Xanadu Page #2

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- All right. Okay, hit it

Relax and enjoy it.

We're taking the scenic route

Yeah, just don't forget

I'm back here

Hey, that's the place

on the album cover!

Slow down, I wanna get off here

- Here?

- Thanks for the ride

Anytime, Sonny

I've always been in your mind

You know I will be kind

I'll be guiding you

Building your dream

Has to start now

There's no other road to take

You won't make a mistake

I'll be guiding you

Wow

We have to believe we are magic

Nothin' can stand in our way

We have to believe we are magic

Don't let your aim ever stray

And if all your hopes survive

Destiny will arrive

Bring all your dreams alive

For you

Bring all your dreams alive

For you

You

Me

Hey, I've been askin'

about you all day

You may not believe this,

but I'm paintin' an album cover

- and you're on it

- Why shouldn't I believe it?

Because before today,

I never laid eyes on you

Now I've seen you

three times in one day

- That's too coincidental

- Sounds like you don't believe it

With all that's happened to me today

to tell you the truth,

I don't believe it

You're right. It's too coincidental.

Someone must be setting us up

What do you mean?

Hey, wait a minute!

I didn't have anything

to do with this!

- Really?

- Yeah, really, I didn't

Hey!

Who said I was talking about you?

You come here often?

Yes. I can practise my

skating and no one bothers me

- You must live around here then

- Sometimes

- Say, you think we could, uh

- See each other again?

- Yeah. Would you like that?

- Why?

I don't know... I don't

have a very good reason

I'd just like to see you again

Where are you? I don't know

where I'm supposed to look

Bring all your dreams alive

For you

We'll see each other again.

Bye, Sonny

How'd you know my name?

Hey, wait a minute!

I don't know your name

Kira

Kira

- I was in big trouble

- What did you do?

- Nothing

- Hi, Sonny

What are you doin' here?

It's early

Yeah, it's really early

I'm workin'

- Well, that's wonderful

- Oh, hello there

Do you know you bear

a strong resemblance

to a fellow by the name of Sonny?

He works here

Always comes in late, though.

Say, that's pretty damn good

It is. It's too good.

That's what's wrong with it

It is supposed to look exactly

like the album cover I gave you

- Is that too difficult?

- If you want me to work, I'll work

If you want to argue,

I can get into that too

Don't be a wiseass, Malone

What are you wasting all

this time on a girl for?

Because that's how she really looks

I don't give a damn

Just get it finished.

When are you gonna have it done?

Well, I'd say it

probably will be done...

when it's done

But that's only an approximate guess

Five minutes, my office.

If it's six, keep walking

Sonny, what did you do?

Nobody likes it, but we all

say "yes" and then forget it

- It goes with the job

- Four minutes

What difference does it make?

I'll say it's Tuesday,

he'll say it's Wednesday

Big deal. Tell him it's Wednesday.

What does it cost?

Oh, nothin'.

Maybe just the truth

Just go in there and agree

with him. That's all he wants

You want me to say

Tuesday's Wednesday?

- Uh-huh

- Three and a half minutes

All right!

I'll be right back

Sit down

You think you're pretty

special around here, don't ya?

- I never said I was special

- Well, you're not

I mean, you didn't discover art.

Who do you think did that?

- I did. Surprises you, doesn't it?

- No, not really

Now I've got an office

I make a lot of money.

People respond when I call

That's because I smartened

up and I gave up art

I think you made the right decision

I want you to smarten up too.

Start doing things the company way

Sometimes I see more in these

covers than what's really there

That's art. Just paint

what you're told to paint

If you start making changes, then

other people start making changes

Before you know it, you got

people doing what they want to do

That's not a company.

That's chaos

Now, I want you to hang

some of your precious covers

Pick up the van and hustle your

butt over to the Platinum Palace

Tuesday's Wednesday

Hey, clarinet. How you doin'?

Hey, kid. What're

you doin' up there?

Trying to get down.

Grab ahold of the ladder

Sure

We might as well

introduce ourselves

- Sonny Malone

- Danny McGuire

Malone and McGuire.

Sounds like a vaudeville team

- What you got there?

- A real gem

- I've been waiting months for it

- Ah, Glenn Miller

You wouldn't know about him.

He was before your time

So was Beethoven,

but I know who he is

You like Glenn Miller?

- You like rock'n roll?

- I love rock'n roll

I love Glenn Miller

This place is incredible

It belonged to a silent movie star.

They did things big in those days

What do you do with

all this space?

Nothing really

This room makes

my records sound great

I've only got one thing to say:

Remember, I gave you some popcorn

Okay. But you came here

to listen to Glenn Miller

All set up. There he goes

Nothing like that sound.

That sound was a miracle

- Hey, Danny, that's you

- Yeah

This girl. Danny, there's this girl

Shh, listen

That's me

Hey, that's all right.

You got any more surprises?

This is what I call my

memorabilia room

The story of Danny McGuire

Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman...

You really knew those guys?

We used to hang out together

After I toured with Miller

I got my own band and my

own club. West 51 st Street

It was small and jam-packed

Everybody in town would drop by

Sometimes they'd sit in

for a set or two

Now it's a parking lot

- Why did you give it up?

- Oh, it was one of those

turning points where you

turn in the wrong direction

- It was a girl

- The girl in the album

Yeah

The singer with the band

When she left,

I figured she'd be back

I wasn't about to run

after her, right?

Hmm! Boy, did I teach her a lesson

Never saw her again

After that, the heart

went outta my music

I went into the family

construction business

and became what

they call "comfortable"

Three cheers for comfort

You ever think about

going back into music?

Oh, only about 20

or 30 times a day

So, you gonna do it?

Well, I can't play clarinet

like I did in the old days

But you know something?

I'd love to open up

another joint again

Why don't you?

I've had real estate agents

looking for two years

They can't find the right place

If it's just a place you want,

that seems pretty easy

No, it's not easy.

It's like falling in love

You gotta feel a special attachment

- Like you and your friend

- Kira

Kira Hey, why don't you

help me look?

Maybe you can

come up with something

- Me?

- Sure. You've got a good eye

- Stranger things have happened

- Yeah, I guess they have

- Listen, I gotta go

- I understand

- I'll let myself out?

- Sure

So long. See you around

Now how'd that kid

figure out about us?

You made me feel so bad

I guess it still shows on me

You made me sigh for you

I didn't wanna tell ya

You're gettin' old, boy

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