The Man in the Moon

[humming]

# My whole life through #

[Humming]

[Record player]

# I will spend #

# My whole life through #

# Loving you #

# Just loving you #

# Winter, summer #

# Springtime, too #

# Loving you #

# Loving you #

# Makes no difference #

# Where I go #

# Or what I may do #

# You know that #

# I've always been #

# Loving you #

# Just you and #

# If Im seen

with someone new #

# Don't be blue #

# Don't you be blue #

# I'll be faithful #

# I'll be true #

# Always true #

# True to you #

# There is only

one for me #

# And you know who #

# You know that

Ill always be #

# Loving #

# You #

I love Elvis so much.

You love

everybody so much.

I do not.

You do, too.

No, I don't.

Ok, you don't.

Well, I don't.

Maureen, sometimes

you make me feel

like such a baby.

Ha ha ha.

You are a baby.

I wish I could be

just like you.

Don't talk silly.

It's not silly.

You're the smartest girl

in school.

You're so pretty

it hurts.

Boys fall

all over themselves

when you walk

down the street,

and Im just a lump.

Come on,

you're not a lump.

You've never

been a lump.

You wouldn't know one

if you fell over it.

If Im so

damned perfect,

why is my head

so mixed up?

Mixed up about what?

Well, I mean,

sometimes things just

don't make sense,

and all of a sudden

I get scared.

Scared of what?

I don't know.

Are you all right,

Maureen?

I don't know.

See, I don't know

anything anymore.

One minute,

all I can think about

is packing my bags

and catching

the first bus.

And then

the next minute,

Im afraid that once

I get out in the world,

it's going

to eat me alive.

That's dumb, Maureen.

You've got

a scholarship to duke,

and you're going

to live in the dorm.

Nothing's

going to eat you.

Sometimes I wonder

if I shouldn't just

stay here and get a job

or get married

like everybody else.

Marry who?

Somebody. I don't know.

Billy Sanders?

Good Lord, no!

Do you remember

when we were little

and mama

used to tell us,

when things

get all mixed up,

all you have to do

is tell the man

in the moon?

Yeah, you just

had to keep on talking

until you were sure

you told him everything

so that he

had all the pieces,

just like a puzzle.

And then he'd

work out the puzzle

while you

were asleep.

Yeah, but that was

kid's stuff, Maureen.

We're too old

for make-believe.

Yeah, I know.

Dani?

Dani!

Dani, are you up yet?

Maureen, get that child

out of bed!

Dani, come on, get up.

You're going to be

late for church.

I hate church!

All right. You know,

once your baby brother

gets here,

you women won't be

able to boss me around.

I won't be so outnumbered.

And I won't be

so pregnant.

How do you feel?

Not skinny.

Another 2, 3 weeks,

you'll be

back to normal.

Next time

you have a baby,

you let me know how normal

you feel afterward.

Can't you girls

get in there

and give

your mother a hand?

Maureen!

These eggs

are getting cold.

Daddy going

to his church again?

Does he ever

miss a Sunday?

Why does he call it church

when it's not?

When he asked my daddy

if he could marry me,

my daddy said only if he

agreed to find the Lord.

And he says

it's a lot easier

finding the Lord

out fishing

than in any church

he's ever been in.

I think he's right.

Don't think

you're going

to find

the Lord with him.

I want you upstairs.

Brush your teeth,

wash your face.

You're going

to Sunday school.

[Bell ringing]

Morning, Maureen.

Well, I declare,

you're just filling out

all over, aren't you?

Morning, Abby.

How's the Trant family?

Oh, just fine.

Oh, and, Danielle,

you're just shooting up

like a weed, aren't you?

Just like a weed,

that's me.

One of these days,

that woman's

going to cut herself

on her own tongue

and bleed to death.

Hello, Mrs. Trant.

Let me get that

for you.

Hi, Maureen.

Hey there, little bit,

didn't recognize you

with a dress on.

You look great, Maureen.

Be by to pick you up

about 6:
00?

That's right.

See you later,

Mrs. Trant.

That Billy Sanders

thinks he's

such a hotshot.

I don't see why

you go with him.

I don't go with him,

I go out with him.

Big difference.

Dani!

Dani, you come

back here!

She's doing it again.

Whenever it's time

to make lunch or do dishes,

she disappears.

The way she does dishes,

I just as soon

she be gone.

Do any good?

Oh, a little.

A little means

you did fine.

Let me see

what you got.

Where's Dani?

Off roaming around

somewhere.

She's supposed

to be here helping out.

She's getting too big

to be running around

wild as a jack rabbit.

Used to be

she was too little.

Now she's too big.

I guess she passed

up "just right"

when nobody

was looking.

Get out of here!

Who the hell do you

think you are?

You get out of here!

This is private property.

Yeah, you're

damn right it is,

and you're

trespassing.

This is the Foster place.

If your name isn't Foster,

you're trespassing.

It just so happens

that it is.

Prove it!

Prove your

name's Foster!

I don't have

to prove nothing.

Nobody's lived

on the Foster place

as long as

I can remember.

They do now!

So get your butt

out of here!

I'm not going.

If you're not out

by the count of 3,

Ill drag your ass out!

You're lying.

ok! Ok, Im going!

Turn around and

close your eyes.

Do it, damn you!

What are you ducking

behind the bushes for?

You ain't got

nothing to hide.

Danielle!

I thought I made it clear

it's time you start taking some

responsibility around here.

Yes, sir.

I hope I don't have

to bring it up again.

Yes, sir.

Your mama saved you

some lunch.

Probably cold by now.

All right.

You making a cake?

Mm-hmm,

and ice cream.

Must be having company.

Just some old friends of

your daddy's and mine.

Go take a bath.

You smell like a pond.

# I will spend #

# My whole life through #

# Loving you #

# Just loving you #

# Winter, summer #

# Springtime, too #

# Loving you #

# Loving you #

# Makes no difference #

I hope Im not

interrupting anything.

# Where I go #

I hope you're

finally done

hogging

the bathroom.

What time you say

that dance's

going to be over?

It's how many miles

from the country club

back here?

You should have Maureen

home by 11:
20 then.

Yes, sir, about.

Not about.

Yes, sir, 11:
20.

Hello, Mrs. Trant.

Maureen.

I'm ready.

Not until you go get

a jacket, you're not.

I don't have one that

goes with this dress.

Then put on

a different dress.

You got

a full tank of gas?

Yes, sir.

No detours, no

back roads, no liquor.

What time you got?

You're responsible

for my daughter

for the next 5 hours

and 7 minutes.

Yes, sir, Mr. Trant.

You don't have a thing

to worry about.

Then neither will you.

Abby:
Have a nice time.

She'll be fine.

I remember his father

at his age.

What?

I said, I remember

his father at his age.

Mama, do I have

to wear a skirt?

Mm-hmm.

Who's so important that

I have to wear a skirt?

When your mama tells you

to do something,

you don't stand around

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