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(SIGNAL CROSSING RINGING)

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

(BIG-LEGGED WOMAN PLAYING)

♪ Big-legged woman

♪ Keep your dresses down

JIMMY: I don't know, Jerry Lee. I don't know.

JERRY LEE: You don't have to come if you don't want to, cousin.

My daddy will whip me if he finds out

I went to the Chocolate Quarter with you.

Jimmy Lee Swaggart, you're yellow.

I am not.

Think anybody's seen us?

Who cares?

♪ Lord, you know you got something, baby

Come on.

♪ Make a bulldog wanna hump a hound

♪ Let me tell you something

♪ What I'm talkin' about

♪ Bet my bottom dollar

♪ Ain't a cherry in the house

Oh, yeah!

Come on, Jerry Lee.

Let's get out of here. It's the devil's music.

I can feel it.

♪ She rolled her belly

Yeah!

♪ Like she rolled her biscuit dough

♪ She laid me down so easy

Come on, Jerry Lee.

♪ Got to have a little more

♪ Big-legged woman

♪ Keep your dresses down

Get your arms off... Hey, baby.

♪ Don't you know you got something under there, baby

♪ Make a bulldog wanna hump a hound ♪

Yeah!

MYRA: Hi, squirt.

♪ How great I am

♪ How great I am! ♪

Myra, ain't it?

Yeah.

Who are you?

Oh, I'm your daddy's cousin. I'm Jerry Lee Lewis from Ferriday, Louisiana.

Your Aunt Mamie's boy.

I heard about you.

Yeah, they say you're a wild one.

Well, when it comes to playin' this here piano,

you are looking at the wildest mother of them all.

(PLAYING PIANO)

What are you doin' around here?

Well, me and your daddy are puttin' together a band.

I'm gonna be the main attraction, of course.

I've got a ferocious, God-given talent on me.

We're goin' over to Sun Records.

We're gonna eyeball this Sam Phillips fellow,

see if he can get us a record goin'.

Sam Phillips discovered Elvis, you know.

I know.

I got all Elvis' records.

Oh, Elvis ain't so hot. He can't do this.

(PLAYING PIANO)

Well, you sure think a whole lot of yourself, don't you?

Well, sure, I do.

Don't you?

Me?

I ain't nobody. I'm only 13.

Well, you look all woman to Jerry Lee.

Myra Gale, you better behave yourself.

MYRA: I am!

Jerry Lee here's a married man.

Ain't that right, Jerry Lee?

Uh, that's not necessarily so, Lois.

And just what do you mean by that?

Well, you see, I was still married to my first wife

when I married my second wife.

So I never really was married to my second wife.

And since I divorced my first wife a couple of years ago...

BOY: Daddy, Daddy!

I'm as free as a bird in a tree.

(MYRA AND LOIS LAUGHING)

Well, hello.

Hey, babe.

JERRY LEE: Hey, you ready to go?

Where? Where? Sun Records.

What, now?

Hell, yeah, now.

What do you think I been waitin' around all day for?

All right.

Daddy, can I go, too?

Little girl, you stay home and do your homework.

(DOOR CLOSING)

Sorry Mr. Phillips couldn't be here today, boys,

but I'll play those tapes, play 'em for him as soon as he gets back.

Are you sure we recorded enough, Mr. Clement?

I mean, I can play anything you want. Anything at all.

You're good, boy, you're good,

but a piano ain't never gonna make you no money.

Little girls like guitar players nowadays.

They like to watch 'em wiggle around.

You can't do that behind a piano.

(HONEY DON'T PLAYING)

♪ Hey, honey, don't

♪ Ba, ba, ba, honey, don't

♪ Ba, ba, ba, ba, honey, don't

♪ Well, honey, don't

(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

♪ Say you will when you won't

♪ Ah-ah, honey, don't ♪

So what did Mr. Sam Phillips think of the great Jerry Lee Lewis?

He ain't heard him yet.

But he will.

It's a guaranteed fact.

Thank you, Lord, for this, your bountiful blessing.

Protect and guide us in your everlasting grace.

For what we're about to receive, we give thanks.

Amen.

LOIS: Amen.

Amen.

Jerry Lee, have some of my meat loaf.

Here you go.

I'm taking the car.

What in holy hell is wrong with him?

Sam Phillips was supposed to be back four days ago.

All this waiting's driving poor Jerry Lee nuts.

Are you ready, Mr. Phillips?

SAM: Roll it.

(PIANO PLAYING)

Piano, huh?

JERRY LEE: ♪ Now blue ain't the word

♪ For the way that I feel

I can sell that.

♪ There's a storm brewin' in this heart of mine

♪ This ain't no crazy dream

♪ I know that it's real

♪ You're somebody else's love, honey

♪ You're not mine

Wait! Well, I'll be dogged!

Sam Phillips! Come on round here.

(MAN ON RADIO) All right, good people,

we got a brand-new record recorded today in Memphis

at the same cotton-pickin' studio,

by the same cotton-pickin' man

that discovered Elvis, Mr. Sam Phillips.

Good old Sam of Sun Records tells me

this boy he's got is gonna be bigger than the Big E., Carl Perkins,

and Johnny Cash, all three of 'em combined.

That's me!

The name of the song is Crazy Arms,

and the singer is Jerry Lewis.

(SHRIEKING)

Mama, Daddy, come quick!

♪ You got crazy arms

♪ That reach to hold

Yeah!

♪ Somebody new

♪ But my yearning heart Keeps saying you're not mine

♪ Not mine, you're not mine, you're not mine

♪ My troubled mind knows soon ♪

(ON RADIO) So, what do you think, Memphis?

Call old Daddy-O

at the Red, Hot and Blue Show, KL5-5656,

and tell me what you think of Crazy Arms

by Mr. Jerry Lewis.

ALL: We love it, Daddy-O!

Hot dog!

♪ You can take all those precious dreams

♪ I had for you and me

(JERRY LEE WHOOPS)

♪ Take all the love I thought was mine

♪ Someday your crazy arms

Sorry.

(SCREAMING)

♪ Will hold somebody new

♪ I'm gettin' so lonely all the time

(WHOOPS)

Watch it!

I'll take him over Elvis any old day, Daddy-O!

♪ Someday your crazy arms will hold somebody new

(CAR HONKING)

♪ Hey, that's why I'm lonely all the time ♪

Whoo!

(ON RADIO) Whoa! The vote's in

and 39 out of 40 callers say, "Yes!"

to Crazy Arms by Jerry Lewis

Well, Myra, throw away them Elvis records.

Here comes Jerry Lee Lewis.

(POLICE SIREN WAILING)

What's that on your face, Officer?

WOMAN: (LAUGHING) Did you hear that?

Get rid of that!

Straighten up.

Now, you're gonna go meet Sam Phillips.

Hi.

For Pete's sakes, Jerry.

Hi. J. Brown and Jerry Lee Lewis to meet Sam Phillips.

Hey, you let me do the talkin', all right?

J.W.: Sam?

J.W. Brown. Remember me? And, uh, Jerry Lee Lewis here.

Mr. Phillips.

You take a white right hand

and a black left hand

and what do you got?

Son, you got Rock 'n' Roll.

(GULPING)

Jerry, I got big plans for them hands.

Well, Mr. Phillips, these hands can heal the sick, raise the dead,

and make the little girls talk right outta their heads.

Hallelujah!

Jerry Lee Lewis, J.W. Brown, say hello to my brother Jud Phillips.

My brother here's got a real good feelin'

about that hot piece of wax you cats cut.

I'm the leg man here. I move the merchandise.

And it's movin' time.

(WHISTLING)

You gonna bust us flat in no time.

Sam here don't understand

that you have to spend money to make money.

That makes sense.

And Jud here don't understand

that you cannot spend what you do not have.

That's... Got a point there.

And that is from the genius who sold Elvis Presley

for $35,000.

I've got bigger fish to fry.

Jerry, how would you like

to become a member of the Sun family?

Golly! Where do I sign?

On the dotted line.

Maybe I better take a look at that first.

You're the manager?

Well, sure, I am.

Ain't that right, Jerry?

Uh, yes, Mr. Phillips.

He's my manager, he's my bass player, too. And we're family.

But he don't have to read it, 'cause we trust you, Mr. Phillips.

Man, we're gonna batter eardrums

from coast to coast, man.

Hot dog!

SECRETARY: Mr. Phillips, look who's outside!

GIRL: Elvis! Elvis!

SAM: Excuse me a second, boys.

(GIRLS SHRIEKING)

J.W.: Elvis?

How'd you boys like to meet the King of Rock 'n' Roll?

Well, hell, yeah.

(RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER PLAYING)

♪ Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer

♪ Had a very shiny nose

♪ And if you ever saw it

♪ You would even say it glows

♪ All of the other reindeer

♪ Used to laugh and call him names

GIRL: Jerry!

♪ They never let poor Rudolph

Here you go.

♪ Join in any reindeer games

♪ Then one foggy Christmas Eve ♪

(ALL CHATTERING)

Here it is. Oh, thanks.

MAN: Ain't that Jimmy Swaggart's car?

Huh? GIRL: Hey, it's Uncle Jimmy.

Here you go, cousin.

Take a look at that now, huh?

Just play.

(GROANS)

Cousin, I'm of the opinion that a God-given talent like yours

ought to be used for the glory of God.

Well, cousin, I'm of the opinion that a God-given talent

ought to be for the glory of the talented.

(GRUNTS)

(WHISPERING) Jimmy. Come here.

How come you acting like this?

Well, you got a smart mouth on you talkin' about God that way.

Loosen up, cousin.

Now, look, I know you.

You're my blood, and you're just like me

if you wouldn't fight it so hard.

So why don't you and me go on down to Chocolate Quarter

and have us some fun like we used to.

You remember how to have fun, don't you?

I'm gonna tell you somethin', and you listen close here.

God will not be mocked!

He speaks through those two hands of yours

or tries to.

Your music is meant to serve Him.

You were raised to preach His Word.

Yeah, but his word is "Don't."

You know, I got this thing inside me that says, "Do, do, do."

Don't you believe in God anymore?

Of course I do.

You know that I do.

Then talk to Him and listen to what He has to say.

Read this.

"Narrow is the way to life everlasting."

Other side.

"Broad is the road that leadeth to destruction."

Sort of like heads or tails, ain't it?

You keep it, Jerry Lee.

You keep it to remind you that every day you live

you have a choice whether or not to serve God.

I will.

Choices, Jerry Lee. Talk to God.

Lord, I just want to serve You

and I want to preach Your Word.

Hallelujah.

Just give me one hit record.

(ROCK 'N' ROLL MUSIC PLAYING)

Whoo!

Hey, killer. Take a look at that.

Hey! Boy, what you got there?

Thank you.

♪ Twenty-one drums on a old bass horn

♪ Somebody beatin' on a ding-dong

♪ Come on over, baby

♪ Whole lot of shakin' goin' on

♪ Come on over, baby

♪ Baby, you can't go wrong

♪ Ain't nobody fakin'

♪ Whole lot of shakin, goin' on

♪ Makin' it, makin' it shake

♪ Roll on the floor and again

♪ Makin' it, makin' it shake

♪ Cake and pie on the plate

♪ Shakin', we're shakin', we're shakin' the plate

♪ Come on over, baby Come on

♪ We done found that ding-dong

All right, baby! Yeah! Yeah!

(WHOOPS)

Go, girl!

♪ Makin' it, makin' it shake

♪ Roll on the floor and again

♪ Takin' it We're makin' it shake

♪ Cake and pie on the plate

♪ Makin' it, makin' it shake

♪ Come on over, baby Come on

♪ Whole lot of shakin, goin' on ♪

(GIGGLING)

Well, hello, girls!

Come on over. Whole lotta shakin' goin' on.

Don't be afraid, little girls.

It's only me, Jerry Lee.

(LAUGHING)

What's the matter? Don't you like it?

My mama don't want me to listen to no Rock 'n' Roll music.

She says it leads to impure thoughts.

(CRASH)

(GIRLS SHRIEK)

Well, her mama's right!

It is the devil's music.

(PLAYING PIANO)

(SCREAMING)

(GROWLING)

(PIANO PLAYING)

♪ I said, come on over, baby

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on ♪

What do you think, Mr. Phillips?

Yeah!

Roy Hall had a country version of that a couple of years ago.

Yes, sir. No big deal.

Yes, sir, but mine's Rock 'n' Roll.

Yeah, but, man, we can't put out a song like that.

Man, it's too suggestive.

Everybody knows "whole lotta shakin"'

is what humpin' is all about.

Yes, sir, but that's why the kids are gonna love it.

And the parents ain't gonna stand for it.

Play somethin' else.

Mr. Phillips, Jerry Lee can play anything, anywhere, anytime,

but that shakin' song has got 'em all beat.

♪ Well, I'm throwin' rice

♪ At the girl that I love

♪ After she just said "I do" ♪

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

(BAND PLAYING)

BOUNCER: Stay the hell out!

(PIANO PLAYING)

Hey, buddy, where you goin'?

I'm with the band. I'm with the band.

Hey!

I'm with the band. I'm with the band.

WOMAN: That's a cute boy!

Come on, little lady. Get off of him.

(GLASS SHATTERING)

♪ She was my gal

♪ And he was my pal

♪ But she loved him better somehow

♪ So I'm going to step aside

Take your bald head and get outta the bar!

♪ After I kiss the bride

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

♪ I'm just throwing rice at her now ♪

(GLASS SHATTERING)

Jerry. Jerry!

Man, I've had it.

I'm goin' back to my old job at the electric company.

You can't do that, J. We're gonna cut another record soon.

Crazy Arms didn't make us a nickel, man.

I got four mouths to feed, your big mouth is five.

J, tell you what I'm gonna do.

We're gonna be partners, 50-50.

What do you say? What's 50% of nothin', man?

J.W.: Look at these people.

(GLASS SHATTERING)

(MAN GROANS)

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

(ALL CLAMORING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Let's do that shakin' song.

Man, we can't play that nigger music in here.

These rednecks might lynch us. Are you crazy?

Yeah.

(BAND PLAYING)

♪ Well, come on over, baby

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

♪ I said, come on over, baby

♪ Baby, you can't go wrong

♪ We ain't fakin'

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

♪ I said, come on over, baby

♪ We got chicken in the barn

♪ Honey, come on over, baby

♪ I really got the bull by the horns

♪ We ain't fakin'

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

50-50, right?

♪ Well, I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ Come on over

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

♪ Easy now

♪ Said shake

Wow.

♪ Shake it, baby

♪ Shake it one time for me

♪ Come on over, baby

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

♪ Now real low

♪ All you got to do, honey

♪ Is just stand it right in one tight little

♪ Sweet little spot

♪ And then wiggle it around

♪ Just a little, little, little, little, little

♪ Little bit

♪ And that's when you flat out

♪ Smack dab

♪ Have got somethin', you know?

♪ Well, let's go ♪

Whole Lotta Shakin' is bein' banned by radio stations

all over the South.

And now preachers are getting involved in the act.

JUD: Don't get your head turned by a bunch of Bible-thumpers, brother.

Give me some money, I'll take 'em to New York.

(INAUDIBLE)

I'll put 'em on the national TV.

Why throw good money away?

Because if you don't, you're gonna lose him like you lost Elvis.

SAM: All right, take the son of a bitch to New York.

♪ Shake it, baby, shake it

♪ Shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ Move it, baby, move it

♪ I ain't fakin'

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

♪ Come on over, baby

♪ Don't you know we got chicken in the barn

♪ Whose barn, what barn, my barn

♪ Hell, I got the bull by the horns

♪ Honey, I ain't fakin'

♪ I love it all night long

♪ Well, come on

♪ Come on

♪ Come on, come on, baby

♪ Come on, come on

♪ Come on

♪ All right

♪ Come on, come on, let's go, let's go

♪ Let's go, let's go, let's go

♪ Well, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ Shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I ain't fakin'

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

♪ Come on, baby

♪ Shake it, baby, shake it

♪ Shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ Move it, baby, move it

♪ I ain't fakin'

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I said, shake it, baby, shake it

♪ Shake it, baby, shake it

♪ I ain't fakin'

♪ Whole lotta shakin' goin' on ♪

Jerry Lee Lewis.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING)

(GIRLS SCREAMING)

Is that for me?

Yes. Ho, ho!

You got the check?

Well, sign it! It's a small fortune.

Well, I know that, but it's a quarter of what we're gonna owe him.

Now sign it. It's great publicity.

Hi.

Oh, hello.

Excuse me, little lady. Right this way, Jerry.

Give the boy air here. Now, good people,

since Jerry here appeared on The Steve Allen Show

two weeks ago,

Whole Lotta Shakin' has sold 200,000 copies,

has hit number 10 on the pop charts

and is zooming higher every day.

Everybody is going crazy for his pumpin' piano sound.

Why, this boy can make a horse stop and listen.

(ALL LAUGHING)

He is an action artist.

Jerry, I'd like to present you with this.

Your first royalty check.

There's more zeros here

than there was Fs on my third-grade report card.

Is that $4,000?

No, cousin, that's $40,000.

MAN: $40,000!

50-50, remember?

Some religious people are takin' exception

to the suggestiveness of your song

and its savage animal rhythms.

Well, uh, it just comes out that way naturally. I can't help it.

Well, hasn't your song been banned by several radio stations?

They say it's against God.

Well, I don't understand that.

I serve him gladly. I sing, I shout.

It's not my fault I don't play like some old lady.

MAN: Amen, Brother Lewis. Amen!

Come on, let's go on and get these bags.

Any plans to sell Lewis to a major label like you did with Elvis?

Hell, no.

Jerry Lee Lewis gonna be bigger than Elvis!

See that look in his eye?

That boy could get himself and us

in a whole lot of trouble.

Oh, hell.

He may be a little wild, but he's a good ol' boy.

SAM: He's been stayin' at your place, hasn't he?

Well, yeah.

But it's awful crowded.

Look, J, it's like this. If Casanova over there can live with you,

you can keep an eye on him, keep him outta trouble.

Keep those checks rolling in.

Ow! Ow!

All right, I guess we could scooch things around a little.

Well, that's fine, J., fine.

(GIRLS SCREAMING)

There's the big man. Whoa, freight train comin' through.

I really do appreciate you folks takin' me in like this.

I really do, J.

Well, shoot, cousin, we're glad to have you here.

Well, it just goes to show you how important family really is.

Sure is better than that old couch.

Well, you just make yourself right at home here, cousin.

Thank you, Lois. Thank you very much.

I forgot somethin'.

Hey.

What say you and me take a drive together?

Okay. All right.

Takin' the car.

♪ Let me be

♪ Your lovin' teddy bear

♪ Put a chain around my neck

♪ And lead me anywhere

♪ Oh, let me be ♪ Oh, let him be

♪ Your teddy bear

♪ I don't want to be... ♪

ALL: Jerry Lee Lewis!

(ALL LAUGHING)

Well, hello, girls.

Can I get a couple cones? Oh, cones! Cones!

Uh, no dip! No dip.

What's your name, young lady?

Nice bright, clean uniforms y'all got on.

What's your name, young lady? Missy.

Missy. That's a very nice name.

That'll be 20 cents.

Oh, you think you can take it out of this?

$40,000! $40,000!

Well, we don't have that kind of change.

Gosh, I'm sorry, ladies, that's all I've got.

I got a dollar.

It's on the house.

Well, thank you very much.

You can get free custard here anytime you want!

(SIGHING)

I saw this thing at school.

They had this movie about the H-bomb.

You know, the hydrogen bomb?

About it comin' and blowin' up the whole world.

Well, that's the Apocalypse.

That's in Revelations in your Bible.

You know, I go on fine all day at school,

and then, at night, when I lay down,

I think to myself,

"Is this the night the bomb's gonna come?"

All I ever wanted was a little pink house with a blue door.

Little baby sittin' in a high chair.

Who do you see comin' up the walk of that pink house?

(LAUGHING)

I don't know!

You don't know?

Well, do you think he might be about,

oh, six foot tall with big, blue eyes

and wavy, curly blond hair?

(LAUGHING)

(CRYING)

What?

Now maybe I won't have anything.

This old, horrible bomb's gonna come and wipe it all away.

Uh-uh.

Everything'll be destroyed.

This is as far as I'll ever get in life.

Mmm-mmm.

I don't even know what hydrogen is.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

And $1,000 makes $40,000.

(SHUSHING)

(MYRA EXCLAIMING)

Ok, enjoy it.

♪ You women have heard of jalopies

♪ You've heard the noise they make

♪ But let me introduce my new rocket 88

♪ Yeah, it's great

♪ Just won't wait

♪ Everybody likes my rocket 88

♪ Baby, We'll ride in style

♪ Movin' all along

♪ V-8 motor and this modern design

♪ Black convertible top

♪ And the gals don't mind

♪ Sportin' with me, ridin' all around town for joy

♪ Blow your horn, Raymond ♪

WOMAN: Hallelujah!

I had my car break down, and saw the sign on the road

and I got out and laid hands on this car,

and I said, "Devil, if you think I've been crazy before,

"you just wait one minute because I'm going to ask the Lord

"to come and heal this Plymouth."

Amen! Amen!

So I got down, and I asked the Holy Spirit to make her whole again.

And the Holy Spirit, Io and behold, came down

and made her good as new!

Glory hallelujah! Praise God, brother!

Well, this here is my cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis.

Y'all probably know him from that blasphemous Shakin' song he put out.

Number 4 in the top 10 this week, cousin.

I really doubt that it's in the Lord's top 10.

Rock 'n' Roll is the devil's music!

ALL: Right. That's right.

Rock 'n' Roll is a rhythm, a feeling.

A feeling that emanates from the pit of hell!

ALL: That's right.

Well, that feeling got me a hit record.

"A hit record."

Do you still have that coin I gave to you one time?

Well, as a matter of fact, I do.

Choices, Jerry Lee.

This whole life is all about choices!

What choice are you going to make with your music? With your life?

I don't play or sing as well as you do.

Well, I heard that.

(LAUGHING)

But all that I have belongs to God!

What would happen if you gave him all you have?

Well, as a matter of fact, cousin,

I just might do that one day.

What about today?

What?

Do you remember what you said you would do if you got a hit record?

You said you would go out and preach His Word!

Did I say that?

That's funny. I don't remember saying that. I must have been drunk.

But the Lord remembers, cousin.

Is this that car God healed for you?

That was six months ago. She's up and died on me now.

Why don't you lay hands on her right here? I'd like to see that myself.

Cousin, you cannot ask the Lord for more help

than you are willing to help yourself.

He's gotten me this far...

Why don't you let this Oldsmobile here get you a little further along?

MAN: I'll be.

You made a choice just then, Jerry Lee.

From your singing came this car,

and from this car will come the spreading of God's Word.

Amen! Amen!

Thank you, Jesus.

Well, don't thank Jesus. Thank Jerry Lee Lewis.

Praise God, cousin.

(H-BOMB EXPLODING)

Let's go to bed, baby.

Okay.

(AIR RAID SIGNAL BLARING)

Bedtime, Myra Gale.

LOIS: Let her watch that movie.

WOMAN ON TV: Help me, please, somebody!

(MAN CHATTERING ON TV)

Well, what do you think?

You know, J.,

I reckon hookin' up with Jerry Lee's

about the best thing ever happened to us.

Look here what I'm gonna buy next.

The kitchen of tomorrow, today.

What in the hell are they doin' in there?

Would you just leave them alone?

They're just watchin' TV.

That boy's been deep-fried.

Oh, no.

It's only a movie.

(WHISPERS) It's just a movie.

MAN ON TV: I woke up...

Here comes the creepy mouse.

Here comes the creepy mouse.

(LAUGHING)

WOMAN ON TV: All of a sudden

there was a strange noise.

I don't know what happened

after that.

(DOOR CLOSING)

And when I woke up...

♪ You shake my nerves And you rattle my brain

♪ Too much love drives a man insane

♪ You broke my will

♪ But what a thrill

♪ Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

♪ I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny

♪ You came along and you moved me, honey

♪ I changed my mind

♪ This love is fine

♪ Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

♪ Kiss me, baby

(JERRY LEE EXCLAIMING)

♪ Feels good

♪ Hold me, baby

♪ Girl, just let me love you Like a lover should

♪ You're fine

♪ So kind

♪ I'm gonna tell this world that you're mine, mine, mine

♪ I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs

♪ I'm real nervous but it sure is fun

♪ Come on, baby, you drive me crazy

♪ Goodness gracious, great balls of fire ♪

Mr. Freed, Jerry Lee Lewis can blow Chuck Berry right off of that stage.

Why do I have to go on before him?

FREED: Because he's had six number one hits,

and you've had only two in the top ten.

Well, who's got the number 1 record right now?

You. My point exactly.

He should go on before me.

Can't. It's in his contract

that he closes the show.

Okay, cat.

If that's the way you want it.

(PIANO CONTINUES PLAYING)

♪ Well, kiss me, baby

♪ Ooh

♪ It feels good

♪ Hold me, baby

♪ I want to love you like a lover should

♪ You're fine, so kind

♪ I got to tell this world That you're mine, mine, mine

♪ I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs

♪ I'm real nervous 'cause it sure is fun

♪ Come on, baby, drive me crazy

♪ Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

(CROWD CHEERING)

♪ I said goodness gracious, great balls of fire ♪

JUD: (LAUGHING) Hey.

Follow that, killer.

(GIRLS SCREAMING)

(CLOTH TEARING)

Come on here, Romeo. Let's get you in the car.

(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

I want you to play me like you play that piano, hot stuff.

Huh?

Wait.

Hey!

Hey, you see that...

Hey!

Don't be a bad sport.

You got what you wanted, and I got what I wanted.

Hey, you!

She cut off my damn hair!

Women! I ain't never gettin' married.

They all turn on you.

First chance they get, they're flat on their back

in bed with some other bastard.

You take J.W. there. He don't have to fool around.

He's got the perfect wife.

Lois, she's a lady first and foremost,

quiet and reserved, always stylishly dressed.

He never has to ask for his dinner or hunt for his clean socks.

You gotta get 'em while they're young. You take 'em right from their mama.

You raise 'em up there right by you to keep 'em true.

You raise 'em just like you would a bird dog.

(PHONE RINGING)

Jerry? Is that you?

Did I wake you, darlin'?

I was dreamin'.

About me?

Maybe.

In that pink house with that blue door

and the little baby in that high chair.

(LAUGHING)

Quit teasin'. You're gonna give me the sillies again.

Myra Gale Brown. I gotta go.

What are you doin' callin' home like this all the time?

I was just talkin' to Myra.

Who you talkin' to at 3:00 in the morning?

Well, what for, man?

Cheerin' her up about her schoolwork.

It's Jerry Lee, wasn't it? Don't lie.

She don't need cheerin' up ten times a day, now does she?

Answer me.

Nothin' else to do.

He's just feelin' far from home

and he wanted to hear a friendly voice, is all.

J.W. AND LOIS: Well, if it don't stop,

we're fixin' to send you we're fixin' to send her

off to boarding school.

(GASPS)

(MAN ON RADIO) Great Balls of Fire

is number one on the national charts.

Knocked Elvis Presley's Teddy Bear

right off of there, and remember,

you heard it first right here on WHBQ,

Red, Hot and Blue.

Look magazine was calling him the other day the wild man of rock.

Uh-huh, that's right. And now, we got a preview of something brand-new

and it's called High School Confidential.

Everybody's dancin' to this one.

(SCHOOL BELL RINGING)

♪ Open up, my honey

♪ It's your lover boy me that's a-knockin'

♪ You better listen to me, sugar

♪ All the cats are at the high school rockin'

♪ Honey, get your boppin' shoes

♪ Before the jukebox blows a fuse

♪ Got everybody hoppin', everybody boppin'

♪ Boppin' at the high school hop

♪ Hey, boppin' at the high school hop

♪ Shakin' at the high school hop

♪ They're rollin' at the high school hop

♪ They're movin' at the high school hop

♪ They've got everybody hoppin', everybody boppin'

♪ Boppin' at the high school hop

♪ Come on, little mama

♪ Let me show you what I wanna do

♪ My name is Jerry Lee Lewis

♪ I'm gonna burn off both my shoes

♪ Whole heart's a-beatin' the rhythm

♪ And my soul is singin' the blues

♪ Well, I been boppin' at the high school hop

♪ I been shakin, at the high school hop

♪ I been rollin' at the high school hop

♪ Boogie-woogie-ing at the high school hop

♪ I got everybody hoppin', everybody boppin'

♪ Boppin' at the high school hop, yeah

♪ Come on, little baby

♪ Let me show you what I'd love to do

♪ Watch me now, Mama

♪ I'm gonna burn off both my shoes

♪ Whole heart's beatin' a rhythm

♪ And my soul's singin' the blues

♪ Come on, honey, boppin' at the high school hop

♪ Shakin' at the high school hop

♪ Rollin' at the high school hop

♪ I been movin' at the high school hop

♪ Well, everybody's hoppin', everybody's boppin'

♪ Boppin' at the high school hop

♪ Dig it, Mama

♪ Well, I been boppin' at the high school hop

♪ Shakin' at the high school hop

♪ I been rollin' at the high school hop

♪ I been movin' at the high school hop

♪ I got everybody hoppin'

♪ Everybody's boppin'

♪ Boppin' at the high school hop ♪

Where we goin'?

I want you to take a look in that glove compartment there.

I want to show you somethin'.

It's a marriage license.

I thought you had to stand there and say somethin'.

Well, it's only a permit, Myra.

Oh, so, we ain't married?

Not yet.

But that's my prayer.

I'm askin' you to marry me.

Me?

I love you.

Oh, Jerry.

Jerry, I'm only 13 years old!

Oh, heck, my sister Frankie Jean, she was only 12 when she got married.

But...

(SIGHING)

Well, you're as old as my daddy.

What? Oh, hell, I ain't that old!

(CHUCKLING)

Couldn't we just wait three or four years?

I've got two hit records.

I got six months of dates booked up in advance.

And I've got me $100,000.

What more do you need?

I don't know.

Just some time to think.

Why don't you think about that pink house with the blue door,

and that blue-eyed, blond-haired son of God coming up the walk?

MINISTER: Do you, Myra Gale Brown,

take this man, Jerry Lee Lewis,

to be your lawful wedded husband,

to have and to hold from this day forward

till death do you part?

Oh,

I do.

I now pronounce you husband and wife.

Who's gonna tell your folks?

You. You tell 'em.

No. You tell 'em.

No, Jerry. You tell 'em.

No, you tell 'em.

(CHUCKLING)

(LAUGHING)

These potatoes are real good.

Well, thank you, Jerry Lee.

(MYRA GIGGLES)

What are you doin'? What do you think I'm doin'?

We can't, not till they know.

When you gonna tell 'em?

I thought you were gonna tell 'em.

All right, I'll tell 'em right now.

No!

By tomorrow night, I promise.

(DOOR SLAMS)

(ENGINE STARTS)

(TIRES SQUEALING)

There's some people actin' mighty funny around here.

(TIRES SQUEAL)

Would you look at this?

Rice!

(RICE CLATTERING)

Oh, no.

I knew it! They're married!

(GUN CLICKING)

J., what are you doin'?

I'm gonna go kill that son of a bitch.

J.!

Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow!

Mr. Phillips?

Hey, man!

Son, son, son.

Glad you could come in, Jerry.

We just been talkin' about you.

Really? I need to talk to you, too.

Can you believe it's been almost a year

since you first came to Sun and cut your first record?

And we sure have come a long way since then, ain't we?

Yes, sir, we sure have.

Your new song's comin' out in a big movie.

High School Confidential is gonna be a bigger hit than Great Balls of Fire.

Thank you very much, but Mr. Phillips, I've got...

We got a brand-new five-year contract to talk about.

JUD: In the spring we're gonna be takin' that big tour to England.

England? Over there, you're bigger than Elvis.

Bigger than Elvis?

Uh, say, don't you want J.W. to read that over first?

J.W.?

He's your partner, isn't he?

Well, Mr. Phillips, I've really got to tell you somethin'.

(TELEPHONE RINGING) It's...

Just a second, Jerry.

Yeah? Well, hi, Lois.

Uh-huh.

You don't say.

Oh, you don't say!

Yeah. Yeah.

Our boy here just up and married J.W.'s daughter Myra.

What? That's what I've been tryin' to tell you.

We've been holdin' back from tellin' her folks...

I told you the boy should've had a place of his own.

Well, it's too late now.

The dam has done broke loose

and there is all kinds of hell comin' down.

Well, I guess they didn't take it none too good, did they?

J.W. is on his way over here right now

to shoot your ass full of holes!

We gotta get this boy outta here.

I mean it, brother. And by the way, brother,

next time, let me handle the accommodations.

(HORNS HONKING)

(TIRES SCREECH)

(WOMEN SCREAMING)

(SCREAMS)

Shut up!

Come out, you rat bastard!

Put the gun down, J. Ain't nobody here.

Where is that son of a bitch?

He's gone. Bullshit!

J., come on in here and let's talk about this thing.

There ain't a goddamn thing to talk about, Sam.

I'm gonna kill him! GIRL: Help!

I swear, I will kill him!

There are other ways to handle this thing, man.

(WOMAN CRYING)

SAM: Give me the gun.

All right. I'm gonna call the police.

I'll have that little shit charged with bigamy, incest, kidnappin'.

I'll put his ass away for the rest of his life.

Think about it for a second.

You don't know if she's gonna have a baby or what.

A baby?

It's happened before.

Man, she's only 13 years old.

You know somethin'?

Who's to say things won't work out between 'em?

Man, I've seen this happen a hundred times before.

Sometimes they'll surprise you.

They may have a good life together.

Maybe not, but

you're gonna have to live with your actions for the rest of your life.

(CRYING)

Bye, Daddy.

(BOTH CRYING)

It's gonna be okay, honey.

Mommy, help.

My little girl.

Let me help you, Lois.

You mad?

No, not anymore.

Just hurt.

Well, I just want you to know that

I love Myra with all my heart,

and I'm gonna take real good care of her.

Jerry, she's just a child!

Maybe in years, but not inside, where it counts.

And if you're worried...

Yeah, I'm worried about my little girl.

Well, don't.

Because she's my little girl now.

And I love her, and she loves me.

So I just hope you'll understand.

And I hope that J.'II understand too, and stay on with the band,

now that we're makin' all this money.

Come on, baby doll.

(TEDDY BEAR PLAYING)

♪ Oh, let me be

♪ Oh, let him be Your teddy bear ♪

That's Graceland. That's where Elvis lives.

(ON RADIO) It's a sad day for the women of America.

If you haven't already heard

Elvis Presley was inducted into the Army today.

Can't help but make a fellow wonder

who's gonna be the next King of Rock 'n' Roll?

That's gonna be you. I know it will.

(OVER RADIO) Goodbye, Elvis. We're gonna miss you.

And you'll be my queen.

(LAUGHS)

Look, baby doll. Look right there.

Look at there. What's that?

(GASPS)

What's that? A pink house with a blue door?

That's what that is.

Looks like my dollhouse!

Hi. Welcome. Go on in.

WOMAN: This is the foyer and a sunken living room.

Oh, my. The carpets, they come with the house and so do the curtains.

Look at all the decorative trim.

Over here, we have a wall...

A whole wall of built-ins.

And the kitchen and the dining room over here,

the black and white...

And the bedrooms, yes. You'll want to see those.

(SHRIEKING)

Yoo-hoo, Mr. Lewis?

JERRY LEE: That's one pile. Count that pile.

Thanks. Nine, ten.

Be sure you date it.

Now I want you boys to shake hands

and put your differences behind you.

I just want you to know, J., she ain't pregnant.

I married her because I love her.

Now y'all are gonna be one big happy family.

MAN: One, two, three, four.

(SINGING BREATHLESS)

♪ Hey, girl, If you're gonna love me, honey

♪ Please don't tease

♪ If I can hold you, baby, let me squeeze

♪ Well, my heart's going round and round

♪ And my love it comes a-tumblin' down

♪ You, you leave me

(EXHALING)

♪ Breathless

♪ Well' mama shake all over I think you know why

♪ They call it lovin', couldn't be no lie

♪ 'Cause when you call my name

♪ I up and burn like wood in flames

♪ You leave me

(JERRY LEE EXHALING)

♪ It's breathless

♪ Oh, baby

♪ Just a little bit crazy

♪ Honey, you're much too much

♪ Girl, I just can't love you enough

♪ Oh, and it's all right, to hold me tight

♪ Oh, if you're going to love me, then you love me right

♪ Come on, baby, and don't be shy

♪ This love was meant for you and I

♪ Wind, rain, sleet and snow

♪ I'm gonna get you, girl, wherever you go

♪ You leave me

(JERRY LEE EXHALING)

♪ Breathless

♪ Rock 'n' roll, brother

I don't know how to be a wife.

I'm only 13 years old.

Oh.

(SOBBING)

You're all woman to Jerry Lee, honey.

Here comes the creepy mouse.

(LAUGHING)

♪ Oh, baby

♪ It's Crazy

(LAUGHING)

Where'd you learn to move like that?

I don't know. I just...

I felt it in the music.

♪ Come on, baby, don't be shy

♪ 'Cause love was meant for you and I

♪ Wind, rain, sleet or snow

♪ I'm gonna be wherever you go

What? What'd I do?

Did I do it wrong?

JERRY LEE: You don't move like no virgin.

(DOOR SLAMS)

♪ Breathless ♪

(PLAYING PIANO)

Take it.

Just go on and take it.

Take the whole thing.

You'll come back, won't you?

I wonder if I shall.

We must obey the creeds and codes

that we've sworn our lives to.

I know that I must not come back.

And I know that nothing in this world can keep me away.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR SHUTS)

I'm back, baby doll.

Oh, Jerry.

I don't care what you did before me.

But, Jerry, I never...

(SHUSHING)

Oh.

Thirty shows in six cities in 37 days.

Man, we're gonna make us a pile of money.

Yeah, how much, like, more or less?

Here he comes.

JUD: The next King of Rock 'n' Roll.

JUD: Uh-oh.

Hi, Daddy.

What in the hell are you doin' here?

Wherever Jerry Lee Lewis goes, Myra Gale Lewis goes, too.

Uh, Jerry.

We've been goin' all over the plans for your big tour to England.

Want to take a look?

I'm so excited!

I always wanted to go to England.

Little lady, we don't think it might be such a good idea

if you'd come along on this particular trip.

Why not?

JUD: Well, the folks over there,

they might not understand about your marriage.

You being so young and all.

Oh, we'll just say she's 15.

That'll be all right, won't it?

No.

The papers over there are saying

that you could be the next King of Rock 'n' Roll.

But you gotta act accordingly.

Yeah.

Ain't fair. I wanna go.

You're my daughter, and you ain't goin'.

Well, she's my wife, and I say she is goin'.

(SOBBING)

If Myra ain't goin', I ain't goin' neither.

(DOOR CLOSING)

It's all right, ma'am. She's my wife.

Well, maybe if someone got me a weddin' ring,

people wouldn't do us that-a-way.

I'm goin' back to talk to Mama.

Hey, smell that.

(LAUGHS)

Baby doll, I'm gonna buy you the finest weddin' ring

in all of London, England.

I hate covering arrivals.

I didn't hear you complaining when it was Liberace.

Oh, look here. You're not suggesting

that an artiste of Liberace's stature

can be likened to the boogie-woogie

of a gum-chewing country bumpkin.

Well, hello there.

Look at him, sport. He's the new King of Rock 'n' Roll.

Mr. Lewis! Mr. Lewis.

You stay here.

REPORTER 1: You gonna meet with your British fans while you're here?

How do you think British youngsters will respond to your brand of music?

Just point me at a piano, and in 15 minutes,

I'll have 'em shoutin' and a-shakin'

and a-shiverin' and a-shoutin'.

What about that long hair of yours, Mr. Lewis?

Well, my killer wavy blond hair...

It's just so pretty, I can't bring myself to cut it.

REPORTER 2: What cities you playing in, Mr. Lewis?

REPORTER 3: How long will you be touring for, Mr. Lewis?

Mr. Lewis!

Excuse me, miss.

Uh, are you related to Mr. Lewis?

I'm Frankie Jean, Jerry Lee's sister.

Oh, yes. And what about you, Miss?

Ahem, I'm his wife.

I beg your pardon? I didn't quite catch that.

I'm Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis.

Mr. Lewis, is it true that you're married to this girl?

(REPORTERS STOP TALKING)

Yes, I am,

(CROWD GASPING) and proud of it.

This is my little bride, Myra Gale Lewis.

But she looks so young.

How old is she? Uh, she's 15.

Fifteen? Did he say 15?

Fifteen years old? Isn't that a bit young to be a wife?

Gosh, no. Back home, people get married at ten. One girl got wed at nine.

Married at ten? Wed at nine?

How could you?

I love her.

But she's only a baby.

Hello, Jerry! Like a paper?

MAN: Have a good day, Jerry!

Yesterday, Britons were shocked to discover

that visiting American Rock 'n' Roll star

Mr. Jerry Lee Lewis

was married to a 15-year-old girl.

Look there. My baby's famous.

NEWSCASTER: Well, brace yourself, England.

The child bride in question is 13 years of age,

and furthermore, she's his cousin.

We're second cousins twice removed.

You're on every front page in England.

JUD: "Child bride is so young..."

I begged you to keep your big mouth shut.

A few pictures of Myra ain't no big deal.

Jerry, this is a big deal.

I mean, will you listen to this guy?

Let's show Mr. Lewis what we think of him

and his baby-snatching ways.

Hell, Mr. Phillips, we've got nothin' to be ashamed of.

ANNOUNCER: And now, the moment you've all been waiting for.

That fabulous Rock 'n' Roll sensation from the U.S. of A.,

Jerry Lee Lewis!

Hello, England. How are y'all doin'?

(SINGING I'M ON FIRE)

♪ I said help me, Mr. Fireman, please

♪ You know I'm burnin' from my head to my knees

♪ I'm aflame with such a burnin' desire

♪ A little girl set my soul on fire

Y'all don't have to just sit there quiet, you know?

This is a Rock 'n' Roll session.

Dare to let your hair down,

it'll be all right.

♪ She's got me burnin' up like a paper cup

♪ I said, whoo, I'm on fire

It's awful quiet out there.

I hope y'all aren't as dead as you sound.

I'm alive.

♪ Turn in a four-alarm

♪ I'm aflame from all your charm

♪ Little firebug can't you see

♪ Can't you see what you're doin' to me

♪ You got me burnin' up like a paper cup

♪ I said, mmm, I'm on fire ♪

(PEOPLE WHISTLING)

MAN 1: Sissy!

MAN 2: Queer!

Put a lid on it.

Jerry.

Cradle robber!

Baby snatcher!

Jerry, just play.

I got married before God.

MAN 3: Oh, get out of here.

And what's between me and Myra is between us and God.

And everybody else can just mind their own business.

MAN 4: Go back to America!

(PEOPLE SHOUTING)

♪ When that woman kisses me

♪ I start shakin' like a ship on a stormy sea

♪ And when I hear her say

♪ "I'm gonna love you each and every day"

♪ I start to roast

♪ Like toast

♪ Oh, please! ♪

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Get lost!

How was the concert?

Great.

Did all those English girls try to rip your clothes off?

(DOOR OPENS)

"Police to act in case of child bride."

"Home Office to investigate."

Good morning.

Investigate what?

They're callin' you a bigamist.

They found out you weren't divorced from your second wife

when you married Myra here.

You mean we ain't married?

I never was married to my second wife in the first place.

I already told you I didn't need to get a divorce.

Yeah. Uh, take a look down there.

JUD: We're under siege. They don't want us here.

(DOORBELL BUZZING)

JUD: Hello.

Passports? Yes, right over here. Just a second.

(PHONE RINGING)

MYRA: Why don't they just go away?

Oh, they're just curious.

They want to come by and see the new King.

Don't you understand? They're angry with you because of me.

JUD: Thank you very much, guys.

Don't let that bother you, baby doll.

You're just gonna have to get used to being my queen.

We got contracts, man! What do you mean?

You gotta give the boy a chance.

God!

The promoters have canceled the tour.

The government is trying to deport you.

We're washed up here, kids. We're gettin' out.

Oh, Mama, I wanna go home.

Well, what if I don't wanna go?

Well, why would you wanna stay?

I promised Myra I'd buy her a wedding ring.

What do I need a ring for if we ain't even married?

WOMAN: Put him in jail!

MAN 1: Where's Jerry Lee? That's him comin' out.

MAN 2: Where's Jerry?

WOMAN: Where are they?

It's him!

ALL: It's Jerry Lee and Myra!

Good God!

(HORN HONKING)

Did I do this?

Is this all my fault?

Pervert!

(HORN HONKING)

I've ruined your career.

You never should've married me.

Everything was fine till me.

Myra, baby doll,

you're my wife, and I love you.

And I'll marry you 100 times to prove it if I have to.

Yeah, we're talking about you.

(YELLING)

What do you think of your King now?

You were right. Elvis Presley is the true King.

What was that?

He said Mr. Presley is the true King of Rock 'n' Roll.

You know, y'all would've lost the war without us.

You just think about that.

Do you think your expulsion from England is a repudiation of Rock 'n' Roll?

They canceled Jerry Lee's tour because of our marriage,

not 'cause of his music.

REPORTER: What are your plans?

We've been beat up pretty bad because of this publicity.

But Myra and I love each other,

and we mean to keep it that way.

Jerry, looking ahead,

don't you think your popularity will be diminished at home?

Back home, they take a different view of this sort of a thing.

I expect a great reception when I get back there.

My fans'll understand.

MAN 1: You sure about that, mate? You sure?

Mr. Lewis!

You have any final words for England?

Yeah!

England can kiss my ass.

MAN 2: And stay home!

(THAT LUCKY OLD SUN PLAYING)

♪ Up in the morning

♪ I'm out on the job

MAN: Shame on you!

♪ Workin' like a devil

♪ For my pay

♪ Just like that lucky old sun

♪ Give me nothing to do

♪ But roll around heaven We don't love you anymore.

♪ All day ♪

They had a double-ring ceremony,

a wedding ring and a teething ring.

You've heard of sack dresses?

Myra wears sack diapers.

She can't go to see her husband's show.

Her bedtime is 8:30.

(PLAYING PIANO)

Myra.

Mr. Phillips.

What's this all about?

Uh...

Jerry, we were thinkin' that maybe

it would be a good idea if we took out a full-page ad...

In, uh, Billboard.

JUD: In Billboard.

Um, sort of a...

An apology.

It might get your phone to start ringin' again.

Who are you people?

Who are you to walk in my house and tell me to apologize?

You're makin' more off me than you ever made off Elvis.

Jerry Lee...

Were you in on this, too? Huh?

I see that you are.

You all want Jerry Lee just to get down on his knees

so you can go on gettin' your little piece of it?

Dogs.

You're all a bunch of snappin' dogs at my heel.

You see this hand?

It makes $5,000 a night.

You see this one? It does, too.

$10,000 a night I've made.

Man, I am Jerry Lee Lewis!

I am the damn King! I have a God-given talent.

I shine like gold when I play that piano.

And you want me

to bend my knee?

And what the hell I got to apologize for?

I married the girl I love.

I married her twice.

And I sang. I played my guts out!

I shine like gold.

Don't you tell me to apologize.

Your telephone hasn't been ringin', Jerry.

You sign this, it may well start.

(PLAYING PIANO)

♪ Hey, good Lord above

♪ Can you hear me pinin'?

♪ Tears all in ol' Jerry's eyes

♪ Send down your cloud

Take it all! ♪ With a silvery lining

♪ Lift me on up to your paradise

♪ Oh, God

♪ You can show me your river

Get me out of here. I quit.

♪ Take me across J.

I quit!

(PHONE RINGING) ♪ Wash Jerry Lee's troubles away

Jerry?

♪ Like that lucky old sun

♪ Give me nothing to do

Jerry, why do you do it?

♪ Let me roll around heaven No!

(SHOUTING) ♪ All day

♪ Hey, good Lord above

♪ Can you hear me pinin'?

♪ Tears all in ol' Jerry's eyes

♪ Send down your cloud

♪ With a silvery linin'

♪ Lift me on up to your paradise

♪ Oh, God

♪ You can show me your river

♪ Take me across

♪ Wash Jerry Lee's troubles away

♪ Like that lucky old sun

♪ Give me nothing to do

Come here.

♪ Let me roll around heaven

♪ Just roll around your heaven

♪ My God, let me roll around heaven

♪ All day ♪

(JERRY LEE PLAYING PIANO WILDLY)

JERRY LEE: Do you believe I'm sorry?

I am.

My hand to God.

You know, you can't hit me no more, Jerry.

I just said I was sorry, didn't I?

Yeah, but that ain't what I mean.

Well, I know what you mean.

You're never gonna let me forget this, are you?

No, Jerry, that ain't it at all.

Oh, yes, it is.

Well, you think you're the only one that gets hit around here?

You don't think I get hit?

Jerry, please, listen to me.

You don't think there ain't a day goes by

that I don't get smacked by some thievin' promoter

or some chicken-livered disc jockey, or some lyin' reporter?

Jerry, I got somethin' to tell you.

(SHOUTING) Jerry, I'm havin' a baby!

I'm havin' a baby.

(CRYING)

JIMMY: I want to tell you a story.

A story about

two cousins.

WOMAN: Yes, Lord.

Closer than brothers,

who came upon two roads

that diverged.

WOMAN: Amen.

Now one took the dirt path...

MAN: Hallelujah.

The less traveled way,

serving the Lord...

CONGREGATION: Amen!

For the reward that waits in Heaven.

(CONGREGATION EXCLAIMING)

The other started down the wide street,

paved with gold.

Hypnotizing millions of disciples

in the sin that is the devil's music.

(CONGREGATION EXCLAIMING)

Rock and roll is like a painted woman.

CONGREGATION: Amen.

And he could not resist her charms.

Along the way, he married and divorced.

Married and divorced again!

Married a third time

to his 13-year-old cousin!

The whole world was appalled

because he has sinned against the Lord.

Nor walked in his laws,

nor in his statutes,

nor in his testimonies.

Therefore, is this land become a desolation?

And an astonishment?

And a curse.

Many are those that say of his soul

there is no salvage for him in God.

MAN: No, not true!

But I say that anyone who is ready to accept

Jesus Christ into their lives...

(CONGREGATION AGREEING)

Let him come forward and be saved.

MAN: Praise the Lord.

JIMMY: Is there anyone here today

ready to accept Jesus Christ into their life?

(CONGREGATION CHATTERING)

Grab hold of that nail-scarred hand.

(CONGREGATION EXCLAIMS)

And take a walk towards the Lord.

(CONGREGATION CHATTERING)

Hallelujah. Come on up here, sister.

WOMAN: Hallelujah.

God loves you.

Devil, you gonna get a black eye today!

(CONGREGATION CHEERING)

JIMMY: Praise Jesus!

Are you ready to accept Jesus Christ into your life?

Are you ready to accept... Yes!

...Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior?

Rapture her up, Lord!

Hallelujah!

(CONGREGATION CHATTERING)

Cousin, do you still have that coin I gave you?

I've got it, cousin.

Cousin, the time has come for you to choose.

WOMAN: Praise the Lord!

Will you choose the gold-paved road of the devil?

ALL: No!

Or the rocky path of the Lord?

(CONGREGATION CHATTERING)

Cousin, my road was paved a long time ago,

and there ain't nothing I can do about it.

WOMAN: Lord, help him.

So if I'm goin' to hell,

I'm goin' there playin' the piano.

Jerry!

I love you, Jerry.

(SINGING REAL WILD CHILD)

♪ Well, I'm just out of school

♪ Like, I'm real, real cool

♪ I got the jump, I got the jive, I got the message be alive

♪ I'm a wild one

♪ Hey, baby, I'm a wild one

♪ I'm gonna keep on shakin', baby

♪ Gonna keep on movin', baby

♪ Don't you cramp my style, I'm a real wild child

♪ Come on, baby, shake it all night long

♪ Won't you shake it till the meat comes off the bone

♪ I'm a wild one

♪ Yeah, baby, I'm a wild one

♪ I'm gonna keep on shakin', baby

♪ Gonna keep on movin', baby

♪ Don't you cramp my style, I'm a real wild child

(WHOOPING)

♪ I'm gonna pick you up in my 88

♪ Come on, baby, now don't be late

♪ We're gonna move on down

♪ To the Soldier Hall

♪ The joint starts a-jumpin', baby

♪ I'll have a ball And I'm a wild one

♪ Girl, I'm a wild one

♪ I'm gonna keep a-shakin', baby

♪ Gonna keep a-movin', baby

♪ Don't you cramp my style, I'm a real wild child

Yeah!

(WHOOPING)

♪ It really gets me movin' When the sun goes down

♪ After dark startin' to get around

♪ Come on, baby, goin' down to the hop

♪ When the joint's a-boppin', I just can't stop

♪ I'm a wild one

♪ Hey, girl, I'm a wild one

♪ I'm gonna keep a-shakin', baby

♪ Gonna keep a-movin', baby

♪ Don't you cramp my style, I'm a real wild child

♪ Come on, baby, I'm a real wild child

♪ Come on, baby, I'm a real wild child

♪ Come on, baby, I'm a real wild child

♪ I'm a wild child, baby ♪

AUDIENCE: Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!

Jerry! Jerry!

(GREAT BALLS OF FIRE PLAYING)

♪ You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain

♪ Too much love drives a man insane

♪ You broke my will

♪ But what a thrill

♪ Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

♪ I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny

♪ You came along and you moved me, honey

♪ I changed my mind

♪ This love is fine

♪ Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

♪ Kiss me, baby

♪ Oh

♪ Feels good

♪ Hold me, baby

♪ Girl, just let me love you like a lover should

♪ You're fine

♪ So kind

♪ I'm gonna tell this world that you're mine, mine, mine

♪ I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs

♪ I'm real nervous but it sure is fun

♪ Come on, baby, you drive me crazy

♪ Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

♪ Well, kiss me, baby

♪ It feels good Hold me, baby

♪ I want to love you like a lover should

♪ You're fine, so kind

♪ I'm gonna tell this world that you're mine, mine, mine

♪ I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumbs

♪ I'm real nervous but it sure is fun

♪ Come on, baby, you drive me crazy

♪ Goodness gracious, great balls of fire

♪ I'm singing Goodness gracious, great balls of fire ♪

(LEWIS BOOGIE PLAYING)

♪ My name is Jerry Lee Lewis, And I'm from Louisiana

♪ Gonna do you a little boogie on this old piano

♪ Doing mighty fine, I'm gonna make you shake it

♪ I'll make you do it and do it and do it and do it and do it

♪ Until you break it

♪ It's called the Lewis boogie, in the Lewis way

♪ Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day

♪ Well, down in New Orleans, the land of dreams

♪ The best darn place, son, you have ever seen

♪ The cats go wild, do a boogie woogie hot

♪ My boogie woogie makes you want to stop and do the bop

♪ It's called the Lewis boogie, in the Lewis way

♪ Lord, I do my little boogie woogie every day

♪ Well' now let's move on down to old Memphis Tennessee, town

♪ That's where Elvis Presley said you ain't nothing but a hound

♪ But now you take my boogie, it keeps you in the groove

♪ Then your sacroiliac begins to shiver and a move

♪ It's called the Lewis boogie, the Lewis way

♪ Going to do my little boogie woogie every day ♪