The Delinquents

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Telegram.

Hey, don't stop.

Do as you're told!

I don't take orders.

If you were my son...

I ain't.

He started it!

I'll finish it too!

The neighbours!

Bugger the neighbours!

Any more lip from you and I'll...

Leave him alone, Bert!

Everybody sing along

Let's all sing

When any little thing

goes wrong

Do-da-lay, do-da-loo

Sing for me

that simple tune...

You'll ruin your eyes

with all that reading.

He only wants a bit of respect.

He orders me around

like he owns the place.

He pays rent.

So do I.

He pays more.

He gets more.

What did you say?

Where are you going?

Movies.

"Come, gentle night

Come, loving, black-brow'd night

"Give me my Romeo.

"When he shall die take him

and cut him out in little stars.

"He'll make heaven so fine,

the world will love night

"And pay no worship

to the garish sun."

Isn't that beautiful, Mum?

It's a lovely story.

It's so sad.

You've read it?

No.

Heard it on the radio once.

That'll have to do, or I'll be late.

Enjoy yourself.

Huh!

Enjoy myself?!

Playing piano

for a bunch of drunks!

Will you be late?

Who knows?

I am doing this ALL for you.

Can I go to the pictures?

Alright, dear.

Sorry, ladies and gentlemen,

but the house is full.

Is there any standing room?

No standing room. Try again tomorrow.

I've waited an hour.

Try tomorrow.

Wait! I was in front of them!

Come on. I've been standing here...

Excuse me.

Will you be getting 'Rock Around

the Clock' back again any time?

Doubt it. Didn't like it.

It was really popular.

Not with normal people.

Thanks.

I've seen it three times, anyway.

Me too!

I'm Brownie.

And you're Lola?

I'm only delivering telegrams

till I can get a job on a ship.

My grandfather was a sailor -

Norwegian.

My father is too,

but he's American.

I thought that he was...

God, no!

That's not my father.

That's Bert.

My father's away.

Mmm... So is mine.

I was born here.

After the war, my father

took us back to the States - Seattle.

He was mostly at sea.

One day he didn't come back.

My mum gets homesick

for this place.

My mother teaches piano

and plays in pubs.

We move round a lot.

I read lots of books.

So do I!

I love books!

'Call of the Wild'...

I just read 'Anne of Green Gables'...

'Cruel Sea'...

'Wuthering Heights' is my favourite.

You've read 'Romeo and Juliet'?

Who's that by?

William Shakespeare.

No.

Oh, rock'n'roll!

Yeah!

Little Richard!

What about Bill Haley?

Gene Vincent!

The Platters!

Wait - Jerry Lee Lewis!

Goodness gracious,

great balls of fire!

I HATE BUNDABERG!

Those kids are called

bodgies and widgies.

There's tons of them in Brisbane.

There's none in this burg.

We could be the first.

Yeah!

We'd have to dance like that, though.

Lucille, you won't do

your sister's will

She's a lovin' mama

but I got nerves of steel

Lucille, please come back

where you belong

Lucille, please come back

where you belong

I'm begging you, baby,

please don't leave me alone

Woke up this morning

Lucille was not in sight

I asked my friends about her

but all their lips were tight

Lucille, please come back

where you belong

Lucille, please come back

where you belong

I'm begging you, baby,

please don't leave me alone

Woke up this morning

Lucille was not in sight

I asked my friends about her

but all their lips were tight

Lucille, please come back

where you belong

I'm begging you, baby,

please don't leave me alone...

Woke up this morning

Lucille was not in sight

I asked my friends about her

but all their lips were tight

Lucille, please come back

where you belong.

In the hotel lounge!

I have to live here.

What's his father do?

He doesn't have a father.

You know what he wants.

Remember, my girl,

it's a mortal sin.

We only kissed.

That's where it starts.

Life is hard enough as it is!

I am loved.

I am loved...

Are you listening?

I am loved.

I am loved.

What?

I can't hear you what you're saying.

I am loved.

Oh! Oh, Lola!

Apologise! Apologise to your mother!

Hey! That'll do, mate!

Bert! He's had enough.

Oh!

Brownie Hansen.

What are you doing here?

You stood me up.

I didn't want you to see me like this.

Everyone in town

knows you had a fight.

They reckon you gave

him some back too.

He's a bastard!

Mum just stood there and watched.

After a while it didn't even hurt anymore.

I kept wishing someone could

hold me in their arms.

Your hair's still beautiful.

Ow!

Sorry.

They just don't understand, do they?

What?

About love.

Yeah. Just like Romeo and Juliet.

But bigger and more exciting

because it's us!

It's all because of you!

Thank you!

Ow! Ow!

I can't help it.

I'm in love with Brownie Hansen.

Now there

are three steps to heaven

Just listen

and you will plainly see

And as life travels on

And things do go wrong

Just follow

steps one, two and three

Step one -

You find a girl you love

Step two -

She falls in love with you

Step three -

You kiss and hold her tightly

Help me.

And that sure

seems like heaven to me

Sorry... Hang on.

The formula for heaven

is very simple

Just follow...

Ow!

...the rules and you will see

And as life travels on

And things do go wrong

Just follow

steps one, two and three

Step one -

You find a girl you love

Step two -

She falls in love with you...

Oh!

Oh, sorry.

Step three -

You kiss and hold her tightly...

Ow!

I'm sorry.

That sure

seems like heaven to me

Just follow

steps one, two and three.

Ahhhhhh!

Well?

I waited six weeks just to make sure.

What do you want to do?

Try to get rid of it?

No!

We can't do that.

It's a terrible mortal sin!

I know that.

It's not that we're not old enough.

Romeo and Juliet were teenagers.

Helen of Troy was only 12

when she ran away with Paris.

12?!

Yeah.

They started a lot younger back then.

"Dear Mother,

I'm going to have a baby.

"I'm going anywhere

I will not be a humiliation to you.

"I'm well looked after by someone who

loves me and wants to look after me.

"Your loving daughter, Lola."

What have you got?

"Dear Mum,

I've gone away.

"Don't call the police.

"I am alright. Brownie."

Well, at least she won't have

any trouble understanding it.

Only you

can make the world seem right

Only you

can make the darkness bright

Only you and you alone

can thrill me like you do

And fill my heart

with love for only you.

This was my grandmother's.

My dad's mum.

I'd have inherited it anyway, so...

We can do anything we want -

go everywhere in the whole world.

We could go to Norway.

London and Paris...

Seattle!

No?

Every place I've read about.

I want to see everything

and meet everyone

and be with you whatever we do.

Carry everything we own in a bag.

Be fast and free.

But we'll have a baby.

He can come too.

It'll be just the three of us.

Fast and free.

Fast, fast...

Be very fast.

Fast.

Two minutes!

Train departing in two minutes.

Get chocolates and chips.

Is that good for the baby?

Baby likes what I like.

Hey.

Oh.

Here she is!

Lola, we're going home.

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