Original subtitles

[*...]

[FAST BANJO MUSIC PLAYS...]

[*...]

[LOUD TAPPING...]

Man: * I WISHED

I WAS AN APPLE

A-HANGIN' ON THE TREE ♪

♪ THAT OL' CINDY'D COME ALONG

AND TAKE A BITE OF ME ♪

♪ NOW GET ALONG, HOME HOME HOME

GET ALONG HOME ♪

♪ GET ALONG HOME HOME, BABY

I'LL BE LEAVING SOON ♪

[*..., TAPPING CONTINUES...]

[MUSIC AND TAPPING SLOWLY FADE]

[MUSIC CHANGES]

Male narrator with

Appalachian accent:

WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER MAN IN

MELDWOOD, WHEN THERE WAS NO GAS

AND WE USED TO HUFF AIR,

YOU'D BEND OVER AND BREATHE

REAL HARD, OVER MAYBE 20 TIMES.

AND THEN ONE OF YOUR BUDDIES

COME UP FROM BEHIND AND SQUEEZE

YOUR CHEST REAL HARD.

THEN YOU'D PASS OUT

AND DREAM AND GO OFF.

WHEN YOU'D COME 'ROUND AGAIN,

IT FELT LIKE YOU'D BEEN AWAY

A YEAR AND YOU'D SAY,

"HOW LONG WAS I OUT?"

EVERYONE LAUGHED 'CAUSE IT HAD

ONLY BEEN A FEW SECONDS.

YOU SEE, I WAS ABOUT

SIX YEAR OLD WHEN I FIRST

STARTED HUFFIN'.

[*..., INHALING DEEPLY...]

I'D GET ME SOME OF THAT LIGHTER

FLUID, I'D GET ME SOME OF THAT

GOOD GASOLINE AND HUFF IT

RIGHT UP.

[*...]

BY THE TIME I WAS A YOUNGER

MAN, I WAS PURE ANIMAL.

SEEMED ALL'S I WANTED TO DO WAS

TO GET HIGH.

I'D WAKE UP MY ARMS ALL

BLOODIED AND BLACK WITH INK

I'D SCRATCHED IN THERE.

DAGGERS AND CROSSES,

THAT SORT OF THING.

THERE'D BE WHOLE WEEKS PASS,

CAN BY CAN.

[ROCKABILLY SONG PLAYS...]

JESUS!

D. RAY!

GET YOURSELF IN HERE!

HE'S ON THE GAS AGAIN!

WHAT?! THAT'S IT!

I TOLD YOU, YOU SON OF A BITCH.

[EMPTY CAN THUMPS]

Narrator: DADDY REALLY LOVED

ME AND I KNOW NOW THAT HE WAS

ONLY TRYIN' TO HELP ME...

[D. RAY CONTINUES SHOUTING...]

KEEP ME FROM DETERIORATIN'

MY BRAIN.

[ROCKABILLY SONG PLAYS...]

Man: * THIS TIME, BABY,

YOU'RE GONNA STAY STAY STAY

WITH ME ♪

Narrator: D. RAY WHITE IS MY

DADDY, AND NEVER THERE WAS

A BETTER MAN AT DANCIN' THERE

EVER LIVED.

HE WAS ABLE TO JUMP 52 STEPS

MORE'N ANY OTHER DANCER EVER.

HE WAS THE GREATEST MAN

AND DANCER OF ALL TIME.

HE'S A WORLDWIDE-- ALL OVER

WEST VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY AND ALL

THESE PARTS, THEY STILL TALK

ABOUT THE FAST-STEPPIN' FEET

OF MY DADDY, D. RAY WHITE.

THAT'S IT!

I GOT HIM, D. RAY.

COME ON, JESSIE.

Jessie: WELL, MORE'N ONE TIM

THE SHERIFF TOOK ME RIGHT DOWN

TO MELDWOOD.

THAT'S THE WEST VIRGINIA

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

THAT'S A REFORM SCHOOL.

[FEET MARCHING IN UNISON...]

Guard, chanting: WALK!

WALK, WA-ALK...

WALK, WALK, LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT,

LEFT--

Jessie: THEY'D SHAVE YOU AND

SPRAY YOU DOWN TO MAKE SURE YOU

DIDN'T HAVE NONE OF

THE BLUE BALL CRABS.

MAN, THAT SHIT BURNED.

THEY'D SPRAY YOUR NUTS TOO.

...WHOO!

...THEY'D GIVE YOU YOUR CLOTHES

AND MAKE YOU LINE UP.

Guard: NAME.

JESCO WHITE.

BACK AGAIN, JESCO WHITE.

Jessie: JUST LIKE THE ARMY.

Guard: WALK! WALK, WA-ALK!

STOP!

TURN!

WALK! WALK! LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT...

[WHIP, JESSIE CRIES OUT]

[WHIP, JESSIE SHOUTS IN PAIN]

Jessie: SOMETIME, IF'N YOU

MESSED UP AND THEY FELT

MELDWOOD WEREN'T STRONG ENOUGH

IN ITS PUNISHMENTS, THEY'D SEND

YOU TO EVERETT WORK CAMP.

YOU REALLY DIDN'T WANNA

GO THERE.

...OOH!

...I GUESS THEY 'POSED TO

MAKE YOU BETTER THAN WHAT YOU

ARE DOWN THERE.

MOVE IT!

Jessie: BUT I DON'T SUPPOSE

IT TOOK.

'STEAD, I RECKON IT JUST MADE

IT WORSER.

AS SOON AS I'D GET OUT,

I'D JUST DO SOMETHING TO GET

RIGHT BACK IN.

[*..., TAPPING...]

[CHEERING AND WHISTLING]

MY DADDY TRIED

TO FIGHT IT, THOUGH.

HE DIDN'T WANT NOTHIN' FROM ME

BUT THE DANCIN'.

HE UNDERSTAND FROM A YOUNG AGE

THAT I WAS WEAK, AND HE TRIED

TO KEEP ME FROM THE EVIL

IN THE WORLD.

[*..., WHISTLING]

Man: * GET ALONG HOME,

HOME, HOME, GET ALONG HOME ♪

♪ GET ALONG HOME, HOME, BABY ♪

♪ I'LL BE LEAVIN' SOON ♪

[*...]

[JESSIE INHALING DEEPLY]

WHOO!

[SONG CONTINUES...]

...BUT I WAS ALREADY GONE, AND

THEN THINGS WOULD HAPPEN MADE

ME SLIDE EVEN FARTHER.

[MUSIC FADES...]

[METALLIC BANGING, DOG BARKING]

[BANGING CONTINUES...]

[GROANING]

DORSEY!

DORSEY, COME ON!

GO GET PAPA'S HACKSAW.

YOU KNOW, THE ONE

IN THE MOTOR SHED?

THAT LOOKS LIKE A BOW?

[SAWING METAL...]

[CHAIN RATTLING]

ROCKET.

PARDON?

LIGHTER FLUID. ROCKET?

MR. WARNER?

YOU WANNA COME OVER HERE?

SON OF A BITCH, ALL I WANTED

WAS SOME LIGHTER FLUID.

WE KNOW IT'S YOU, JESSIE.

YOU BEEN BREAKIN' INTO EVERY

STORE IN TOWN, STEALIN'

THE LIGHTER FLUID.

YOU WANT YOUR DADDY TO COME

AND COLLECT YOU, BOY?

NOW WAIT A DAMN MINUTE!

LITTLE SON OF A BITCH...

[BELL ON DOOR JINGLES]

[INHALING...]

[DISTANT SIREN APPROACHES...]

[CAR DOOR OPENS AND SLAMS]

Jessie: SO I'D END UP BACK

IN THAT PLACE.

AND IN A PLACE LIKE THAT,

THINGS TEND TO HAPPEN THAT'LL

MAKE YOU EVEN WORSER STILL.

KEEP ON SLIDIN' RIGHT DOWN,

YOU KNOW?

WELL, ONE OF THE OTHER BOYS

DECIDED HE JUST PLAIN DIDN'T

LIKE ME VERY WELL, SO HE AND

A FEW OF THE OTHERS WORKED ME

OVER PRETTY GOOD RIGHT THERE IN

THE WASHIN' ROOM.

[SHOUTING OVER MACHINERY]

GIMME A CIGARETTE!

I DON'T HAVE ANY!

BOY, YOU BETTER GIVE ME

A CIGARETTE!

I TOLD YOU, I DON'T HAVE ANY!

[STEAM HISSING]

SURE WISH I DID.

[*...]

...I KNEWED A KID FROM BOONE

COUNTY NAMED CEDELL DAVIS,

AND HE TOOK ME AND SHOWED ME

HOW THINGS RAN, YOU KNOW?

CEDELL THEN TELLED ME THAT

I BEST GET 'EM BACK QUICK AND

SHOWED ME HOW TO MAKE A KIND

OF KNIFE, LIKE A WEAPON,

OUT OF TAPE, SHAVIN' RAZORS

AND A TOOTHBRUSH.

WELL, I LEFT A CIGARETTE PACKET

OUT ON THE BUNK THERE

IN THE DORM ROOM.

YOU SEE, THEM KIDS WHAT BEAT

ME, FIGURED THEY HAD CALL TO

ANY OF MY THINGS, SO THEY COME

OVER AND TOOK 'EM.

WELL, I'LL TELL YOU NOW THAT

I DON'T REALLY RECALL WHAT

HAPPENED, SECOND FOR SECOND.

BUT AT THE END OF IT, ALL THEM

BOYS HAD BEEN BEATEN WORSER

THAN I TOOK.

THEY EARS HAD BEEN SLIT, THEY

NOSTRILS OPENED UP AND FLAPPIN'

AND THEY MOUTHS CUT WIDE LIKE

THEY WAS SMILIN'.

JUST LIKE YOU'D CUT A PIG.

[*...]

SOME OF THEM THINGS THAT I DONE

IN MY LIFE COME OUT OF THE GAS

AND THE LIKE.

SOME OF THEM THINGS THAT WOULD

LATER HAPPEN COME FROM MELDWOOD

AND THE CAMP.

AND HOAR THERE'S MADNESS THAT

COME FROM WHAT HAPPENED TO

CILLA AND D. RAY TOO.

Preacher: IN THE BEGINNING,

GOD CREATED THE EARTH AND

THE LIGHT AND ALL THINGS GOOD

WAS BORN.

AFTER THE DEVIL FELL FROM

HEAVEN'S GRACE, ALL MEN WALKED

THE EARTH AND WAS A-SUFFERIN'

BROKE OUT EVERYWHERE

ON THE EARTH.

GOD CRIED, AND WAS ANGERED.

SO'S THE FLOODS CAME, AND

HE DROWNED ALL THE EVIL THAT HAD

TAKEN ROOT, 'CEPT IN THE DEVILS

IN THE SOIL AND THE ROCKS

AND THE AIR.

THERE CAN BE NO HIDIN' FROM IT

TILL WE'RE A-WASHED IN THE PURE

FIRE OF THE RAPTURE.

Jessie: HE TRIED TO GIVE IT

TO ME, THE GIFTED.

THE DANCIT, TO PUSH THE OTHER

FROM MY BLOOD.

TAKE OFF THEM SHOES.

HUH?

I SAID TAKE OFF THEM SHOES!

WHY?

TAKE 'EM OFF,

YOU LITTLE SON OF A BITCH!

YOU'RE GONNA LEARN ONE GODDAMN

THING IN YOUR MISERY LIFE!

GONNA LEARN TO DANCE!

[JESSIE SCOFFS]

WATCH ME.

COME ON!

THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S IT.

THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.

ONCE YOU GET THE FLAT FOOT,

I'LL TEACH YOU ANOTHER STEP.

COME ON-- LOOKIT, LOOKIT.

HUP HUP HUP-- HAH!

[BANJO MUSIC...]

Jessie: EVERY DAY WE'D GO OU

THERE ON THE DIRT OUT THE FRONT

AND WE'D HIT IT, YOU KNOW?

GET ALL THEM STEPS DOWN.

WE'D DANCE IT BAREFOOT ON

ACCOUNT IT TOUGHENS UP YOUR

FEET AND ANKLES.

[*...]

WELL, WE MUST HAVE GONE OUT

THERE MOST DAYS FOR ABOUT TWO

OR MAYBE FIVE MONTHS.

I GOT MYSELF PRETTY GOOD AT

DANCIN' AND D. RAY, WELL, HE

WANTED ME TO GET GOIN' ON IT.

Man: * ...NOW GET ALONG

HOME, HOME, HOME

GET ALONG HOME ♪

♪ GET ALONG HOME, HOME, CINDY

I'LL BE LEAVIN' SOON ♪

[*...]

DADDY LIKED TO SEE EVERYONE

HAVING A GOOD TIME AND KEEPING

OUT OF TROUBLE.

THAT WAS WHY EVERYONE ALL OVER

BOONE COUNTY AND ALL THE PARTS

'ROUND HERE, THEY LOVED D. RAY.

THEY USED TO ALL COME OUT.

THE CRIPPLES, THE HOMELESS,

THE COLORED FOLKS,

EVERYONE WAS WELCOME AT OURS.

THAT WAS THE WAY D. RAY

LIKED IT.

HE'D TELL JOKES AND DANCE AND

SING AND EVERYONE WOULD CARRY

ON AND HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME.

Man: * WISHED I WAS AN APPLE

HANGING ON THE TREE ♪

♪ THAT OLD CINDY'D COME ALONG

AND TAKE A BITE OF ME ♪

♪ NOW GET ALONG HOME, HOME, HOME

GET ALONG HOME... ♪

Jessie: EDGAR HUDD PLAYED

FOR DADDY.

THEY WERE AS CLOSE AS KIN

SINCE THEY WERE KIDS.

HE'S A POWERFUL PREACHER TOO,

I MEAN, HE'D CITE THE BIBLE,

CHAPTER AND VERSE.

[PLAYING BANJO FAST...]

EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT THEN.

WE WAS ALL TOGETHER AND HAPPY.

[*...]

BUT I WAS WEAK.

Man: * BRIGHT LIGHTS

AND BROADWAY,

SUNSHINE DOWN IN DIXIE

THERE'LL BE MOONSHINE... ♪

Jessie: I DIDN'T CARE MUCH

FOR NOTHIN' AT ALL.

Man: * WHOA, THEM HILLS,

BEAUTIFUL HILLS ♪

♪ THERE'LL BE MOONSHINE

IN THEM OLD KENTUCKY HILLS ♪

♪ YEAH, BRIGHT LIGHTS

AND BROADWAY ♪

♪ SUNSHINE DOWN THE DIXIE LINE

THERE'LL BE MOONSHINE

IN THEM OLD KENTUCKY HILLS ♪

[*...]

[ENGINES REVVING...]

[PEOPLE WHOOPING, LAUGHING]

* ...THERE'LL BE MOONSHINE

IN THEM OLD KENTUCKY HILLS ♪

WHOO!

[ENGINES REVVING...]

[MAN COUGHS]

THEM'S SOME PRETTY NICE TATTOOS

Y'ALL GOT THERE.

THIS ONE THE GRIM REAPER.

AND THIS ONE'S THE REBEL REAPER.

WHAT'S THAT?

LOOKS LIKE SNOT IN A BAG.

THAT'S PURE CRANK.

PUT ICE RIGHT IN YOUR VEINS.

GIVE ME YOUR ARM.

I'LL POP YOU A LITTLE ONE.

[MOTORCYCLE REVVING...]

[LAUGHTER]

[JESSIE PANTS]

Man: * WELL, I THOUGHT

I'D TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED ♪

♪ I WENT OUT LAST NIGHT ♪

♪ AND I GOT HITCHED UP ♪

[LAUGHS]

* WHEN I WOKE UP THIS

MORNING, YOU SHOULDA SEED

WHAT I HAD IN BED WITH ME ♪

[BIKER'S LAUGH ECHOES...]

* JUMPS UP OUT OF BED

PULLS HIS HAIR DOWN HIS EYE ♪

♪ LOOK TO ME LIKE A GIANT CAN

OF THAT COMMODITY MEAT ♪

♪ JUST SAYS ♪

[TRUCK ENGINE STARTS]

♪ WHOO EE AH AH ♪

♪ WHOO! WHOO! EEE...! ♪

[*...]

♪ SO THIS TIME WE GOT

WAY OVER HERE ♪

♪ NOW, I DON'T KNOW ♪

♪ THINGS WAS GOIN' REAL NICE ♪

♪ SHE JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR ♪

♪ SHE PULLED HER HAIR DOWN

HER EYE ♪

[TRUCK HORN HONKS]

♪ SHE LOOKED TO ME LIKE

A DINOSAUR 'BOUT TO JUMP OUT

OF THAT SEAT ♪

Jessie: THAT SNOT'LL MAKE

YOU FEEL JUST LIKE AN ANGEL

FROM HEAVEN.

Y'ALL'LL BE RUNNIN' FOR THREE

DAYS NOT BEIN' ABLE TO SIT

STILL OR CLOSE YOUR EYES.

YOU'D NEVER WANNA COME DOWN.

...[SHOUTS] YOU WANT ME TO DIE?

[SIREN WAILS]

YOU'RE NOT GONNA DIE!

Jessie: GET AWAY FROM ME!

THEY'S GOT WATER FOR YOU

TO BREATHE IN.

[JESSIE SHOUTS AND GRUNTS]

HE THINKS HE'S A FISH

OR SOMETHIN' LIKE THAT.

I TOLD YOU!

I'M A SEAGULL!

[SQUEALS]

...THEY WAS GON' THROW ME DOWN

IN THE REAL PRISON THAT TIME.

'CEPT WHEN THEY GOT ME TO

THE JAILHOUSE, THE DOCTORS

REALIZED THAT I WAS NOT

IN MY RIGHT MIND.

SO THEY SENT ME TO

BENNETT STATE HOSPITAL.

[JESSIE MOANS AND PANTS IN FEAR]

THAT'S AN INSANE ASYLUM.

[MAN WHISTLES]

[JESSIE GASPS, PANTS...]

[*...]

Man: * SO THIS TIME

WE WENT AWAY UP YONDER ♪

♪ THINGS WAS REALLY

GETTIN' GOIN' ♪

♪ THEY WAS BOILIN' UP ♪

♪ SOUNDIN' LIKE THIS... ♪

[MUSIC FADES]

I MUST HAVE SPENT MORE TIME

IN THEM PLACES THAN I WAS OUT.

BUT WHEN I WAS OUT, I'D TRY AND

FOLLOW WHAT MY DADDY'D SAID.

AND HOPE THAT THE DANCIN' WOULD

KEEP ME RIGHT.

THINGS WAS LIKE THAT

FOR SOME YEARS.

I'D TRY AND STAY GOOD BUT I WAS

WEAK AND SOONER OR LATER,

I'D DO SOMETHIN' EVIL AND GET

SENT RIGHT BACK IN.

[CARTOON MUSIC PLAYS...]

[CLICK, PROGRAM CHANGES]

WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?

[MUMBLES]

[CLICK, CARTOON RESUMES...]

I WAS WATCHIN'

MY OWN PROGRAM.

[MUMBLING...]

HOW CAN YOU SAY IT

TO ME LIKE THAT?

[MUMBLING...]

[CLICK, STATIC ON TV HISSES...]

[HOWLING]

HEY! MOTHERFUCKER!

I TOLD YA I WAS WATCHIN'

MY OWN PROGRAM!

I... I TOLD YA I WAS WATCHIN'

MY OWN PROGRAM!

[HOWLING]

Jessie: WHEN I'D GO OFF IT

AND GET IN A FIGHT OR SOMETHING

LIKE THAT, THEY'D HOLD ME DOWN

AND SHOOT ME UP WITH SOMETHIN'

TO KEEP ME GOOD AND QUIET.

[NO VOICES, *...]

I'D BE RIGHT FOR A TIME THEN,

BEFORE THEM DRUGS'D WORE OFF

AND I'D FEEL IT AGAIN...

THE DEVIL MOVIN' IN MY BLOOD.

[MAN STRAINING, GRUNTING...]

...JESUS, HOW AM I 'POSED TO

EAT IN HERE WITH THESE RETARDS

AND THEIR SHIT?!

[MAN LAUGHS]

GOD DAMN IT!

[SNIFFING AND LAUGHING]

[BABBLING]

NURSE!

HEY! LOOK AT THIS!

[BABBLING...]

[*...]

OHH....

[PUNCH LANDS]

AH!

YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKER!

Man: * WELL, YOU GOTTA DO

BABY, WHAT YOU CAN DO ♪

♪ YOU GOTTA DO, BABY,

WHAT YOU OUGHTA DO ♪

STOP IT NOW!

* I GOTTA DO BABY,

WHAT WE GOTTA DO ♪

♪ I KNOW YOU CAIN'T

BUT WE GOIN' TO ♪

♪ THIS THING CALLED THE SLOP ♪

♪ OH, THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL

THE SLOP ♪

[MUSIC ENDS]

[*...]

Preacher: WHEN THE SUN

SHINES, AND JESUS HOLDS COURT,

THEN ALL IS LIGHT.

BUT WHEN THE DARK COMES,

THEN THINGS CHANGE.

AND THE OTHER ANGELS COME,

BLACK, WITH NO TEETH, FLYIN',

MOVIN' FAST.

THEY HOWL AND THEY TAKE YOUR

THOUGHTS AND ALL THAT EVIL STAYS

CLOGGED, AND YOUR GUTS TURN WITH

IT, YOUR HEART LABORS WITH IT,

TILL THE SIN FLOWS

THROUGH YOUR BLOOD.

[MUSIC FADES]

Jessie: I WAS STILL

INCARCERATED THE NIGHT

THEY KILLED MY DADDY.

THEY DIDN'T TELL ME ABOUT

D. RAY FOR QUITE A TIME ON

ACCOUNT OF ALL THEM DRUGS THEY

HAD MOVIN' THROUGH MY BRAIN

'ROUND THEN.

THEY WAITED TILL I WAS BACK

IN MY RIGHT MIND.

THAT TOOK A WHILE, SO...

EVEN WHEN THEY EVENTUALLY TOLD

ME, I DON'T 'UPPOSE

I UNDERSTOOD JUST WHAT IT WAS

THEY WAS SAYIN'.

IT IS ABOUT SIX MONTHS THAT

I HAD TO SIT AND STEW, THINKIN'

'BOUT WHAT THEY DID

TO MY DADDY.

I LOVE MY DADDY AND WILL

TILL THE DAY I DIE.

IT IS D. RAY WHITE THAT GAVE ME

THIS LIFE, AND NEAR THE ONLY

GOOD IN IT HAS BEEN HIS DOIN'.

AND THEY TOOK THAT FROM ME.

[TRUCK RADIO PLAYING LOUDLY...]

WHOO-HOO!

[MEN LAUGHING]

Jessie: EYE FOR AN EYE

WAS MY THINKING, JUST LIKE IT

SAYS IN THE BIBLE.

Man: NOW... I JUST WANNA MAKE

SURE THAT YOU REALIZE WHAT

YOU'RE GETTIN' YOURSELF INTO,

UH, MRS. WHITE.

IF YOU SIGN THIS, YOU'RE

RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM AND HIS

CONTINUED CARE, MAKING SURE HE

TAKES HIS MEDICATION AND GOES TO

HIS PSYCHIATRIC APPOINTMENTS.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT PLAIN?

ON ACCOUNT OF WE DON'T HAVE

THE EDUCATION?

UH... [CLEARS THROAT] O.K.

[PENCIL HITS DESK]

UH, HERE, TAKE YOUR HAND.

NOW, TAKE IT LIKE THIS

AND PUT IT ON JESSIE'S HEAD.

LIKE THIS.

NOW HIS BRAIN THERE,

IT'S LIKE... UM, WELL...

IT'S LIKE ASHES.

CIGARETTE ASHES?

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT,

CIGARETTE ASHES.

Jessie: I DON'T THINK

ANYTHIN' AS SAD OR AS

POWERFUL AS MY DADDY DYIN'

EVER HAPPENED TO ME.

HIS DEATH IS A DEEP HURT IN MY

HEART, AND IN MY BRAIN, TOO.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

IT'S A GREAT PAIN WHEN SOMEONE

YOU LOVE DIES LIKE THAT.

[SCREEN DOOR BANGS, SQUEAKS]

[KIDS LAUGH]

ALMOST STRONG ENOUGH TO CHANGE

YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

JESCO, LOOK HERE.

YOU CAN WORK ON YOUR

DANCIN' NOW.

TAKE YOUR DADDY'S SHOES.

[SCREEN DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Jessie: SO I TOOK THEM OLD

SHOES AND I MADE TO SET

MY LIFE STRAIGHT...

TO GET AWAY FROM ALL THE BAD

THINGS WHAT HAPPENED.

[GUITAR STRUMMING...]

Jessie: WAIT, WAIT.

YEAH, ON THAT ONE,

RIGHT THERE...

WHICH? ON THE WHERE?

YEAH, WHEN YOU... WHEN YOU DO

THAT BOUNCE AND THEN SHUFFLE.

YEAH.

Jessie: I CALLED UP

OLD BOB HUSTON.

BOB PLAYED THE GUITAR MANY

TIMES WITH EDGAR HUDD,

THE OLD BANJO PLAYER WHAT

PLAYED ALL THEM YEARS

WITH DADDY.

[STRUMS GUITAR, THEN STOPS]

NOW, ON THAT ONE RIGHT THERE,

YOU JUST NEED TO BOUNCE

AND THEN SHUFFLE.

YES.

[*...]

Jessie: SO HE KNEW ALL THE

SONGS OR GUITAR STRUMMING THAT

I COULD DO THEM STEPS TO.

WE STARTED PLAYIN' ANYWHERES

THEY'D HAVE US.

Woman: * OH, HE TAUGHT ME

TO LOVE HIM AND CALLED ME

HIS FLOWER ♪

♪ THAT'S BLOOMING TO CHEER HIM

THROUGH LIFE'S DREARY HOUR ♪

♪ OH, I LONG TO SEE HIM

AND REGRET THE DARK HOUR ♪

♪ HE'S GONE AND NEGLECTED

THIS PALE WILDWOOD FLOWER ♪

[CROWD TALKS AND SHOUTS

WHILE JESSIE PERFORMS]

[MUSIC ENDS, CROWD APPLAUDS,

SHOUTS, WHISTLES]

THANK YOU.

WOW.

I LOVE YOU.

WE'RE GON' ROCK OUT.

C'MON, BOBBY.

[*...]

[TAPPING...]

...THEN JOHN JACKSON GOT US

SOME SHOWS OVER IN CHARLOTTE

AND WE TOOK THE SHOW

ON THE ROAD.

Man: * I NEVER READ IT

IN A BOOK

I NEVER SAW IT ON A SHOW... ♪

Jessie: WELL, WE STARTED

THERE IN CHARLOTTE

AND THEN ALL OVER.

WE MUST HAVE PLAYED FIVE OR SIX

TIMES A WEEK.

IN AJAX, MANHARM, DELSOT,

GARY, JESSOP TOWN AND HOAR

BANEY TOWN.

Man: * ...GET IT FROM A WELL,

IF YOU WANNA GET TO HEAVEN... ♪

Jessie: I'D GET UP THERE

IN DADDY'S SHOES FEELING GOOD,

YOU KNOW?

* I NEVER FELT IT IN MY FEET

I NEVER FELT IN IN MY SOUL... ♪

Jessie: BUT I ALWAYS HAD THI

PROBLEM, THAT NO MATTER WHERE

I WAS OR HOW GOOD I WAS

FEELIN', I WAS ONLY ONE SECOND

AWAY FROM THINKIN' THEM BAD

THOUGHTS AND STARTING ALL OVER.

[CROWD CLAPPING IN RHYTHM...]

IT IS IN ME LIKE A CANCER,

RUINING MY BLOOD.

I TRIED THE GOOD LIFE, ALL

RIGHT, BUT MY GUTS IS BAD,

TURNING OVER SOUR.

* RIGHT! ♪

Jessie: SEE, I USED TO THINK

REAL BAD THINGS.

...THE TIME I WAS DOWN THERE

IN MELDWOOD, I WAS ON DETAIL,

YOU KNOW?

WHEN YOU GOTTA DO WORK AROUND

THE PLACE AND THAT SORT

OF THING?

SO I WAS OUT THERE, MOWING AND

WORKING HARD AND WAVING TO THEM

GUARDS AND ALL, WHEN I GET

TO THINKING, WHAT MAKES

A LAWN MOWER RUN?

...IT'S OUT OF GAS.

[INHALING DEEPLY...]

[EXHALES...]

[INHALING DEEPLY...]

[NO AUDIO]

[INHALING DEEPLY... EXHALES]

[INHALING DEEPLY]

...NOW I DON'T KNOW IF'N I WAS

DREAMIN' OR AWAKE, BUT MAN,

I'LL TELL YA, I HAD SOME

THOUGHTS COME TO ME THEN THAT

WEREN'T NO GOOD.

Man: * HA HA HA HA HA HA ♪

♪ HA HA HA HA HA HA ♪

Jessie: THERE WAS THOUGHTS

OF KILLIN' AND HURTIN' EVERY

ONE OF THEM GUARDS.

I HAD ALL KINDS

OF THEM PUNISHMENTS.

Man: * HA HA HA HA HA HA ♪

♪ HA HA HA HA HA HA HA... ♪

Jessie: JUST ABOUT ANY KIND

OF PAIN YOU CAN IMAGINE.

A KIND OF AVENGING ANGEL, I'D

GIVE THEM THEIR RETRIBUTION

FOR THEIR SINS.

* HA HA HA HA HA

HA HA HA HA ♪

♪ OH AH HA HA HA HA HA ♪

♪ EEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE ♪

♪ HA HA HA HA HA HA ♪

♪ HA HA HA HA HA HA,

AH HA HA HA HA HA... ♪

[MUSIC CHANGES, TAPPING...]

Man: * ...IF YOU WANNA GET

TO HEAVEN. ♪

[MUSIC ENDS]

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

[BOB LAUGHS]

[WHISTLING]

THANK YOU.

THIS NEXT SONG WE GON' PLAY FOR

YOU... CHEERS, BOB... THIS NEXT

SONG IS A SONG OF MY, UH--

[DRUNKENLY] MOVE YER FEET,

YOU WORM!

...MY LATE DADDY,

D. RAY, TAUGHT ME.

FUCK YOUR DADDY!

[LAUGHS WITH OTHERS]

THIS SONG'S CALLED

"THE WILDWOOD FLOWER".

[BOTTLE SMASHES]

[MICROPHONE THUMPS ON-STAGE]

Y'ALL DON'T WANNA BE SO RUDE,

I KNOW.

Y'ALL BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL,

I UNDERSTAND...

[DRUNK CACKLES]

BUT YOU'RE DISTURBIN' MY SHOW

AND DISRESPECTIN' MY DADDY...

AND THAT'S SOME BAD MANNERS.

OH...

FUCK YOU. [LAUGHS]

Y'ALL KISS YOUR MOTHER

WITH THAT MOUTH?

[CACKLES]

[PANTING...]

[TIRES SPINNING ON GRAVEL...]

WAIT, BOB!

[DOOR SQUEAKS]

HEY. >> HEY.

YOU GOING TOWARD PRYNER?

WE AIN'T GOT NO RIDE, MAN.

WELL, LET'S PUT HER

OUT ON THE ROAD.

WE'LL GET US A RIDE JUST LIKE

A FISH AND HIJACK THE CAR.

ALL RIGHT!

[*...]

Man: * HERE... SHE COMES,

WHAT A PRETTY GAL ♪

♪ BROWN... SHOES ON

AND A SEQUINED GOWN... ♪

SEE, I WAS PREPARED

TO STEAL THE CAR THAT NIGHT

AND ROB THEM PEOPLE OF ALL

THEIR MONEY.

THAT WAS HOW I WAS THINKING

AT THE TIME.

TILL I SAW HER, A VISION OF

BEAUTY, LIKE AN ANGEL

FROM HEAVEN.

[JESSIE LAUGHING...]

WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?

YOU'RE SHINING.

[SCOFFS] THEY'S SPARKLES.

MY GOD!

WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING AT ME?

CAN YOU SEE WITHOUT

YOUR GLASSES?

WHY?

CAN YOU?

NO.

MY GOD, YOU LOOK JUST

LIKE A MOVIE STAR.

[LAUGHS]

YOU DO. YOU LOOK JUST

LIKE A MOVIE STAR.

I THINK I AM IN LOVE.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME, BABY?

ENID... ENID CARTER.

I THINK I'LL HAVE

TO CALL YOU PRISCILLA.

IT'S MY FAVORITE NAME.

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

I WAS GOING TO A WEDDING

IN PRYNER, BUT... WE COULD

GO TO MINE.

IT'S, IT'S IN TWILITE.

TWILITE! WHOO!

MY HUSBAND, VERNON,

HE'S AWAY WITH THE CHILDREN.

WE COULD GO PARTY AT MY HOUSE.

[*...]

Man: * THE DEED'S BEEN DONE,

AND I CAN'T BE WAITING ♪

[BOTH MOANING...]

MAN, THAT IS THE BEST PIECE

OF PUSSY I HAD MY WHOLE LIFE

THAT NIGHT.

THE CLEANEST TOO.

[MOANING CONTINUES]

[BIRD SQUAWKS]

Bird: I CAN SEE YOUR ASS!

I CAN SEE YOUR ASS!

I NEVER BEFORE OR SINCE SAW A

BIRD THAT SMART, WHO COULD TALK

JUST LIKE A PERSON.

[SQUAWKS]

[*...]

VERNON'S COMING!

[*...]

WHAT THE FUCK? HEY!

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

Woman: UM...

WE'RE FRIENDS OF CILLA'S.

WHO THE FUCK IS CILLA?

[SHOUTING] ENID!

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE?

THEY'S MY COUSINS.

WHAT?

THEY'S MY COUSINS.

AND WHO'S HE?

THEIR FRIEND.

AND WHO THE FUCK IS CILLA?

WELL, SHE'S CILLA.

CILLA?

[*...]

WHAT THE FUCK...

[*...]

Woman: * AS I SIT

HERE TONIGHT,

THE JUKEBOX PLAYIN'

THE TUNE ABOUT THE WILD... ♪

SHE LEFT HIM THAT NIGHT

AND CAME AWAY WITH ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, AND I'M SURE

SHE DON'T EITHER.

SOMETIMES SHE CAN BE KIND

OF SIMPLE LIKE THAT, JUST DOING

THINGS WITHOUT THINKING.

LIKE A CHICKEN--

IT CAN'T HELP EATING.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T TAKE

THAT FOOD AWAY, CHICKEN'LL

EAT ITSELF TO DEATH.

THAT'S A FACT.

Woman: * ...A TRUSTING WIFE ♪

Women: * IT WASN'T GOD

WHO MADE HONKY-TONK ANGELS... ♪

ME AND CILL GOT A PLACE OUT

NEAR ROD CULSHACK'S HOLLER,

AND CILL CAME OUT ON THE ROAD.

SHE LOVED BEING OUT

ON THE ROAD.

THEM TIMES WE'D GO AS FAR

AS MARSHALL OR COOKSTOWN.

CILL WOULD COOK MY FOOD AND

WASH MY CLOTHES JUST LIKE A

REGULAR FAMILY.

[APPLAUSE...]

THOSE WAS THE BEST TIMES

I CAN REMEMBER-- MY GOOD LIFE.

Women: * ...THAT HAS CAUSED

MANY A GOOD GIRL TO GO WRONG ♪

[*...]

[AUDIENCE WHISTLES, APPLAUDS]

[MUSIC FADES]

[CAR DOOR SHUTS]

Cilla: BABY? >> HEY!

WHAT YOU GOT THERE?

* EGGS ♪

JESUS, CILL, YOU GONNA

COOK THEM EGGS?

SLOPPY, SLIMY EGGS AGAIN.

WELL, I GOT BACON.

AND THOSE LITTLE PEPPERS

YOU LIKE TOO.

I REALLY DO LOVE

THEM PEPPERS.

[EXHALES SHARPLY]

DARNED IF THESE AIN'T THE

HOTTEST LITTLE FUCKERS.

STINGS MY MOUTH.

MAYBE IT'S TOO HOT, HUH?

SHOULD I HAVE MADE IT A LA MODE?

[BOTH LAUGH]

IT TASTES GOOD.

[LAUGHS]

[*...]

COME HERE, BABY.

OW! [LAUGHS]

[*...]

WHOO! [LAUGHS]

[MOANS]

AAH!

WHOO! [CHUCKLES]

OH! WHOO!

[CHUCKLES]

OH!

YOU SKINNY LITTLE BASTARD!

[LAUGHS]

...AND I'LL TELL YOU, SON,

THAT CILLA COULD DRINK,

BUT SHE COULD DO ONE THING

BETTER THAN ALL THAT.

DRUNK OR SOBER,

SHE'S SOME HOT STUFF.

BEEN TRAINING AT IT

SINCE A KID, SHE SAID.

[MOANING]

[*...]

I GUESS THERE WAS SOME WOULD

SAY THAT SHE WASN'T MUCH TO

LOOK AT, AND THERE WERE DAYS

I'D AGREED WITH IT.

BUT, MAN, I LOVED HER.

HONESTLY. SERIOUSLY.

[MUSIC FADES]

...[SHOUTING] GODDAMN IT! YOU

BETTER COME OUT AND CLEAN THIS

MESS, WOMAN!

I'S KNOW IT'S YOU THAT MADE IT!

Cilla: STAY AWAY FROM ME

NOW, JESCO WHITE.

YOU'RE THE DEVIL HIMSELF.

DON'T FUCK WITH MY

FUCKING HEAD!

IT'S NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH!

...I TELL YOU, SHE IS ALWAYS

TRYING ME, PICKING AT MY BRAIN,

WHAT LITTLE'S LEFT O' IT.

SHE'D DRIVE ME INTO A RED,

RED EFFING RAGE.

JESS!

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

NOTHING.

JESS, GIVE IT TO ME.

YOU KNOW ME, REILLY.

I AIN'T DONE NOTHING WRONG.

[PANTING]

COME ON NOW, JESS.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S...

PICKING AT MY BRAIN AND ALL.

SHE'S FUCKING WITH MY...

[SHOUTS] FUCKING HEAD!

Reilly: COME ON, NOW.

Cilla: STAY AWAY FROM ME NOW,

DO YOU HEAR?

SHE KEEPS FUCKING WITH MY...

SHE'S EFFING WITH

MY EFFING HEAD.

COME ON.

ALL RIGHT. JUST CALM DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON NOW.

LET'S GO OUTSIDE.

I WASN'T GONNA DO NOTHING.

I KNOW.

JUST SCARE HER A LITTLE.

[*...]

...IT'S TRUE SOMETIMES WE'D

FIGHT, JUST LIKE ALL COUPLES,

BUT THEN WE'D GET OUT THERE ON

THE ROAD AND HAVE GOOD TIMES

AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE JUST

LIKE HEAVEN.

[NO VOICES, *...]

[PEOPLE CHEERING...]

Man: ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE...]

JESCO WHITE, FOLKS.

THAT'S JESCO WHITE.

THE FAST-STEPPING FEET

OF JESCO WHITE.

YEAH. NOW, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT FOR YOU

HERE TONIGHT.

SHE DON'T KNOW IT YET, BUT WE'RE

GONNA TRY AND GET HER UP HERE.

I HEARD HER SING ONE TIME

IN CHURCH A FEW YEARS BACK,

AND MY GOD, IF SHE AIN'T THE

SECOND LORETTA.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN'T GET MISS

CILLA WHITE UP HERE, LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, MISS CILLA WHITE!

COME ON UP HERE, HONEY.

COME ON UP.

[CROWD CHEERING AND WHISTLING]

COME ON, CILLA.

Man: WELL, SHE'S, SHE'S A

LITTLE BIT SHY, YOU UNDERSTAND.

YOU HAVE TO HELP HER ON UP HERE.

COME ON, MISS CILLA WHITE!

[CROWD CHEERING AND WHISTLING]

WHOO!

[NO VOICE]

[APPLAUSE FADES...]

* AS I SIT HERE TONIGHT,

THE JUKEBOX PLAYING ♪

[*...]

♪ THE TUNE 'BOUT THE WILD

SIDE OF LIFE ♪

♪ AS I LISTEN TO THE WORDS

THAT YOU ARE SINGING ♪

[RHYTHMIC CLAPPING...]

♪ I THINK BACK ON WHEN I WAS

A TRUSTING WIFE ♪

♪ IT'S NOT GOD WHO MADE

HONKY-TONK ANGELS

LIKE YOU SAID IN THE WORDS

OF YOUR SONG ♪

♪ TOO MANY TIMES

MARRIED MEN THINK THERE'S... ♪

WELL, I DON'T THINK THAT

EVEN ELVIS HIMSELF LOVED HIS

PRISCILLA MORE THAN I DID MINE

THAT NIGHT.

MY HEART IS FAIR BURSTING OUT

OF MY CHEST AS SHE SANG AND I

STOOD THERE LISTENING.

IT IS LIKE WE WAS REAL STARS

FROM OUT OF THE SKY, SPARKLING

NOW INSTEAD ON THIS HERE EARTH.

* ...HEART THAT'S EVER

BEEN BROKEN

WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS

A MAN TO BLAME. ♪

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE...]

All: * ...GOD WHO MADE

HONKY-TONK ANGELS... ♪

THAT IS A GOOD LIFE, ALL

RIGHT, PLAYING THEM SHOWS

WITH CILL AND BOB, 'CEPTING

THERE WAS ALWAYS SOME KIND

OF EVIL LURKING.

Bob: [LAUGHS] YOU GOT NO WAY

OF KNOWING THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT

JUST SEEMS TO FOLLOW ME 'ROUND.

[ENGINE SHUTS OFF]

WHAT'S THE MATTER, BOB?

JESS... I DON'T LIKE

PLAYING FOR NO NIGGERS.

OH... WELL, THEY'S NO

PROBLEM, BOB, HONEST.

I KNOWS A WHOLE LOAD OF THEM

IN MELDWOOD.

THEY'S HUMAN BEINGS JUST

LIKE ALL OF GOD'S CREATURES.

NOW, PAY NO MIND, BOBBY.

WE'LL HAVE US A RIGHT GOOD ONE

HERE, I CAN FEEL IT.

[BOB SIGHS]

[CILLA LAUGHS]

Bob: ALL RIGHT.

I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH

THEM BLACKS.

I'D BEEN WITH THEM IN MELDWOOD,

AND I HAD NO QUARREL.

NOT LIKE BOB.

NO QUARREL AT ALL.

[*..., RHYTHMIC CLAPPING...]

[MAN WHISTLES]

Bob: GO, JESS!

[NO VOICE...]

[MUSIC MUTING...]

[MUTED] COME ON, JESS.

JESS! JESS!

[CILLA LAUGHING]

IF Y'ALL WANT TO LIVE,

THEN Y'ALL RUN BACK TO THAT ROOM

AND BE WAITING FOR ME...

OR ELSE I'LL SEE YOUR HEAD BLOWN

INTO THEM BOTTLES ON THE OTHER

SIDE OF THIS BAR.

[COCKS GUN]

Bob: JESS...

YOU SON OF A BITCH

MOTHERFUCKER!

COME ON, NOW, LET'S GET

OUT OF HERE.

YOU PLAYING FOR MY WOMAN?

NO, THEY WASN'T TRYING

TO STEAL CILLA FROM YOU.

[SHOUTS] YOU SEE HOW THEY

WAS COMING UP TO CILLA?

THEY WASN'T TRYING

TO STEAL CILLA FROM YOU.

THEY WAS JUST PLAYING.

COME ON, GIVE ME MY GUN.

LET'S GO ON OUT OF HERE.

I NOTED IF BOB, WHO DIDN'T

EVEN TAKE TO NIGGERS, WAS

TRYING TO GET ME OUT OF THERE

'STEAD OF SHOOTING HOLES IN

EVERYTHING, AS I HAD A MIND TO,

THAT I SHOULD PAY HEED, ELSE

THINGS WOULD GET WORSER STILL.

[*...]

I WAS PULLING ON THAT BOTTLE

PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW, WHEN I

WENT INTO THE MOTEL.

ROOM 11, ONE PLUS ONE, I

REMEMBER THAT TO THIS DAY,

WHICH IS FUNNY 'CAUSE I WAS

A MAN GONE MAD.

[*...]

[SHOWER RUNNING...]

...[QUIVERING ANGRILY]

NOW I'M GOING TO HELL.

[WHIMPERS]

[GROANING]

[CILLA SCREAMS]

[*...]

Woman: * IT'S A SHAME

THAT ALL THE BLAME

IS ON US WOMEN ♪

♪ IT'S NOT TRUE

THAT ONLY YOU MEN

FEEL THE SAME... ♪

WELL, THE BLOOD CAUGHT THE

WATER AND STARTED FLOWING REAL

GOOD, 'CAUSE I CUT PRETTY DEEP,

YOU SEE.

AND ALL THAT BLOOD AND HOT

WATER IS POURING OVER HER

AND DOWN ONTO THE WHITE OF

THE BATH.

IT IS THEN THAT I FIGURED OUT

I LOVED HER, 'CAUSE SHE

WASN'T DEAD AND THERE I WAS

DYING AND I DIDN'T MIND AT ALL.

[*...]

Women: * IT WASN'T GOD

WHO MADE HONKY-TONK ANGELS

LIKE YOU SAID IN THE WORDS

OF YOUR SONG... ♪

CILLA STARTED YELLING AND

CARRYING ON SO'S BOB BUSTED ON

IN AND THEN STOPPED UP MY ARM.

I CAN'T SAY WHAT WOULD HAVE

HAPPENED IF BOB WEREN'T THERE.

I THINK THAT CILLA WOULD

HAVE HOLLERED TILL I WAS DEAD

AND BURIED.

I SAID SOMETIME SHE

AIN'T RIGHT.

THAT WAS MY GOOD TIME...

CUT SHORT AGAIN.

MY LIFE'S BEEN A PARTY

AND A JOKE AND A TRAGEDY.

[MUSIC CHANGES]

Preacher: JESUS GOT GOOD

HANDS, SMOOTH AND PINK.

THE DEVIL, NOW, HIS HANDS

IS ROUGH AND BLACK.

YOU CAN FEEL HIS TOUCH LIKE

SANDPAPER RUBBED DOWN YOUR BACK

AND SCAR YOUR GUTS.

JESUS' HANDS CAME, AND THE

DEVIL'S HANDS FIRE THE BLOOD

COURSING AND HOT SO'S YOU HAVE

TO MOVE TO COOL OFF.

YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

IDLE HANDS ARE DEVIL WORKS,

AND THAT'S TRUE THAT IDLE HANDS

IS THE DEVIL'S HANDS.

[*...]

REVENGE IS A STRANGE

THING, MAN.

ALLS YOU WANT IS TO DO IT.

IT'S ALL YOU CAN THINK 'PON

FOR THE WHOLE DAY EVERY WEEK,

EVERY MONTH, EVERY YEAR.

[ETCHER SIZZLING...]

IT IS WHEN THEM THOUGHTS CAME

BACK THAT I'D CARVE OR BURN

A PICTURE.

I LIKED ALL THEM STORIES

AND SONGS FROM THE BIBLE.

THEY BRING A PEACE ALL OVER

YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

Cilla: I'M GOING OUT.

NOW, WHERE YOU GOING NOW?

I'M GOING TO CHURCH.

WHERE DO YOU THINK I'M GOING?

[BIRDS CHIRPING,

DISTANT DOG BARKING...]

[CAR DOOR SHUTS]

[ENGINE STARTS]

I DIDN'T LET ON, BUT I

KNOWED WHERE SHE WAS GOING.

[INSECTS CHIRPING...]

[CILLA SOBBING...]

DORSEY TOLD ME HE'D SEEN HER

OUTSIDE VERNON'S OLD PLACE

OF A TIME.

I GUESS SHE MISSED THEM KIDS.

[SOBS]

[CARTOON PLAYING ON TV...]

THINGS ARE SAD WHEN Y'ALL

GET HOME FROM BEING AWAY.

ALL OF A SUDDEN IT GETS QUIET

AND YOU GET TO THINKING ABOUT

ALL THEM THINGS WHAT HAPPENED.

LIKE I SAID, THAT IS WHAT YOU

DO WHEN YOU GOT THE TIME,

YOU PONDER 'PON THE PAST.

THEN YOUR HOME BECOME MORE

LIKE A PRISON THAN ANYTHING.

LIKE YOUR PAST COMING UP

INTO YOUR FUTURE...

MESSING WITH YOUR GOOD LIFE.

[CELL DOOR SLAMS]

...WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

SAM.

SAM, YOU CAN CALL ME JESSIE.

HOW LONG YOU BEEN IN FOR?

TWO YEARS.

TWO YEARS? NEVER SEEN YOU.

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

...NOW THIS CAN'T BE GOOD FOR

THE SOUL, AND ME WITH NOT MUCH

TO BEGIN WITH.

WELL, SAM TOLD OF A BROTHER

USED TO BEAT ON HIM FAIRLY.

TALLY WAS INTO THEM DOGS

AND CHICKENS AND THE LIKE.

NOW, I GUESS IT HAPPENED THAT

TALLY GOT TIRED OF THEM DOGS

AND CHICKENS, AND STARTED

WORKING ON SAM THERE IN THE

HAYLOFT UP BEHIND THEM FIELDS.

HE'D GET SAM UP THERE IN

THAT HAYLOFT AND REAL GIVE

A WORKING.

YOU KNOW, NAKED LIKE BARNYARD

BEAUTIES, 'CEPT FAGGOT.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[FADING FOOTSTEPS]

SAM'S PA WENT UP THE MOUNTAINS

FOR THE NEW PASTURE, AND SAM,

WELL, I GUESS HE DIDN'T WASTE

A MINUTE.

[PULLEY RATTLING...]

TALLY HUNG THERE A FEW DAYS,

CALLING OUT TILL HIS VOICE

WENT.

[TALLY CALLS OUT WEAKLY]

THEN HIS BELLY GOT REAL BIG

FROM THE GAS THAT WAS IN HIS

GUTS 'COUNT OF HIM BEING

CRUCIFIED OF A SORT.

HELL, THE STINK IS SO BAD THAT

Y'ALL COULD GET A WHIFF OF IT

ALL THE WAY DOWN THE ROAD.

NOW, SAM WANTED TALLY TO FEEL

THAT SAME PAIN IN THE GUT, SO

HE TOOK HIS MA'S OLD KNITTING

NEEDLES FROM BEFORE SHE PASSED.

THAT'S HOW THEY CAME ON HIM,

STICKING NEEDLES IN HIS

BROTHER'S FAT BELLY.

[CARTOON PLAYING ON TV]

[*...]

BOB WOULDN'T PLAY FOR ME NO

MORE, AND CILL DIDN'T WANT

TO GO OUT ON THE ROAD.

CILL DIDN'T LIKE FOR ME

TO PARTY OR DRINK AT ALL,

NOT EVEN A BEER NEITHER.

SHE SAID IT WEREN'T NO GOOD

FOR MY HEAD.

MADE ME PROMISE TO HER

AND GOD ABOVE.

[THUNDER RUMBLING...]

SOME SAY VENGEANCE IS BEST

LEFT TO THE LORD...

AND I TRIED TO KEEP THEM EVIL

THOUGHTS FROM MY MIND.

[MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO...]

[MEN LAUGH]

AND IT GOT WORSER STILL WHEN I

FOUND OUT THEMS WHAT DONE IT

HAD ALREADY GOT OUT OF JAIL.

[LAUGHS]

LOOKIT WE GOT HERE.

[MEN LAUGHING]

JUDGE SAID SOMETHING WRONG

WITH THE TRIAL.

THEY MOVED RIGHT BACK

TO THE COUNTY.

I EVEN HEARD THEY WAS DRINKING

DOWN AT BOB AND BEA'S.

I MUST HAVE THOUGHT OF MORE

WAYS TO KILL A MAN THAN THERE

ARE POSSIBLE.

[THUNDER RUMBLING...]

[GUNSHOT ECHOES]

[*...]

Cilla: DEAR LORD, FOR WHAT WE

ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE, LET US BE

TRULY THANKFUL.

AMEN.

Jessie: AMEN.

...THERE'S A TIME, WHEN IT'S

LEFT IN YOUR OWN HEAD FOR TOO

LONG, THAT Y'ALL HAVE THE

PRIVILEGE TO GO INSANE.

[*...]

[SIZZLING...]

[MAN LAUGHS]

[MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO...]

LITTLE BIT OUT OF YOUR

OWN PARTS NOW, AIN'T YOU?

SUPPOSE YOU SHOULD BE GETTING

BACK TO YOUR HOLLER.

[LAUGHS]

MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE HIM

A LITTLE HELP.

Passenger: HELP? [LAUGHS]

YOU NEED SOME HELP, MISTER?

[DRIVER LAUGHS]

[*...]

[MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO...]

[MEN WHOOPING, LAUGHING...]

Man on radio: * Hey, hey,

Suzy, won't you be my girl? ♪

♪ Hey, hey, Suzy,

won't you be my girl? ♪

HOW ABOUT Y'ALL

SHOW US SOME DANCING?

COME ON, NOW, SHOW US

SOME OF THAT STEPPING!

I'M TALKING TO YOU, BOY.

[PUNCHES, D. RAY GROANING...]

FETCH ME THE WIRE!

SHIT, LONG.

[*...]

Long: COME ON, DAVIE,

GET THE BAILING WIRE!

HE GONNA GIVE US

SOME DANCING YET!

TIE IT ON THE BACK.

[D. RAY GROANING...]

GET IN THE TRUCK.

GET IN THE GODDAMN TRUCK.

[*...]

[INHALING DEEPLY...]

[DROPS CONTAINER]

LEAVE ME ALONE.

CAN'T YOU SEE I'M TRYING

TO FINISH THIS CARVING?

YOU'RE LOST TO THE DEVIL

HIMSELF, JESCO WHITE.

I'LL FUCKING BLIND YOU...

AND THEN TAKE OUT YOUR FUCKING

TONGUE...

IF YOU DON'T SHUT

YOUR MAGGOTY MOUTH.

[DROPS ETCHER]

[*...]

[UNDER BREATH] FUCK IT!

FUCKING TOLD HER, FUCKING SON

OF A BITCH! FUCK HER!

[*..., DISTANT DOG BARKING...]

[SUCKING AND INHALING...]

YOU'RE LEAVING ME?

YOU'RE DESTROYING YOURSELF.

[PANTING...]

WHAT I GOT TO LIVE FOR?

I AIN'T NEVER COMING BACK.

[GROANS]

[SHOUTS] WELL, YOU AIN'T

LEAVING ME ALIVE!

[GUNSHOT]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[GROWLS]

[GLASS SHATTERING]

[GROWLS]

[SCREAMING...]

[PANTING...]

[*...]

[UNDER BREATH] FUCK IT!

[*...]

Preacher: ONCE THE DEVIL IS

IN YOUR BLOOD, SMALLER THAN YOU

CAN SEE, AND THERE CAN BE NO

RETRIBUTION.

HE GETS IN YOUR SKIN AND HEART

AND BONES, AND HE GROWS.

HE MOVES YOU THEN, AND THERE

AIN'T NOTHING JESUS CAN DO.

ALL YOU CAN HOPE FOR IS TO DIE

OR TO TAKE AWAY YOUR LIMBS SO AS

NOT TO DO THE DEVIL'S WORK.

CUT OUT YOUR TONGUE AND CHOP OFF

YOUR FEET, FOR THEY'RE NO LONGER

YOUR'N BUT HIS'M.

[*...]

[GENERAL CONVERSATION...]

TOW TRUCK DRIVERS, THEY GET

PAID BY THE LOAD.

THEY IS ALWAYS CRANKING IT

TO HAUL MORE SO'S THEY CAN GET

PAID MORE.

MOST OF THEM ARE GOOD FOR A

SHOT OR TWO IF'N THEY GET A

FULL HEAD OF STEAM ON THEM.

AND GODDAMN IF I DIDN'T

WANT A TRIP.

[MUSIC PLAYING IN BAR...]

Man: * UH... HELLO, BABY ♪

♪ UH... WE GOT A DATE ♪

[*...]

♪ UH, I GOT A DATE

TO, UH... CUT YOUR HEAD OFF ♪

[LAUGHS]

[SCREAMING]

[*...]

[GROWLING...]

A TRIP STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN.

FEELS JUST LIKE BEING BAPTIZED

IN A COOL RIVER MADE OF SILVER

AND GOLD.

FELT LIKE I COULD BLESS

THE WORLD.

...[FEMININE VOICE] ONE MORE

BEER, ELVIS, ONE MORE.

[WITH ACCENT] MARILYN...

GET IN THE BED.

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH.

YOU'RE TAKING TOO

MANY DRUGS, BITCH.

GET IN THE BED, UH-HUH?

[*...]

[NO VOICES, *...]

Man on radio: * YOU DANCE

AWAY ♪

♪ HEY, HEY, BABY,

WON'T YOU COME HOME WITH ME? ♪

[D. RAY GURGLING]

JESUS, LONG, YOU'RE

STRANGLING HIM.

WHOO!

MAYBE YOU SHOULD

GIVE 'ER UP, HUH?

[LONG LAUGHING, WHOOPING]

[*...]

YEE-HA!

[BOTH LAUGHING...]

YAHOO!

[MUSIC AND LAUGHTER DISTORT]

[MAN LAUGHING...]

I COULD KILL Y'ALL.

AND THEN FUCK YOU

AND SLIT YOUR THROATS.

[LONG AND DAVIE LAUGH]

BUT THEN...

YOU'RE NOT THE JUDGE TO JUDGE...

GOD IS.

[*...]

[SHOUTING] YOU AIN'T RIGHT,

YOU CRAZY HILLBILLY FUCK!

[*...]

[PANTING...]

I LOVE YOU, DADDY.

Y'ALL WAS A GOOD PA.

I'M SORRY FOR THEM THINGS

WHAT I DONE...

ALL OF THEM WRONG THINGS.

AND FOR THE HUFFING

WHAT PUT ME IN MELDWOOD.

I'M SORRY FOR THE TRAGEDY

WHAT'S MY LIFE.

I'LL MAKE IT RIGHT.

THERE SHALL BE VENGEANCE

'PON THEM.

[*...]

[MAN SINGING INDISTINCTLY]

Man: * BITE YOUR HEAD OFF

ABOUT HALF PAST EIGHT ♪

[LAUGHING]

OW! [EXUBERANT SCREAM]

[*...]

[LAUGHING...]

...IT WAS LIKE IN THEM VIDEOS,

THEM NATURE ONES, WILD BEASTS

OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

ONE MINUTE HE'S RUNNING LIKE

A SQUIRREL, THEN I PAWED HIM

WITH THAT HAMMER.

[DAVIE GROANS]

HE WAS DOWN JUST LIKE

A BOBCAT I'D TAGGED.

[DAVIE WHIMPERING...]

Y'ALL DIDN'T THINK I FORGOT

ABOUT THINGS, DID YOU?

YOU KNOW WHY I'M HERE,

YOU DIRT-COVERED WORM.

JESSIE, NO! PLEASE!

"JESSIE, NO! PLEASE!"

[WHIMPERING...]

[SCREAMS]

[WHIMPERING]

[SCREAMS]

[SOBBING...]

NO, JESSIE!

[STIFLED SCREAM]

THAT WAS DAVIE'S PAID UP.

Man: * COME ON, BABY,

DON'T YOU BE LATE ♪

♪ I WANT YOUR HEAD,

I WANT IT TONIGHT ♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY...]

[*...]

CILL.

SON OF A BITCH!

OH, CILL, FUCK!

CILL!

[DOG BARKS]

CALL THE STATE TROOPER.

CALL REILLY!

LONG'S GOT TO CILLA!

WE GOT TO GO NOW!

Man: * UH... WE GOT A DATE ♪

[*...]

♪ UH... I GOT A DATE TO,

UH... CUT YOUR HEAD OFF ♪

[LAUGHS]

[CACKLES]

[*...]

♪ OH... BABY, NOW, DON'T YOU,

UH... BE AFRAID ♪

[LAUGHS]

HEY!

[*...]

FUCK. CILL.

FUCK. FUCK.

[APPROACHING SIRENS WAILING]

[SIRENS STOP]

[BOTTLES RATTLE]

JESS!

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON?

CILLA'S GONE.

JESSIE, YOU GOT TO PUT DOWN

THAT GUN, JESSIE.

SHE'S GONE, KIDNAPPED.

LONG'LL KILL HER.

WHAT HAPPENED TO CILLA?

DID YOU HURT HER?

I TOLD YOU!

I JUST CAME DOWN THE HOLLER AND

FOUND MY TRAILER SHOT TO HELL

AND CILLA GONE!

JUST TAKE IT EASY, JESS.

JESUS CHRIST!

WE CAN'T WAIT HERE OR SHE'LL

BE DEAD FOR SURE!

LONG'S COME AND WANTS THE VENGE

'COUNT OF WHAT I DID TO DAVIE!

DAVIE? IT'S O.K.

IT'S ALL RIGHT NOW, JESS.

IT'S ALL RIGHT. JUST...

HE'S ALREADY IN HELL.

Man: * ABOUT HALF

PAST EIGHT ♪

[LAUGHING]

[WHOOPS]

[CACKLING...]

♪ NOW...

BABY, DON'T YOU BE LATE ♪

[LAUGHS]

TIGHT ENOUGH FOR YOU?

Long: [SCREAMS]

[WHIMPERING]

BACK IN MELDWOOD, WE COULD

MAKE THESE OUT OF TOOTHBRUSH

AND TAPE.

NOW, D. RAY USED THIS ONE

FOR SHAVING.

NO, NO. NO, JESCO!

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO CILLA.

I DIDN'T DO NOTHING TO CILLA!

I DON'T KNOW HOW

YOU DID IT...

[SHOUTS] HELP!

BUT I KNOW IT'S YOU.

NO! NO...!

[SCREAMING...]

[SHOUTS] HELP!

[WHIMPERING]

[GROANS LOUDLY]

STING A LITTLE?

[MUTTERING...]

Man: * YOU KNOW THAT, UH...

WE GOT A DATE ♪

[LAUGHS]

Jessie: [GROANS]

AIN'T NO ONE HERE

TO HELP YOU, LONG.

[LONG PANTING]

DAVIE AIN'T GONNA SAVE YOU NOW.

SEE, YOU'S IN IN HELL ALREADY,

LONG, AND THE LORD AIN'T SURELY

LOOKING TO SAVE YOU WITH ALL YOU

DONE AND ALL.

THE WAY I FIGURE IS THAT THE

LORD HAS A WAY OF PUNISHING

PEOPLE WHILE THEY'S HERE

ON EARTH.

NO!

[SCREAMS EXUBERANTLY]

NO!

NO, NO!

BYE-BYE, LONG.

Man: * BITE YOUR HEAD OFF

ABOUT HALF PAST EIGHT ♪

[CHEERING]

[CACKLING]

♪ NOW...

BABY, DON'T YOU BE LATE,

'CAUSE I ♪

[LAUGHS]

WHOO!

[MAN SINGING INDISTINCTLY...]

Man: * I'M GOING TO

BITE YOUR HEAD OFF

ABOUT HALF PAST EIGHT ♪

ALREADY IN HELL.

YOU GOT TO COME WITH ME NOW.

LONG PAID FOR WHAT HE DONE

JUST LIKE DAVIE PAID.

I GOT THE REVENGE.

[GUNSHOT]

[*...]

...THE MIND HAS A WAY OF

GETTING AWAY ON YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT

HAPPENED RIGHTLY.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU'RE CRANKING IT.

I HARDLY KNOW THE VISIONS

FROM THE REALITY.

[*...]

BUT I DID KNOW I HAD TO GET

TO THE WOODS AND GET GONE

OR I WAS GONNA HAVE A FATE

WORSE THAN TALLY BRISCOE.

...[PANTING...]

[*...]

...VENGE MAKES YOU SICK.

FACT, ALLS YOU CAN THINK ABOUT

OR IMAGINE IS KILLING AND

TORTURING AND GETTING THAT

VENGEANCE.

BUT ONCE IT'S DONE, YOU GOT TO

THINK AND LIVE WITH WHAT WAS

DONE TO MAKE YOU VENGE IN THE

FIRST PLACE, AND THEN THAT

VENGE AIN'T THERE TO MAKE YOU

FEEL GOOD OR ANYTHING NO MORE.

[DISTANT ANIMAL HOWLS]

IT IS MY DADDY D. RAY WHITE WHO

GAVE ME THIS LIFE, AND NEARLY

THE ONLY GOOD IN IT HAS BEEN

HIS DOING.

I TRIED TO THINK WHAT HE'D A

DONE IN MY PLACE RIGHT THEN.

WHY, HE'D A GIVEN HIMSELF UP

AND TOLD THE POLICE EVERYTHING

AND DO WHAT'S GOOD AND BLESSED,

AND I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT

TOO, BUT I'M A WEAK MAN.

HE'D BE HEARTBROKEN,

THAT'S SURE.

I STILL THINK ON HIM, THOUGH,

AND I MISS HIM, 'CAUSE I LOVE

MY DADDY AND WILL TILL THE DAY

I DIE.

[*...]

...[GRUNTING...]

[*...]

[INSECTS BUZZING...]

...THEM BUGS WAS ALWAYS ON ME

AND DRIVING ME TO DISTRACTION.

I WAS THERE IN THEM WOODS ABOUT

TWO DAYS BEFORE I FIGURED

I HAD TO GET SOMEWHERE ELSE.

I GOT TO THINKING THAT OLD

EDGAR HUDD HAD A CABIN THAT WAS

WAY OUT, AND NOBODY WENT OUT

THERE EXCEPT DADDY...

AND THAT IS ONLY FOR HUNTING.

I LIT OUT THEN AND THERE FOR

OLD HUDD'S CABIN OVER BY

SEPTON'S RISE.

HUDD'LL BE 90 IF HE'S A DAY.

I WAS NOT SURE AT ALL IF

I'D FIND HIM THERE ALIVE.

NO ONE HAD SEEN HIM AROUND

FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[WIND WHISTLING...]

JESSIE BOY!

[COUGHS]

BEEN A TIME.

I HEARD YOU'RE DANCING

JUST LIKE RAY NOW

O'ER IN TWILITE AND BANEY TOWN.

BUT LOOK AT YOU, BOY.

NOW, YOU REAL RAGGED.

YOU GET A JAR OF THAT WATER

DOWN YOU RIGHT NOW.

TOOK ME NEAR ON THREE DAY

TO GET HERE.

I CAN'T DO THAT TREK NO MORE,

BUT NO NEED NEITHER.

BUT DON'T TRY FOOLING ME, BOY,

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GOT

TROUBLE.

WHEN YOU COME IN, I COULD SMELL

A REEK LIKE DEAD SQUIRREL.

I KNOW ABOUT YOUR EVIL,

JESCO WHITE.

WELL, EDGAR, I WON'T

LIE TO YOU.

I'M HIDING OUT ON ACCOUNT OF

THE FACT THAT I SORTED OUT DAVIE

AND LONG FOR WHAT THEY DONE

TO DADDY.

AND THEM POLICE IS AFTER ME NOW,

SO'S I COME UP HERE TO HIDE OUT.

I DON'T WANT NO TROUBLE

FOR Y'ALL THOUGH.

AND IF YOU CAN SEE YOUR WAY

CLEAR TO SET ME UP WITH SOME

FOOD AND... WELL, JUST LET ME

REST A PIECE...

THEN I'LL BE GONE.

[SHOUTS] LIAR'S WHAT YOU

ARE, BOY!

YOU'RE WEAK.

YOU WAS NEVER ENOUGH MAN

TO VENGE YOUR DADDY'S DEATH.

OLD DAVIE AND LONG HAPPY AS CAN

BE, LIVING A LIFE ON THE OTHER

SIDE OF THAT MOUNTAIN.

LORD WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM

IN HIS OWN SWEET TIME.

'CEPTING NOW YOU, IN YOUR ANGER

AND VENGEANCE, HAS TAKEN THE

LIFE OF ONE NOT DETERMINED.

AND THAT THERE IS BLOOD ON YOUR

BROW, BOY, AND OH, IT SICKENS MY

HEART AND THAT OF RAY TO SEE YOU

LIE BEFORE GOD.

BOY, YOU DONE SOME BAD THINGS

IN YOUR LIFE, AND NO AMOUNT OF

CRYING'S GONNA CHANGE IT.

YOU WAS ALWAYS COMING

HERE, JESS.

ALWAYS SAID YOU'D

TURN OUT WRONG.

AND HERE YOU ARE, A KILLER!

AND AT SOME POINT COMES THE

RETRIBUTION OF THE JUST.

HOW JESUS WAS MADE TO WALK

ON BROKEN GROUND. [ECHOING...]

HIS BODY GUTTED AND HIS BREATH

STOLE FROM THIS EARTH BY UNHOLY

DEEDS.

THEN WHAT WAS LEFT, GOT TO LIVE

BY THE LAWS SET DOWN BY GOD.

IF'N YOU'D BEEN MAN ENOUGH TO

GET DAVIE AND LONG, YOU'D HAVE

SURE SPEEDED 'EM ON THEIR

JOURNEY TO HELL, WHERE THEY'LL

BURN FOR ETERNITY.

BUT THIS KILLING REILLY IS A

KILLING AGAINST JESUS THE LORD

WHO DIED FOR US, AND HIS WILL

GOT TO BE DONE AGAINST THE MAN

WHAT DONE THIS WRONG.

PLEASE, LORD, SAVE ME!

I ACCEPT JESUS INTO MY BODY.

JESUS, SAVE ME!

I ACCEPT JESUS INTO MY BODY.

[FADING] I ACCEPT JESUS AS MY

PERSONAL SAVIOR.

[*...]

...NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG

THAT FIGHT LASTED 'TWEEN THE

GOOD LORD AND THE DEVIL...

[RAIN FALLING,

BIRDS CHIRPING...]

...BUT WHEN I CAME OUT OF IT,

I WAS NEARLY DONE MYSELF.

[INSECTS BUZZING...]

I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT IT

WEREN'T EDGAR AT ALL THAT

I WAS TALKING TO THEN.

I SEE IT AS GOD A-TALKING

TO ME... TELLING ME SENSE.

[RAIN FALLING OUTSIDE...]

I COULD STILL HEAR OLD EDGAR'S

VOICE DAYS AFTER I PUT HIM

DOWN THERE IN THE GROUND.

THE VOICE OF GOD TELLING ME

THINGS DIRECT.

AND I KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO

TO CLEAN THEM SINS AWAY.

THE BIBLE IS WHAT TELLS US

EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED

IN LIFE AND DEATH.

ITS PAGES ARE THE MESSAGES

TO THE PEOPLE FROM GOD.

[WOMAN SINGING

"AMAZING GRACE"...]

HELL ON EARTH SO'S ETERNITY

CAN BE SPENT IN THE HEAVENS.

TURMOIL AND TORMENT.

40 YEARS OF SUFFERING TO RID

YOURSELF OF THE DEVIL'S TAINT.

JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD.

HE COULD MAKE MIRACLES AND FEED

THE PEOPLE WITH FISH AND BREAD,

MULTIPLYING THE NUMBERS WITH

THE SKIN OF HIS HOLY BODY.

["AMAZING GRACE" CONTINUES...]

I UNDERSTAND MY PUNISHMENT

NOW THOUGH.

HOW TO CLEANSE AWAY THEM BAD

WHAT COURSE THROUGH MY VEINS,

GOD TELL ME.

FLESH ISN'T PURE AND MUST BE

BLED OR BOILED.

GOT TO CLEAN THE IMPURE BLOOD.

I STARTED WITH MY FINGERS.

THEY WAS EASY.

AFTER CUTTING THEM, I'D TAKE

A POKER FROM THE FIRE AND BURN

THAT WOUND CLOSED.

SOMETIMES I'D PASS WITH

THE PAIN AND DREAM OF ROBINS

AND THE GOOD.

AND SO MY FLESH COMES TO BREAD

AND MY BODY COMES TO WINE.

WHEN I TAKE IT INTO ME, MY NEW

GOOD SOUL CLEARS IT OF ITS BAD

AND TAKES IT TO REMAKE MYSELF

IN A BETTER IMAGE.

THE BAD WHAT'S LEFT IS SHIT OUT

AND BURIED, AND THE WHOLE AREA

THEN IS PRAYED OVER AND SET TO

FLAME.

["AMAZING GRACE" CONTINUES...]

I KNEW THEN I WAS RIGHT.

I WAS ON THE CROSS WITH JESUS.

WHEN I GET DONE WITH MY TOES,

THEN GO MY EARS AND THIS

LIAR'S TONGUE.

WITH EACH CUT, I'M CLOSER

TO ETERNAL BLISS.

["AMAZING GRACE" CONTINUES...]

ALREADY I FEEL THAT MY SOUL

IS LIFTING, TRYING TO GET TO

HEAVEN 'FORE IT'S TIME.

IT'S FAIR BUSTING TO GET

UP THERE.

FIRST THOUGH, I MUST SATISFY

GOD, AND I'M TRYING THE BEST

AS I CAN TO DO SO...

HONESTLY, SERIOUSLY.

Woman: * AMAZING GRACE,

HOW SWEET THE SOUND

THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME... ♪

♪ I ONCE WAS LOST,

BUT NOW I'M FOUND ♪

♪ WAS BLIND

BUT NOW I SEE... ♪

[*...]

THIS TIME EQUALS YOUR DEATH.

LISTEN TO THE BIRDS SING.

[*...]

Man: * RESTLESS SINNER,

REST IN SIN ♪

♪ HE'S GOT NO FACE

TO HOLD HIM IN ♪

♪ HE FEELS HIS DAY'S

AS DARK AS NIGHT ♪

♪ HE'S BEEN WAITING

WITH THE BLIND ♪

♪ JUST TO FIND A PLACE

TO HIDE HIS GHOST ♪

♪ NO OPEN EYES, NO CONSEQUENCE ♪

♪ THE DOOR'S BEEN CLOSED

SINCE HE'S WALKED IN ♪

♪ THE FIGHT'S BEEN RAGING

SO MANY DAYS ♪

♪ HE'LL GREET YOU WITH A CROSS

AND A SICKLE

AS HE HELPS YOU IN ♪

[*...]

♪ YOU FALL IN WAYS

TO AN OPEN FIRE ♪

♪ YOU'VE GOT NO TASTE

FOR HIS DESIRE ♪

♪ HE BRINGS YOU IN

TO WARM YOUR BONES ♪

♪ HE'S THE REASON WHY YOU CAME

AND THE REASON WHY

YOU OUGHT TO GO ♪

♪ MM... ♪

♪ FOOL'S GONNA FALL AND RAISE ♪

♪ ANOTHER FALLEN CHILD ♪

♪ MM... ♪

♪ FOOL'S GONNA FALL AND RAISE ♪

♪ ANOTHER FALLEN CHILD ♪

♪ MM... ♪

♪ FOOL'S GONNA FALL AND RAISE ♪

♪ ANOTHER FALLEN CHILD ♪

[*...]

♪ IT CAN'T BE KNOWN

WHAT LIES IN WAIT ♪

♪ FOR THOSE OF US

IN CRIPPLED STATES ♪

♪ A BROKEN MIND IS NO ESCAPE ♪

♪ WHEN THERE'S NO ONE LEFT

TO REASON WITH,

THERE'S NO ONE LEFT

TO CALL YOUR NAME ♪

[*...]

Men: * MM... ♪

♪ FOOL'S GONNA FALL AND RAISE ♪

♪ ANOTHER FALLEN CHILD ♪

♪ MM... ♪

♪ FOOL'S GONNA FALL AND RAISE ♪

♪ ANOTHER FALLEN CHILD ♪

♪ MM... ♪

♪ FOOL'S GONNA FALL AND RAISE ♪

♪ ANOTHER FALLEN CHILD ♪

♪ MM... ♪

♪ FOOL'S GONNA FALL AND RAISE ♪

♪ ANOTHER FALLEN CHILD ♪

♪ MM... ♪

♪ FOOL'S GONNA FALL AND RAISE ♪

♪ ANOTHER FALLEN CHILD ♪

♪ MM... ♪

♪ FOOL'S GONNA FALL AND RAISE. ♪

[MUSIC CHANGES]

Man: HUNH! COME ON!

[*...]

NOW!

[*...]

COME ON!

HUNH!

[*...]

NOW!

[*...]

HUNH! COME ON!

DOWN!

COME ON!

HUNH! DOWN!

HUNH! COME ON!

GET DOWN!

HUNH! COME ON.

GET DOWN!

HUNH!