Sordid Lives Page #11

if she knew you were gay too.

That is, if she was in her grave.

[ Snickers ]

Hey, Nan Nan.

Guess what. I'm gay!

Yup. Gay as a goose.

- Oh! Stop it!

- [ Chuckles ] Just as gay

as Uncle Brother Boy.

Oh, you are not! Nobody's that gay.

So what is it exactly...

that you... do.

- What?

- You know.

When you're gay.

Oh, dear God.

I hope my mama

isn't asking me about my sex life.

Well, if I have a gay son,

I need to know about gay sex.

Well, then read a book, Mama!

I don't ask you what happens

in the privacy of your bedroom!

I'll tell you exactly what happens.

- Nothin'.

- [ Huffs ] No. No, no, no, no. No.

I am not about to explain gay sex...

and the details

of my own sex life to my mama

in front of my grandmother's coffin.

- You wanna step outside?

- No!

Oh! I-I'm not gonna

discuss this with you. Period.

- Well, fine. Be that way!

- You know, I will!

-Just trying to be open.

- You know, maybe I don't

want you to be.

[ Sighs ]

You've always been my special boy.

I never felt closer to anyone.

No one.

We always had that special bond.

- Yeah.

- And, you know...

I'm not sure we woulda had that...

if you weren't gay.

So...

I don't regret taking that drug...

after I lost those other babies.

'Cause I can't imagine

life without you, Ty.

I'm happy with who I am now, Mama.

Instead of blaming Dr. McCright,

maybe we should just thank him.

Maybe.

But he's dead.

I love you, Mama.

I love you so, so much.

I love you too, baby.

So...

are you the woman or the man?

[ Sighs ]

- [ Large Bells Toll ]

- Come on, LaVonda! Quit primping!

They've already started!

[ singing:
In the sweet by and by ]

[ singing:
We shall meet on that beautiful ]

Lord. Cover up your titties.

- ] By and by ]

- ] By and by ]

- ] We shall meet

on that beautiful shore ]

- [ Gasps ] Ty!

[ singing:
On the shore ]

- ] In the sweet by and by ]

- [ Whispers ] Latrelle!

- Oh, baby! Oh. I'm so glad you're here.

- ] We shall meet on that

[ singing:
Beautiful shore ]

[ singing:
Amen ] ]

Yes, brethren.

We shall meet on that beautiful shore.

Praise Jesus. Praise the Lord.

- Praise the Lord.

- Amen. Praise Jesus.

Today we are gathered here together...

to pay our respects to...

and celebrate the life

of our beloved sister...

Peggy Sue Ingram.

[ Guitar Clangs ]

- Peggy was born February 26, 1 933...

- Who is that?

Bitsy Mae Harling.

- Who?

- Bitsy!

...right here outside of Winters.

- Peggy died July 23, 1999.

- Oh!

And at this time,

Peggy's younger daughter...

Latre--

- Latrelle.

- Latrelle...

would like to say a few words

in memory...

of her dearly departed mother.

Thank you, Brother Barnes.

And, uh, thank y'all

for coming here today.

What a nice turnout.

[ Sniffles ]

As many of you know,

my mama was not right...

for the last six months of her life.

- Scootch over, honey.

- She abandoned her sense of

morality and upbringing...

and started running around with...

riffraff.

Oh, Lord.

[ Murmuring ]

I took her to the doctor

over in Snyder a few months ago...

and they found a lemon-sized

cancerous tumor on her brain.

- No!

- Yes!

- What'd she say?

- Un tumor.

It was inoperable

and growing... rapidly.

Mama asked me to tell no one...

and I kept her secret till now.

But it's time to clear your name, Mama.

What happened was the tumor grew...

and it pressed up against...

the-- well, the, uh...

sexual part of her brain.

This is gonna make us look better?

The tumor turned my mama

into a nymphomaniac.

She wasn't no nymphomaniac.

I'll tell you that.

So I wanna ask on behalf

of my grieving family...

that y'all... forget...

the circumstances

surrounding Mama's death...

and remember her for the good

Christian woman that she was...

before the tumor destroyed

her health and her morality.

Thank you.

[ Sobs ]

[ Murmuring ]

[ Sobs ]

[ Clink, Hiss ]

Thank you, Latrelle,

for those... revelations.

Cancer can be so cruel.

Now I'd like to read--

Hey!

Can I say a few words too?

What's she doing?

She's gonna say a few words too.

This isn't open mike.

I... suppose so.

I had no idea about the tumor.

I am so sorry. But I got to tell you,

Peggy touched my life--

the nymphomaniac Peggy...

with all due respect.

We were close. Very close.

After we closed up at Bubba's...

I was all wound up

after a big show and, well...

me, Peggy,Juanita...

sometimes G. W. over there-- Hi, G. W.

[ Snoring ]

We'd all sit around, get drunk,

sing hymns.

Lord, Lord, Lord.

This was Peggy's favorite hymn.

I'd like to sing it for her as she

passes through those pearly gates

to meet her maker.

""Just As I Am.'' Listen to the words.

They apply on so many levels.

I'm gonna wake up any minute now.

Excuse me, darlin'.

This is for you.

[ singing:
] [ Strumming ]

[ singing:
Just as I am ]

[ singing:
Without one plea ]

[ singing:
But that thy blood

[ singing:
Was shed for me

[ singing:
And that thou bidst me ]

[ singing:
To come to thee ]

- ] O Lamb of God ]

- I'm so glad you came.

[ singing:
I come

[ singing:
I come

[ Group Singing ]

[ singing:
Just as I am ]

[ singing:
Though tossed about ]

[ singing:
With many a conflict

[ singing:
Many a doubt

[ singing:
Fightings within

[ People Gasping ]

- Is-- Is that--

- That's your Uncle Brother Boy.!

- No!

- Latrelle, get back here!

[ Both Shouting, Indistinct ]

- Calm down. Stop it!

- Stop it! Stop it right now...

or I am gonna knock you into next week!

- But--

-Just shut up and sit down

and you let him stay!

Mama, he's family.

Let him stay.

[ Sighs ]

Okay.

Tough crowd.

[ Murmuring ]

Thanks, Wardell.

[ singing:
[ Guitar Strums ]

[ singing:
Just as I am ]

[ Group Singing ]

[ singing:
Though tossed about ]

[ singing:
With many a conflict ]

[ singing:
Many a doubt ]

[ singing:
Fightings within ]

[ singing:
And fears without ]

[ singing:
O Lamb of God ]

[ singing:
I come ]

[ singing:
I come ] ]

Well, I guess you didn't

think I was gonna make it...

did you, Mama?

[ Sobs ]

[ singing:
[ Country ]

[ singing:
Now, when the Lord

[ singing:
Dips us in the gene pool

[ singing:
We get more than Granny's green eyes

[ singing:
We get Mama's warmth

and our daddy's cool

[ singing:
And that thing between our thighs

[ singing:
That's the start of all this trouble

[ singing:
In our sordid lives

- ] Ain't it a b*tch

- ] B*tch

[ singing:
Sortin'out our sordid lives

- ] It's a b*tch

- ] B*tch

[ singing:
When you come to realize

[ singing:
Crack yourself

a box of CrackerJack

[ singing:
You could get a really shitty prize

[ singing:
It's a b*tch

[ singing:
Sortin'out our sorry, little

[ singing:
Sordid lives

[ Song Ends ]

[ singing:
[ Country ]

[ Tammy Wynette ] I've never

seen the inside of a barroom

[ singing:
Or listened to a jukebox

all night long

[ singing:
But I see these are the things

[ singing:
That bring you pleasure

[ singing:
So I'm gonna make some changes

in our home

[ singing:
I've heard it said

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