Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Page #10

How come you did all of that stuff,

Grandpa?

Well, Dewey Rahim, I'll tell you.

I was young and stupid then.

I didn't understand a lot of things.

Think it had to do with how

I was reared as a boy.

But, you know, I got no complaints.

It's been a beautiful ride.

A beautiful ride?

A beautiful ride.

Dewey, sweetheart,

there's someone here to see you.

Mr. Cox.

I'm sorry, have we met?

You worked with my father,

Kvetch L'Chaim.

You're Mr. L'Chaim's boy?

Dreidel L'Chaim, that's me.

Well, it's nice to see you again,

Dreidel L'Chaim.

The pleasure's all mine.

Listen, Mr. Cox,

there's something I want to show you.

I never rock a fella

But I rock a Cinderella

While she's sittin' in between

A nigga's legs like a cello

Must be those pair of double-Ds

That got a nigga sittin'

Rock-hard in his jeans

Time to play

Make your mouth into a hole, yo

Tell me how I feel

When I'm rockin' your boat

- I wanna make you f***in'

- Hard

I'm so wet, I gotta make you

Hard

Mr. L'Chaim, how could you

allow them to do such a thing...

...with my husband's music?

Through the roof, we're selling.

Lil' Nutzzak. That's the rapper.

Sweet kid.

Anyway, he's introduced

a whole new generation...

...to the magic of Dewey Cox.

You could even play together.

Cox and Lil' Nutzzak. What a package.

Anyway, as if that was not enough...

...they're giving Dewey the Lifetime

Achievement Award next month.

The Lifetime Achievement Award?

Baby, that's wonderful.

You go on TV, they give you the award,

you play a song, it's a magical thing.

I can't go on TV and play.

- What? Why not?

- Why, Grandpa?

Hell, I'm 71 years old. I don't even

know if I can rock no more.

Of course you can rock, sweetheart.

Of course you can rock, sweetheart.

Well, I don't know that I can rock.

And besides that...

...I gave that life up for a reason.

I'm afraid of the temptations,

Darlene.

You can do it, Dewey.

I know you can.

Just go out there

and sing your song.

I'm gonna need my band.

My hip.

Ladies and gentlemen...

... please welcome Jewel, Lyle Lovett

and Jackson Browne.

Walk hard

Hard

Down life's

- Rocky road

- Rocky road

Walk bold

Hard

That's my creed

- My code

- My code

I been scorned and slandered

And ridiculed too

Had to struggle every day

My whole life through

Seen my share of the worst

This world can give

But I still got a dream

And a burnin' rage to live

- Hi.

- Hey there.

Hello.

Oh, he is so cute.

What are you doing later, Dewey?

I am returning to the hotel

with my family.

Good night to you.

He f***ed my grandma.

That's awesome.

Ghostface Killah.

Walking hard

I'm a real hard walker

Fast on the trigger

And a smooth talker

My guns pop out like a jack-in-the-box

I'll cut you in half like Dewey Cox

- Walk hard

- My skin stays scarred

You can ask God

Lots of ladies unsnapped they bras

Ask Lyle Lovett

I had sex on Mars

That's how we do it

When we walk hard

- Walk hard

- How do I walk? Hard as a stone

How do I walk?

Hard like a bone

- Walk hard

- How do I walk? Like a jackhammer tool

How do I walk?

Harder than Jewel

Tell me how we walk

Hard, hard, hard, hard

Oh, no. You're adorable.

Sam. What are y'all doing in here?

Dewey, get out of here.

You don't want no part of this sh*t.

What is it?

It's a medication

for erectile dysfunction.

It gives you a boner.

Not to be used if you have

a heart condition.

If boners last for more than four hours,

call more ladies.

Well, that does sound tempting.

But do you know what, Sam?

I really don't want no part of that sh*t.

Did you hear what I said?

It gives you a boner.

Hate to let you down, old friend...

...but I don't wanna succumb

to the temptations.

- My girl

- My girl

Talkin' 'bout my girl, yeah

My girl

The Temptations!

When it's cold outside

I got the month of May

Do I still have what it takes?

Am I still the man I used to be?

And do I even want to be?

You're still Dewey Cox.

And you're the only man

who ever will be.

But is that enough?

It's more than enough.

Nate. Have I fulfilled my promise

to be double great for the both of us?

Are you kidding?

You've made 44 gold records.

You've been addicted to,

and then kicked...

...almost every drug known to man.

You slept with 411 women

and three men.

Dewey, you have had

an awesome life.

I have, haven't I?

You sure have.

- Pa.

- Son, you learned the hard way.

You can't spend all your time

thinking about Dewey Cox.

You gotta think about the world

and your family.

But then, at the same time...

Are you my inner child?

- Yeah, Dewey, I'm you.

- He's us.

You realized you gotta take care

of Dewey Cox.

That's a little different

than what I was saying.

You're all right.

Pa, inner child, Nate,

my own reflection.

I've learned that I can't spend

all my time thinking about Dewey Cox.

And I've also learned

I need to love Dewey Cox.

I can't spend all my time

thinking about other people.

I have to focus on myself.

But also not focus on myself

and instead focus on other people.

It's all so clear now.

It's not about yourself

and other people.

- Mama.

- It's about the music.

- It's about the music.

- It always has been.

It always has been.

It always has been.

- Who are you?

- I'm your feminine side.

I've been waiting for you

to get in touch with me.

We heard him sing

about walking hard...

...and we learned a little something

about how we wanted to walk.

What do we think about

when we think about Cox?

He's been called the Drifter.

Also the Shape Shifter,

the Master Chef, the Chameleon.

The Problem Child. The Hard One.

The White Indian. The Giant Midget.

If Elvis and Buddy Holly are

the Cain and Abel of rock 'n' roll...

...and Bruce Springsteen

is Zechariah...

...Iggy Pop is Methuselah...

...and, of course, Neil Young

is the wise prophet Ezekiel...

...then what does

that make Dewey Cox?

Well, I don't know what God...

Mr. Cox?

I don't wanna rush him,

but he goes on in a minute.

Ladies and gentlemen,

it is my great honor to introduce...

...for the first time on-stage

in 25 years...

...performing his final masterpiece...

...that will sum up his entire life...

Mr. Cox?

...the one, the only...

I'm ready.

...Mr. Dewey Cox.

Thank you very much,

ladies and gentlemen.

You'll forgive me if I'm a bit rusty.

This is the first song I've written

in a very long time.

I hope you enjoy it.

Now that I have lived

A lifetime's worth of days

Finally I see

The folly of my ways

So listen when I sing of

The temptations of this world

Fancy cars and needles

Whiskey, flesh and pearls

And then in the end

It's family and friends

Loving yourself

But not only yourself

It's about the good walk

And the hard walk

And the young girls you've made cry

It's about make a little music

Every day till you die

It's a beautiful ride

Beautiful ride

A beautiful ride

Beautiful ride

Beautiful

Beautiful ride

As I stand on the precipice of death

My perspective is enormous

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