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The Secret Life of Bees Page #7
Things were different
in her world than mine.
We like to think
that love is pure and limitless.
But love like that
can't exist in a hateful time.
[Chuckles]
But she made me love her anyway.
There is no perfect love, Lily.
Your mama's pocket mirror.
If you look in here,
you see your mama looking back at you.
[Sighs]
Well, I'll be.
She was wearin' that pin
the day she got here.
There's just one last thing.
Hey.
Hey.
[Sighs]
- What happened to you?
- What about it?
It changed you, didn't it?
Sometimes, Lily, l...
I get so angry.
I just want to kill somethin'.
The men that took you...
they're angry like that too.
Makes 'em mean.
You have to promise me, Zach,
that you won't be like them.
I don't want to.
Me either.
No way I'm not
becomin' a lawyer now.
I'm gonna be one of them drum majors
Dr. King talks about.
I know you will.
And... 10, maybe
we'll be at your book signin'.
So don't forget our story, all right?
I won't.
[Clears Throat]
I have you know I am now a registered voter.
- Really?
- I'll be castin' my vote for...
Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey.
I love you, Miss Rosaleen.
- Neil.
- Hello, ladies.
Hi.
Hi.
Didn't you call me here to talk?
I'm a little busy.
You ain't the only one busy.
I'm just supposed to stand
here and watch how busy you are?
No.
[Sighs]
I was...
I was wonderin' if you'd be
willin' to ask again.
Ask what?
This supposed to be funny?
June Boatwright, will you marry me?
Yes.
Yes?
Yes? Yes?
Yes.
[Laughing]
She said yes.
- Oh, my God.
- Good for you.
Come on. We're goin' to
the jewelry store right now...
pickin' out a ring before you
change your mind, all right?
What? You don't already have one?
Girl, come on.
How come you don't have one?
[Knocking On Door]
[Knocking Continues]
Well, well, well.
Look who's here.
Won't you come in?
Well, all right, goddamn it.
You wanna pretend
I'm making a social visit, we'll pretend.
I'm gonna take you out of here nice and quiet
or kickin' and screamin'.
Have a seat if you want to.
So you been here the whole time?
With colored women?
- Jesus Christ.
- How'd you find me?
That map on your wall.
Came here, started askin' around.
Some old lady secretary at the law office
was more than happy to fill me in.
- Where's Rosaleen?
- She took off a long time ago.
Where'd you get that?
- Miss August gave it to me.
- Don't you lie to me.
I'm not lyin'.
She said it belonged to my...
I gave that pin to your mama
on her 22nd birthday.
Now you tell me right now.
- How'd this August woman get it?
- You gave this to my mother?
- Answer me.
- You did?
when she ran away from us.
She was wearin' it
the day she got here.
Miss August used to take care of her
when she was a little girl.
[Sighs]
[Sighs]
I looked for her
everywhere I could think.
And she was right here.
Jesus Christ, she was right here.
Goddamn you, Deborah!
You ain't leavin' me again!
- [Gasps, Shrieks]
- Get back here!
T. Ray, it's me, Lily!
Daddy!
You... You look like her.
My whole life's
been nothin' but a hole...
where my mother should've been.
It left me always achin'.
what it did to you.
- We're goin' home.
- I'm stayin' here.
You think I'm gonna
walk out of here and leave you?
I don't even know these damn people.
I know them.
And August Boatwright
is a good person.
Now, what makes you think
she'd even want you here?
Lily can have a home here
as long as she wants.
Lily said you'd run off.
Well, I guess I'm back now.
Well, I don't really care
where you end up...
but Lily's comin' with me.
[Footsteps Approaching]
Everybody all right?
We all right.
This is Mr. Owens...
Lily's father.
He came here for a visit.
Mr. Owens...
you'd be doing Lily and us
a big favor by leavin' her here.
I made her my apprentice beekeeper.
She learnin' the whole business.
We love Lily.
We'll get her started in school.
We'll take care of her.
I promise you that.
Well...
good riddance.
[Engine Starting]
Stop! Stop!
The day my mother died, you said
she was only comin' back for her things.
Is that true?
No.
No. She was comin' for you.
Why did you lie?
'Cause she didn't come for me.
[Lily Narrating] I still tell myself
that when T. Ray drove away that day...
he wasn't sayin:
"Good riddance."He was sayin:
"Lily, you are better off therewith all these mothers. "
I have more mothers than
any three girls off the street.
They are the moons
shinin' over me.
I guess I have forgiven myself.
Although sometimes in the night,
my dreams will take me back to sadness...
- and I have to wake up and forgive again.
- [Praying]
But Mary is always there.
I feel her at unexpected moments.
She will suddenly rise.
And when she does,
she does not go up into the sky...
If you think
the sky is falling
Comin' undone
Hmm
All the pieces crumble
You're on the run
All the wrong you've taken
All the rules
you're breakin'
Don't you know
It comes back to you
Don't you know
the sky is blue
Can't you see the sun
is breakin' through
Don't you know
the sky is blue
Huh
Every time you
walk out that door
Cursin' the sky
Feelin' like
you've been cheated
Ripped from inside
Don't you know
the sky is blue
Can't you see the sun
is breakin' through
Don't you know
the sky is blue
Come on
Mmm
Mmm
Mmm, yeah
Now you know
Hmm
[Chuckles]
Uh
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
nah, nah, nah
[Continues]
Hey
[Continues]
Don't you know
the sky is blue
Don't you know the sky is blue
Have a...
Don't you know
the sky is blue
Don't you know the sky is blue
Hey
Don't you know the sky
Sky
I'm telling you
The sky is blue
Believe it whoo-hoo
Don't you know the sky
Sky
Sky
Sky
Hey
[Women Vocalizing]
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah
Oh
Oh
Oh
Well, there's nothin'
you can do
Well, there's nothin'
you can say
'Cause everything just ain't
gonna go your way
If you're feeling
kind of strange
And you want to lay it down
And it's hard for you to keep
your feet on solid ground
- You gotta keep on
- Keep, keep marchin'
On
Keep marchin' on
- You just gotta keep on. Oh, yeah
- Keep
- Keep marchin'
- Keep marchin' on
Keep marchin' on
- Keep, keep on
- Keep marchin'
When a poor girl shine
And a rich girl cries
And the clown is
wearin'no makeup
You got to get up and run
You got to get up and strive
You got to put all your pride
into makin'it
- You gotta keep on
- Keep, keep marchin'
On
Keep marchin' on
- You gotta keep on. Come on now
- Keep
- Keep marchin'
- Keep on marchin' now
Keep marchin'on
- We gotta keep on
- Keep, keep marchin'
- You gotta keep on
- Keep marchin' on
This is something we gotta do today
is keep on marchin'
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