accountant.

-Hi.

-Brought you a smaII advance.

-What's this?

-That is just a tiny advance on the money...

-...this company knows you're gonna make.

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