The Imposter Page #6

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and then go back

to Tennessee.

You knowwhat?

Weren't you gone be the lead

singer of Grand Design after me?

You're too short.

What in the world

does that mean?

lt means your dreams of

singing in front of thousands

in the arena is not

gonna happen, Frank.

l don't want to

be the lead singer

for some stupid

Christian band.

What l do is

more important.

That's right,

you're a worship leader.

That's right.

You've always

hated me, Frank.

l don't hate you.

Of course you wouldn't

because then you wouldn't be

''acting'' like a Christian.

Tara fell for the voice

and peormance,

who's really acting?

You know maybe you

got a point there.

(Waitress)

Your number three.

(Johnny C)

Thank you.

Looks like l chose

the right number.

l love my sister.

And you love making

music for the Lord.

Maybe you should ty some

ofthis. It's really good.

Leave her alone.

She's my wife, Frank,

and she's got my money.

ls that why you're here?

l'm here to

make things right.

Well, then make

them right by leaving

and never seeing her again.

Can l get you

anything else?

No, he's done here.

You better be out

of town by this afternoon.

So Tresa's Kitchen,

interesting name.

Actually l get

that a lot.

lt's pronounced Teresa,

but you can call me T.

Well, T it is.

Oh, hey, babe, you weren't

supposed to be here.

Tara!

Tara!

Tara, come on!

You, you put Tara up

to this, didn't you?

And James, you put

them both up to this?

Some kind of professor

you are, right?

Some student.

l don't suppose you'd give

me a ride and a place to stay?

You a believer?

What kind of

question is that?

Of course l'm a believer, you

knowthe songs l sing, Proff.

l gotta run.

l don't knowwhere to go.

Get a ride.

Ah.

Oh.

l'm...so stupid.

(Johnny C)

l'm tying to get

a hold ofJerome.

Uh-huh, well, he told

me that he'd have

an advance ready for me.

No, l'm just tying to get

a hold of him to talk to him.

What?

All right...

yeah, l understand.

(Poye)

Oprah ain't talking t me.

You don't have any

power in here, that's why.

Not even any

vanilla ice man power?

Not even any

vanilla ice man power.

We gonna be okay?

Yeah, you'll be okay.

Well, good, well don't stand

at the threshold, come on in.

Welcome to

Dumbarton Gardens.

Ty to use the revolving

door next time.

[music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

[singing]

Believing is

an act of action.

[singing]

Believe me, oh, believe me.

Uh-uh, uh-uh, come on,

you gotta get up out of here.

Come on, Mr.

you got to go:

Huh?

No, this here is my

mattress, you gotta go.

You in the corner

l'm on the mattres!s.

Come on, let's go.

Look, l fixed your

little bug zapper.

l get a little

space here, right?

Hey, don't go disrespecting

Oprah one more time.

Next time you get backed

into the corner

You don't have to say

something about Oprah.

l don't like that.

Come on, get off

my mattress, get, get.

Fine.

l'm sory,

all right?

''Oh, look, Popeye,

l'm sory.''

You say you sory,

but you ain't sory.

We knowyou

ain't sorry.

Why is eveyone

always so mad at me?

Me! Me! Me! Me!

Always with the me.

Take your pack, get out

'cause this is mine.

This is mine.

You knowwhat? l'm gonna

finally get rid ofyou right now

and l'm out of here.

See ya later.

Have fun in here.

(Poye)

Pay your bill

on the way out too.

[music]

# Yeah. #

[music and bar chatter]

l need a gin and soda,

margarita on the rocks, no salt.

All right.

She really moves

my world, man, you know?

l mean she sings

like her old man, right?

And she's smart too.

She's like reading 4th grade

material in the first.

Apparently, she's--

she read a whole book

and l mean l'm not talking

about the pictures.

She read the words.

Apparently.

My wife used to keep me up

to date on all the stuff

that Elizabeth was doing.

Sounds like yourwife knom

a lot about your daughter.

Yeah, l used to be up on all

the stuffthat she's doing

but now l'm missing

all that now.

l'm missing it.

Sounds like yourwife didn't

need to take your daughter away

for you

to be missing stuff.

Just give me

another drink.

Hey, let's settle up.

Pal, you need to pay

your bill and hit the road.

You're done.

You're done.

You're done,

hit the road.

[singing]

All the girls

l've loved before.

[horn honking]

(Johnny C)

What's your problem?

Just hanging out.

(Poye)

Whatyou doing, Moxie?

No, don't--don't go

near the light, Moxie!

[tires screeching]

What'd you do, man?

What'd you do?

l see curtains.

There's no curtains.

l see curtains.

Yeah, you wearing them.

You and your troubadour

band, you wear curtains.

You're all dressed up.

You got bands

of radiation all around you.

Ain't that right,

Mr. Troubadour?

No, it's not.

Yeah, sure it is.

You the one said it.

l didn't say it,

you stupid fool.

l thought you

had died for me.

What's going on?

Ask Mr. Troubadour.

He the one

with all the answers.

l'm not a troubadour.

(male)

Are you okay?

No, l thought you.

l thought you--

You an imposter.

Yes, sir,

Mr. Troubadour, man.

Oh, yes, sir.

Here's your bagel

with cream cheese,

Mr. Troubadour Imposter.

And how about that?

Here comes your bistro

buffet, Mr. Imposter, huh?

l thought you

had died for me.

We all your players.

You play us,

we believe you.

You feed us,

we fall foryou.

l fell foryou.

l believed you.

You can't con a con.

You can't play

me anymore, John.

Are you a believer?

You're

a self-absorbed mess.

Sounds like you been

missing out all along.

Get real, John,

or you're lost.

Lost?

[music]

# Break my heart. #

(Johnny C)

It's quite a picture when you

see the real you painted

with such ugly strokes.

# Break my heart. #

# Would break my heart

'cause l can't separate #

# the things that break

your heart. #

# Break my heart. #

[music]

l need ajob.

Thought you

lived in Nashville.

Not anymore.

Yeah, well, what can

you do besides sing?

l've cleaned

toilets before.

You know l just don't want

to be who l used to be.

Well

who's that?'

Acon, somebody that

tricks people, a liar.

So nowyou're gonna

play the humbled hero?

No, l'm

not playing.

Yeah, well

we'll see. Get in:

Yeah, James, thought it would

be good to have each band member

get a specificjob and l

ended up with the di work.

You believe he was

right in doing that?

No, l hated it.

What do you

believe anyway?

l believe l really want to

get my life straightened out.

Oh, yeah, why?

Why?

Because.

'Cause you got caught,

'cause you lost control,

'cause you think it's the

answer eveybody wants to hear?

You know, John,

if l was standing

in a boat

and l believed

that l could walk on water

what would my actions be?'

You step out

ofthe boat.

Actions.

What you believe is

not what you say.

lt's what you do or don't do

that reveals what you believe.

# l met You like a little child,

wide4yed and mystified #

# that You could

Iove even me, yeah. #

# So l'm here to testify

that it's been #

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