The Imposter Page #3

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l'm done?

Wait a second, what about

all those Christian virtues

you talk about all the

time like forgiveness,

compassion and grace?

You knowwhat?

You're real quick tojudge.

Actually l think

l've been too slow.

You knowwhat?

This band is gonna be

nothing without me.

(rian)

John, as you all agreed when

you signed me partnership,

all monies go

to the spouses.

You'll have to talk to her

bank accounR, eveythi'ng.

l knowthis

will be hard on you.

Let's pray.

Dear Lord Jesus, you say when

two or more are gathered

in your name that

you are here with us.

We pray today that--

(Johnny C)

l was still too strung

out to understand,

butone thing l knew was mat

Chrisianese wasn'tgoing

to save my soul.

...Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

[music]

(male radio announcer)

It's T:
O, good morning,

Chris and Dawn here with ya.

(Dawn)

And Chris has got a big

stoy to tell ya about.

We've got a huge music nem

stoy coming out

of Nashville this morning.

lt looks like Grand Design

Iead singer Johnny C has leR

the band to pursue

a different ministy direction.

Dawn, l'm never sure

exactly what that means.

l think it's short

for he wants to have

his own solo career.

(Chris)

Yeah, maybe.

Well, so now what?

They go out and nd

a new front man?

Well, l mean they could

but James Palmer's always been

the main force behind

Grand Design anyway.

He's got a great voice.

l think they should let

James sing his own songs.

Oh, he doesn't have that

unique Johnny C voice though.

(Dawn)

Nobo6 has thatvoice.

Well, we've got

the full stoy

on the web site

at 897powem.com.

The question is though,

does this mean the end

of Grand Design orthe beginning

of a newera forthe band.

Well, James can

do the tourwith us now.

(Johnny C)

Looking back at

self, makes me sick.

l asked hr mercy, but mercy

can only come aMrjudgment.

l asked hr mercy, but mercy

can only come aMrjudgment.

Dear friends,

stop and imagine

for a moment that

there you are in heaven

walking on the streets

of gold, singing,

shouting, ''Gloy.''

But up in front of you,

you see a family

that was your next door

neighbor on earth.

They're sobbing,

cying in terror

this huge angel drags them

to a door marked ''Hell.''

The fatherturns

to you and says,

''Neighbor, why did

you not witness to me?''

Sobbing he turns to

his family and walks

into eternal damnation.

Then you see the Lord,

nail-scarred hands

outstretched and He said,

''l did it all for you.

Why did you not

witness to them?''

Yes, sir,

that's right.

(male preacher)

Ifyou don't

tell them, who will?

The single most

important thing

in the Kingdom of God is

to save the lost.

Amen.

lmagine, in that

great throne room of God,

you're standing there

and the Lord says,

''So how many souls

did you bring me?''

And behind you are dozens

of people standing, shouting,

thanking God because

you witnessed to them.

What if no one

stood behind you?

Would he say, ''Well done thou

good and faithful saint''?

l think not.

No, l know not.

You want prosperity?

Save me lost.

You want t be happy?

Save me lost.

You want a good life?

Save the lost.

Say this prayer

in your heart wim me.

Lord, l know You want me

to be prosrous and happy

and have a good life

when l save the lost.

No loss anyway,

devil's music.

You can start living

your own life,

do some real work

for the Lord.

Yeah, concerning

that, l want to--

well, l need some help

starting a ministy.

l need money.

You know l can send out the

invitations to speak and sing,

and l can talk to the churches,

work out some love oerings.

You know l can still be

an entertainerjust like you.

Still have that

souped-up car of yours?

Still have that

Cadillac Landau?

Well son, when you have

your own nonprofit organization

set up, let me know.

That's it, l need

help to set it up,

you know legal fees

and what not.

Why'd they

really let you go?

l don't know,

musical differences.

Don't lie to me, son.

l was messing around.

They fired you for doing

a little hound dogging?

Yeah, hound dogging.

A rock 'n' roll star

girls love rock 'n' roll stars:

They fired you forthat?

Yeah, dad,

could you imagine.

lf l was an evangelist

like you, well,

maybe l could have kept

my job.

Your mother knows

who she married.

Does anybody else?

Fine.

You can live with me.

You can sing a hymn

before l speak.

No, l got work

to do down in Tennessee.

So if l pick up the phone

right now and called James,

he's gonna tell me that's

the reason you got kicked out?

l might have had

a drink or two...

...and maybe

something else.

l don't support

no drug addict

and l can see it

in youreyes.

lt's not like that, dad.

You're unteachable.

l taught you never

to get caught.

Oh, come on, dad.

[music]

(Johnny)

The next w

monms were a blur.

l had enough money

and friends who liked

my mOney

t keep me busy.

[music]

(Johnny C)

l hurt, but

the medicine took it all away.

l wish me next

w months were a blur.

When me money ended,

the pain really began.

Don't leave, you know

l'm good for it, Mule.

When l have ever not

been good for it?

Come on, man.

So tell Bobby to

take a look at it.

You want him

to move them up?

No, just do

something different.

Okay, got ya.

Hey, and get Sydney

a lUnnel.

[cell phone vibrating]

Hey.

Hey, man,

hos it going?

Fine, man,

good to hearfrom you.

Howyou doin'?

(Johnny C)

Yeah, good, good.

So you guys got

a showtonight.

Yeah, setting

it up now.

(Johnny C)

Yeah, dude, l'm wondering

ifyou could send

SOme mOney my Way.

You know

my money.

Look man,

we had a partnership.

You and l are partners

together in this thing...

...and that's how

we set it up.

Yeah, you are a partner...

...but we signed

that agreement.

The thing is l can't

send you the money.

Look, man,

you can't do that

and you turned o

my cell phone.

Look, l'll keep sending

it to Tara, ask her.

Maybe she can get you

a phone.

No, no, no.

l gotta run.

Call me when

you're clean.

[phone ringing]

Hello.

(male)

Johnny C?

Yeah.

(male)

Hello, this

is Jerome Grant

with Crisis Studios.

l'd like to meetwithyou

as quickly as ssible.

Now it's important that

we move fast on this,

quick, quick, like a bunny,

get to market straight away.

l'm okay with that.

So you have songs, then?

Not really.

Okay, well, we've

songwriters, we have songs.

We have stacks of

tracks just ready to go.

Wejust need that little lead

vocal on top, that persona

to cary it out, you know?

Yeah, okay.

But we will have to

pay these songwriters.

Yeah, but you know, man,

l really don't have the money.

All right, you're

a sure thing, mmm?

Think Crisis can be willing to

cary most ofthe risk on this.

We'lljust need $9,OOO,

$10,OOO from you to get

that first Johnny C

solo album out.

l don't know.

(Jerome)

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny,

you've got a name right now.

Yeah, you've got

a following.

But ticktock, lad.

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