The Dust Storm Page #5

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- I'm figuring that out.

I don't want to do this,

I don't want to fight.

Just, can you enjoy me

like I want to enjoy you?

Let's just do that.

Okay?

- I guess we could go get drunk.

- We're good at that.

Look away, look

away, look away now

Look away, look away now

Now, before it costs you

- What do you want me to say?

I know what you want me to say.

I just wanna make out with you.

Eh, no, I don't like P.D.A.

- Since when?

- Since people were staring.

- You look miserable.

- So, we've talked about what

we hate about each other.

Let's get into some more meat.

What is your biggest

flaw, Brennan?

- Biggest flaw?

You tell me.

- This is a moment of

interpersonal reflection.

Go.

- I'd say I have two.

The first is I

can't concentrate.

You give me scissors it looks

like I cut with my toes.

- And two?

- I'm obsessed with using

my cell phone at the urinal,

and it's had disastrous

results on several occasions.

- You're never taking

my phone anywhere.

- In my next life, I'm

coming back as a rockstar.

Perform on stage,

write tragic love songs

about all my f***ed

up relationships,

and have 16-year-old

kids recite in unison.

In your next life, who

are you coming back as?

The president?

- Your boyfriend.

You turned quiet.

- It's been a long time

since anyone has

treated me like this.

- All right, fine.

Oh that's good, real good.

- What's it called?

- Oh.

- Let me see.

- This is going to

be the greatest song

ever written on a napkin.

- I need a, I need cigarettes.

- Oh, we can leave.

- No, I have a full drink.

- I think there's a

store on the next block.

- Thank you, Brennan.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- Thanks.

- Hot damn, what a surprise

to find you still here.

- So you haven't left?

- No no no, I guess

Nashville has consumed us.

- What about your

first class flights?

- I traded it in for an

economy tomorrow morning, yes.

Oh, she is sucking

the life out of me.

Yeah, I think I'm in love.

Or I don't know,

what's that feeling

when your dick's always hard?

Anyway, what have

you been doing?

Drinking, getting lost.

- Yeah, yeah, what's her name?

- Nora.

- Nora, okay, now that

sounds like the name

of my grandmother's

girlfriend, Nora.

Anyway, look, make sure

you are on an early flight

tomorrow morning okay,

we've got another proposal

with Nisley at noon.

This here, is a VeroTech man.

- No, I, I don't think

I'll be doing that.

Why?

I don't think I'll

be doing that, Steve.

- Ow.

Okay, but you're

gonna get in trouble.

He's in trouble, yeah,

he'll be in trouble.

Speaking of trouble,

la la la la la la la.

- So you're upset

because I didn't leave?

- I'm upset because you

came here and made a scene.

Why didn't you just go

- Do you know how much

it costs to change a flight?

- Where have you been?

- I've been letting

you cool off.

Who do you keep looking at?

- David.

- No, no, stop, stop,

don't say anything stupid.

- Anything stupid?

- Look, it's always the same.

- Why don't you just go

- You disappear,

you're alone, and

then we're fine.

- It's not the same.

- Here's what's gonna happen.

We're gonna get on this plane,

we're gonna go home together,

and it'll be like this

weekend never happened.

Who's that?

- I don't know.

Ow, let go of me, David.

- Why are you talking

to me like this?

- You're hurting me, David.

- You're hurting me.

- Stop it!

- I said I'm sorry.

- Just stop it, let go of me!

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, yeah yeah,

I'm fine, I'm fine.

Brennan!

You didn't have

to leave so soon

Things are just begun

And you run away

Just like you do

Every time things

get a little hard

Oh, boy

Now you've got a

sad face on today

- I don't want to be alone.

I had an abortion.

- What?

- I don't know why I told

you that, in this moment,

but I felt like I needed to.

- When was it?

- It was five years ago.

We hadn't talked in a year.

I think you were dating that

blonde with the funky name.

I remember thinking that

I wish it was yours.

We would've kept it.

It would've been five.

You say that you love me.

I want you to love... me.

- I do.

- Don't say anything.

Just float with me.

- Yeah.

- I love you.

- Wait what, what are you doing?

- I want to remember.

- What, that cigarette?

- This trip.

This moment.

I want to remember.

- Me too.

Come on, don't make

me deal with it.

- I don't want to hurt you.

- Just do it.

- Sorry.

- I'm not gonna go

back to Colorado.

I'm gonna stay here.

- This motel is a dump.

- I meant Nashville.

I feel...

I feel right here.

Will you come back?

- Will you sing your song?

- Yes.

- Yes.

Cord was cut

And I got stuck

With an empty bottle of love

Pour me another round

May as well drown

In an ocean

Ocean of bourbon

and her mouth

The rain went away

As far as I see

The life that's meant

for me can't be undone

You never know,

you never know

What lies ahead on the road

You can lose your path

But to find your way home

Just make it through

Teeth so deep

Clenching me

Wishin' I'd break free

Chain myself to nothin'

Her silence is deafening

Yeah, whiles I scream

Haunting me

There ain't no other way

As far as I see

The life that's meant for me

Can't be undone

You never know,

you never know

What lies ahead on the road

You can lose your path

But to find your way home

Just make it through

You never know,

you never know

What lies ahead on the road

You can lose your path

But still find your way home

Just make it through

You never know,

you never know

What lies ahead on the road

You can lose your path

And still find your way home

Just make it

through the dust storm

I smell the whiskey

My baby might leave me

I need him more

than I can tell

Love is all that matters

I can't stand to be alone

I'm at the bottom

of a wishin' well

Heaven help me, lately

I can't help myself

Heaven help me, be the

hero of my own personal hell

I took my pen and my paper

To scribble out my woes

Digging deep, I am

a girl I don't know

I come to my rescue,

I'm my worst enemy

I need a shaker to

rattle these bones

Heaven help me, lately

I can't help myself

Heaven help me, be the

hero of my own personal hell

Well I been leanin' on a

man and a drink and a smoke

To fill this hole

Can I find some

love and some peace

In my heart and soul

I lost some battles but

I haven't lost my faith

It's survived me

through my darkest days

I may lose my honey,

my job, and all my money

But I trust that

there's always a way

Heaven help me, lately

I can't help myself

Heaven help me, be the

hero of my own personal hell

I'll be the hero

of my personal hell

Be the hero of

my personal hell

My head plays

you over and over

Standing there by the rail

The wind in your hair

Lips from wine

Mile from time

Mile from time

Sounds fall from the dark

Lights spray across the room

You said to watch

but I feel that you're lost

I feel that you're lost

Do you know your friends

as well as I know mine

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