The Identical Page #5

We're going to rock this place

like a hurricane. Come on!

Come on!

Hey. Hey, man.

Can I get a bourbon?

In a...

You know what, why don't you throw

me down a Shirley Temple instead.

How much is ginger ale?

15 cents ma'am.

Thank you. We'll share one.

I'll have what he was going

to have, but make it a double.

A gypsy man, I'll always be

It is just a part of me

They say that I should settle down

There's only once place...

Oh, yeah

I was born for a reason,

not just breathing air

Born for a reason,

got something to share

I'll make no bones about it,

sure as I'm sittin' here

I was born for a reason

Ooh!

That was... out of Mobile,

bringing everything

with the Drexel smash.

Slap the dog and spit in the fire,

that boy looks like our child.

Beboppin' baby,

you know she can go, go, go

Beboppin' baby,

shake, a rock 'n roll

You can ask her to dance

But she don't want to dance slow

Beboppin' baby,

girl you got me in a spin

Beboppin' baby, let the party begin

Who are you?

The Volunteer state of

Tennessee put your hands

and screams together for Mr. Ryan Wade!

Ooh

I can see your picture in my mind

A vision that seems so very real

I miss you every night in my dreams

Time and space never keep us apart

Ahh

Your love's keeping me tonight

Ahh

Even when we're far away

Ahh

Your love's keeping me tonight

Ahh

Until the morning brings another day

Brings another day

Ooh, it's a brand new day

I can feel your touch

like you are here

A perfect love

will cast away my fears

I can hear your voice

blowin' in the wind

Your love will turn

the darkness into light

Your love's keeping me tonight

Even when we're far away

Your love's keeping me tonight

Until the morning brings another day

Whoo!

That's your winner.

I'm going to go talk to Mama okay?

All right!

All right. Have fun.

I'll stay here.

Mama!

I've never seen so much

money in my whole life.

Much less at once.

Oh man, that was great.

Wasn't that great?

That was so great.

You did it.

You did great.

Mr. Wade.

Great show tonight, sir.

Thank you, sir.

"Mr. Tony Nash, Management."

I can have you play in

every major state fair

in the region next month

if you're interested.

Oh, he's interested!

Good. Look, Ryan, why don't you

come by my office Monday, okay?

Thank you, sir. Monday?

Monday.

All right, I'll see you there.

I've never seen anything

like that tonight.

It was absolutely incredible.

Be good.

Have a nice night.

Thank you.

What just happened?

I think he got a job.

Look, it's not rocket science.

I get you booked.

Get you paid.

You give me 15%.

You can fire me any time you like.

Has anyone ever? Fired you.

It's kind of an

occupational hazard, ma'am.

Yeah, well, I'm just trying to get my head

wrapped around people paying good money

to see someone act like somebody else.

Well, they do.

People love this guy.

They can't get enough of him.

And you're about as

close to the real thing

as I've ever seen.

So you can get me booked places?

Tennessee state fair is already

holding a spot for you.

Arkansas and Texas after that.

I haven't heard back yet from

Kansas City but it'll be a yes.

Just like that.

Just like that.

You will not believe your eyes

or your ears when I tell you

who this isn't,

but you are going to love him anyway.

Ladies and gentlemen,

put your hands together

for The identical!

Well, thank you very much, Nashville!

Right now we'd like to do a

song I think ya'll might know.

It goes like this.

It's a long way to Nashville

To the Vegas neon lights

I had to give my heart and soul

You know, it's been an uphill fight

Headed to dreamland...

Oh, come on people, don't be stupid.

We got a job to do here.

Hey, what's going on?

Ah, it's closing weekend.

Final judging of the livestock.

Wow.

Looks like either that

or Wayne Newton, right?

Heh.

Drexel!

Oh, man.

I think this boy's a star.

To Nashville tonight

To Nashville tonight

Ooh, to Nashville tonight

To Nashville tonight

To Nashville tonight

Ooh, Nashville tonight

A gypsy man, that's who I am

I do things my own way

I might be here for a little while

But I know that I won't stay

I'm a gypsy man

A gypsy man, I'll always be

It is just a part of me

They say that I should settle down

But there are so many places,

so many towns, yeah

Ooh

Something 'bout ya that I feel

It makes me want to stay

Girl, when you put your love on me

I just got to stay, I'm a gypsy man

Yes, I am

A gypsy man, I'll always be

It is just a part of me

They say that I should settle down

But there are so many places,

so many towns

Oh, I got a lot of places to see

Yeah!

Ooh

I want you to be proud of me, Daddy.

I am proud of you, Ryan.

I am proud of you.

Was this what you really wanted, really?

I don't know.

Ryan took his act

as far as it could go.

Doing 200 dates a year

was beginning to feel

like a man running on a hamster wheel.

But still, it wasn't

without its rewards.

I feel I know you

I wish that I could show you

There's something that I'm feeling

That it's real,

I feel like I know you

I wish that I could show you

Wow.

That was great.

That was great.

Thanks.

Well...

You know you missed three cues tonight.

You'll leave one off

the set list entirely,

but we've got time to

rehearse other songs.

So what was that anyway?

It's one of mine.

It's an original.

Oh, an original.

Cool!

I want to work it into one of our sets.

Forget it.

Forget that?

That's right, forget it.

These people are paying

to hear Drexel "The Dream,"

not Ryan the Dream.

Oh, I see, uh, creative discretion.

No, it's we're booked two years out

doing Drexel and Drexel only.

I mean, you're printing money.

You're making enough money to support

five of Dino's ex-wives on top

of the two he's already got.

And all of you, you just

want to walk off a cliff

and kill this golden goose.

You know, it ain't always

about the money, Tony.

Grow up, Ryan.

You know what,

this is what you guys have been doing

instead of rehearsing the show?

You know what, it shows.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about you all

getting fat and lazy,

that's what I'm talking about.

You're not hungry anymore.

Look, Tony, I'm sick and tired

of doing the same songs

the same way 200 shows a year.

Being somebody I'm not.

Well, unfortunately that's

what you signed on for,

and that's what you are.

What is the big deal?

I just want to work some of my songs in.

Nobody wants to hear your songs, Ryan!

You don't know that.

All right.

Shall I spell it out for you, Ryan?

Yeah.

Okay.

I didn't sign Ryan Wade the artist.

I signed Ryan Wade

"The identical."

The best Drexel impersonator

I'd ever heard or seen.

And I've worked too hard

to let you destroy it.

You want to work on your own

songs on your own time,

that's your business.

This right here,

this is my business, son.

You can't talk to me like that.

You were a rich turner singing in

the church choir when I found you.

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