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Yeah.

Will you sign my iPod?

Sure.

Thank you. I love your music.

Thanks.

I don't speak Portuguese,

and so this isn't gonna be pretty,

but I am the last guy of the night,

so here you go.

How long are you here for?

Two more shows in new York,

a wedding.

Who's getting married?

I don't know them.

I'm the entertainment.

Ah.

I never would have pegged

you for a wedding singer.

10,000. Three songs.

That's not bad.

I'm not proud of it.

Last show's in Philadelphia,

and then that it.

I'm going back home.

I'm actually kind of

freaked out right now.

They're trying to get me to go

and record in Berlin after this,

but the truth is, I'm just stuck.

What happens if you don't write

any more songs?

I'm not really sure.

You know, the best

thing about playing...

You know when you have a feeling

and you don't want to fade away,

but you don't really

know how to keep it?

Well, that feeling

comes back when I play,

like I can keep it.

No... no talking,

no disappointing anyone

for three to five whole minutes.

You should try playing longer songs.

Yeah, I should.

Why don't you try to choose something

and write a song about it,

like a nose?

- Nose?

- A nose.

- I don't think nose

songs are my thing.

- You could write the

greatest song in the world

about a nose...

There's a lot of

different types of ears.

There are endless possibilities.

I can get it from here.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

Guess I'll see you.

Yeah.

Thanks again.

I don't know.

I'm really sorry, Henry.

I didn't mean you were stupid.

I'm stupid.

I'm sorry.

You know I say things.

Sometimes I get too opinionated,

too stubborn.

You have to be okay.

- So I heard when

you're not on the road,

you spend most of your

time in the country.

What are you, like, a hermit?

Um, no.

Not... not really.

You once said you have no interest

in modern technology,

that all you need is music

and the person you love.

Uh, yeah. Yeah.

Maybe... Maybe I said that.

- What's the strangest thing

that's happened to you on tour?

I was chased by a moose.

What?

In California.

Mom?

Franny.

What are you doing?

I am making piaya.

Right.

It's June 4th.

- Damn it!

- God!

Ahh!

Get the pillowcase out of the oven.

God.

Ugh, so loud!

God, it's so loud.

Thank you.

Jesus.

You, um...

You be in charge of...

Mm...

You be in charge of the glasses

and the decorations, okay?

Thanks.

There's a cat waving at you.

It's one of those

mechanical good luck ones.

Look really good in here now.

Actually it looks pretty horrible,

but it's better than it was.

It's your half-birthday,

and we're celebrating it.

Do you remember when we were in Zurich

for your half-birthday?

You were, like, five.

All you wanted were M&Ms and lemonade,

and we couldn't find any.

It was just expensive

swiss chocolate everywhere,

and then finally, we found some M&Ms

after hours of searching,

and mom bought you, like, 50 packs,

bought out the store.

Happy half-birthday, Henry.

Sorry about all this.

Happy half, Henry.

Hey.

Sorry if I'm interrupting.

You... You are not.

Come on in.

Join the party.

I think we even have an extra hat.

Here you go.

Um, looks nice.

It's Henry's half-birthday.

Keyboard looks good too.

Hey, have some persecco.

Don't tell the nurses.

Thanks.

Sure.

Cheers.

Thank you.

Turn left.

Please.

You didn't even speak Russian.

Why did you want Henry to learn it?

I wanted us to learn it together.

Secret language.

- Yours and 150 million other

people's secret language.

I don't speak Russian.

- Why do they always

make you learn that?

It is obvious you don't speak Russian.

Why do you have to go

around stating that?

Mom, I just...

I wish you could listen for two minutes.

Oh.

Oh.

I'm so sorry.

That is good coming from...

Never mind.

No, no, no, no. Come on, mom.

Tell me. What were you going to say?

I was going to say that that is good

coming from a girl who didn't even call

her own brother back

to say she was sorry.

You can't tell me that you

thought that dropping out

of college was a good idea.

Franny, he did not want to go back.

What was I supposed to do?

You never would have let me do that.

- You never would have

wanted to have done that ever.

And speaking of you,

you basically dropped off

the grid for six months.

For six months,

we didn't hear anything from you and...

Oh, is that okay?

No, I called you. I did text.

Oh, yeah. The famous text, yeah.

- Well, if you would

empty your voicemail

every once in a while.

Oh, that's it.

Yup, that's it.

You're right. You have all the answers.

You came out of my womb

havin' all the answers, man.

- God!

- Oh, my god.

James.

Would you like to come over for dinner?

I have a show tonight.

Okay. Tomorrow night then.

Mom.

You... You don't have to, really.

I would love to.

- Hi.

- Oh, hi.

I'm... I'm glad you came.

Yeah?

I just...

Decided to last minute, yeah.

Do you want...

Do you want a star fruit?

No, thank you.

- Yeah, I'm not big

on star fruit either.

Let me see that.

James, you're up.

- Good luck out there.

They're wild tonight.

Discman.

- Yeah, I'm a bit old

- fashioned.

This is my favorite song in the world.

I'm ready.

This is your favorite song?

Okay, oh. Not that one.

Th-that's a guilty pleasure.

It's an old mix.

Hold on. Wait.

Okay, I think you're gonna love it.

This is for you from Katie Johnstone.

"Hey, James. Give 'er a listen. "

I think he's trying

to speak to you as you.

Give 'er. Give us a listen.

Yeah, yeah.

"Dear James, I have been"...

Oh, my god.

Yeah, it's an epic.

"I would be extremely stoke...

"Ed to get a coffee,

"or in my case, a hot chocolate

because I don't like coffee very much. "

You're kidding me.

"You would like it. "

- She sounds like she just

drank a hell of a lot of coffee.

Wow.

She sort of got the eyes right.

- What?

- Yeah, this is hilarious.

Oh, my good...

"Die, James, die... James. "

And check out this side.

"I'm coming, James.

James, James, James, James. "

That's my favorite one.

Look at the eyes.

I just got kind of worried about you.

Look at the eyes.

They're gonna hypnotize me.

Beautiful.

You have to try it on.

It's gonna be way too small.

It's a medium.

It's a children's medium.

- I don't... it's

cotton. It'll stretch.

- Really?

- Yeah.

For you.

Sorry.

There.

I'm ready to go out now.

You know, this is really good.

It's not mine, the zombies.

How does the melody line go?

Something like...

"Ulysses now left the haven

"and took the rough track

up though the wooded country

"and over the crest of the mountain

till he reached the place

where Minerva had said. "

I actually don't mind the

smell of smoke in my house

because it reminds me of

presanitized times, you know,

like Paris in the '70s.

Were you there in the '70s?

Who wasn't?

Um...

Well, I...

Okay, a lot of people weren't,

you two for example,

but my god, I'm sorry you weren't.

It was so great.

I got...

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