Song for Marion: Deleted Scenes Page #4

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- Don't you want to stay

with your chums? - No.

I want to go home with you,

sit on the sofa.

What's wrong?

You looked so happy today.

I...

... haven't made you happy

for a long time.

I'm very happy with you, Arthur.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Arthur Harris, I love you.

From the time you came

scruffing into my life, so gloomy,

I knew what I was letting myself in for.

You're my rock.

I don't want you to go.

I don't want you to go. Please.

Ooh, I'm done.

I'm tired.

What?

Do you still hate Daddy?

No, love. No. Not at all.

He likes you.

It's a bit complicated for little girls.

What do you mean? I'm eight.

I do maths and everything.

Of course you do. I'm sorry.

Come on, love.

- Bye, Grandad.

- Goodbye, Jennifer.

He's a good boy.

I'll take care of him.

You go to sleep now, darling.

Marion, love.

Marion.

Hello.

Well, the coroner will be round

in a couple of hours, look after her body,

but till then I think you should

see to your dad.

Yeah, OK. Thanks for coming round.

It's the night, isn't it?

Dad?

Dad?

Yeah, OK.

- Everyone gone?

- Yeah.

You should get Jennifer home to bed.

No, no. I'll help you with this.

I'd prefer to be alone.

I know you're a good dad

and I know I haven't been.

I think it'd be easier on the two of us

if we don't see each other.

That's what I want and...

that's the end of it.

Potatoes.

Two pints of milk.

Teabags. Chicken.

Sage and onions.

Bottle of bleach.

That's the shopping.

That's what I'm doing today.

OK.

Oh, it's you.

Would you like me to make you

a cup of tea?

Come in. I'll make it.

Are you sleeping on the sofa?

How are you?

- It's different.

- Yeah.

I guess it is.

- How's James?

- Haven't seen him.

We... We got through

to the main competition.

Oh.

I don't think we could have done it

without Marion.

Do you need any help with anything?

Anything like what?

I don't do anything.

I used to get up for her.

If you need any company,

you're more than welcome

to come down to the centre.

- Tea?

- Mm. That would be lovely.

# Ain't nobody loves me better

# Makes me happy

# Makes me feel this way

# Ain't nobody

# Loves me better than you

OK. Sit down.

Um...

Before we break,

Timothy has written a poem

that he'd like to share with us.

Come on, then, Timothy.

Marion came here to sing

A wheelchair she did bring

She sang with such a smile

That made it not a trial

The great thing about Marion

Is that she gave us the strength

to carry on.

Thank you.

All right, everybody, go for a break.

Oh, dammit!

Jesus, Arthur.

Again!

Have you been waiting

out here all night?

# How do you speak to an angel?

# I'm completely in the dark

# When you know

that you've just met an angel

# Is there a special... remark?

I always liked that song.

Arthur.

Did Marion know you could sing?

Yeah.

I'm a bloody nightmare.

I am...

annoying and needy,

so I've been dumped.

- Who is he?

- Just this guy I've been seeing.

It's not even him. It's me.

I'm... hopeless at keeping

a relationship.

Shouldn't you be talking

to somebody your own age?

That's it. I don't...

I don't have any friends my own age.

How have I got time to make them?

Just the kids from school and... you guys.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I thought you would be

awake because...

...you know,

you're not really sleeping and stuff.

It was a miracle

that Marion and I met at all.

We were so different.

She had such faith in life.

She'd say...

"There's somebody out there

for everybody.

"Look at us."

So you must just hold steady, young lady.

You're a good person.

Good things will happen.

That's very kind, Arthur.

I'll call you a taxi.

Right, everyone, this big red number ten

signifies the number of rehearsals

we have left until the competition.

By number five, we're gonna be brilliant.

Aren't we?

- Yes!

- Off you go. See you next time.

Bye.

- I'm sorry about the

other night, Arthur. - Oh...

Would you like to sing?

Right, well, take your coat off, then.

What do you know?

Oh, er...

Dean Martin, Frank.

Remind me.

Arthur, there's only you and me

in the room

and I heard you sing the other night.

# Hey, if you happen to see

# The most beautiful girl

who walked out on me

# Tell her I'm sorry

# Tell her I need my baby

# Oh, won't you tell her

# I love her

You've got a good voice, Arthur.

Do you wanna sing another one?

All right.

You're a dark horse, Arthur.

Right...

Burton College

for unruly, shitty little boys.

- Well, maybe not all of them.

- Well, you must enjoy it.

Probably.

Sometimes you find a flower

you can help to bloom.

- Maybe you're one of those flowers.

- Yeah, poison ivy.

What made you come in?

I'm not sure.

To see how it felt, I suppose.

And how does it feel?

I don't know yet.

# If you happen to see

the most beautiful girl in the world

# And if you did

# Was she crying, crying?

Arthur, you're enjoying something.

I guess that's what you'd call it.

Enjoy.

Enjoy.

OK, Marion.

Help me enjoy.

# We're going to the Love Shack, baby

# Everybody's movin'...

- Charlie, will you guide Arthur through?

Give him one of these song sheets, yeah?

# Baby, Love Shack

# We're going to the Love Shack, baby...

Some good news for a change.

Just follow this

and just do what I'm doing, all right?

#...to the Love Shack, baby

# Hammer on the door!

As some of you may have noticed,

we have a familiar face with us tonight.

And we'd like to keep him here,

wouldn't we?

Yes.

I think Marion would be

very pleased you're here.

All right, well, before it gets

too sentimental,

thank you very much

and I'll see you next time.

That wasn't too painful, was it?

Wasn't easy.

Well done, Arthur.

I felt like a right idiot.

Yeah.

Hard woman.

Grandad. What you doing here?

I can't leave the school, you know.

- You can talk, though, can't you?

- Yeah.

- What's that?

- Nothing wrong with your eyes, then.

- Can I have it?

- It's for you.

I didn't mean what I said to your dad.

You know that, don't you?

Mm-hm.

- How is your dad? Is he OK?

- Yeah. I don't see him until the weekend.

D'you wanna come with me

to put some flowers on your gran's grave?

Excuse me. Can I help you?

He gave me some sweets.

- She's my granddaughter.

- Have you got an appointment?

To give my granddaughter a chocolate?

- See you later, Grandad.

- OK.

You'll have to leave now.

Spinster, are you?

Right, this is called the robot dance

and it's a very famous sort of dance.

Basically, you just have to be very stiff

and move like this.

Everything is stiff and robotic.

Remember, you are made of metal.

Yeah, that's pretty... That's quite good.

That's it.

You can even communicate as robots.

Hello. I am a robot.

Really, really stiff.

Timothy, I'm so sorry.

No problem, Elizabeth.

Happens a lot.

Bye, everyone!

- Bye.

- Bye.

Bloody hell!

All right, then.

Shall we have a cup of tea?

Who sent this, then?

Here... Just sign this.

Brilliant, guys.

Well, you deserve a coffee.

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