A Love Song (2022) Movie Script
1
[steam hissing]
[metal clicking]
[whooshes]
[piano note rings]
[dramatic music]
[wind blowing]
[dove calling]
[leaves rustling]
[birds chirping]
[guitar music]
[chirping continues]
[music continues]
[water sloshing]
[clattering]
[static crackles]
-[tuning whooshes]
-[guitar playing]
Look here, baby
Now you know I can
Be the one to be your man
Baby, now you know
I know I'd do anything
In the world for you
To have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Oh, lovin'
From my baby's eyes
See that lovin'
In my baby's eyes
Lovin' from my baby's eyes
Look here, baby
Now you know darn well
Love you better
Than another man could tell
Love you, baby
Now you know I'd do
Anything in the world
For you
To have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Oh, see the lovin'
In my baby's eyes
See the lovin'
In my baby's eyes
Lovin' from my baby's eyes
Late at night
When I take my rest
Oh, I hold your picture
To my breast
Love you, baby
Now you know I'd do
Anything in the world
For you
To have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
To see the lovin'
In my baby's eyes
Have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Lovin' from my baby's eyes
I said late at night
When I take my rest
Oh, I hold your picture
To my breast
Love you, Mama
Now you know I'd do
Anything in the world for you
To have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Oh, lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Give me lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Lovin' from my baby's eyes
[song ends]
-[owl hooting]
-[crickets chirping]
[birds chirping]
[water sloshing]
[static crackles]
-[tuning whooshes]
-[banjo playing]
See the moon
Above the mountain
-Watch the stars
Light up the sky
-[sighs]
Oh, wherever you are
Darlin'
Do you feel the same as I?
Do you ever long to see me?
Do you ever feel this blue?
[vehicle approaching]
Oh, wherever you are
Darlin'
Do you know
I'm missing you?
If I could feel your arms
Around me
If I could hold you close
To me
Oh, wherever you are
Darlin'
[sighs]
[water sloshing]
Mourning dove.
[knocking on door]
[exhales]
[exhales]
Howdy.
[all] Howdy.
Ma'am, we was wondering
if you might be willing
to move your trailer,
so as we might be able to dig
under it.
-I'm camping here.
-Fair point.
[whispering]
Ma'am, might you be willing
to lodge
at one of the other sites
around the lake
so as we might be able
to dig under this one?
Dig for what?
Well, ma'am, we buried our pops
out back here a few years back
on account of
it's got a real nice view.
But now they built that
and the view ain't so nice
no more.
-So we figured
we ought to move him.
-Fair point.
Thing is,
someone's expecting
to find me at this one.
Campsite seven?
Might you be able
to hazard a guess
as how long you might
be bunking here?
Ain't that the truth?
We'll see you, then.
-Ma'am.
-Ma'am.
Ma'am.
[shovels clattering]
[engine starts]
Andromeda.
Coma...
Berenices.
[owl hooting]
[water sloshing]
Cassiopea the Queen.
[owl hooting]
[Faye hoots]
[dove calling]
[grunts, sighs]
Mourning dove.
[dove calling continues]
-[clattering]
-[static crackles]
[light music]
About her eyes
Now they're misty shinin'
[man] Morning.
[horse snorts]
Morning.
Campsite seven.
But you can't
Trace her thoughts
'Cause they can't be seen
Campsite eight.
Campsite three.
Campsite 19.
Campsite 23.
Shepherd on the hill.
Maybe tomorrow, ma'am.
-Coffee?
-That'd be fine.
When she flows by you
So gently
She brings a breeze
That just cleans the air
When she speaks
It's barely a whisper
-That tries to hide
But you know it's there
-[coughs] Ah. [sniffs]
[horse grunts]
[clears throat]
Tallest in the state.
-She smiles at you
And it sends you sailin'
-Mm-hmm.
[clears throat]
Well...
You glide with ease
And you can hardly feel it
Ma'am.
I'll see ya.
[knocking on door]
-Howdy.
-Howdy.
Afternoon.
Thanks.
Well, go ahead. Open it.
-It's a dinner invitation.
-Shh. Go on.
So what do you say?
Got plans?
Maybe, I'm...
We're over there.
Campsite two.
Um...
-What can I bring?
-[music playing on radio]
[laughter]
[Marie] She brought me out here
to propose.
It's legal now, you know,
like pot.
It's true.
You say yes?
She ain't asked yet.
Can't find the courage.
[Jan] It's true, it's all true.
She was supposed to
propose in South Dakota.
The Badlands.
[Jan] I was.
Beautiful place, really. Lovely.
This trip was supposed
to be a long weekend.
But she chickened out
in South Dakota.
So we just kept driving.
It's been four
and a half weeks now?
That's true.
Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming.
[Jan] Beautiful there.
-Yellowstone?
-Oh, honey, it was so beautiful.
-[Jan] Aww.
-[kisses]
[groans]
I give thanks for every mile.
But she still ain't proposed.
-[Faye] Thank you.
-[Marie] Mm-hmm.
[music on radio continues]
[huffs]
I haven't been to Yellowstone
in like 20 years.
Used to fly bush planes
up there.
Forest Service work.
Marriage, you know?
What do you think I should do?
[inhales]
I don't know.
[footsteps thudding]
So, just getting away
from things, Faye, or what?
Kinda, I guess.
You guess?
Well, I'm meeting someone here.
-Supposed to be.
-[both] Ooh!
-[laughs]
-And who is this someone?
I don't know, really.
[Marie] Hmm, so true.
That's always how it is.
I mean, I knew him as a kid.
We grew up pretty close to here.
But it's been enough decades
to stand on.
When is he coming?
I don't know, really.
Not even sure
what he looks like anymore.
But he says he has
a small silver car
and a big black dog.
And I told him I'd be
at campsite seven.
Seeing as it's lucky and all.
Well...
To love.
[cups tap]
[music continues]
[bird tweeting]
American kestrel.
-[sighs]
-[fly buzzing]
Mm, terrible bird.
[static crackles]
[bird chirping]
Nope.
-[sighs]
-[smacks hands]
[grunts]
[car door closes]
-Nope.
-[engine starts]
I'm going home.
It's all yours.
It ain't that, ma'am.
We've got car trouble.
[sighs]
[tool cranking]
[tape tearing]
It's not gonna work. [sighs]
[engine sputters]
Blew a rod clean through
the block.
Gonna need a new engine.
[engine sputters]
Well...
I guess you can borrow mine.
[clanging, creaking]
[engine starts]
[whispering]
Ma'am?
We'd like you to have our canoe.
It'll do you good for recreation
and romantic excursions.
All right.
[dog panting]
[Faye groans]
[grunts]
[knocking on door]
Howdy.
Howdy.
You know me?
I don't know.
You know me?
I don't know.
-That's Huck.
-She looks...
Just like Maggie, I know.
Um...
Same blood.
Just a few generations
down the line.
Hi there, Huck.
Look at you.
Look at you!
Look at us.
Uh. [chuckles] Uh.
Golden Aster.
Thanks.
Kinda got wilted in the car.
My dad spent summers
up there with the sheep.
That's when we'd see him.
Cold parts of the year they'd
graze down in Utah somewhere.
He was one of the last
Basque Shepherds, probably.
-'Round here at least.
-Hmm.
They used to drive the sheep
down Main Street,
you remember that?
I remember that.
-[wind blowing]
-[dog pants]
[barks]
[stick splashes]
We came here for a field trip.
Tenth grade.
Rained the whole time.
Betty Bauman
brought a toad home
in her backpack.
Oh, God. [laughs]
I remember.
You tried to kiss me that day.
You tried to kiss me.
I don't remember that.
-I do.
-Don't remember that.
I remember catching crawdads
that trip.
With, uh, bacon on a string.
Me too.
The water used to go
all the way up there.
Used to rain a lot more.
[Faye] Tenth grade.
[Lito]
We won the tug of war that year.
Fourth of July.
Carol Brothers
and Big Bessie Dee.
[Faye] I remember.
-[Lito] Guess it's
a tourist town now.
-Hmm.
[Faye] I guess.
-[plucks tune]
-[chuckles] Hey.
-[plucks discordant note]
-Ah!
[chuckles, sighs]
There we go.
Here we go.
Take it on home.
Oh, jeez, wait. Oh. [chuckles]
Ah. [chuckles] Ugh.
Well...
[Lito sighs]
[tuning guitar]
You know,
Shirley was the real musician.
Me, I just never, uh...
never could
feel it like she did.
That was... [sighs]
That was what she did.
Tommy had a band.
They used to play
on Sundays sometimes.
"Church tunes for doomed souls"
-they called 'em.
-[chuckling]
[Lito] He was a good man.
[Faye] Yeah.
-[lighter clicks]
-[fuse sizzling]
-Now?
-Go on.
-Now?
-Yeah!
-[chuckles] Now?
-Now!
[explodes]
[laughter]
Come on. It's good.
You think the cabin
I was a kid in is still there?
Hmm.
Think they still
graze sheep round here?
[chuckles]
[exhales] What?
Ah, just some good memories.
I don't know.
Reckon you can still love
something...
that ain't there no more?
I know you can.
Don't you?
-I can't tell. [inhales]
-[rock splashes]
Can I take a photo of you?
[laughs]
Come on.
I'd like to.
No one's taken my photo
for seven years.
Y'all get to remember me
real young and pretty.
I think you're pretty.
I do.
[camera chimes]
[chuckles]
[inhales, sighs]
Tell me what to do.
Uh, look back toward the water.
-[chuckles]
-Come on, come on,
that's it, that's it!
-Okay?
-Okay. [inhales, exhales]
-Now slowly toward me.
-[camera beeps]
-[camera shutter clicks]
-[laughs]
All right.
How is it?
It's really nice.
-Wanna see?
-No, I don't wanna see.
You still play?
Play what?
-Music.
-[snorts]
[inhales, sighs]
'Course not.
-[strumming tune]
-[Lito] Starts out in G.
And moves to a C.
Uh-oh.
I gotta cheat that one.
-Back to the G.
-G.
Good. And up to a D.
-Yeah, that's it.
-[sings] D.
-Back to the C.
-C.
Take it on home to G.
Yeah. And it moves like, uh...
Now.
To a D.
Told you once
And I told you twice
Why be mean
When you can be nice?
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
I hardly feel
Like a mustard seed
'Cause your love
Is what I need
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
Ace of hearts
And she's my queen
The best old girl
That I ever seen
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
A bullfrog
Sitting on a lily pond
I'ma having her in my arms
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
I called you
On the telephone
Wonder why
You're never home
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
-[laughs] Gosh.
-[laughs]
[sighs]
[sighs]
Something like that.
-[horse snorts]
-[man] Campsite seven?
Campsite seven!
[Lito] Well? What does it say?
That you're coming.
[chuckles]
Oh, gosh.
[metal clatters]
[exhales]
[inhales, exhales]
-Can I give you a hand?
Ah.
Yeah, it's been a while
since, uh...
[chuckles] Yep.
So... [chuckles]
Where do you suppose
I should, uh...?
Uh, leeward side of the trailer,
keep you out of the wind.
Right, right. Uh, and, uh...
Which side is that?
Follow me, over here.
Yeah. Door facing the mountain,
I guess. Heh.
[grunts] Right. Okay.
Good.
[grunts]
[Lito] This way, I guess.
You know, Shirley,
she was the real camper, I...
That was what she did.
Well...
Eh, so long as there's
no wind, rain, heat, or cold,
this should do me pretty good.
Come inside.
[crickets chirping]
Can I offer you a beer?
Sure, yeah.
Give that dial a swirl.
Always plays the perfect song,
even if in the moment
you ain't sure why.
[radio tuning]
[gentle guitar music]
-[chuckles]
-Hmm?
Have a little song
Won't take long
Ice cream.
Once or twice
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Pawn my watch
Pawn my chain
Pawn everything
That was in my name
Oh, lordy me
-Didn't I shake sugaree?
-[Lito clears throat]
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Pawn by buggy
Horse and cart
-Pawn everything
That was on my lot
-[grunts]
I've been trying...
to do this alone
for seven years.
-Mm-hmm. [chuckles]
-I still ain't figured out how.
[chuckles]
It's a job for two.
Ain't got nowhere
To lay my head
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
My grandma...
ate an ice cream cone
and watched a cowboy movie
every night.
-Lived to 101.
-Hmm.
Little Lito,
she used to call me.
Little Lito! I remember.
[music continues]
What do you do, Faye?
[Faye] Well...
There's days and there's nights.
And I've got a book for each.
When I heard about Tommy,
I wondered if I should,
you know...
call...
go to the service.
But it had been so long.
I haven't seen most
of those people in more than...
forty years.
Taught myself to hate
that place so good.
And then,
seven years after that,
you wrote me a letter.
Why'd you do that?
[inhales]
Those first two years were,
uh...
you know...
hard.
Was too lonely to speak.
I didn't talk to no one.
[sighs, chuckles]
Lost most of my teeth.
I hadn't known love before,
you know?
And when it came, it was...
just so simple.
I realized what all the songs
were about, you know?
[Lito exhales]
So when he died...
I guess I forgot just as easy.
But I found a way to live.
Still finding it, I guess.
This is my first trip
without him.
Less than a day's drive.
We were good friends,
weren't we, huh?
All those years ago. [chuckles]
Yeah.
I think we were.
You still miss him?
Yeah.
-You still miss her?
-Yeah.
[Faye inhales, sighs]
[music continues]
[music volume increases]
-[song ends]
-[birds chirping]
[creaking]
[inhales] Dwarf rabbitbrush.
[sighs]
[exhales]
[dog whines]
-[light bark]
-I know, I know.
[bird tweeting]
Whip-poor-will.
[groans] Long way from home.
[tweeting continues]
I put some more bait
in your trap.
[dog panting]
Thanks.
Uh, listen, um,
I gotta thank you,
for all the, you know...
for getting the campsite
and having me out here
and stuff.
Sure.
I think I gotta...
Um...
I think I can't.
Oh.
It held up pretty good
in the end, huh?
[water sloshing]
[whistles] Come on, Huck.
-[dog barks]
-Here we go!
-[dog pants]
-[grunts]
I've always liked
dwarf rabbitbrush.
I remember.
We're gonna be okay.
[door ajar alarm beeps]
[engine starts]
[crickets chirping]
[whispers] Okay.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[static crackles]
[tuning whooshes]
[gentle guitar music]
Where do you go from here?
Do you feel alone?
So far from home
Could you talk to me?
I like the way you smile
The sparkle in your eyes
Reminds me of her
Would you walk with me?
I only want someone
To hear my story
I won't keep you very long
And I will be going
Home to her
[bird tweeting]
[water sloshing]
[faint bleating]
[bleating continues]
[bleating continues]
-Howdy.
-Howdy.
[guitar music]
[animals chittering]
[bird cawing]
[music continues]
[wind blowing]
-[music continues]
-[blowing continues]
[bird calling]
Mourning dove.
[calling continues]
Oh.
Coma Berenices.
Cassiopeia the Queen.
Andromeda, her daughter.
Looks like one star,
but it's actually two.
Whether they know it or not.
Gosh.
-[birds chirping]
-[guitar music]
[wind blowing]
Morning there, Faye.
-Care for a cup of coffee?
-Do it.
You should do it.
However long you get,
that's long enough.
Yeah?
Yeah.
[music continues]
Morning.
[all] Morning.
It's today, huh?
Was he a good man?
Okay.
Guess I'm gonna need
that engine.
[Faye] Right in there.
Watch your hands.
Shall we load up the canoe?
Give it to the ladies
over there.
It'll do them good
for recreation
and romantic excursions.
Almost forgot.
[water sloshing]
[static crackles]
[tuning whooshes]
[guitar music]
What you believe
-You give and receive
-[chuckles]
[engine starts]
You patiently wait
Or hurry towards fate
Well, you tapped into time
With luck on your side
And ask no questions why
You just slip slide on by
No question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
Well, I knock at your door
Gather your heart
From the floor
When no answers come
Ever still, never run
Got another one for you, ma'am.
Though it don't look like
you're campsite seven no more.
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
No question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
It's a nice picture, ma'am.
Thanks.
Don't forget to write.
That I might be with you
Tomorrow
[engine revs]
Good song.
And I need you
And you need
And you need me
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
So no question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
So no question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
No question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
No question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
[song ends]
[guitar music]
[steam hissing]
[metal clicking]
[whooshes]
[piano note rings]
[dramatic music]
[wind blowing]
[dove calling]
[leaves rustling]
[birds chirping]
[guitar music]
[chirping continues]
[music continues]
[water sloshing]
[clattering]
[static crackles]
-[tuning whooshes]
-[guitar playing]
Look here, baby
Now you know I can
Be the one to be your man
Baby, now you know
I know I'd do anything
In the world for you
To have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Oh, lovin'
From my baby's eyes
See that lovin'
In my baby's eyes
Lovin' from my baby's eyes
Look here, baby
Now you know darn well
Love you better
Than another man could tell
Love you, baby
Now you know I'd do
Anything in the world
For you
To have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Oh, see the lovin'
In my baby's eyes
See the lovin'
In my baby's eyes
Lovin' from my baby's eyes
Late at night
When I take my rest
Oh, I hold your picture
To my breast
Love you, baby
Now you know I'd do
Anything in the world
For you
To have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
To see the lovin'
In my baby's eyes
Have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Lovin' from my baby's eyes
I said late at night
When I take my rest
Oh, I hold your picture
To my breast
Love you, Mama
Now you know I'd do
Anything in the world for you
To have lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Oh, lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Give me lovin'
From my baby's eyes
Lovin' from my baby's eyes
[song ends]
-[owl hooting]
-[crickets chirping]
[birds chirping]
[water sloshing]
[static crackles]
-[tuning whooshes]
-[banjo playing]
See the moon
Above the mountain
-Watch the stars
Light up the sky
-[sighs]
Oh, wherever you are
Darlin'
Do you feel the same as I?
Do you ever long to see me?
Do you ever feel this blue?
[vehicle approaching]
Oh, wherever you are
Darlin'
Do you know
I'm missing you?
If I could feel your arms
Around me
If I could hold you close
To me
Oh, wherever you are
Darlin'
[sighs]
[water sloshing]
Mourning dove.
[knocking on door]
[exhales]
[exhales]
Howdy.
[all] Howdy.
Ma'am, we was wondering
if you might be willing
to move your trailer,
so as we might be able to dig
under it.
-I'm camping here.
-Fair point.
[whispering]
Ma'am, might you be willing
to lodge
at one of the other sites
around the lake
so as we might be able
to dig under this one?
Dig for what?
Well, ma'am, we buried our pops
out back here a few years back
on account of
it's got a real nice view.
But now they built that
and the view ain't so nice
no more.
-So we figured
we ought to move him.
-Fair point.
Thing is,
someone's expecting
to find me at this one.
Campsite seven?
Might you be able
to hazard a guess
as how long you might
be bunking here?
Ain't that the truth?
We'll see you, then.
-Ma'am.
-Ma'am.
Ma'am.
[shovels clattering]
[engine starts]
Andromeda.
Coma...
Berenices.
[owl hooting]
[water sloshing]
Cassiopea the Queen.
[owl hooting]
[Faye hoots]
[dove calling]
[grunts, sighs]
Mourning dove.
[dove calling continues]
-[clattering]
-[static crackles]
[light music]
About her eyes
Now they're misty shinin'
[man] Morning.
[horse snorts]
Morning.
Campsite seven.
But you can't
Trace her thoughts
'Cause they can't be seen
Campsite eight.
Campsite three.
Campsite 19.
Campsite 23.
Shepherd on the hill.
Maybe tomorrow, ma'am.
-Coffee?
-That'd be fine.
When she flows by you
So gently
She brings a breeze
That just cleans the air
When she speaks
It's barely a whisper
-That tries to hide
But you know it's there
-[coughs] Ah. [sniffs]
[horse grunts]
[clears throat]
Tallest in the state.
-She smiles at you
And it sends you sailin'
-Mm-hmm.
[clears throat]
Well...
You glide with ease
And you can hardly feel it
Ma'am.
I'll see ya.
[knocking on door]
-Howdy.
-Howdy.
Afternoon.
Thanks.
Well, go ahead. Open it.
-It's a dinner invitation.
-Shh. Go on.
So what do you say?
Got plans?
Maybe, I'm...
We're over there.
Campsite two.
Um...
-What can I bring?
-[music playing on radio]
[laughter]
[Marie] She brought me out here
to propose.
It's legal now, you know,
like pot.
It's true.
You say yes?
She ain't asked yet.
Can't find the courage.
[Jan] It's true, it's all true.
She was supposed to
propose in South Dakota.
The Badlands.
[Jan] I was.
Beautiful place, really. Lovely.
This trip was supposed
to be a long weekend.
But she chickened out
in South Dakota.
So we just kept driving.
It's been four
and a half weeks now?
That's true.
Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming.
[Jan] Beautiful there.
-Yellowstone?
-Oh, honey, it was so beautiful.
-[Jan] Aww.
-[kisses]
[groans]
I give thanks for every mile.
But she still ain't proposed.
-[Faye] Thank you.
-[Marie] Mm-hmm.
[music on radio continues]
[huffs]
I haven't been to Yellowstone
in like 20 years.
Used to fly bush planes
up there.
Forest Service work.
Marriage, you know?
What do you think I should do?
[inhales]
I don't know.
[footsteps thudding]
So, just getting away
from things, Faye, or what?
Kinda, I guess.
You guess?
Well, I'm meeting someone here.
-Supposed to be.
-[both] Ooh!
-[laughs]
-And who is this someone?
I don't know, really.
[Marie] Hmm, so true.
That's always how it is.
I mean, I knew him as a kid.
We grew up pretty close to here.
But it's been enough decades
to stand on.
When is he coming?
I don't know, really.
Not even sure
what he looks like anymore.
But he says he has
a small silver car
and a big black dog.
And I told him I'd be
at campsite seven.
Seeing as it's lucky and all.
Well...
To love.
[cups tap]
[music continues]
[bird tweeting]
American kestrel.
-[sighs]
-[fly buzzing]
Mm, terrible bird.
[static crackles]
[bird chirping]
Nope.
-[sighs]
-[smacks hands]
[grunts]
[car door closes]
-Nope.
-[engine starts]
I'm going home.
It's all yours.
It ain't that, ma'am.
We've got car trouble.
[sighs]
[tool cranking]
[tape tearing]
It's not gonna work. [sighs]
[engine sputters]
Blew a rod clean through
the block.
Gonna need a new engine.
[engine sputters]
Well...
I guess you can borrow mine.
[clanging, creaking]
[engine starts]
[whispering]
Ma'am?
We'd like you to have our canoe.
It'll do you good for recreation
and romantic excursions.
All right.
[dog panting]
[Faye groans]
[grunts]
[knocking on door]
Howdy.
Howdy.
You know me?
I don't know.
You know me?
I don't know.
-That's Huck.
-She looks...
Just like Maggie, I know.
Um...
Same blood.
Just a few generations
down the line.
Hi there, Huck.
Look at you.
Look at you!
Look at us.
Uh. [chuckles] Uh.
Golden Aster.
Thanks.
Kinda got wilted in the car.
My dad spent summers
up there with the sheep.
That's when we'd see him.
Cold parts of the year they'd
graze down in Utah somewhere.
He was one of the last
Basque Shepherds, probably.
-'Round here at least.
-Hmm.
They used to drive the sheep
down Main Street,
you remember that?
I remember that.
-[wind blowing]
-[dog pants]
[barks]
[stick splashes]
We came here for a field trip.
Tenth grade.
Rained the whole time.
Betty Bauman
brought a toad home
in her backpack.
Oh, God. [laughs]
I remember.
You tried to kiss me that day.
You tried to kiss me.
I don't remember that.
-I do.
-Don't remember that.
I remember catching crawdads
that trip.
With, uh, bacon on a string.
Me too.
The water used to go
all the way up there.
Used to rain a lot more.
[Faye] Tenth grade.
[Lito]
We won the tug of war that year.
Fourth of July.
Carol Brothers
and Big Bessie Dee.
[Faye] I remember.
-[Lito] Guess it's
a tourist town now.
-Hmm.
[Faye] I guess.
-[plucks tune]
-[chuckles] Hey.
-[plucks discordant note]
-Ah!
[chuckles, sighs]
There we go.
Here we go.
Take it on home.
Oh, jeez, wait. Oh. [chuckles]
Ah. [chuckles] Ugh.
Well...
[Lito sighs]
[tuning guitar]
You know,
Shirley was the real musician.
Me, I just never, uh...
never could
feel it like she did.
That was... [sighs]
That was what she did.
Tommy had a band.
They used to play
on Sundays sometimes.
"Church tunes for doomed souls"
-they called 'em.
-[chuckling]
[Lito] He was a good man.
[Faye] Yeah.
-[lighter clicks]
-[fuse sizzling]
-Now?
-Go on.
-Now?
-Yeah!
-[chuckles] Now?
-Now!
[explodes]
[laughter]
Come on. It's good.
You think the cabin
I was a kid in is still there?
Hmm.
Think they still
graze sheep round here?
[chuckles]
[exhales] What?
Ah, just some good memories.
I don't know.
Reckon you can still love
something...
that ain't there no more?
I know you can.
Don't you?
-I can't tell. [inhales]
-[rock splashes]
Can I take a photo of you?
[laughs]
Come on.
I'd like to.
No one's taken my photo
for seven years.
Y'all get to remember me
real young and pretty.
I think you're pretty.
I do.
[camera chimes]
[chuckles]
[inhales, sighs]
Tell me what to do.
Uh, look back toward the water.
-[chuckles]
-Come on, come on,
that's it, that's it!
-Okay?
-Okay. [inhales, exhales]
-Now slowly toward me.
-[camera beeps]
-[camera shutter clicks]
-[laughs]
All right.
How is it?
It's really nice.
-Wanna see?
-No, I don't wanna see.
You still play?
Play what?
-Music.
-[snorts]
[inhales, sighs]
'Course not.
-[strumming tune]
-[Lito] Starts out in G.
And moves to a C.
Uh-oh.
I gotta cheat that one.
-Back to the G.
-G.
Good. And up to a D.
-Yeah, that's it.
-[sings] D.
-Back to the C.
-C.
Take it on home to G.
Yeah. And it moves like, uh...
Now.
To a D.
Told you once
And I told you twice
Why be mean
When you can be nice?
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
I hardly feel
Like a mustard seed
'Cause your love
Is what I need
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
Ace of hearts
And she's my queen
The best old girl
That I ever seen
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
A bullfrog
Sitting on a lily pond
I'ma having her in my arms
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
I called you
On the telephone
Wonder why
You're never home
Come on, be kind to me!
Can't you see
I'm in misery?
-[laughs] Gosh.
-[laughs]
[sighs]
[sighs]
Something like that.
-[horse snorts]
-[man] Campsite seven?
Campsite seven!
[Lito] Well? What does it say?
That you're coming.
[chuckles]
Oh, gosh.
[metal clatters]
[exhales]
[inhales, exhales]
-Can I give you a hand?
Ah.
Yeah, it's been a while
since, uh...
[chuckles] Yep.
So... [chuckles]
Where do you suppose
I should, uh...?
Uh, leeward side of the trailer,
keep you out of the wind.
Right, right. Uh, and, uh...
Which side is that?
Follow me, over here.
Yeah. Door facing the mountain,
I guess. Heh.
[grunts] Right. Okay.
Good.
[grunts]
[Lito] This way, I guess.
You know, Shirley,
she was the real camper, I...
That was what she did.
Well...
Eh, so long as there's
no wind, rain, heat, or cold,
this should do me pretty good.
Come inside.
[crickets chirping]
Can I offer you a beer?
Sure, yeah.
Give that dial a swirl.
Always plays the perfect song,
even if in the moment
you ain't sure why.
[radio tuning]
[gentle guitar music]
-[chuckles]
-Hmm?
Have a little song
Won't take long
Ice cream.
Once or twice
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Pawn my watch
Pawn my chain
Pawn everything
That was in my name
Oh, lordy me
-Didn't I shake sugaree?
-[Lito clears throat]
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Pawn by buggy
Horse and cart
-Pawn everything
That was on my lot
-[grunts]
I've been trying...
to do this alone
for seven years.
-Mm-hmm. [chuckles]
-I still ain't figured out how.
[chuckles]
It's a job for two.
Ain't got nowhere
To lay my head
Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
Everything I got
Is done and pawned
My grandma...
ate an ice cream cone
and watched a cowboy movie
every night.
-Lived to 101.
-Hmm.
Little Lito,
she used to call me.
Little Lito! I remember.
[music continues]
What do you do, Faye?
[Faye] Well...
There's days and there's nights.
And I've got a book for each.
When I heard about Tommy,
I wondered if I should,
you know...
call...
go to the service.
But it had been so long.
I haven't seen most
of those people in more than...
forty years.
Taught myself to hate
that place so good.
And then,
seven years after that,
you wrote me a letter.
Why'd you do that?
[inhales]
Those first two years were,
uh...
you know...
hard.
Was too lonely to speak.
I didn't talk to no one.
[sighs, chuckles]
Lost most of my teeth.
I hadn't known love before,
you know?
And when it came, it was...
just so simple.
I realized what all the songs
were about, you know?
[Lito exhales]
So when he died...
I guess I forgot just as easy.
But I found a way to live.
Still finding it, I guess.
This is my first trip
without him.
Less than a day's drive.
We were good friends,
weren't we, huh?
All those years ago. [chuckles]
Yeah.
I think we were.
You still miss him?
Yeah.
-You still miss her?
-Yeah.
[Faye inhales, sighs]
[music continues]
[music volume increases]
-[song ends]
-[birds chirping]
[creaking]
[inhales] Dwarf rabbitbrush.
[sighs]
[exhales]
[dog whines]
-[light bark]
-I know, I know.
[bird tweeting]
Whip-poor-will.
[groans] Long way from home.
[tweeting continues]
I put some more bait
in your trap.
[dog panting]
Thanks.
Uh, listen, um,
I gotta thank you,
for all the, you know...
for getting the campsite
and having me out here
and stuff.
Sure.
I think I gotta...
Um...
I think I can't.
Oh.
It held up pretty good
in the end, huh?
[water sloshing]
[whistles] Come on, Huck.
-[dog barks]
-Here we go!
-[dog pants]
-[grunts]
I've always liked
dwarf rabbitbrush.
I remember.
We're gonna be okay.
[door ajar alarm beeps]
[engine starts]
[crickets chirping]
[whispers] Okay.
[door opens]
[door closes]
[static crackles]
[tuning whooshes]
[gentle guitar music]
Where do you go from here?
Do you feel alone?
So far from home
Could you talk to me?
I like the way you smile
The sparkle in your eyes
Reminds me of her
Would you walk with me?
I only want someone
To hear my story
I won't keep you very long
And I will be going
Home to her
[bird tweeting]
[water sloshing]
[faint bleating]
[bleating continues]
[bleating continues]
-Howdy.
-Howdy.
[guitar music]
[animals chittering]
[bird cawing]
[music continues]
[wind blowing]
-[music continues]
-[blowing continues]
[bird calling]
Mourning dove.
[calling continues]
Oh.
Coma Berenices.
Cassiopeia the Queen.
Andromeda, her daughter.
Looks like one star,
but it's actually two.
Whether they know it or not.
Gosh.
-[birds chirping]
-[guitar music]
[wind blowing]
Morning there, Faye.
-Care for a cup of coffee?
-Do it.
You should do it.
However long you get,
that's long enough.
Yeah?
Yeah.
[music continues]
Morning.
[all] Morning.
It's today, huh?
Was he a good man?
Okay.
Guess I'm gonna need
that engine.
[Faye] Right in there.
Watch your hands.
Shall we load up the canoe?
Give it to the ladies
over there.
It'll do them good
for recreation
and romantic excursions.
Almost forgot.
[water sloshing]
[static crackles]
[tuning whooshes]
[guitar music]
What you believe
-You give and receive
-[chuckles]
[engine starts]
You patiently wait
Or hurry towards fate
Well, you tapped into time
With luck on your side
And ask no questions why
You just slip slide on by
No question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
Well, I knock at your door
Gather your heart
From the floor
When no answers come
Ever still, never run
Got another one for you, ma'am.
Though it don't look like
you're campsite seven no more.
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
No question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
It's a nice picture, ma'am.
Thanks.
Don't forget to write.
That I might be with you
Tomorrow
[engine revs]
Good song.
And I need you
And you need
And you need me
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
So no question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
Me and you
So no question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
No question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
No question why
You just slip slide on
You slip slide on by
[song ends]
[guitar music]