Streets of Fire Page #4

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He's getting paid, dear.

He takes his chances!

Hey! Too bad, Billy.

Looks like Ellen's old flame

decided to show up.

Okay, we're on the move.

What's this old flame stuff?

Didn't you know?

Ellen used to go with Cody,

real hot and heavy

from what I hear.

You know what I mean?

What, is she kidding?

Let's not get into it now,

okay, Billy?

Hard news, huh, shorty?

Look, Cody, we've had

our differences, but it looks

like we got it made now, huh?

We'll just zoom along here

for a couple of hours,

then we're home and dry.

I got news for you,

it ain't that simple.

We gotta bury the car.

Bury the car?

What are you talking about

bury the car?

He means we're gonna

get rid of it, stupid.

He's gonna get rid of the car?

What's wrong with the car?

This is what I'm paying you

all this money for?

To come up

with these brilliant ideas?

Why don't we just hand

ourselves back over to Raven

and ask him to shoot us?

You two go ahead.

I wanna talk alone

with Tom for a minute.

What are you talking about?

What are you going

with him for?

Hey, I don't like

the way this looks, Ellen.

I'm paying

the bills around here.

How about some respect?

So what do you wanna

talk to me about?

I got a lot

to say to you, Tom.

No, you don't.

You have nothing to say to me.

You wanna talk to somebody,

go talk to your boyfriend.

Look, what was l

supposed to do?

I had all that work.

Things were going real good.

Things were starting

to happen for me.

Yeah, so, bye-bye,

Tom, right?

You're the one who took off

and joined the army.

Let's forget all this.

It's history.

From now on I'm just like you.

I do what I'm good

at and I do it for money.

Is that why

you came and got me?

That's right.

Billy Fish is paying me

10 grand.

I just can't believe

you'd do that.

Maybe you'd better

get used to the idea.

I wonder what

they're talking about?

Who says they're talking?

Cute.

It was just a joke, man,

you know what I mean?

How big a thing

do you think they had anyway?

From what I hear

it was real major.

Yeah, well,

she's with me now.

Yeah, right.

Against a big tough,

good-looking guy like you,

Cody don't stand a chance.

I hope you two got

everything straightened out.

Yeah, we got

a lot straightened out.

It was a real eye opener.

I think I hurt

your girlfriend's feelings.

I'm real sorry about it.

What does he mean

he hurt your feelings?

What'd he say?

Did he say anything about me?

What'd he say? Tell me!

I'm tired

I'm thirsty

I'm wild eyed

In my misery

Timeless

In your finery

A high price

For your luxury

Sorcerer

Who is the master

Man and woman

on a star stream

In the middle of a snow dream

Sorcerer

Show me the high life

Come over

Let me put you on ice

I'm tired

When I need you badly

Wild eyed

In the middle of your dream

Timeless

Hey. Hi, you guys.

Hey, what's the hurry?

Where you guys going?

We're nobody,

we're going nowhere.

Nobody goes nowhere.

Look, knock it off,

we're not interested

in conversation, okay, moron?

I know you. I know who

you are, dig? I love your

stuff so much, I really do.

Look, if you love me so much,

why don't you just go away

and leave us alone.

No, look,

I'm your biggest fan, really.

Let me go with you, okay?

I won't be any trouble.

And I'll tell you

guys something,

you gotta get off the street,

'cause the cops know

the guys that hit The Battery

will be coming through here.

Sh*t!

We gotta get

a new set of wheels.

Great, we just got rid

of the old wheels.

Wonderful leadership, Cody.

Hey, what's the matter

with you? Are you looking

to get yourself run over?

Me and my friends need a lift.

So what?

This ain't no muni bus!

Need a lift real bad.

Now look, let me make it

real clear. Nobody tells me

where to take my bus.

You dig?

Well, we're very flexible.

We'll take you

where you wanna go.

Anywhere you wanna go.

You just say the word

and we're with you.

You folks just hop right in.

Just make yourself at home.

I'm driving.

Hey, Bird, what the hell

you doing, man?

Hey, how you guys doing?

My name's McCoy.

Don't worry, we're not

gonna hurt you none.

That's great.

Well, I'm glad to hear that.

We're the Sorels. I'm Bird.

These are my associates.

This is Lester.

My man B.J.,

and that's Reggie.

Aren't you Ellen Aim?

That's right. It is Ellen Aim.

Hey, Ellen, you guys need

an opener or anything?

I mean, we're good.

I mean, we're real good,

but we just can't seem

to get anything going.

Hey, look, what gives?

I handle the management

and the booking.

Now, you guys just shut up

and leave Ellen alone.

Look, I know

how tough it can be

getting the right gig.

Baby, you don't

even begin to know.

Man, what did I tell you guys?

Will you just cool it?

Hey, if you got any chance

at all of missing the cops,

it's through here.

Yeah,

so what are our chances?

Horrible and terrible.

Oh, that's just great.

Look, we don't wanna mess

with any of these

Ardmore cops.

They busted me

a couple of years ago,

threw my ass right in jail

'cause I wouldn't

pay them off.

BILLY FISH:

What'd they bust you for?

Disturbing the peace.

They said I got out of line

in some bar, you know?

Great.

I love a girl with class.

This is great, just great.

You wanna help

change this tire, shorty?

Changing flat tires

isn't exactly

my line of work, dear.

If that's the case,

then why don't you

just shut up?

(MOCKINGLY)

Why don't you just shut up?

(MUMBLING)

Then I try and write songs,

you know.

I just can't seem to

figure out how to do

it right the way you do it.

You know, I can't figure out

how you work out the rhymes

and the melodies

and you make it all come out.

Somebody else writes

the songs, Billy buys

them or steals them,

I can't write for sh*t.

I always thought

those were your songs.

I just sing them.

Yeah, but when you sing them,

you make it yours.

That's the way it is, right?

I guess so. Who knows?

The famous Sorels

sure put a lot of money

into that bus, huh?

Listen, Cody, I didn't know

you had a thing with Ellen

in the old days.

You better get some smarts.

Learn to adjust

to the fact that you're out

of the picture now.

You see, Cody, I do things

for her. Things that a guy

like you could never do.

Things that matter

in the real world.

You know something?

The only trouble with kicking

the sh*t out of you

is it would be too easy.

You keep your hands

off the suit, buddy.

Come on, hurry the hell up

with that flat tire, already,

let's get going.

THE SORELS:
Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five, four, three,

two, one

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one

Countdown to love

Ten

Remember when you didn't

love me

Nine

Now all the time

you're thinking of me

Eight, life is great

You're all I'm living for

This is my countdown to love

Oh, this is

my countdown to love

You are the one love

in my life

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