The Color Purple Page #4

Season #1

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Wasn't satisfied till he made him a snout

Looks like Albert brought his maid.

Last time I saw that kind of hat

was at my mama's funeral.

Wasn't satisfied until

He made him some eyes

Made him some eyes

Just to lose on the ground

Wasn't satisfied till he made his yes, yes

Made his yes, yes, yes

Whoo!

Wasn't satisfied till he made him sick

Made him sick, Lord

It made him well

You know about that

The elephant caught hell

'Cause he's a dirty mistreater

A robber and a cheater

Slip you in your dozens

Your papa's, your cousin

Mama, do the Lordy, Lord

Oh, Lordy, Lord!

There's only two kinds

of children in this world.

God's children and Satan's chiIdren.

Babylon ain't no far-off pIace

in the desert.

It's right here! Just a few hundred yards

from this holy pIace.

Whoo.

The song I'm about to sing...

...is called "Miss Celie's Blues."

Because she scratched it

out of my head when I was aiIing.

Sister, you've been on my mind

Oh, sister, we're two of a kind

So sister

I'm keeping my eyes on you

I bet you think I don't know nothing

But singing the blues

Oh, sister, have I got news for you

I'm something

I hope you think

That you're something too

Oh, scuffling

I been up that lonesome road

And I seen a lot of suns going down

Oh, but trust me

No low life's gonna run me around

So let me tell you something, sister

Remember your name

No twister,

Gonna steal your stuff away

My sister

We sure ain't got a whole lot of time

So shake your shimmy, sister

Because honey this Shug

Is feeling fine

I know you don't beIieve it,

but I used to live here.

This used to be my living room.

That was my kitchen.

Harpo run the doors and windows

from the creek to here.

Now, somewhere is my dining room.

Lord, look at who's here. It's Miss Celie.

Miss Celie, it sure is good to see you.

PulI up a chair. Have a coId drink.

I believes I want me

some of this here.

I want to introduce y'all to my friend.

Henry Broadnax is his name.

Everybody call him Buster.

He's a good friend of the family.

How you doing? How you feel?

-Where are your children?

-At home. Where are yours?

Lord have mercy!

-Hey, Harpo.

Oh, Lord!

What you doing here?

I come to hear Miss Shug sing

and to see what a nice place you built.

This is scandalous!

A woman with children in a jook joint!

A woman need to have

a littIe fun, Harpo.

-A woman need to be at home.

-Hey, I don't fight my woman's battles.

My job is to love her

and take her where she want to go. Right?

That sure is, Buster.

Right, honey. You got it.

Let's dance.

First time l ever been knocked down

without throwing a punch.

Be nice now.

-Be nice now.

-Ha, ha, ha. Yeah.

Harpo!

Who this woman?

You know who this is.

She best leave you alone.

Fine with me.

You ain't going nowhere.

This is my jook joint.

You said it's our jook joint!

Can't a man dance with his wife?

Not if she left him.

Good night, y'all.

And not if he my man.

You just a big old heifer! Ha, ha, ha.

Like I said, fine with me.

Ohh.

Whoop. Time to go.

Ohh.

-Sweetpea!

Hold on there! Hold on.

-Oh, sh*t!

-This is my place! Come on.

Get off my boy!

What about me?

Come on, I don't want to have

to come in after you.

Lord, have mercy! Firemen ain't

gonna get it, somebody call the Iaw!

You can light a fire without a match.

You can catch a fish without a hook.

You can make a blind man see.

Oh!

Now do your shimmy.

Shake your shimmy, girl!

Come on! Show me your stuff!

Oh, Celie.

Miss Celie, why you always

covering up your smile?

Show me some teeth.

Show me that pretty smile.

Oh, girl, you need

a smiling lesson.

Made him stout

Wasn't satisfied till I made him a snout

Made him a snout

Just as long as a rail

Wasn't satisfied

Till I made him a tail

Made him a tail

Just a--

You see, Miss Celie,

you gots a beautifuI smile.

Well, Miss CeIie,

I do believe it's time for me to go.

September. Yeah, September be

a good time to go off in the world.

What's the matter?

He beat me when you ain't here.

Who do?

Albert?

Mister.

Why he do that?

He beat me for not being you.

I know he a bully...

...but there's some things

I love about him.

You still love him?

I got what you call a passion for him.

If l was ever going to have a husband,

he'd been it. But he weak.

Tell me the truth.

Do you mind if Albert sleep with me?

You Iike sleeping with him?

I have to confess, I love it. Don't you?

No.

No, most time I pretend l ain't even there.

He don't know the difference.

He don't never ask me how l feel.

He never ask me about myself.

He just cIimb on top of me

and do his business.

"Do his business"?

You sound like he going

to the toilet on you.

That's what it feel like.

Then, Miss Celie...

...that mean you still a virgin.

-Yeah, because don't nobody love me.

-I love you.

-You think I's ugly.

-No, I don't.

You ugly. You sure is ugly.

You still ugly.

Amen.

Oh, Miss Celie,

that was just the salt and sugar.

Me being jealous of you and Albert.

I think you beautiful.

Shug like honey...

...and now, l's just like a bee.

I's follow her everywhere,

want to go where she go.

What life like for her?

And why she sometime get so sad?

So sad, just like me.

Tell her something

Hello.

How you been?

I been sick. Maybe you heard.

But l feels better now.

I been staying with Albert and Celie.

They been taking care of me.

Place bring back memories.

I used to stand right over there

watching you.

Best preacher in the world.

The way you'd make your voice

rise and fall when you turned a phrase.

The way you looked in your blue suit.

Girls cutting their eyes at you.

Oh, it's something to see.

You'd smile at us and say:

"Ladies...

...'God Is Trying To Tell You Something',

if you please."

And we sang.

We sang our hearts out.

I couldn't sleep at night

And I was wondering why

It's all right.

I know you can't say nothing to me

anymore because things are so different.

Just thought I'd stop and say hello.

Shug say she going back

to Memphis.

I'm gonna go with her. This is my

only chance to break from Mr. Jail.

What you doing?

Nothing.

It don't look like that to me.

Albert!

I need you to sit on my suitcase.

Albert!

-Good luck, baby.

Aww. Ha, ha.

Right, see you.

Right.

Oh, yeah.

On your way.

There something you got to say?

What's the matter?

Cat got your tongue?

Don't be scared. Say it, girl.

I's going to miss you.

I's going to miss you too.

I'm going to miss you too.

Come on! Let's go! Ha, ha!

Hey, Shug! Write!

Do good in Chicago, Shug!

Oh, sh*t.

Honey, let me see you.

Look at you, you're so sweet.

Millie, let's leave them folks alone.

Look! Aren't they cute?

-Good afternoon, Mr. Mayor.

-Good to see you.

How are you today?

Look at that! That's the cutest little face

I ever saw. Give me some sugar.

You are so sweet.

Say thank you now.

Millie, always going on over the coIored.

Your children are so clean.

Would you Iike to work for me?

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