Cowboy Drifter (2022) Movie Script
(gentle music)
(fire crackling)
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
I've got two weeks
The road ahead now
Three days but I passed along
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
I'm long way from Virginia
Gasoline, guitar and a song
It's a devil dream that
dies by the dessert
Pay my dues in sweat
and beer and glass
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Well these are highs and lows
and everything in the middle
My woman get my money right
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Every night
Every day
Lord, I'm alone
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Every night
Every day
Lord, I'm alone
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
(audience cheering)
- What the hell?
- Get your white trash hands
off my girl.
- Kiss my ass cowboy.
Oh no.
(gentle music)
- [Charlie] Give my share, God damn it.
- [Burgess] Hell no.
You lost your share when
you lost your mind on stage.
- [Charlie] That wasn't my fault.
- Oh, it's never your
fault, you high strung
and tempered asshole.
- Give me what I'm due.
- You can go to hell Charlie Jones.
Not even the honky tonks
will hire your mean old ass.
You can sing the song but
you can't do the dance.
- Fuck this place.
I got myself a vision, you son of a bitch.
I'm gonna play the Opry like Hank Senior.
- Get him and his vision
outta my establishment.
- Your wife's a lay, Burgess,
no doubt due to all that bad practice
you've been providing her over the years.
- [Burgess] Get him the hell out.
(gentle guitar music)
(fire crackling)
- Who's there?
What you doing here, boy?
- Just watching.
(fire crackling)
- You hear me tonight?
(fire crackling)
(insects chirping)
(fire crackling)
Thing of beauty, were it not?
(gentle guitar music)
Boy.
(gentle music)
(fire crackling)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(fire crackling)
(gentle music)
A man needs to have a vision.
Without it ain't nothing
separating him from the squirrels,
much less humanity.
(gentle music)
(fire crackling)
(upbeat music)
I been picking on the
wallpaper off of the walls
(upbeat music)
I've been calling all the
numbers on the bathroom stall
(upbeat music)
I've been walking down a
gravel road kicking a can
(upbeat music)
I'm trying to figure out just who I am
(gentle upbeat music)
(fighters moaning)
When I fight yeah I know
- Get up.
(upbeat music)
(laughing)
- I don't know what you say there Vern,
they've must have tried to
tear up that asshole of yours
in the state pen.
- [Bystander] Come on boy, get down.
- You finally learned how
to throw a decent right.
(upbeat music)
(fighters moaning)
(upbeat music)
I've been washing
myself in muddy water
(upbeat music)
I will only be clean by
(fighters moaning)
I've been putting my
sins out on the shelf
(upbeat music)
To forget your past
is to lose yourself
(upbeat music)
And I thought you,
thought your peace of mind
Just steady my steep decline
(upbeat music)
You'd be going to live near Babylon
(upbeat music)
I said I founded that mess you got
Here we go yeah
(upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
- Oh God.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
Damn you, Caskie Jones.
(bacon sizzling)
Thank you baby.
- You're welcome.
- Caskie Jr. get your
butt bone on this chair
and have some breakfast 'for you go.
- Hi mama, Purple Bear Poo
wants some scrambles eggs and honey.
- Cool it CJ and Purple Bear Poo.
I don't want any yelling in this house
until I get my mocha choca frappe.
- But mama, she don't drink
mocha choca whatamajugies.
- Well, a girl can dream, can't she?
That better be you, Caskie Jones.
You better have a good
explanation for fighting.
- It is me, Candace, but
I gotta grab a shower.
- Get in this kitchen right now damn it.
(Carla gasping)
Sorry.
That's a dollar for the cussing jar.
(birds chirping)
I knew it.
I said no more fighting.
I thought I made myself clear.
What happened this time, huh?
Some trucker offend your sacred manhood?
- Vern Dean's back in town.
- I thought he had three more years.
- He got paroled Tuesday.
(table banging)
Hey no PBP at the breakfast
table CJ, you know that.
- Great.
(CJ crying)
- I mean he's an eight-year-old boy
who's still painting his toddler toys
with purple nail polish.
I mean can't he pick up a
baseball every now and again?
- Why don't you just go to work?
You're not helping things here.
(CJ crying)
- It's okay baby, here,
have some orange juice.
Come on.
(gentle music)
- Oh darling.
(Caskie laughing)
I'm long way from Virginia
Gasoline, guitar and song
(truck engine revving)
It's a devil dream that
dies by the dessert
Pay my dues in sweat
the beer and glass
(truck engine revving)
Well these are highs and lows
and everything in the middle
My woman get my money right
Every night
Every day
Lord, I'm alone
(Maybelline moaning)
It was a good mess in
these wicked moments
Under the chatter, well I disappeared
(gentle upbeat music)
Well there's the two cowboys
(Maybelline laughing)
I'm gonna close my eyes,
gonna check on outta here
- Hell with that, Caskie Jones,
I swear you are the best fuck,
this out of the Mississippi River.
- I've heard a tale.
(Maybelline laughing)
- My whole body's just quivering.
Every night
Every day
- What's your secret?
Caskie,
you all right.
Every night
- My old man loved music more than anybody
in this whole world.
Hank William Senior was his idol.
- Where is he now?
- Hank Senior died in the
back seat of a Cadillac
at the age of 29.
(Maybelline laughing)
- No smart ass, your daddy.
Whatever happened to him?
- Oh hell,
he jumped into a hot air balloon
on the morning of my 12th birthday,
floated himself off to outer space.
Sign next to the X.
Every night
- A bill?
- Oh, Ray thinks I'm over here
on a real call this time, Maybelline.
I ain't losing another job.
- Like I care.
Oh you think you can come in here
and treat Maybelline Dawson
like some street whore?
You got another thing coming.
- Calm down.
- When you get kicked outta your house
for rough housing and
beer boozing and so forth.
Who do you come to for solace?
You owe me, Caskie Jones.
- I don't owe you nothing.
- This is my bed you're jumping into
not your cute little wife's.
- Now that's a bad fucking
idea right there, Maybelline,
real bad idea.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(cellphone ringing)
(gentle music)
(cellphone ringing)
Yeah, Candace.
(gentle music)
What?
Why?
No.
No, I'll meet you there.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
God damn it.
(people speaking indistinctly)
- Now listen, normally
with a situation like this
involving one of the children,
we try to settle it in house
before we worry the parents.
But in all my years of
teaching and principaling
I ain't never had a situation like this,
so I figured it best to
bring you two on in ASAP
for a sit me down.
- And we really appreciate
it Principal Brown
and Caskie and I are
just as anxious as you
to just nip this in the bud.
- What did he do?
- Well, it was during quiet time.
The summer school class
was having their milk and Oreos, as usual,
when, when your son CJ
just got up off his mat,
went over to the middle of the room
and started to defecate on the floor.
- It means he took a crap, Caskie.
- The boy never said a daggone word.
And to me that's the interesting part.
He wasn't provoked or
conflicted or nothing,
just sort of pulled his pants
and tighty whitey whites
down to his ankles, squatted
and started doing his business
right there for all to see.
I think today's escapade
requires a bit more scrutiny
on all our parts.
For starters, y'all may need to reevaluate
the home life situation.
- You saying we ain't parenting
proper enough for the boy?
- Caskie.
- No, that's not at all what I'm saying.
I'm merely suggesting that you look,
you look inward for answers.
- Inward?
Well, what the hell is
that supposed to mean?
- Come on Caskie, he's
just trying to help us.
- Well, he ain't helping.
Christ, Candace, all these
damn educators want to do
is make it so as everything's our fault.
Man, they sling blame
around like it's mud.
You know what?
- Don't.
- Maybe y'all should
look inward, Mr. Brown.
Maybe if his fucking teacher
would give CJ a fucking bathroom break,
he wouldn't have had
to take a fucking shit
on the fucking floor in
the fucking first place.
Did you ever fucking
think of fucking that?
- Come on.
It's okay.
When will you be home?
- Soon as I'm done fixing
air conditioners, I guess.
(birds chirping)
(people speaking indistinctly)
(door knocking)
You wanted to see me, Ray?
- Yeah Caskie, come on in.
Get that personal thing taken care of?
- Yeah, appreciate the long lunch break.
- Not a problem.
Oh golly.
I'd sure hate to see what
the other guy looks like.
Yeah, I expect his
modeling career's on hold.
- I bet.
Listen, Caskie, you know
how much I like you.
You worked hard, labored hard,
and the short while you've been here
and I know you got a couple of
kids to tend to and whatnot.
But honestly, fact of the
matter is, I gotta let you go.
I had a visit about an hour
ago, Maybelline Dawson,
Maybelline, she comes in here
and she sticks her
bruised wrist in my face.
She tells me she's gonna sue my fat ass
on a counter of her getting beaten up
while you were in my employ.
She did say she wouldn't press charges
against either one of us,
so long as I terminated you.
I'm gonna need that company
cell phone I gave you.
And I wish you the best of luck.
(birds chirping)
(truck engine revving)
(dogs barking)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
- I don't guess we'll be
planning a family trip
to Disney World after this conversation.
- I swear to God, Caskie
Jones, I love you to my core,
but I can't fucking stand
the sight of you anymore.
- Well, that answers that.
- You in your selfish
ways just swim in circles,
round and round, same
damn stroke going nowhere.
- I'll get another job.
- Oh, it ain't about the job.
You ain't worth being around no more.
I'm done with the fighting,
with the negativity in this house.
The philandering.
(gentle music)
I knew when I met you, you were
the seed of a sorted spawn.
Hell, practically the whole town told me
I was fucking retarded for marrying you.
And if you hadn't gone and
proven them right in me stupid.
Either way I lose.
(gentle music)
I know, you your daddy's son.
But you don't have the glory in his image.
Don't look away from me.
Not until you watch this sweet ass
walk outta your life forever.
(gentle music)
- Candace.
(gentle music)
- You ain't never gonna change.
It's the way you were made.
(gentle music)
Get out.
(gentle music)
Don't come back 'til we're gone.
(gentle music)
(crying)
(gentle music)
(clock ticking)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
- Dad.
(gentle music)
Dad.
(gentle music)
- What the fuck you think
you're doing here, boy?
This is my house, God damn it, my house.
Get out.
(gentle music)
(clock ticking)
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(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(bottles clanking)
(gentle music)
Ooh
(gentle music)
Oh
Ooh
(gentle music)
- Ready or not, here I come.
You sorry motherfucker.
(gentle music)
(fire raging)
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(fire raging)
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(fire raging)
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(truck engine revving)
Truth is all that you need
You bury that seed
(gentle upbeat music)
It's everything beautiful
(gentle upbeat music)
And that sound comes
from the underground
It's all inside you now
It's everything beautiful
What you, what you, what
you, what you running from
(gentle upbeat music)
And they got, they got, they
got, they got you on the run
(gentle upbeat music)
(car engines revving)
So Friday night before they go
Take me to your levels
Show me the one I need the most
I need the most
(gentle upbeat music)
I wish I knew you when I was young
(gentle upbeat music)
I could've got so high
(gentle upbeat music)
Now we're here, it's been so long
(gentle upbeat music)
Two strangers in the bright lights
(gentle upbeat music)
Oh and I hope you don't mind
- [Caskie] Welcome to New Mexico.
We can share my moon yeah
(gentle upbeat music)
Two strangers in the bright light
I wish I knew you
(truck engine revving)
I wish I knew you
(gentle upbeat music)
Oh I wish I knew you when I was young
(gentle upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Maybe we can share my moon
(gentle upbeat music)
- What can I get for you?
- Just gimme a beer.
(gentle music)
- Want me to just pick one out for you or?
(gentle upbeat music)
Okay.
- Hold it.
You know where I could
find Bonesborough Road?
- I'm sorry, I don't know where that is.
I'll be right back with
your beer though okay.
(gentle upbeat music)
- May I have this dance?
(gentle upbeat music)
(people speaking indistinctly)
Who do you think I am
(Caskie laughing)
(insects chirping)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
I wouldn't do that man
I wouldn't do that
I wouldn't do that
(gentle upbeat music)
I wouldn't do that
Me
I wouldn't do that
Me
I wouldn't do that
Me
(gentle upbeat music)
Tell the truth
(gentle upbeat music)
Get your cover juice
(gentle upbeat music)
(people speaking indistinctly)
Not a juice
- What'll it be?
Would you like a cold brew?
- What do you got?
- Honey, we got everything,
as long as it's domestic.
Have a look see, I'll be back.
(people speaking indistinctly)
(gentle upbeat music)
Have you decided?
- Gimme a beer.
- Which one?
(people speaking indistinctly)
- You pick it.
- Bottle of draft, light or less light?
(Sue laughing)
Well, I see someone swallowed
his asshole pills today.
You're a friendly one, aren't you, cowboy?
- Make sure you guys
are tipping your
waitresses and bartenders.
So, without further ado,
let's all give it up for
The Wilde Pony's own,
Tanner Wilde.
(audience cheering)
- Woo-hoo.
(audience cheering)
When I let my mind go free
Seems clear what's there for me
Dreaming of the open road
Mending my broken soul
Of such things I was never told
Came to them on my own
(gentle guitar music)
They think I'm distant
They think I'm young
A war's been waged
though I've already won
It's too late
- Not bad is she?
Already gone
- That young lady is a 17-year-old phenom.
It's my daughter, Tanner.
Yeah
- I'm Sue Wilde.
Already gone
- By the way, the shot's on the house.
It's my house,
so it's my liquor.
You look like you needed it
a hell of a lot worse than I do.
Already gone
(audience cheering)
Thank you, thanks a lot.
Just a taste for tonight,
so I can say my voice for
the demo I'm recording.
Drink up so I can pay for it.
(gentle upbeat music)
I got a good feeling
- Oh, drink up so who can pay for it?
I believe you meant to say,
"So Mama Sue can pay for it" right?
Well I'll take your silence
not only as an apology,
but a sign of your humble gratitude.
Go help Gavin behind the bar.
- What?
No way.
- Can't you see we're swamped here.
- Mother, you said I could
leave right after I sang.
I'm meeting friends at
a bonfire at Hard Rock.
- Not tonight you aren't,
I need you behind the bar.
- You better watch your back
or I'm gonna call the state liquor board
and tell 'em if you've found
a minor serving alcohol.
- Well, you would, wouldn't you?
Get.
(people speaking indistinctly)
(gentle upbeat music)
- You need refill, sir.
- I look like the kind of guy
that should be called sir?
- Beats me, mister, I
don't know you now do I?
(gentle upbeat music)
- Bourbon.
(gentle upbeat music)
- $3.
- Awesome baby.
Fantastic.
Whole place was rocking
while you were up there.
Ooh.
- Thanks Quiten.
- Baby we were born to walk on
the streets paved with gold.
Don't make me show you otherwise.
- Get your hand off me, Quiten.
- Hey man, why don't you
leave the young lady be?
- Mind your business, old man.
How about you tell your mom
that you finished early,
we go and have some real fun.
- She won't let me off,
otherwise I'd already be
gone and we wouldn't be
having this extraordinary conversation.
- Well hell then we'll sneak out,
take in a little desert moonlight.
What's your verdict?
- $3 please.
- What's the harm in a little
rock through the desert, baby.
- Are you hearing and impaired?
I said no, Quiten.
Look, mister, do you
have the money or not?
- I would have the money if
tall, deaf and shit for brains
would move out of the goddamn way.
- What'd you call me?
(gentle upbeat music)
Yeah, that's right.
You'd be wise to keep your
fucking trap shut old man.
(Caskie laughing)
Look at Huckleberry,
you find that amusing?
Perhaps we'll take a walk outside,
have a little talk about it.
- Oh, we go outside when we know talking.
This old man's just
going to take your face
and bash it and bash it
and bash it some more.
You'll be sucking dick for beer money
when I get through with you.
(gentle upbeat music)
So, you're looking for
new cheekbones, boy,
I'm your dead game sport.
(gentle upbeat music)
- Well, hot damn, we got ourselves
a contender for the crown.
Now how about we take that walk outside?
Let's see if your fists are
as funny as your mouth is.
- Everything okay here?
- Why certainly Sue.
I was just escorting my new
friend, Huckleberry here
out back, show him a rattler or two.
- Looks like a vapor trail trouble
follows you around cowboy.
I'm afraid you two are gonna
have to take a rain check.
You recognize the man at the pool table.
That's the local sheriff.
I believe Quiten here
knows every nook and cranny
inside his jail cell.
Sleeping in a hollowed log
- Don't go far.
I've been drinking muddy water
Sleeping in a hollowed log
- Everything okay, Tanner?
- Yeah, Mother, peaches and cream.
I ain't gonna be your dog
(gentle upbeat music)
- You look familiar.
Do I know you?
On your way to the Grand Canyon?
(gentle upbeat music)
Folks that stop through
this part of the world
either can't find the Pacific Ocean
or they're headed to the Grand Canyon.
You don't seem lost.
What's your destination.
- A place called none of
your goddamn business.
(Sue laughing)
- There's that friendliness again.
Suite yourself hard ass.
I've been drinking muddy water
- Your change, mister.
(gentle upbeat music)
- Keep it.
(gentle upbeat music)
I ain't gonna be no dog
(gentle upbeat music)
Yeah
(gentle music)
If you got burdens
Don't carry them
Just bury them
In the ground
(truck engine revving)
And if you're hurting
Don't worry
I'll try to be around
(gentle music)
How long can the nighttime last
How long can it be
The sharp toothed
preachers from the past
Gonna be the end of me
(gentle music)
Oh, oh
Let the sun come up
(gentle music)
Mm
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
- Yes.
- Morning ma'am.
I was wondering,
does a man named Charlie Jones live here?
- What business is it of yours?
- Well, that's a fair question ma'am.
I have something for him.
(birds chirping)
- Is that a fact?
- Yes ma'am, it certainly is.
Is he around?
- He moved on a little while back,
got foreclosed on, bank sold
me and my son this crap heap.
(birds chirping)
(dogs barking)
- By any chance, you know
where I can find him?
(birds chirping)
- Wait here.
I don't know if he still
lives at this address,
but it's all I got.
Bill collectors come by from
time to time looking for him.
But I never said a word.
I don't figure you for a collector.
- Oh, scavengers all ma'am.
(birds chirping)
Any chance in hell,
you know where I could find
the town of foul mouth.
- Foulmouth, and town
is a mighty strong word
for that place.
Go down the highway about 30
miles, stop at the gas station.
They'll tell you the rest.
- Much obliged, ma'am.
- Aha.
Oh yeah
Well so it goes
Yeah so it goes
(gentle upbeat music)
No man seated on the merry stones
(gentle upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
Yeah let's take a chance
all around the bush
(gentle upbeat music)
Then go and crash that car
- You just sit there and stay stupid.
(gentle upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
And share your belongings
All them clever drawings
Try to make a dollar from the grave
(gentle upbeat music)
Yeah share them belongings
All them clever drawings
Yeah trying to make a dollar
(door knocking)
From the grave
- Guess who's here, old man.
Yeah but who's to blame
(upbeat music)
Ooh
(upbeat music)
Yeah oh ooh
(upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(flies buzzing)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(coughing)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(spitting)
(gentle music)
- And when was the last
time you saw him alive?
Years?
- I was a boy.
- [Coroner] As soon as we
get back to the office.
- I understand.
- I didn't come here today
to walk down memory lane
with the SOB, I just
wanted to return something
he left me a long time ago.
- And what was that?
(birds chirping)
- Does it matter?
He's tits up dead, woman.
It ain't like he's gonna
have any use for it now.
- Thank you for your time.
You may be hearing from
the local mortuaries office
on funeral arrangements and so on.
- Hold it.
It ain't my job to see
that he gets buried.
- You're his only living relative.
That all has to be confirmed of course.
But once it is, it would
be standard procedure
for the next of kin to make
those kind of arrangements.
- Excuse me for being blunt, Nancy Drew,
but fuck your standard procedure,
fuck it right in the eye.
That old chain-smoking
bastard in there was a tyrant
and a ogre in life
and he'll probably greet
St. Pete at the pearly gates
by shoving a couple of bony
dead fingers up Pete's ass,
yanking out his small intestines
and bungee jumping with 'em
off the nearest fucking bridge.
(birds chirping)
I don't want no part of it.
- Whatever you say, mister.
The county will make the
arrangements if you refuse.
It's your choice.
But it's my duty to inform you
of the address of the mortuary,
which is 10 miles east of
here in the town of Verona.
Pay 'em a visit, verify
that you're the next of kin
and tell them what you
want done with the remains.
They'll take care of the rest.
(birds chirping)
- Charlie Jones, a friend of yours?
He owed me two cases of cold beer.
(upbeat music)
I'm a preacher
(upbeat music)
I'm a sinner
(upbeat music)
I'm a loser
(upbeat music)
I'm a winner
(upbeat music)
I got everything
(upbeat music)
I got nothing
(upbeat music)
But I'm fool for some real good loving
(upbeat music)
I was looking for
myself when I found you
- Oh man.
(upbeat music)
And your love was around
(upbeat music)
Got the plan for a red talk huh
(upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
- [Caskie] Need a ride?
- Not from you, mister.
(truck horn honking)
- Put the case in back and hop in.
(upbeat music)
I won't bite.
(upbeat music)
(car horn honking)
Won't test him now
(upbeat music)
Sister Davis
(upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
- You have beautiful voice.
- Yes I do, thank you.
(Tanner screaming)
Oh my God.
What is that?
That thing.
Get rid of that now, before I puke.
Oh my God, I'm gonna blow chunks.
- It's empty.
- Oh, I don't care, it is so gnarly.
(truck engine revving)
No, don't do that.
Out your window.
- It ain't a goddamn
spider, it's my spit cup.
- Do it now before I vomit in your lap.
(truck engine revving)
Do it.
(truck engine revving)
Cowboy and his pickup truck,
stuck on each other
like Thelma and Louise.
What you got against mini vans?
(truck engine revving)
Speaking of cowboy, this
whole Kenny Chesney,
white T-shirt, jeans
thing you got going on,
it's a bitten dated, don't you think?
- I'm no cowboy.
At least I have hair.
- True.
Most of today's male country
stars are pretty bald.
(truck engine revving)
- Look at Tim McGraw.
- Tim McGraw.
(both laughing)
(truck engine revving)
Dude are these records?
How old are you?
Did you rob stage coaches too?
- Toby Keith has hair.
- Plugs.
(truck engine revving)
Looks that way to me.
(truck engine revving)
What's a dead game sport?
Last night at the bar you said to Quiten,
"I'll be your dead game sport."
- Who?
- Quiten Cox, the guy
who's face you were gonna
"Bash and bash and bash some more."
- That dude's a prick.
- Yeah, you have no idea.
(truck engine revving)
Well?
- It's just an expression.
(truck engine revving)
- How come you have a guitar in the back?
- How come you ask so
many goddamn questions.
- I'm 17, duh.
And you?
(truck engine revving)
Tell me something, gray beard,
do you still have the
musket that you fought with
in the Civil War?
(Tanner laughing)
So much hostility.
You must be cultivating a hemorrhoid.
- Oh my God.
Oh my God.
(truck engine revving)
- Are you having a midlife crisis?
(truck engine revving)
It's cool.
Mother had one of those.
A year or two ago, she just broke down,
she started getting mad all
the time for like no reason.
I mean it was like menopause but times 12.
I think that she got into
some bad fight with a guy,
but I'm not sure.
As far as I know, she wasn't
dating anyone back then.
(truck engine revving)
Mother holds grudges so if
you do anything bad to her,
she doesn't forget it.
Sometimes though,
it's hard to stay on
her good side, you know.
Anyhow, she's been a real
pisser to live with ever since.
- Well what about your father?
- Never met him.
(truck engine revving)
Mother won't tell me who
he is or where he is.
She might not even know.
Frankly, she's always
had cruddy taste in men.
Tried to tell her that
once, won't do it again.
(truck engine revving)
She's cold, you know.
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
Oh hey, you can drop
me in the parking lot.
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
Woo.
Here we are Shangri La Ti Da.
- You live here too?
- Yeah, we got two bedrooms off the back
and a part of the room
where I entertain all
my gentleman callers.
(Tanner laughing)
(truck engine revving)
(birds chirping)
(truck engine revving)
You got a first name cowboy?
- Stop calling me that.
- Why do they need to be such a crankster?
- It's Caskie.
- Caskie?
(Tanner laughing)
Wow, that's pretty
funkadelic, don't you think.
- Tanner's a real winner too?
- Touche ole.
(truck engine revving)
(birds chirping)
(truck engine revving)
Hey.
I'm singing again tonight
around 10 o'clock.
If that's not past your bedtime
old man, you should come.
(car engines revving)
You gotta get home?
(car engines revving)
Travel safe.
(truck engine revving)
(telephone ringing)
- Granny Mima's house of
mothballs, Carla Jones speaking.
- Hey pumpkin.
- Daddy, Daddy.
When are you gonna come to get us.
- Tell him to bring me my purple bear.
- Oh yeah, CJ left Purple Bear
Poo at the house somewhere.
Please bring it so he'll
stop talking about it
always in forever.
- You tell CJ that bear's in good hands.
- Okay Daddy.
Daddy said he found your poo bear
in a million tiny little plastic pieces.
You wanna talk to Mama?
- I'd like that very much pumpkin.
- All right, Daddy.
But I don't think she wants
to talk to you right now.
I'll go get her, hold on.
(window tapping)
- I'll be right back.
- Daddy's on the phone, please be good.
- Go play in your room, Carla.
(truck horn honking)
Did you burn down our house?
- Yeah.
- Do you realize what you've done?
There's an insurance
investigator in Mama's yard
right this second, I've been
talking to him all morning.
He says that you could go to jail.
Are you outta your mind?
Oh my God.
Where are you?
- You're worried about me?
That means there's still a chance for us.
- There's no chance for us, we're done.
- Tell the insurance guy
to check the fuse box
in the basement.
That things on record, it's
given us fits for years.
If I was to hazard a guess,
I'd say it could have
easily sparked somehow.
- Caskie, listen.
- I love you Candace.
Always have, always will.
My biggest regret is that
I've disappointed you.
Now, I need a little more
time to make things right here
and I plan on using
whatever breath I have left
to make it right with you.
I just hope you're there
when I come for you.
(gentle music)
(car engines revving)
(birds chirping)
What the fuck is this?
- Excuse me.
You're not allowed in here,
this is a sanctuary of the dead.
Please leave.
- Hey, get that thing away from me man.
- What do you want?
- I'm looking for the mortician.
- Why?
- Are you him?
- What business is it of yours?
- Hey,
calm down buddy, I ain't gonna hurt you.
- You have a beat on him, Lawrence.
- I do.
Hands in the air partner.
- Don't shoot God damn it.
- I'm gonna ask you one
more time, what do you want?
- You've got my father.
- What's his name?
- Charlie Jones.
- Ah, the asphyxiation vic,
trailer home off Route 4.
What's the status on Mr. Jones?
- Burial status, in limbo.
- Right.
He's in the deep freeze.
- Oh gee, that's just super.
Can I put my fucking hands down now?
- I am truly sorry for
the misunderstanding, sir.
We've had a series of larcenies recently.
Not the least of which,
were the bodies of some of our clients.
I thought it quite possible
that you might indeed be the perpetrator.
Apologies.
And my heartfelt condolences
on the loss of your father.
- He was a dick.
- Oh.
- What's say we take this
conversation elsewhere.
See, it's like I told the deputy,
we weren't close.
But if I don't do
something, I mean, where to?
Ain't nothing but death and damnation man,
all around.
I'm just, I'm just floating
on to sea of purgatory.
Can't find a way forward,
sure don't want to go back.
You know what I'm saying?
What's it gonna take to
bury that son of a bitch?
- I can entomb him in a
very sleek wooden coffin.
(coffin tapping)
- How much?
- 1700.
- Do I have a dumb sticker
stapled in my forehead?
- Oh Mr. Jones, please,
let's discuss the process
that I must undertake,
pardon the pun,
in order to complete the burial task.
- Let his rot in an unmarked
grave in Potter's Field then.
'Cause I wouldn't give you 1700
bucks for all the pink pussy
in a purple pinata.
Look, what's the cheapest
way to get this thing done?
- Cremation.
- Cremation.
- Cremation.
- Cremation.
What exactly does that involve?
- First, his body would be enclosed
in a combustible plastic container.
And then he would be
transported to the crematory
and placed in a chamber
or an oven, if you will,
with temperatures reaching
1600 Degrees Fahrenheit.
His soft tissue would be vaporized,
leaving behind nothing but bone fragments
and calcium deposits.
- How much?
- 600.
- Sold.
Deep fry that motherfucker.
Oh hell yeah.
(truck engine revving)
- Jesus.
You scared me.
(bottle clanking)
What are you doing here?
- I need to make some extra money.
(Sue laughing)
- You're joking, right?
With that friendly face of yours,
what kind of job did you have in mind?
- Tending bar.
- You got any experience?
- Well, I don't figure
too many of your clientele
drink them cosmopolitans.
- Tell me one good reason
why I should give you a job.
- You like having me around.
(gentle music)
- Touche ole.
(gentle music)
Come back at eight.
Take a shower.
You smell.
- [George] Ladies and
gents, Miss. Tanner Wilde.
(audience cheering)
(gentle guitar music)
There are bars on the windows
And the sign on the door says closed
(gentle guitar music)
I need to find a way, find a way
To lift my soul
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
I'm taking control
This ain't the place where I grow old
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
I'm not lost but I'm sure not found
All I know is I can't stick around
I may be young but here's a lesson
Having thick skin it's a blessing
I'm gonna do what I please
I'm stronger than you
It's a, it's a guarantee
(gentle guitar music)
- Psst, hey huckleberry.
You doing any work back there
or are you just being paid to
ogle at the other hired help?
(gentle guitar music)
How about a Black Russian Huckleberry?
You know how to make one of those
or are you just too fucking stupid.
- Pussies drink Black Russians, boy.
But since you're the
biggest pussy I ever met,
why don't you come back
here and make it yourself.
- Oh you're a funny guy?
- That ain't all.
- I'm gonna kick your
back to the cotton fields.
You think you're tough enough?
Oh.
- Hey.
(people speaking indistinctly)
(fighters moaning)
(gun firing)
- There will be no fighting
in my saloon, ever.
Quiten, I will personally kick your myself
if you don't leave now.
Out.
(people speaking indistinctly)
- You're a dead man, Huckleberry.
(people speaking indistinctly)
- George, where's the music?
- [George] Got it boss.
(gentle guitar music)
I may be young but here's a lesson
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Having thick skin it's a blessing
I'm gonna do what I please
I'm stronger than you
It's a, it's a guarantee
Ooh, ooh
Oh, oh
- That help dull the pain?
Your earnings from tonight.
First honest days pay in a while?
That's a whirlwind of pent up aggression
you got inside you cowboy.
I got a cot I can set up
in the office in the back.
I thought you might be looking
for some temporary lodging.
It's not much but it's
got a shower nearby.
Lord knows, you sure could use one.
Shut up and take the offer
before I change my damn mind.
I'll go make up the bed.
- [Gavin] Night Sue.
- Night Gavin.
(car engine revving)
- You done yet?
(birds chirping)
(car engines revving)
- What happened?
- Some needle dick slashed my tire.
- Hey.
- Maybe I'm just a little
crankster this morning.
- This morning?
Wanna pose every other time of the day.
(birds chirping)
Woo, nice tan line you
got there, hillbilly.
Drive a tractor much?
(car engines revving)
Don't you have a spare tire?
Thought it was like part of redneck code
to always carry a spare tire.
- Don't you have something to do?
Summer camp or some such thing?
- No such thing.
We didn't do summer camp
out here in the desert
or haven't you noticed the heat?
- Yeah, I've noticed.
(birds chirping)
- Do you want a lift to the tire store?
I'm old enough.
(car engines revving)
(birds chirping)
(upbeat music)
You can crawl on your
belly all you like
(car engine revving)
- You do this a lot?
- What, borrow my mom's car?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
She doesn't care that I failed
my driver's test, twice.
(Tanner laughing)
Besides, she's got a truck.
Like you.
You're her type.
You know that, don't you?
(car engine revving)
Shit.
Talk to me tough guy.
(dogs barking)
- He can't get to it 'til this afternoon.
- Patience's grasshopper.
I have an idea.
You've clearly misplaced
your happy thought
and I think you should
try and find it quick
before it's gone forever.
'Cause from the look on your
face, you're pretty miserable.
I know that's a simplistic
way of seeing things,
but it helps me get through the day.
(car engines revving)
So what do you say, I take
you for a ride somewhere?
Oh my God, I'm 17, you're a hundred.
That's totally not what I was saying, ew.
Just be quiet and let me show you.
(truck engine revving)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(car engines revving)
Welcome to Hard Rocks.
There's a spring that's
underneath the ground
that used to be dormant.
My science teacher said that
when the ice age happened
and the tectonic plate shifted,
these rocks just jutted
out from the earth's core.
And a spring opened up.
Now there's big water hole
in the middle of the desert.
It's called a geological anomaly.
It means it's not normal.
Pretty cool, right?
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
- Put your clothes back on Tanner?
- What you gonna do, grandpa, spank me?
Come on chicken shit, let's jump.
- Wait.
- I don't believe it.
Big old tough cowboy's afraid of heights.
(Tanner laughing)
- For the last time.
Stop calling me cowboy.
- Seriously, like zero chest hair.
It's that awkward for someone your age?
- Do you ever stop talking?
- No, duh.
(birds chirping)
Any comments you'd like
to make before we go?
- Just one.
'Til death do us part,
you crazy little bitch.
(Tanner screaming)
(water splashing)
(Tanner screaming)
- We did it.
(both laughing)
Hey.
- Not a good idea.
(gentle upbeat music)
- Why not?
Why the hell not?
(gentle upbeat music)
(car engine revving)
- There's things about me you don't know.
You don't wanna know.
(birds chirping)
Tanner.
- Fine.
Go.
(gentle upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
- Tanner.
Watch yourself, young lady.
I will lock you up in
the tower like Rapunzel
if I catch you with him again.
- Oh my God, what is your
problem this time, Mother?
- He is the problem, don't you see that?
That man is not worth spit.
- Why'd you let him stay the night?
- I am warning you, Tanner.
(dogs barking)
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
- Hey.
Hey.
What you know about Charlie Jones?
- Charlie?
He owed me two cases of cold beer.
(gentle music)
Hey.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
Is it cold?
(birds chirping)
Well he,
he wasn't a very likable
fella, tell you that.
He had your eyes.
- Tell me something I don't know.
- Okay.
He was a loner, you know,
he never, never really
talked about family.
He might have mentioned a
daughter once, as I recall.
He never said anything about a son, but,
and, and most likely I got that,
I got that backwards on that.
But I, I didn't know him.
You know, he, he bought that
trailer a few months ago
and, and he, he flew in here
like a, like a sandstorm, man,
and didn't tell anybody
where he came from.
All right.
(dogs barking)
You know, most people don't
like living in the desert,
they hate it.
He didn't seem to care.
Strange.
(dogs barking)
We played cards and ah, he'd
cough up with storm man,
all them cigarettes.
He smoked cigarettes like crazy.
He didn't care, he just kept smoking.
He carried that oxygen
tank around with him,
carried it around with him
and just cussing it all the time, eh.
Yeah, he knew he was dying.
He had lung cancer, was
chomping at his heels
and it was pretty rough at the end.
He was very irritable.
And I'll be honest, I
don't miss him very much.
(dogs barking)
- Why'd you play cards with him?
- Oh, well he, he liked my rocks.
(birds chirping)
(upbeat music)
Been so pretty from a pretty mouth
(upbeat music)
He's heading west, so
many things were south
(upbeat music)
They say it's worth
it but I got my doubts
(upbeat music)
I see you staying in
the line to fill out
(upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
(upbeat music)
Yeah
(upbeat music)
Ask how much you know
you can't afford it
Ask how much you know
you can't afford it
Ask how much you know
you can't afford it
Ask how much you know
you can't afford it
- Anybody home?
Igor?
Hey pretty lady.
You come here often?
Yeah, me too.
Looks like we both seen better days.
Igor, is that you?
Wish we had a little more time
to get to know each other?
Oh well.
Hey, you hold this for
me, will you baby doll,
daddy's gotta go talk business.
- Nobody is allowed back here, Lawrence.
Oh, Mr. Jones.
I wasn't expecting you.
- Well, I wasn't expecting me either.
I need for this to be over.
- The body's not ready to be cremated yet.
- Well, here you go.
You can count it, if you like.
- I trust you Mr. Jones.
It's, it's just that it's not that simple.
There's still paperwork
that has to be done.
There still are other
forms that must be signed
and oh, that reminds me,
your father's effects.
Deeds, records, account
statements, business documents,
things of that ilk usually.
Perhaps a will.
Who knows, maybe there's a pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow.
Sheriff's Department
dropped it by yesterday.
They didn't have an address for you.
And I told them I would
deliver it to you personally.
It's sealed so you can
open it at your leisure.
Tell you what Mr. Jones,
why don't you drop by tomorrow afternoon
and the remains will be waiting for you.
- Can I see that motherfucker?
- Pardon?
Oh, of course.
Follow me.
I must warn you it
won't be a pretty sight.
Well,
I'll leave you too alone.
- Hey there Pop.
You might wanna rethink
your deodorant, damn.
You will.
- [Mortician] Dear Jesus.
- I have nothing.
In every way, I am you.
(insects chirping)
(fire raging)
I'm a dog, I'm drifting
They don't even miss that I'm gone
Stars align and they fall
Burn out and wait for last call
(gentle music)
Well I'm a memory, a shadow
A distant flicker in the flame
Lost in my dreams and my shame
Yet a flicker of hope remain
Well, I'm a dog, I'm a drifter
They don't even miss that I'm gone
(gentle music)
Stars align and they fall
Burn out and wait for last call
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
- Did you not see the red light flashing?
Look mister, I don't
know what your deal is,
but don't make me have to call security.
- I'm Tanner Wilde's manager.
- I didn't know Tanner had a manager.
- I'm an acquired taste.
- Okay, come on back.
Grab a chair if you feel like,
there's some knickknacks and
so forth back there, feel free.
- Who's this guy?
- Apparently our girl
Tanner has a manager.
- Really?
I'll tell her you're here.
- No.
No, I don't wanna disturb her flow.
- Okay, I'm ready.
- Here we go.
When I let my mind go free
Seems clear what's there for me
Dreaming of the open road
Mending my broken soul
Of such things I was never told
Came to them on my own
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
You may think I'm distant
You may think I'm young
A war's been waged
Though I've already won
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
It's too late 'cause I'm already gone
Yeah
I'm already gone
They talk about me
Say I'm wiser than my years
Can't hold me back, I've got no fears
Can't hold me back, I disappear
Oh, oh, you may think I'm distant
You may think I'm young
A war's been waged
Though I've already won
It's too late 'cause I'm already gone
Yeah, I'm already gone
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Already gone
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Hey
Already gone
(birds chirping)
(train horn honking)
(birds chirping)
(train engine revving)
- Oh, you finally got something to say.
(train engine revving)
(train horn honking)
(train engine revving)
(gentle music)
(train engine revving)
(gentle music)
(train engine revving)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
- Predictable.
I've been waiting for
his highness to return.
You're too late, she's already gone.
You know, don't you?
- Where's my sister?
- How did you find out?
Where'd you get this?
- It was among his effects.
(birds chirping)
- He finally died.
- Good.
(birds chirping)
- How did you know Charlie
Jones was my father?
- Oh, it didn't take long.
Dirtballism is clearly
a perpetual male trait
in your family.
You started secreting piss and vinegar
the moment you walked in here.
You're his carbon copy.
- But it didn't keep you
from fucking him though.
Did it, Sue?
- Mistakes.
I've made my share.
Charlie Jones is a pig.
I hope he's burning in hell.
You're no different.
Look at yourself.
So much hatred.
So much hostility.
You're pathetic.
(birds chirping)
Why are you here?
What did he do to you as a child
that possessed you to drive
all the way to the desert
to find him now?
(birds chirping)
What about your responsibility?
Did you leave a family behind,
like he did?
Oh my God, you did.
You're just like him.
A good for nothing drifter.
You take root, you start a family
and then you can't handle it.
You can't manage the workload
or the obligation of raising a child.
You look at life like it's a burden
until one day you just
give up all together.
(birds chirping)
Men are such pussies.
- But Charlie Jones came
back, didn't he Sue?
He was dying of cancer
and he returned here.
To the ass crack of the
fucking solar system
to spend his last days with his daughter.
But nah, nah you wouldn't
stand for it, would you, Sue?
So you sent him away.
Yeah.
You sent him to die like
a dog in the desert.
Tanner never even knew who her father was.
(gentle music)
Men might be pussies,
oh yeah.
But you are one bitter bitch.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
Tanner has her daddy's love of music.
And damned if she ain't
talented, like he was.
I just gotta wonder,
were you ever good at anything, Sue?
No, I guess not.
(Caskie laughing)
Shit.
(birds chirping)
(car engines revving)
(telephone ringing)
- Whoa.
(people speaking indistinctly)
Ready?
(telephone ringing)
Ready?
(telephone ringing)
Whoa.
(dramatic music)
- Hey there Huckleberry.
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
We gotta stop meeting like
this, don't you think?
(birds chirping)
- Now that you mention it cowboy,
there is one thing I
have always been good at,
fixing problems.
- Where were we?
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
(Caskie moaning)
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
(Caskie moaning)
- What, you got a death wish
or something, Huckleberry?
(upbeat music)
(both moaning)
(upbeat music)
(both moaning)
(upbeat music)
(both moaning)
(upbeat music)
- Finish it.
(upbeat music)
Finish it.
(upbeat music)
(both moaning)
(upbeat music)
(glass breaking)
(dramatic music)
Shit.
Fuck.
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(truck engine revving)
(gravel crunching)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(gentle upbeat music)
Been a long time gone
(gentle upbeat music)
Stood around here
Whispered in my ear
(gentle upbeat music)
All the love gone wrong
(gentle upbeat music)
I've been living my life
Like a howling wind
And I can't put out this flame
(gentle upbeat music)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(gentle upbeat music)
Coming back again
(gentle upbeat music)
All this time the wheel's been turning
(gentle upbeat music)
Turning like a screw
(gentle upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Down some roads
(truck engine revving)
- You're an asshole, you know that that?
But I could never find you
- God Caskie, what happened?
You should be in the hospital.
- Climb aboard, we're running outta time.
Now I can't turn back
(gentle upbeat music)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Coming down the track
(gentle upbeat music)
I've sang these songs a thousand times
(gentle upbeat music)
Ever since I was young
(gentle upbeat music)
- Why are we stopping here?
- Because I had a hell of an idea
while searching the confines
of this shit old town, looking for you.
- That wasn't an answer to my question.
- It will be when I'm done
Never have moved on
(gentle upbeat music)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(gentle upbeat music)
I'm just long time gone
(gentle upbeat music)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(gentle upbeat music)
I'm a long time gone
(gentle upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
(car engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
- Take the ticket and the envelope.
- Caskie, this is a lot of
money, I can't keep this.
- Yeah you can.
It's just insurance, you
know, to get you started.
(birds chirping)
- What will you do?
Caskie, you need help.
- This ain't about me Tanner,
you need to leave this place.
Follow your dreams and what not.
I can put you on the horse
but the jockeying is up to you.
(Tanner laughing)
- What in the hell does that even mean?
- Stubborn, just take the advice.
- Sure thing, old man.
(Tanner laughing)
(birds chirping)
- Where's your guitar?
- In about a thousand pieces.
Mother and I had a tiff.
I like that word.
(birds chirping)
My God, did you barbecue it?
Rednecks will cook anything.
- Just open it.
(birds chirping)
Here.
(birds chirping)
(car engines revving)
Legend has it, that guitar
belonged to Hank Williams Senior.
- Get out.
Really?
(birds chirping)
What are these?
- Those are possibilities, I suppose.
Good ones.
Give 'em look see, once you get settled.
- I will.
(birds chirping)
(gentle guitar music)
(Tanner humming)
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
(Tanner humming)
(gentle guitar music)
(birds chirping)
It is the most beautiful
instrument I'll ever play.
Thank you.
- No, no, no.
It's yours.
Take his old guitar and
you give it a reason to be.
Oh God damn, she's speechless
for the first time in her life.
Can't you make it a fucking habit?
- Caskie, I can't, I can't take this.
- You can.
My daddy gave me that guitar,
but he always wanted a
real musician to own it.
(bus engine revving)
You got a choice to make, Tanner.
You can go back down that road
where you came from and find the dead end.
Or you can go up that road
where the bus is going
and find your calling.
You decide.
- Oh, here, I think this belongs to you.
(gentle upbeat music)
- My traveling companion.
A little purple pack of wood.
- He was in the back of your truck
when I put my backpack in.
(gentle upbeat music)
You got a family Caskie?
(gentle upbeat music)
- That I do, Tanner.
That I do.
Go on, get your ass outta here.
(gentle upbeat music)
I'll put you on that damn bus myself.
(gentle upbeat music)
Tanner.
(gentle upbeat music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Go make a damn life for yourself.
A great life.
(gentle upbeat music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Love is so fragile
Hate is so pure
(gentle upbeat music)
For a dark heart is there a cure
Face the pain that
you left in the past
(gentle upbeat music)
It will burn with
all your feel to last
Lean into me, lean into me, I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
My conscience is not
But my heart is clear
(gentle upbeat music)
Still alone, still alone together
Still alone, alone together
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
Two into two worlds
can become one heart
Worn on your sleeve now torn apart
(gentle upbeat music)
No one wins no one looks smart
(gentle upbeat music)
It's up to you to make a fresh start
Lean into me, lean into me, I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
My conscience is not
But my heart is clear
(gentle upbeat music)
Still alone, still alone together
Still alone, alone together
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
Time is not the one
standing on your way
Your heart still beats,
hear what it has to say
'Cause just like that
it can be taken away
Embrace all that you have today
(gentle upbeat music)
Lean into me, lean into me, I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
My conscience is not
But my heart is clear
(gentle upbeat music)
Still alone, still alone together
Still alone, alone together
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
(fire crackling)
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
I've got two weeks
The road ahead now
Three days but I passed along
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
I'm long way from Virginia
Gasoline, guitar and a song
It's a devil dream that
dies by the dessert
Pay my dues in sweat
and beer and glass
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Well these are highs and lows
and everything in the middle
My woman get my money right
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Every night
Every day
Lord, I'm alone
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Every night
Every day
Lord, I'm alone
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
(audience cheering)
- What the hell?
- Get your white trash hands
off my girl.
- Kiss my ass cowboy.
Oh no.
(gentle music)
- [Charlie] Give my share, God damn it.
- [Burgess] Hell no.
You lost your share when
you lost your mind on stage.
- [Charlie] That wasn't my fault.
- Oh, it's never your
fault, you high strung
and tempered asshole.
- Give me what I'm due.
- You can go to hell Charlie Jones.
Not even the honky tonks
will hire your mean old ass.
You can sing the song but
you can't do the dance.
- Fuck this place.
I got myself a vision, you son of a bitch.
I'm gonna play the Opry like Hank Senior.
- Get him and his vision
outta my establishment.
- Your wife's a lay, Burgess,
no doubt due to all that bad practice
you've been providing her over the years.
- [Burgess] Get him the hell out.
(gentle guitar music)
(fire crackling)
- Who's there?
What you doing here, boy?
- Just watching.
(fire crackling)
- You hear me tonight?
(fire crackling)
(insects chirping)
(fire crackling)
Thing of beauty, were it not?
(gentle guitar music)
Boy.
(gentle music)
(fire crackling)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(fire crackling)
(gentle music)
A man needs to have a vision.
Without it ain't nothing
separating him from the squirrels,
much less humanity.
(gentle music)
(fire crackling)
(upbeat music)
I been picking on the
wallpaper off of the walls
(upbeat music)
I've been calling all the
numbers on the bathroom stall
(upbeat music)
I've been walking down a
gravel road kicking a can
(upbeat music)
I'm trying to figure out just who I am
(gentle upbeat music)
(fighters moaning)
When I fight yeah I know
- Get up.
(upbeat music)
(laughing)
- I don't know what you say there Vern,
they've must have tried to
tear up that asshole of yours
in the state pen.
- [Bystander] Come on boy, get down.
- You finally learned how
to throw a decent right.
(upbeat music)
(fighters moaning)
(upbeat music)
I've been washing
myself in muddy water
(upbeat music)
I will only be clean by
(fighters moaning)
I've been putting my
sins out on the shelf
(upbeat music)
To forget your past
is to lose yourself
(upbeat music)
And I thought you,
thought your peace of mind
Just steady my steep decline
(upbeat music)
You'd be going to live near Babylon
(upbeat music)
I said I founded that mess you got
Here we go yeah
(upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
- Oh God.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
Damn you, Caskie Jones.
(bacon sizzling)
Thank you baby.
- You're welcome.
- Caskie Jr. get your
butt bone on this chair
and have some breakfast 'for you go.
- Hi mama, Purple Bear Poo
wants some scrambles eggs and honey.
- Cool it CJ and Purple Bear Poo.
I don't want any yelling in this house
until I get my mocha choca frappe.
- But mama, she don't drink
mocha choca whatamajugies.
- Well, a girl can dream, can't she?
That better be you, Caskie Jones.
You better have a good
explanation for fighting.
- It is me, Candace, but
I gotta grab a shower.
- Get in this kitchen right now damn it.
(Carla gasping)
Sorry.
That's a dollar for the cussing jar.
(birds chirping)
I knew it.
I said no more fighting.
I thought I made myself clear.
What happened this time, huh?
Some trucker offend your sacred manhood?
- Vern Dean's back in town.
- I thought he had three more years.
- He got paroled Tuesday.
(table banging)
Hey no PBP at the breakfast
table CJ, you know that.
- Great.
(CJ crying)
- I mean he's an eight-year-old boy
who's still painting his toddler toys
with purple nail polish.
I mean can't he pick up a
baseball every now and again?
- Why don't you just go to work?
You're not helping things here.
(CJ crying)
- It's okay baby, here,
have some orange juice.
Come on.
(gentle music)
- Oh darling.
(Caskie laughing)
I'm long way from Virginia
Gasoline, guitar and song
(truck engine revving)
It's a devil dream that
dies by the dessert
Pay my dues in sweat
the beer and glass
(truck engine revving)
Well these are highs and lows
and everything in the middle
My woman get my money right
Every night
Every day
Lord, I'm alone
(Maybelline moaning)
It was a good mess in
these wicked moments
Under the chatter, well I disappeared
(gentle upbeat music)
Well there's the two cowboys
(Maybelline laughing)
I'm gonna close my eyes,
gonna check on outta here
- Hell with that, Caskie Jones,
I swear you are the best fuck,
this out of the Mississippi River.
- I've heard a tale.
(Maybelline laughing)
- My whole body's just quivering.
Every night
Every day
- What's your secret?
Caskie,
you all right.
Every night
- My old man loved music more than anybody
in this whole world.
Hank William Senior was his idol.
- Where is he now?
- Hank Senior died in the
back seat of a Cadillac
at the age of 29.
(Maybelline laughing)
- No smart ass, your daddy.
Whatever happened to him?
- Oh hell,
he jumped into a hot air balloon
on the morning of my 12th birthday,
floated himself off to outer space.
Sign next to the X.
Every night
- A bill?
- Oh, Ray thinks I'm over here
on a real call this time, Maybelline.
I ain't losing another job.
- Like I care.
Oh you think you can come in here
and treat Maybelline Dawson
like some street whore?
You got another thing coming.
- Calm down.
- When you get kicked outta your house
for rough housing and
beer boozing and so forth.
Who do you come to for solace?
You owe me, Caskie Jones.
- I don't owe you nothing.
- This is my bed you're jumping into
not your cute little wife's.
- Now that's a bad fucking
idea right there, Maybelline,
real bad idea.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(cellphone ringing)
(gentle music)
(cellphone ringing)
Yeah, Candace.
(gentle music)
What?
Why?
No.
No, I'll meet you there.
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
God damn it.
(people speaking indistinctly)
- Now listen, normally
with a situation like this
involving one of the children,
we try to settle it in house
before we worry the parents.
But in all my years of
teaching and principaling
I ain't never had a situation like this,
so I figured it best to
bring you two on in ASAP
for a sit me down.
- And we really appreciate
it Principal Brown
and Caskie and I are
just as anxious as you
to just nip this in the bud.
- What did he do?
- Well, it was during quiet time.
The summer school class
was having their milk and Oreos, as usual,
when, when your son CJ
just got up off his mat,
went over to the middle of the room
and started to defecate on the floor.
- It means he took a crap, Caskie.
- The boy never said a daggone word.
And to me that's the interesting part.
He wasn't provoked or
conflicted or nothing,
just sort of pulled his pants
and tighty whitey whites
down to his ankles, squatted
and started doing his business
right there for all to see.
I think today's escapade
requires a bit more scrutiny
on all our parts.
For starters, y'all may need to reevaluate
the home life situation.
- You saying we ain't parenting
proper enough for the boy?
- Caskie.
- No, that's not at all what I'm saying.
I'm merely suggesting that you look,
you look inward for answers.
- Inward?
Well, what the hell is
that supposed to mean?
- Come on Caskie, he's
just trying to help us.
- Well, he ain't helping.
Christ, Candace, all these
damn educators want to do
is make it so as everything's our fault.
Man, they sling blame
around like it's mud.
You know what?
- Don't.
- Maybe y'all should
look inward, Mr. Brown.
Maybe if his fucking teacher
would give CJ a fucking bathroom break,
he wouldn't have had
to take a fucking shit
on the fucking floor in
the fucking first place.
Did you ever fucking
think of fucking that?
- Come on.
It's okay.
When will you be home?
- Soon as I'm done fixing
air conditioners, I guess.
(birds chirping)
(people speaking indistinctly)
(door knocking)
You wanted to see me, Ray?
- Yeah Caskie, come on in.
Get that personal thing taken care of?
- Yeah, appreciate the long lunch break.
- Not a problem.
Oh golly.
I'd sure hate to see what
the other guy looks like.
Yeah, I expect his
modeling career's on hold.
- I bet.
Listen, Caskie, you know
how much I like you.
You worked hard, labored hard,
and the short while you've been here
and I know you got a couple of
kids to tend to and whatnot.
But honestly, fact of the
matter is, I gotta let you go.
I had a visit about an hour
ago, Maybelline Dawson,
Maybelline, she comes in here
and she sticks her
bruised wrist in my face.
She tells me she's gonna sue my fat ass
on a counter of her getting beaten up
while you were in my employ.
She did say she wouldn't press charges
against either one of us,
so long as I terminated you.
I'm gonna need that company
cell phone I gave you.
And I wish you the best of luck.
(birds chirping)
(truck engine revving)
(dogs barking)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
- I don't guess we'll be
planning a family trip
to Disney World after this conversation.
- I swear to God, Caskie
Jones, I love you to my core,
but I can't fucking stand
the sight of you anymore.
- Well, that answers that.
- You in your selfish
ways just swim in circles,
round and round, same
damn stroke going nowhere.
- I'll get another job.
- Oh, it ain't about the job.
You ain't worth being around no more.
I'm done with the fighting,
with the negativity in this house.
The philandering.
(gentle music)
I knew when I met you, you were
the seed of a sorted spawn.
Hell, practically the whole town told me
I was fucking retarded for marrying you.
And if you hadn't gone and
proven them right in me stupid.
Either way I lose.
(gentle music)
I know, you your daddy's son.
But you don't have the glory in his image.
Don't look away from me.
Not until you watch this sweet ass
walk outta your life forever.
(gentle music)
- Candace.
(gentle music)
- You ain't never gonna change.
It's the way you were made.
(gentle music)
Get out.
(gentle music)
Don't come back 'til we're gone.
(gentle music)
(crying)
(gentle music)
(clock ticking)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
- Dad.
(gentle music)
Dad.
(gentle music)
- What the fuck you think
you're doing here, boy?
This is my house, God damn it, my house.
Get out.
(gentle music)
(clock ticking)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(bottles clanking)
(gentle music)
Ooh
(gentle music)
Oh
Ooh
(gentle music)
- Ready or not, here I come.
You sorry motherfucker.
(gentle music)
(fire raging)
(gentle music)
(fire raging)
(gentle music)
(fire raging)
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
Truth is all that you need
You bury that seed
(gentle upbeat music)
It's everything beautiful
(gentle upbeat music)
And that sound comes
from the underground
It's all inside you now
It's everything beautiful
What you, what you, what
you, what you running from
(gentle upbeat music)
And they got, they got, they
got, they got you on the run
(gentle upbeat music)
(car engines revving)
So Friday night before they go
Take me to your levels
Show me the one I need the most
I need the most
(gentle upbeat music)
I wish I knew you when I was young
(gentle upbeat music)
I could've got so high
(gentle upbeat music)
Now we're here, it's been so long
(gentle upbeat music)
Two strangers in the bright lights
(gentle upbeat music)
Oh and I hope you don't mind
- [Caskie] Welcome to New Mexico.
We can share my moon yeah
(gentle upbeat music)
Two strangers in the bright light
I wish I knew you
(truck engine revving)
I wish I knew you
(gentle upbeat music)
Oh I wish I knew you when I was young
(gentle upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Maybe we can share my moon
(gentle upbeat music)
- What can I get for you?
- Just gimme a beer.
(gentle music)
- Want me to just pick one out for you or?
(gentle upbeat music)
Okay.
- Hold it.
You know where I could
find Bonesborough Road?
- I'm sorry, I don't know where that is.
I'll be right back with
your beer though okay.
(gentle upbeat music)
- May I have this dance?
(gentle upbeat music)
(people speaking indistinctly)
Who do you think I am
(Caskie laughing)
(insects chirping)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
I wouldn't do that man
I wouldn't do that
I wouldn't do that
(gentle upbeat music)
I wouldn't do that
Me
I wouldn't do that
Me
I wouldn't do that
Me
(gentle upbeat music)
Tell the truth
(gentle upbeat music)
Get your cover juice
(gentle upbeat music)
(people speaking indistinctly)
Not a juice
- What'll it be?
Would you like a cold brew?
- What do you got?
- Honey, we got everything,
as long as it's domestic.
Have a look see, I'll be back.
(people speaking indistinctly)
(gentle upbeat music)
Have you decided?
- Gimme a beer.
- Which one?
(people speaking indistinctly)
- You pick it.
- Bottle of draft, light or less light?
(Sue laughing)
Well, I see someone swallowed
his asshole pills today.
You're a friendly one, aren't you, cowboy?
- Make sure you guys
are tipping your
waitresses and bartenders.
So, without further ado,
let's all give it up for
The Wilde Pony's own,
Tanner Wilde.
(audience cheering)
- Woo-hoo.
(audience cheering)
When I let my mind go free
Seems clear what's there for me
Dreaming of the open road
Mending my broken soul
Of such things I was never told
Came to them on my own
(gentle guitar music)
They think I'm distant
They think I'm young
A war's been waged
though I've already won
It's too late
- Not bad is she?
Already gone
- That young lady is a 17-year-old phenom.
It's my daughter, Tanner.
Yeah
- I'm Sue Wilde.
Already gone
- By the way, the shot's on the house.
It's my house,
so it's my liquor.
You look like you needed it
a hell of a lot worse than I do.
Already gone
(audience cheering)
Thank you, thanks a lot.
Just a taste for tonight,
so I can say my voice for
the demo I'm recording.
Drink up so I can pay for it.
(gentle upbeat music)
I got a good feeling
- Oh, drink up so who can pay for it?
I believe you meant to say,
"So Mama Sue can pay for it" right?
Well I'll take your silence
not only as an apology,
but a sign of your humble gratitude.
Go help Gavin behind the bar.
- What?
No way.
- Can't you see we're swamped here.
- Mother, you said I could
leave right after I sang.
I'm meeting friends at
a bonfire at Hard Rock.
- Not tonight you aren't,
I need you behind the bar.
- You better watch your back
or I'm gonna call the state liquor board
and tell 'em if you've found
a minor serving alcohol.
- Well, you would, wouldn't you?
Get.
(people speaking indistinctly)
(gentle upbeat music)
- You need refill, sir.
- I look like the kind of guy
that should be called sir?
- Beats me, mister, I
don't know you now do I?
(gentle upbeat music)
- Bourbon.
(gentle upbeat music)
- $3.
- Awesome baby.
Fantastic.
Whole place was rocking
while you were up there.
Ooh.
- Thanks Quiten.
- Baby we were born to walk on
the streets paved with gold.
Don't make me show you otherwise.
- Get your hand off me, Quiten.
- Hey man, why don't you
leave the young lady be?
- Mind your business, old man.
How about you tell your mom
that you finished early,
we go and have some real fun.
- She won't let me off,
otherwise I'd already be
gone and we wouldn't be
having this extraordinary conversation.
- Well hell then we'll sneak out,
take in a little desert moonlight.
What's your verdict?
- $3 please.
- What's the harm in a little
rock through the desert, baby.
- Are you hearing and impaired?
I said no, Quiten.
Look, mister, do you
have the money or not?
- I would have the money if
tall, deaf and shit for brains
would move out of the goddamn way.
- What'd you call me?
(gentle upbeat music)
Yeah, that's right.
You'd be wise to keep your
fucking trap shut old man.
(Caskie laughing)
Look at Huckleberry,
you find that amusing?
Perhaps we'll take a walk outside,
have a little talk about it.
- Oh, we go outside when we know talking.
This old man's just
going to take your face
and bash it and bash it
and bash it some more.
You'll be sucking dick for beer money
when I get through with you.
(gentle upbeat music)
So, you're looking for
new cheekbones, boy,
I'm your dead game sport.
(gentle upbeat music)
- Well, hot damn, we got ourselves
a contender for the crown.
Now how about we take that walk outside?
Let's see if your fists are
as funny as your mouth is.
- Everything okay here?
- Why certainly Sue.
I was just escorting my new
friend, Huckleberry here
out back, show him a rattler or two.
- Looks like a vapor trail trouble
follows you around cowboy.
I'm afraid you two are gonna
have to take a rain check.
You recognize the man at the pool table.
That's the local sheriff.
I believe Quiten here
knows every nook and cranny
inside his jail cell.
Sleeping in a hollowed log
- Don't go far.
I've been drinking muddy water
Sleeping in a hollowed log
- Everything okay, Tanner?
- Yeah, Mother, peaches and cream.
I ain't gonna be your dog
(gentle upbeat music)
- You look familiar.
Do I know you?
On your way to the Grand Canyon?
(gentle upbeat music)
Folks that stop through
this part of the world
either can't find the Pacific Ocean
or they're headed to the Grand Canyon.
You don't seem lost.
What's your destination.
- A place called none of
your goddamn business.
(Sue laughing)
- There's that friendliness again.
Suite yourself hard ass.
I've been drinking muddy water
- Your change, mister.
(gentle upbeat music)
- Keep it.
(gentle upbeat music)
I ain't gonna be no dog
(gentle upbeat music)
Yeah
(gentle music)
If you got burdens
Don't carry them
Just bury them
In the ground
(truck engine revving)
And if you're hurting
Don't worry
I'll try to be around
(gentle music)
How long can the nighttime last
How long can it be
The sharp toothed
preachers from the past
Gonna be the end of me
(gentle music)
Oh, oh
Let the sun come up
(gentle music)
Mm
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
- Yes.
- Morning ma'am.
I was wondering,
does a man named Charlie Jones live here?
- What business is it of yours?
- Well, that's a fair question ma'am.
I have something for him.
(birds chirping)
- Is that a fact?
- Yes ma'am, it certainly is.
Is he around?
- He moved on a little while back,
got foreclosed on, bank sold
me and my son this crap heap.
(birds chirping)
(dogs barking)
- By any chance, you know
where I can find him?
(birds chirping)
- Wait here.
I don't know if he still
lives at this address,
but it's all I got.
Bill collectors come by from
time to time looking for him.
But I never said a word.
I don't figure you for a collector.
- Oh, scavengers all ma'am.
(birds chirping)
Any chance in hell,
you know where I could find
the town of foul mouth.
- Foulmouth, and town
is a mighty strong word
for that place.
Go down the highway about 30
miles, stop at the gas station.
They'll tell you the rest.
- Much obliged, ma'am.
- Aha.
Oh yeah
Well so it goes
Yeah so it goes
(gentle upbeat music)
No man seated on the merry stones
(gentle upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
Yeah let's take a chance
all around the bush
(gentle upbeat music)
Then go and crash that car
- You just sit there and stay stupid.
(gentle upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
And share your belongings
All them clever drawings
Try to make a dollar from the grave
(gentle upbeat music)
Yeah share them belongings
All them clever drawings
Yeah trying to make a dollar
(door knocking)
From the grave
- Guess who's here, old man.
Yeah but who's to blame
(upbeat music)
Ooh
(upbeat music)
Yeah oh ooh
(upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(flies buzzing)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(coughing)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(spitting)
(gentle music)
- And when was the last
time you saw him alive?
Years?
- I was a boy.
- [Coroner] As soon as we
get back to the office.
- I understand.
- I didn't come here today
to walk down memory lane
with the SOB, I just
wanted to return something
he left me a long time ago.
- And what was that?
(birds chirping)
- Does it matter?
He's tits up dead, woman.
It ain't like he's gonna
have any use for it now.
- Thank you for your time.
You may be hearing from
the local mortuaries office
on funeral arrangements and so on.
- Hold it.
It ain't my job to see
that he gets buried.
- You're his only living relative.
That all has to be confirmed of course.
But once it is, it would
be standard procedure
for the next of kin to make
those kind of arrangements.
- Excuse me for being blunt, Nancy Drew,
but fuck your standard procedure,
fuck it right in the eye.
That old chain-smoking
bastard in there was a tyrant
and a ogre in life
and he'll probably greet
St. Pete at the pearly gates
by shoving a couple of bony
dead fingers up Pete's ass,
yanking out his small intestines
and bungee jumping with 'em
off the nearest fucking bridge.
(birds chirping)
I don't want no part of it.
- Whatever you say, mister.
The county will make the
arrangements if you refuse.
It's your choice.
But it's my duty to inform you
of the address of the mortuary,
which is 10 miles east of
here in the town of Verona.
Pay 'em a visit, verify
that you're the next of kin
and tell them what you
want done with the remains.
They'll take care of the rest.
(birds chirping)
- Charlie Jones, a friend of yours?
He owed me two cases of cold beer.
(upbeat music)
I'm a preacher
(upbeat music)
I'm a sinner
(upbeat music)
I'm a loser
(upbeat music)
I'm a winner
(upbeat music)
I got everything
(upbeat music)
I got nothing
(upbeat music)
But I'm fool for some real good loving
(upbeat music)
I was looking for
myself when I found you
- Oh man.
(upbeat music)
And your love was around
(upbeat music)
Got the plan for a red talk huh
(upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
- [Caskie] Need a ride?
- Not from you, mister.
(truck horn honking)
- Put the case in back and hop in.
(upbeat music)
I won't bite.
(upbeat music)
(car horn honking)
Won't test him now
(upbeat music)
Sister Davis
(upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
- You have beautiful voice.
- Yes I do, thank you.
(Tanner screaming)
Oh my God.
What is that?
That thing.
Get rid of that now, before I puke.
Oh my God, I'm gonna blow chunks.
- It's empty.
- Oh, I don't care, it is so gnarly.
(truck engine revving)
No, don't do that.
Out your window.
- It ain't a goddamn
spider, it's my spit cup.
- Do it now before I vomit in your lap.
(truck engine revving)
Do it.
(truck engine revving)
Cowboy and his pickup truck,
stuck on each other
like Thelma and Louise.
What you got against mini vans?
(truck engine revving)
Speaking of cowboy, this
whole Kenny Chesney,
white T-shirt, jeans
thing you got going on,
it's a bitten dated, don't you think?
- I'm no cowboy.
At least I have hair.
- True.
Most of today's male country
stars are pretty bald.
(truck engine revving)
- Look at Tim McGraw.
- Tim McGraw.
(both laughing)
(truck engine revving)
Dude are these records?
How old are you?
Did you rob stage coaches too?
- Toby Keith has hair.
- Plugs.
(truck engine revving)
Looks that way to me.
(truck engine revving)
What's a dead game sport?
Last night at the bar you said to Quiten,
"I'll be your dead game sport."
- Who?
- Quiten Cox, the guy
who's face you were gonna
"Bash and bash and bash some more."
- That dude's a prick.
- Yeah, you have no idea.
(truck engine revving)
Well?
- It's just an expression.
(truck engine revving)
- How come you have a guitar in the back?
- How come you ask so
many goddamn questions.
- I'm 17, duh.
And you?
(truck engine revving)
Tell me something, gray beard,
do you still have the
musket that you fought with
in the Civil War?
(Tanner laughing)
So much hostility.
You must be cultivating a hemorrhoid.
- Oh my God.
Oh my God.
(truck engine revving)
- Are you having a midlife crisis?
(truck engine revving)
It's cool.
Mother had one of those.
A year or two ago, she just broke down,
she started getting mad all
the time for like no reason.
I mean it was like menopause but times 12.
I think that she got into
some bad fight with a guy,
but I'm not sure.
As far as I know, she wasn't
dating anyone back then.
(truck engine revving)
Mother holds grudges so if
you do anything bad to her,
she doesn't forget it.
Sometimes though,
it's hard to stay on
her good side, you know.
Anyhow, she's been a real
pisser to live with ever since.
- Well what about your father?
- Never met him.
(truck engine revving)
Mother won't tell me who
he is or where he is.
She might not even know.
Frankly, she's always
had cruddy taste in men.
Tried to tell her that
once, won't do it again.
(truck engine revving)
She's cold, you know.
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
Oh hey, you can drop
me in the parking lot.
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
Woo.
Here we are Shangri La Ti Da.
- You live here too?
- Yeah, we got two bedrooms off the back
and a part of the room
where I entertain all
my gentleman callers.
(Tanner laughing)
(truck engine revving)
(birds chirping)
(truck engine revving)
You got a first name cowboy?
- Stop calling me that.
- Why do they need to be such a crankster?
- It's Caskie.
- Caskie?
(Tanner laughing)
Wow, that's pretty
funkadelic, don't you think.
- Tanner's a real winner too?
- Touche ole.
(truck engine revving)
(birds chirping)
(truck engine revving)
Hey.
I'm singing again tonight
around 10 o'clock.
If that's not past your bedtime
old man, you should come.
(car engines revving)
You gotta get home?
(car engines revving)
Travel safe.
(truck engine revving)
(telephone ringing)
- Granny Mima's house of
mothballs, Carla Jones speaking.
- Hey pumpkin.
- Daddy, Daddy.
When are you gonna come to get us.
- Tell him to bring me my purple bear.
- Oh yeah, CJ left Purple Bear
Poo at the house somewhere.
Please bring it so he'll
stop talking about it
always in forever.
- You tell CJ that bear's in good hands.
- Okay Daddy.
Daddy said he found your poo bear
in a million tiny little plastic pieces.
You wanna talk to Mama?
- I'd like that very much pumpkin.
- All right, Daddy.
But I don't think she wants
to talk to you right now.
I'll go get her, hold on.
(window tapping)
- I'll be right back.
- Daddy's on the phone, please be good.
- Go play in your room, Carla.
(truck horn honking)
Did you burn down our house?
- Yeah.
- Do you realize what you've done?
There's an insurance
investigator in Mama's yard
right this second, I've been
talking to him all morning.
He says that you could go to jail.
Are you outta your mind?
Oh my God.
Where are you?
- You're worried about me?
That means there's still a chance for us.
- There's no chance for us, we're done.
- Tell the insurance guy
to check the fuse box
in the basement.
That things on record, it's
given us fits for years.
If I was to hazard a guess,
I'd say it could have
easily sparked somehow.
- Caskie, listen.
- I love you Candace.
Always have, always will.
My biggest regret is that
I've disappointed you.
Now, I need a little more
time to make things right here
and I plan on using
whatever breath I have left
to make it right with you.
I just hope you're there
when I come for you.
(gentle music)
(car engines revving)
(birds chirping)
What the fuck is this?
- Excuse me.
You're not allowed in here,
this is a sanctuary of the dead.
Please leave.
- Hey, get that thing away from me man.
- What do you want?
- I'm looking for the mortician.
- Why?
- Are you him?
- What business is it of yours?
- Hey,
calm down buddy, I ain't gonna hurt you.
- You have a beat on him, Lawrence.
- I do.
Hands in the air partner.
- Don't shoot God damn it.
- I'm gonna ask you one
more time, what do you want?
- You've got my father.
- What's his name?
- Charlie Jones.
- Ah, the asphyxiation vic,
trailer home off Route 4.
What's the status on Mr. Jones?
- Burial status, in limbo.
- Right.
He's in the deep freeze.
- Oh gee, that's just super.
Can I put my fucking hands down now?
- I am truly sorry for
the misunderstanding, sir.
We've had a series of larcenies recently.
Not the least of which,
were the bodies of some of our clients.
I thought it quite possible
that you might indeed be the perpetrator.
Apologies.
And my heartfelt condolences
on the loss of your father.
- He was a dick.
- Oh.
- What's say we take this
conversation elsewhere.
See, it's like I told the deputy,
we weren't close.
But if I don't do
something, I mean, where to?
Ain't nothing but death and damnation man,
all around.
I'm just, I'm just floating
on to sea of purgatory.
Can't find a way forward,
sure don't want to go back.
You know what I'm saying?
What's it gonna take to
bury that son of a bitch?
- I can entomb him in a
very sleek wooden coffin.
(coffin tapping)
- How much?
- 1700.
- Do I have a dumb sticker
stapled in my forehead?
- Oh Mr. Jones, please,
let's discuss the process
that I must undertake,
pardon the pun,
in order to complete the burial task.
- Let his rot in an unmarked
grave in Potter's Field then.
'Cause I wouldn't give you 1700
bucks for all the pink pussy
in a purple pinata.
Look, what's the cheapest
way to get this thing done?
- Cremation.
- Cremation.
- Cremation.
- Cremation.
What exactly does that involve?
- First, his body would be enclosed
in a combustible plastic container.
And then he would be
transported to the crematory
and placed in a chamber
or an oven, if you will,
with temperatures reaching
1600 Degrees Fahrenheit.
His soft tissue would be vaporized,
leaving behind nothing but bone fragments
and calcium deposits.
- How much?
- 600.
- Sold.
Deep fry that motherfucker.
Oh hell yeah.
(truck engine revving)
- Jesus.
You scared me.
(bottle clanking)
What are you doing here?
- I need to make some extra money.
(Sue laughing)
- You're joking, right?
With that friendly face of yours,
what kind of job did you have in mind?
- Tending bar.
- You got any experience?
- Well, I don't figure
too many of your clientele
drink them cosmopolitans.
- Tell me one good reason
why I should give you a job.
- You like having me around.
(gentle music)
- Touche ole.
(gentle music)
Come back at eight.
Take a shower.
You smell.
- [George] Ladies and
gents, Miss. Tanner Wilde.
(audience cheering)
(gentle guitar music)
There are bars on the windows
And the sign on the door says closed
(gentle guitar music)
I need to find a way, find a way
To lift my soul
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
I'm taking control
This ain't the place where I grow old
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
I'm not lost but I'm sure not found
All I know is I can't stick around
I may be young but here's a lesson
Having thick skin it's a blessing
I'm gonna do what I please
I'm stronger than you
It's a, it's a guarantee
(gentle guitar music)
- Psst, hey huckleberry.
You doing any work back there
or are you just being paid to
ogle at the other hired help?
(gentle guitar music)
How about a Black Russian Huckleberry?
You know how to make one of those
or are you just too fucking stupid.
- Pussies drink Black Russians, boy.
But since you're the
biggest pussy I ever met,
why don't you come back
here and make it yourself.
- Oh you're a funny guy?
- That ain't all.
- I'm gonna kick your
back to the cotton fields.
You think you're tough enough?
Oh.
- Hey.
(people speaking indistinctly)
(fighters moaning)
(gun firing)
- There will be no fighting
in my saloon, ever.
Quiten, I will personally kick your myself
if you don't leave now.
Out.
(people speaking indistinctly)
- You're a dead man, Huckleberry.
(people speaking indistinctly)
- George, where's the music?
- [George] Got it boss.
(gentle guitar music)
I may be young but here's a lesson
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Having thick skin it's a blessing
I'm gonna do what I please
I'm stronger than you
It's a, it's a guarantee
Ooh, ooh
Oh, oh
- That help dull the pain?
Your earnings from tonight.
First honest days pay in a while?
That's a whirlwind of pent up aggression
you got inside you cowboy.
I got a cot I can set up
in the office in the back.
I thought you might be looking
for some temporary lodging.
It's not much but it's
got a shower nearby.
Lord knows, you sure could use one.
Shut up and take the offer
before I change my damn mind.
I'll go make up the bed.
- [Gavin] Night Sue.
- Night Gavin.
(car engine revving)
- You done yet?
(birds chirping)
(car engines revving)
- What happened?
- Some needle dick slashed my tire.
- Hey.
- Maybe I'm just a little
crankster this morning.
- This morning?
Wanna pose every other time of the day.
(birds chirping)
Woo, nice tan line you
got there, hillbilly.
Drive a tractor much?
(car engines revving)
Don't you have a spare tire?
Thought it was like part of redneck code
to always carry a spare tire.
- Don't you have something to do?
Summer camp or some such thing?
- No such thing.
We didn't do summer camp
out here in the desert
or haven't you noticed the heat?
- Yeah, I've noticed.
(birds chirping)
- Do you want a lift to the tire store?
I'm old enough.
(car engines revving)
(birds chirping)
(upbeat music)
You can crawl on your
belly all you like
(car engine revving)
- You do this a lot?
- What, borrow my mom's car?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
She doesn't care that I failed
my driver's test, twice.
(Tanner laughing)
Besides, she's got a truck.
Like you.
You're her type.
You know that, don't you?
(car engine revving)
Shit.
Talk to me tough guy.
(dogs barking)
- He can't get to it 'til this afternoon.
- Patience's grasshopper.
I have an idea.
You've clearly misplaced
your happy thought
and I think you should
try and find it quick
before it's gone forever.
'Cause from the look on your
face, you're pretty miserable.
I know that's a simplistic
way of seeing things,
but it helps me get through the day.
(car engines revving)
So what do you say, I take
you for a ride somewhere?
Oh my God, I'm 17, you're a hundred.
That's totally not what I was saying, ew.
Just be quiet and let me show you.
(truck engine revving)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(car engines revving)
Welcome to Hard Rocks.
There's a spring that's
underneath the ground
that used to be dormant.
My science teacher said that
when the ice age happened
and the tectonic plate shifted,
these rocks just jutted
out from the earth's core.
And a spring opened up.
Now there's big water hole
in the middle of the desert.
It's called a geological anomaly.
It means it's not normal.
Pretty cool, right?
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
- Put your clothes back on Tanner?
- What you gonna do, grandpa, spank me?
Come on chicken shit, let's jump.
- Wait.
- I don't believe it.
Big old tough cowboy's afraid of heights.
(Tanner laughing)
- For the last time.
Stop calling me cowboy.
- Seriously, like zero chest hair.
It's that awkward for someone your age?
- Do you ever stop talking?
- No, duh.
(birds chirping)
Any comments you'd like
to make before we go?
- Just one.
'Til death do us part,
you crazy little bitch.
(Tanner screaming)
(water splashing)
(Tanner screaming)
- We did it.
(both laughing)
Hey.
- Not a good idea.
(gentle upbeat music)
- Why not?
Why the hell not?
(gentle upbeat music)
(car engine revving)
- There's things about me you don't know.
You don't wanna know.
(birds chirping)
Tanner.
- Fine.
Go.
(gentle upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
- Tanner.
Watch yourself, young lady.
I will lock you up in
the tower like Rapunzel
if I catch you with him again.
- Oh my God, what is your
problem this time, Mother?
- He is the problem, don't you see that?
That man is not worth spit.
- Why'd you let him stay the night?
- I am warning you, Tanner.
(dogs barking)
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle music)
(truck engine revving)
- Hey.
Hey.
What you know about Charlie Jones?
- Charlie?
He owed me two cases of cold beer.
(gentle music)
Hey.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
Is it cold?
(birds chirping)
Well he,
he wasn't a very likable
fella, tell you that.
He had your eyes.
- Tell me something I don't know.
- Okay.
He was a loner, you know,
he never, never really
talked about family.
He might have mentioned a
daughter once, as I recall.
He never said anything about a son, but,
and, and most likely I got that,
I got that backwards on that.
But I, I didn't know him.
You know, he, he bought that
trailer a few months ago
and, and he, he flew in here
like a, like a sandstorm, man,
and didn't tell anybody
where he came from.
All right.
(dogs barking)
You know, most people don't
like living in the desert,
they hate it.
He didn't seem to care.
Strange.
(dogs barking)
We played cards and ah, he'd
cough up with storm man,
all them cigarettes.
He smoked cigarettes like crazy.
He didn't care, he just kept smoking.
He carried that oxygen
tank around with him,
carried it around with him
and just cussing it all the time, eh.
Yeah, he knew he was dying.
He had lung cancer, was
chomping at his heels
and it was pretty rough at the end.
He was very irritable.
And I'll be honest, I
don't miss him very much.
(dogs barking)
- Why'd you play cards with him?
- Oh, well he, he liked my rocks.
(birds chirping)
(upbeat music)
Been so pretty from a pretty mouth
(upbeat music)
He's heading west, so
many things were south
(upbeat music)
They say it's worth
it but I got my doubts
(upbeat music)
I see you staying in
the line to fill out
(upbeat music)
(truck engine revving)
(upbeat music)
Yeah
(upbeat music)
Ask how much you know
you can't afford it
Ask how much you know
you can't afford it
Ask how much you know
you can't afford it
Ask how much you know
you can't afford it
- Anybody home?
Igor?
Hey pretty lady.
You come here often?
Yeah, me too.
Looks like we both seen better days.
Igor, is that you?
Wish we had a little more time
to get to know each other?
Oh well.
Hey, you hold this for
me, will you baby doll,
daddy's gotta go talk business.
- Nobody is allowed back here, Lawrence.
Oh, Mr. Jones.
I wasn't expecting you.
- Well, I wasn't expecting me either.
I need for this to be over.
- The body's not ready to be cremated yet.
- Well, here you go.
You can count it, if you like.
- I trust you Mr. Jones.
It's, it's just that it's not that simple.
There's still paperwork
that has to be done.
There still are other
forms that must be signed
and oh, that reminds me,
your father's effects.
Deeds, records, account
statements, business documents,
things of that ilk usually.
Perhaps a will.
Who knows, maybe there's a pot of gold
at the end of the rainbow.
Sheriff's Department
dropped it by yesterday.
They didn't have an address for you.
And I told them I would
deliver it to you personally.
It's sealed so you can
open it at your leisure.
Tell you what Mr. Jones,
why don't you drop by tomorrow afternoon
and the remains will be waiting for you.
- Can I see that motherfucker?
- Pardon?
Oh, of course.
Follow me.
I must warn you it
won't be a pretty sight.
Well,
I'll leave you too alone.
- Hey there Pop.
You might wanna rethink
your deodorant, damn.
You will.
- [Mortician] Dear Jesus.
- I have nothing.
In every way, I am you.
(insects chirping)
(fire raging)
I'm a dog, I'm drifting
They don't even miss that I'm gone
Stars align and they fall
Burn out and wait for last call
(gentle music)
Well I'm a memory, a shadow
A distant flicker in the flame
Lost in my dreams and my shame
Yet a flicker of hope remain
Well, I'm a dog, I'm a drifter
They don't even miss that I'm gone
(gentle music)
Stars align and they fall
Burn out and wait for last call
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
- Did you not see the red light flashing?
Look mister, I don't
know what your deal is,
but don't make me have to call security.
- I'm Tanner Wilde's manager.
- I didn't know Tanner had a manager.
- I'm an acquired taste.
- Okay, come on back.
Grab a chair if you feel like,
there's some knickknacks and
so forth back there, feel free.
- Who's this guy?
- Apparently our girl
Tanner has a manager.
- Really?
I'll tell her you're here.
- No.
No, I don't wanna disturb her flow.
- Okay, I'm ready.
- Here we go.
When I let my mind go free
Seems clear what's there for me
Dreaming of the open road
Mending my broken soul
Of such things I was never told
Came to them on my own
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
You may think I'm distant
You may think I'm young
A war's been waged
Though I've already won
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
It's too late 'cause I'm already gone
Yeah
I'm already gone
They talk about me
Say I'm wiser than my years
Can't hold me back, I've got no fears
Can't hold me back, I disappear
Oh, oh, you may think I'm distant
You may think I'm young
A war's been waged
Though I've already won
It's too late 'cause I'm already gone
Yeah, I'm already gone
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Already gone
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
Hey
Already gone
(birds chirping)
(train horn honking)
(birds chirping)
(train engine revving)
- Oh, you finally got something to say.
(train engine revving)
(train horn honking)
(train engine revving)
(gentle music)
(train engine revving)
(gentle music)
(train engine revving)
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
- Predictable.
I've been waiting for
his highness to return.
You're too late, she's already gone.
You know, don't you?
- Where's my sister?
- How did you find out?
Where'd you get this?
- It was among his effects.
(birds chirping)
- He finally died.
- Good.
(birds chirping)
- How did you know Charlie
Jones was my father?
- Oh, it didn't take long.
Dirtballism is clearly
a perpetual male trait
in your family.
You started secreting piss and vinegar
the moment you walked in here.
You're his carbon copy.
- But it didn't keep you
from fucking him though.
Did it, Sue?
- Mistakes.
I've made my share.
Charlie Jones is a pig.
I hope he's burning in hell.
You're no different.
Look at yourself.
So much hatred.
So much hostility.
You're pathetic.
(birds chirping)
Why are you here?
What did he do to you as a child
that possessed you to drive
all the way to the desert
to find him now?
(birds chirping)
What about your responsibility?
Did you leave a family behind,
like he did?
Oh my God, you did.
You're just like him.
A good for nothing drifter.
You take root, you start a family
and then you can't handle it.
You can't manage the workload
or the obligation of raising a child.
You look at life like it's a burden
until one day you just
give up all together.
(birds chirping)
Men are such pussies.
- But Charlie Jones came
back, didn't he Sue?
He was dying of cancer
and he returned here.
To the ass crack of the
fucking solar system
to spend his last days with his daughter.
But nah, nah you wouldn't
stand for it, would you, Sue?
So you sent him away.
Yeah.
You sent him to die like
a dog in the desert.
Tanner never even knew who her father was.
(gentle music)
Men might be pussies,
oh yeah.
But you are one bitter bitch.
(gentle music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle music)
Tanner has her daddy's love of music.
And damned if she ain't
talented, like he was.
I just gotta wonder,
were you ever good at anything, Sue?
No, I guess not.
(Caskie laughing)
Shit.
(birds chirping)
(car engines revving)
(telephone ringing)
- Whoa.
(people speaking indistinctly)
Ready?
(telephone ringing)
Ready?
(telephone ringing)
Whoa.
(dramatic music)
- Hey there Huckleberry.
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
We gotta stop meeting like
this, don't you think?
(birds chirping)
- Now that you mention it cowboy,
there is one thing I
have always been good at,
fixing problems.
- Where were we?
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
(Caskie moaning)
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(dramatic music)
(Caskie moaning)
- What, you got a death wish
or something, Huckleberry?
(upbeat music)
(both moaning)
(upbeat music)
(both moaning)
(upbeat music)
(both moaning)
(upbeat music)
- Finish it.
(upbeat music)
Finish it.
(upbeat music)
(both moaning)
(upbeat music)
(glass breaking)
(dramatic music)
Shit.
Fuck.
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(truck engine revving)
(gravel crunching)
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(gentle upbeat music)
Been a long time gone
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Stood around here
Whispered in my ear
(gentle upbeat music)
All the love gone wrong
(gentle upbeat music)
I've been living my life
Like a howling wind
And I can't put out this flame
(gentle upbeat music)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(gentle upbeat music)
Coming back again
(gentle upbeat music)
All this time the wheel's been turning
(gentle upbeat music)
Turning like a screw
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(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Down some roads
(truck engine revving)
- You're an asshole, you know that that?
But I could never find you
- God Caskie, what happened?
You should be in the hospital.
- Climb aboard, we're running outta time.
Now I can't turn back
(gentle upbeat music)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(truck engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Coming down the track
(gentle upbeat music)
I've sang these songs a thousand times
(gentle upbeat music)
Ever since I was young
(gentle upbeat music)
- Why are we stopping here?
- Because I had a hell of an idea
while searching the confines
of this shit old town, looking for you.
- That wasn't an answer to my question.
- It will be when I'm done
Never have moved on
(gentle upbeat music)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(gentle upbeat music)
I'm just long time gone
(gentle upbeat music)
A friend of mine's
had a long time coming
(gentle upbeat music)
I'm a long time gone
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(birds chirping)
(car engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
(birds chirping)
- Take the ticket and the envelope.
- Caskie, this is a lot of
money, I can't keep this.
- Yeah you can.
It's just insurance, you
know, to get you started.
(birds chirping)
- What will you do?
Caskie, you need help.
- This ain't about me Tanner,
you need to leave this place.
Follow your dreams and what not.
I can put you on the horse
but the jockeying is up to you.
(Tanner laughing)
- What in the hell does that even mean?
- Stubborn, just take the advice.
- Sure thing, old man.
(Tanner laughing)
(birds chirping)
- Where's your guitar?
- In about a thousand pieces.
Mother and I had a tiff.
I like that word.
(birds chirping)
My God, did you barbecue it?
Rednecks will cook anything.
- Just open it.
(birds chirping)
Here.
(birds chirping)
(car engines revving)
Legend has it, that guitar
belonged to Hank Williams Senior.
- Get out.
Really?
(birds chirping)
What are these?
- Those are possibilities, I suppose.
Good ones.
Give 'em look see, once you get settled.
- I will.
(birds chirping)
(gentle guitar music)
(Tanner humming)
(gentle upbeat guitar music)
(Tanner humming)
(gentle guitar music)
(birds chirping)
It is the most beautiful
instrument I'll ever play.
Thank you.
- No, no, no.
It's yours.
Take his old guitar and
you give it a reason to be.
Oh God damn, she's speechless
for the first time in her life.
Can't you make it a fucking habit?
- Caskie, I can't, I can't take this.
- You can.
My daddy gave me that guitar,
but he always wanted a
real musician to own it.
(bus engine revving)
You got a choice to make, Tanner.
You can go back down that road
where you came from and find the dead end.
Or you can go up that road
where the bus is going
and find your calling.
You decide.
- Oh, here, I think this belongs to you.
(gentle upbeat music)
- My traveling companion.
A little purple pack of wood.
- He was in the back of your truck
when I put my backpack in.
(gentle upbeat music)
You got a family Caskie?
(gentle upbeat music)
- That I do, Tanner.
That I do.
Go on, get your ass outta here.
(gentle upbeat music)
I'll put you on that damn bus myself.
(gentle upbeat music)
Tanner.
(gentle upbeat music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Go make a damn life for yourself.
A great life.
(gentle upbeat music)
(car engine revving)
(gentle upbeat music)
Love is so fragile
Hate is so pure
(gentle upbeat music)
For a dark heart is there a cure
Face the pain that
you left in the past
(gentle upbeat music)
It will burn with
all your feel to last
Lean into me, lean into me, I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
My conscience is not
But my heart is clear
(gentle upbeat music)
Still alone, still alone together
Still alone, alone together
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
Two into two worlds
can become one heart
Worn on your sleeve now torn apart
(gentle upbeat music)
No one wins no one looks smart
(gentle upbeat music)
It's up to you to make a fresh start
Lean into me, lean into me, I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
My conscience is not
But my heart is clear
(gentle upbeat music)
Still alone, still alone together
Still alone, alone together
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
Time is not the one
standing on your way
Your heart still beats,
hear what it has to say
'Cause just like that
it can be taken away
Embrace all that you have today
(gentle upbeat music)
Lean into me, lean into me, I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
My conscience is not
But my heart is clear
(gentle upbeat music)
Still alone, still alone together
Still alone, alone together
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here
(gentle upbeat music)
Ooh
Ooh
I'm here