The Imposter Page #6
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)
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
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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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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