"Stop." "Carter" "Let me show you something." "We're at your house." "You didn't even finish your paper yet." "Haven't even started yet." "I told you to keep this goddamn wedding ring on!" "God damn it!" "Roy, please, you're choking me." "Let her go." "I mean it." "Get away from her." "Oh, no." "Did you kill him?" "No, he's- he's still breathing." "Pack your things." "We're leaving." "Come on." "Hurry up, Ellis." "I don't know what we're doing." "I'll call you as soon as we're done running." "Go down the road." "You call 911." "You tell them you heard some screaming." "All right?" "Go." "We left in the spring of 1993." "Carter." "Carter, you awake?" "Mom passed away a few years ago." "It was just the two of us now." "Check it out." "Cool light, huh?" "Yeah, it's great." "Come on, let's get the burgers started." "Hey, come on, man." "Ellis was studying to be a photographer." "I think he's pretty good, but it's hard to tell when he always takes pictures of the same thing." "My job ain't so bad." "Hey, El?" "Come on, man." "I thought you had an early class." "Come on, man." "El?" "Come on, Ellis." "El?" "El!" "Your brother has a condition called acute myelogenous leukemia." "Can you die from it?" "Yes, but there are treatments." "Like what?" "Start chemotherapy, then perform a bone marrow transplant if a matching donor can be found in time." "So where do we find one?" "Well, siblings are the first place we look." "Hey, buddy." "Hey." "You coming with me?" "I'm going to come up in a few days after I get off work." "All right." "I think she likes you." "Hey." "Hi." "How you doing?" "Good." "How you feeling?" "Tired, mostly." "The medicine does that." "I got a call from the doctor yesterday." "Yeah, they told me." "I'm really sorry." "I know." "Thought I'd match, you know?" "Thought I'd be able to help you out." "Maybe you still can." "Yeah?" "How?" "Take me back to Tennessee... to find Dad." "Ellis, you know I can't go back there." "But he could match." "How do you even know we could find him?" "Because..." "Mom left me his address before she died, in case we ever needed it." "Where does he live?" "He's still there, outside of Knoxville with his new wife." "Even if we did find him, he wouldn't help us." "He might." "When I got home last night," "I started thinking about something." "What?" "Those mountains back in East Tennessee." "You got a picture of those hills?" "No." "Just in my head." "Why did you bring my camera?" "Just in case." "Just in case what?" "Just in case you want to go back and get one." "You want a bite?" "Nope." "Hey, do you remember that time Dad took us camping?" "Yep." "Remember how he let us eat whatever we wanted?" "I think we lived on Kit-Kats and Coke." "Whatchamacallit bars." "That's right." "Whatchamacallit." "I haven't thought about that in forever." "I wonder if they still make those." "I don't know." "You've stumbled on a real mystery." "Carter, get in here now!" "Come on in here." "I want to give you something." "Come on." "I got a surprise for you." "Okay?" "Pick a hand." "Now" " Whoa." "If you pick right... you get a big surprise." "But if you pick wrong" "Jesus Christ." "Well... you get a big surprise then, too." "Go ahead." "That's the wrong hand." "You okay?" "Yeah." "I'll be right back." "Did it start?" "No, it didn't start." "You think it's the starter?" "No, I think it's the fucking warp drive." "Yeah, it's the starter." "Well, I got to call a mechanic or something." "What is this shit?" "Come on, man." "Look." "Go to the diner over there." "Get an egg or something." "Milk." "All right." "Make your bones grow." "I'm going to call a mechanic." "I'll be there when I'm done." "Wait." "All right." "Krystal, order up." "Be right with you." "This hamburger's been sitting here for five minutes." "It ain't trying to get no suntan." "I know." "Is there a problem here?" "Yeah." "Oh, we're not serving that." "Could you go over there and tell your table exactly why their food's going to be late?" "It's going to be a few minutes on that burger because my boss threw it in the trash." "All right, sugar." "How can I help you?" "What's good?" "Nothing." "I like the pie okay." "I'll have a piece of pecan." "Anything to drink?" "How much for a Coke?" "Dollar fifty for the small, two for the large." "Just a water." "Krystal, can I talk to you?" "I saw what you did back there, calling me out in front of that table." "You can't be pulling stunts like that if you want to keep your job around here." "Now, do you understand me?" "I need a breather." "Can you cover my tables for a few minutes?" "Don't be too long." "She'll take real good care of you, okay?" "He needs a refill on that Coke." "He don't even have a glass." "¶ Into ¶" "¶ I got a lot ¶" "¶ I've got a lot ¶" "¶ To dream ¶" "¶ I'm more than this ¶" "¶ I'm- ¶" "Sorry." "I didn't mean to bother you." "It's all right." "I got to get back to work anyway." "Are you writing a song?" "Trying to, I guess." "Yeah." "It sounded good." "I mean, what I heard of it." "Thanks." "You're a sweetheart." "I got to get back inside, so, um" "Nice talking to you." "Are you by yourself, or is someone with you?" "My brother's around here somewhere." "Think I saw him back by the highway over there." "Thanks." "Take care." "Bye." "Not tonight, Frank." "Because I'm working late, and I just can't come home and clean up after everybody again tonight." "I can't do it." "Look, there's somebody waiting to use the phone." "Sure, I can pick up something from the store for you." "What do you need?" "Okay." "See you later." "Hey, there." "It's Ellis." "Things are going okay." "Our car broke down, and Carter's worried about money, but I think things will be okay because we met a girl in Texas." "She's cool... and pretty..." "And nice." "She works as a waitress, but really, she's a singer." "I told her she should be in Nashville." "That's where she belongs." "You want to talk to her?" "Hold on a sec." "Who is it?" "They just want to say hi." "Hello?" "Hello?" "No one's on the phone." "Just talk." "Well, I don't really know what to say." "No one, uh" "That was so nice." "No one really says stuff to me like that." "Makes me want to cry." "But the thing is I have a husband, and I have a job, and, you know, my husband would kill me." "I really want to go." "I really want to go." "But I just can't go." "But your friend is a real sweetheart, and I hope I see him again." "Okay?" "Bye." "Why didn't you come inside?" "Needed some time to think." "About what?" "About how we're going to get to Tennessee without a car." "¶ When we dance together ¶" "¶ My world's in disguise ¶" "¶ It's a fairyland tale that's come true ¶" "¶ And when you look at me ¶" "¶ With those stars in your eyes ¶" "Good day?" "I can't even tell anymore." "I hear you." "They all kind of run together, don't they?" "Oh, shit." "I almost forgot." "That kid you had me wait on when you took your break wanted me to give you this." "¶ Like a storybook ending ¶" "¶ I'm lost in your charms ¶" "¶ And I could waltz across Texas with you ¶" "So where are you boys heading anyway?" "Tennessee." "I don't suppose you're going that far." "Not really." "I was going to the store and home." "Guess I could take you that far and let you get cleaned up." "Make a plan." "Sounds good." "Yeah?" "All right, get in before I change my mind." "Hey, Ellis." "Thanks for that refill." "¶" "Come on in." "You can have a seat right there." "Frank ain't really big on surprises, so just let me go in and I'll meet you back here in a minute, okay?" "All right." "Where the fuck have you been?" "Getting my hair and nails done." "Where do you think I've been?" "They were out of Dickel." "Well, this is piss water." "Why didn't you go to another store?" "Because I wanted to come home." "My boys don't drink this shit." "You know what?" "I don't really give a shit what your boys drink, especially since I spent all my tip money on this, and I know I ain't going to see a dime from it." "Who the fuck- Frank!" "Don't take a tone with me." "I'm not." "I'm just saying" "Saying what?" "I don't give you money?" "I don't buy you things, provide for you?" "No." "Look around." "Now, you see all this nice stuff?" "You're hurting me." "I make all this shit possible." "I bust my ass so you can have a good fucking life." "Now, don't you ever forget that." "Mm-hmm." "Frank, not in front of company." "Those boys in there can't hear me." "Not them." "Who the fuck is that sitting on my couch?" "It's a couple of guys I met at the diner." "Their car broke down on the way to Tennessee." "I don't think they had a place to go, so I thought they could stay here tonight in the extra room." "What does this look like to you, a goddamn charity mission?" "It's just one night, Frank." "That's all." "Promise." "Hey, Frank." "I'll be there in a minute." "You and me, we're going work out this situation tomorrow." "I'm Frank." "Welcome to my home." "Now that is one nice piece of ass, ain't it?" "Make your tongue hard just thinking about it, don't it?" "Y'all don't think my wife's a nice piece of ass?" "Y'all ain't a couple of faggots, now, are you?" "Look, sir, we really don't want to cause any trouble for you." "Oh, it's no trouble, boss." "No trouble at all." "I mean, you know, as long as y'all remember who that belongs to in there." "Look, maybe we should just leave." "No, come on." "Don't go, guys." "Frank, you're drunk." "Come on, leave them alone." "Just go back in the game." "They're waiting for you." "Now, you boys remember, don't touch nothing in this house that don't belong to you." "You hear?" "Come on, Frank." "Just follow me here." "Get up." "Get dressed." "Get your things." "What time is it?" "Time to go." "¶" "¶ Take my hand, we got to roll ¶" "¶ Down this lonesome road ¶" "Let's go in here." "I think we should keep moving." "No, I want a drink." "I got the money." "Ellis, come on, let's go." "Unbelievable." "How you feeling?" "Pretty good." "You?" "I'm good." "I keep losing my lipstick." "Do you see it back there?" "Oh, yeah." "Thanks." "You want some?" "No, I'm good." "Okay." "Just checking." "All right, let's go get drunk." "Well?" "It's time to hear some music." "Three shots of your best tequila, please." "Okay, you ready?" "Yeah." "I've never taken one of these before." "All right." "Give me your hand." "You lick the salt, right?" "Shoot the tequila." "Suck the lime." "Got it." "Got it?" "Ready?" "Yeah." "Let's do it together, okay?" "All right." "Okay." "Come on, Carter." "Let's go." "Ready?" "1... 2... 3." "Pretty tasty, huh?" "Yeah, let's get two more." "I don't think that's a good idea." "Why not?" "Because you're sick." "That's why not." "Come on, Ellis." "You going to do your shot, Carter?" "I'm good." "You're good?" "You don't know what you like." "You want to dance, Ellis?" "¶ You better give me a deal I can take ¶" "¶ Any law I'm gonna break ¶" "¶ I'm gonna ¶ ¶ Giving you ¶" "¶ Your last chance again ¶" "¶ Yeah, I'm giving you your last chance again ¶" "¶ Well, everybody knows your name ¶" "¶ Made a joke of my good name ¶" "¶ Don't you know my patience is runnin' thin?" "¶" "¶ I'm tryin' hard to treat you right ¶" "¶ But you come in and pick a fight ¶" "¶ I'm giving you your last chance again ¶" "¶ Yes, I'm giving you your last chance again ¶" "¶ Well, I've tried before to tell you ¶" "¶ I have one foot out the door ¶" "¶ But you knew what I wanted to hear ¶" "Ah!" "¶ And please don't make me ¶" "¶ Have to say it one more time ¶" "¶ I'm giving you your last chance again ¶" "¶ Yes, I'm giving you your last chance again ¶" "¶ You've been giving me all I can take ¶" "¶" "¶ After you get rid of me ¶ I love this song." "Oh, my God." "Don't you love this song?" "This is the best song." "¶ I know, I know, I know, I know ¶" "¶ There's things you'd like to know ¶" "¶ About the girl that I love so ¶" "¶ 'Cause after all is said and done ¶" "¶ You won't be satisfied with anyone ¶" "Come on." "¶ So after you get rid of me ¶" "Have us one of those sandwiches." "¶... the next fool be?" "¶" "Sit down." "¶ Will he believe ¶" "I love this song." "¶ All those lies?" "¶" "Want to dance?" "I want to say something." "Want to dance?" "I want to say something." "¶... with tears in his eyes ¶" "¶ I know, I know ¶" "Go ahead, go ahead." "Come on." "Dance with me." "Come on, Carter." "Aw, man." "¶ I'd like to be the one ¶" "Shit." "¶ To tell her so ¶" "¶ Because after all is said and done ¶" "¶ You won't be satisfied with anyone ¶" "¶ So after you get rid of me ¶" "¶ Who will the next fool be?" "¶" "Get the" "The fuck are you doing?" "What just happened?" "He just tried to feel this lady up on the dance floor." "What the fuck are you looking at?" "That's what he did." "Fuck you." "Fine, I'm sorry!" "I'm sorry." "Krystal?" "Let me get this straight." "You need a key, but you don't know what room?" "Yeah." "Locked myself out." "I just can't remember the number." "Well, what name's it under?" "Try Armstrong." "Huh?" "Armstrong." "Armstrong." "Armstrong." "Now I got two rooms booked under that name." "You got ID?" "Yeah." "I need to issue an APB for a metallic blue 1967 Mustang with Texas plates." "License number 333JDT." "And I need to check all motel registrations along I-40 in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee." "Copy that." "What the fuck happened to you last night?" "Details were a little fuzzy." "You know what, Carter?" "I don't really know you, but I already know this much about you." "You don't know your limits, and you know what happens to people who don't know their limits?" "They cross the line." "Yeah?" "What line did I cross?" "Just about all of them." "What did I do?" "You fucked up, that's what you did." "Well, you were the one who started doing shots and forcing them on me." "How was I supposed to know that you can't have a good time without getting shit-faced and hurting everyone around you?" "Well, it looks like I got mine, didn't it?" "You." "This ain't about you." "In case you haven't noticed, you got a brother in the next room who needs you and shouldn't have to be dealing with your shit." "You have no idea about my shit." "You have no idea what I've given up for that kid." "I got to go." "Where you going?" "Going to get us a new ride, unless you want to go the rest of the way to Tennessee in the back seat of Frank's cop car." "Hi." "Do you know if there's a used car dealership around here or something?" "I need to make a trade." "What kind of car you got?" "It's a '67 Mustang." "Hm." "How much you want for it?" "I'm not trying to bargain." "I just got to make a trade." "Even trade." "¶ An angel lands with broken wings ¶" "¶ He warms me with his eyes ¶" "¶ And the ice that's sheathed around me ¶" "I heard her working on that song back at the diner." "It sounds pretty good, huh?" "Yeah, she's a regular Loretta Lynn." "You know, what's your problem?" "She didn't do anything to you." "I'm sure she's the best singing fucking waitress in all of Texas." "You're just a drunk." "Why don't you go ahead and say that again?" "I said you're just a drunk." "Who the fuck do you think you are talking to?" "Get off me!" "What the fuck did you just" "Why don't you just hit me?" "Hit me!" "Frank, you there?" "Copy." "I think we got something for you." "Go ahead." "Found a vehicle matching the description you gave us at a motel in Oklahoma." "Got it." "There's the ball on the 5 yard line." "The team, their own territory." "They got to get a drive going here and get on the scoreboard with four minutes left." "Okay, they're lined up, four man wide out." "Here comes the ball." "He's back, he's back." "Finds the man open in the middle." "He's got an open field in front of him." "Here we go." "Good job, Carter." "What took you so long?" "I'm sorry, baby." "I was talking to someone very important." "The coach from Clemson is here?" "He wants me to come play for his team." "Your dream." "It's our dream." "No, no, stop." "Let's take a picture." "You all right, Carter?" "Yeah, I'm good." "So what's in Tennessee?" "Our dad lives there." "When's the last time you saw him?" "Shit, like high school." "Was he mean to you?" "I don't know." "Things got pretty rough for me and my mom." "So you ran." "Yeah." "Just ran and never looked back until now." "So why didn't you leave until now?" "It's because he was so nice to me in the beginning, you know what I mean?" "He was just so nice." "I kept holding on to that." "Anyway, love's complicated." "Really?" "What's so complicated?" "Everything." "Ain't you ever been in love?" "That was a long time ago." "It was way back in high school." "And it was never complicated?" "No." "It was the easiest thing in my life." "It was real easy." "What was her name?" "It was Laurel." "That's a pretty name." "He's burning up." "I think we better stop." "Ah, hell, I don't know." "After she left, I just started thinking about it, and something didn't seem right." "Who's going to trade a classic Mustang for a piece of shit car like mine?" "And you know what?" "She was in a big old hurry." "She didn't want me to clean out my car or anything, so I just called the local authorities to make sure everything's on the up and up." "That's when I found out it was stolen." "Yeah, well, you did a good thing." "Yeah?" "Do I still get to keep the car?" "Okay." "What's wrong with him?" "He's got leukemia." "Can they do anything about that?" "Yeah." "They get you the bone marrow transplant if you find a donor in time." "So that's why you're going to Tennessee." "Yeah." "To look for Dad." "I really hope you find him." "I'm going to go see what they have in the lobby." "Get up, man." "Hi." "All points 40 at Arkansas." "Suspected kidnapping." "Light-skinned black female." "Blonde hair, 30s, named Krystal Evans." "Last seen Laredo, Texas." "Suspect's with two white males." "And it happens." "¶ Thank you, Jesus ¶" "Carter, open up." "Hurry up." "Carter, open up the door." "We've got to go now." "What happened?" "Frank happened." "What do you mean?" "He fucked us, that's what." "You guys are wanted for kidnapping." "I just heard it on the scanner." "What?" "Who'd we kidnap?" "Fuck." "I gave them the description of the tags and the car last night." "You know what?" "I don't have money for another car, okay?" "So I don't know what we're going to do." "Call the police and tell them you came on your own." "Frank's going to tell them that someone's forcing me to say it, and they're still going to come after us." "You better hurry up, because Frank is not playing games, okay?" "All right." "Ellis, baby, what do you got over here?" "Let's get you together." "Is this yours?" "Come on, get a move on." "Okay, come on." "It's going to be all right." "We're just going to move fast, all right?" "Good." "Okay, come on." "It's okay." "Car 43, car 43, this is dispatch." "Pick up." "Here." "All right." "Let's go." "Could we get some food?" "No, not now, man." "He can't keep going on like this." "There's food in the lobby." "We'll get something on the road." "Listen, there's food in the lobby." "I'll be right back." "Hold this, please." "Thank you." "Hey, hurry up." "Hi, baby." "Hello." "Hold on." "Okay, you want one?" "No, I'm not hungry." "I'm good." "Fine." "More for us." "Here." "Thank you." "Mm-hm." "Save me one." "Okay." "Oh, shit." "What?" "Fuck." "Look." "Shit!" "Okay." "How do we even know which train to take?" "I think this line goes to Tennessee." "We just got to make sure we're going east." "And I hope I'm right." "Yeah?" "Can I help you?" "Listen, you know where this train is heading to?" "Yeah." "Where?" "Nashville way, if I remember right." "What are you going to do when you get to Nashville?" "I got a girl friend that lives there." "It's good you won't be alone." "You want me to close the door?" "No, I like looking out." "Here, baby." "Put this on." "Where's it say that?" "It says it there." "Ladies eat free." "Where?" "Right there." "Where the heck" "Ladies eat free." "Free?" "¶" "Here, Carter." "I'm going to go call my friend so we can get a place to stay tonight." "Hey, Tracy." "It's Krystal Evans." "I know it's been a long time, but I'm hanging out- I'm actually" "I'm in Nashville, and I'm hanging out here at the Blackbird Cafe." "I just wanted to know if you wanted to come down and catch up or whatever, but I guess you're not home, so I'll call you back if I move on." "Ain't shit going on here, really." "Just a bunch of old drunks." "All right." "Bye." "Give me a quarter." "Hey, Krystal, it's Tracy." "I hope you get this." "It's the only number I have for you." "I can't believe you made it to Nashville after all these years." "Oh, here's my boss." "I'm at work, but I'll catch up with you later tonight on lower Broadway, all right?" "Tracy, this is Frank." "Has a beautiful sound." "How much can you give me for it?" "300 bucks." "That's" " That's vintage." "Do you know" " Did you look at that guitar?" "That's got to be worth at least- at least $1,000." "Don't do it." "I'm just trying to help, Carter." "I don't know what else I can do." "Take a look at this." "¶" "¶ Singing glory hallelujah ¶" "¶ Upon anything that you value ¶" "¶ And it sure is fine and new ¶" "¶ For when I'm gone, gone, gone ¶" "¶" "Sounding like that." "Excuse me." "Can you tell me how to get to lower Broadway?" "Take the Broadway exit." "Make a left." "Look for all the neon lights." "You can't miss it." "Come on out right now." "Let's go." "I ain't asking you again." "You got extra key to the ladies' bathroom?" "Ma'am, you okay?" "I'm a police officer." "Okay, ma'am, listen." "I'm going to open up the door." "Ma'am, I have to open up the door." "Are you decent?" "It's going to be okay." "Why don't you just come on out now?" "It's going to be okay." "Come on, honey." "I'm sorry." "Sorry, officer." "Just got a little carried away is all." "We'll be fine." "Thanks." "¶" "Let's give a nice country welcome to Miss Krystal Evans." "Whoo!" "Thank you." "Thank you." "This is called "Right to Dream. "" "I'm dedicating it to those two guys over there." "¶" "¶ I lay awake sometimes ¶" "¶ Scared to close my eyes ¶" "¶ And I wonder where I left myself ¶" "¶ And lost the will to fight ¶" "¶ And the night melts into morning ¶" "¶ Still, it's cold beneath the sun ¶" "¶ 'Cause the fire in me is languishing ¶" "¶ And I'm too frozen to run ¶" "¶" "¶ I find somewhere deep inside ¶" "¶ Someone strong still resides ¶" "¶ And I know ¶" "¶ She's gonna be fine in time ¶" "¶ 'Cause, you see ¶" "¶ I've got a right to dream ¶" "¶ There's more than this for me ¶" "¶ An angel lands with broken wings ¶" "¶ He warms me with his eyes ¶" "¶ And the ice that's sheathed around my heart ¶" "¶ Unravel as he smiles ¶" "¶ See, I grew up locked in sorrow ¶" "¶ So I learned to block the pain ¶" "¶ But I won't give up tomorrow ¶" "¶ 'Cause I've come to life again ¶" "¶ And every once in a while ¶" "¶ There's a distant glimmer of hope ¶" "¶ I find somewhere deep inside ¶" "¶ Someone strong still resides ¶" "¶ And I know she's gonna be fine ¶" "¶ In time ¶" "¶ 'Cause you see ¶" "¶ I've got a right to dream ¶" "¶ There's more than this for me ¶" "Knoxville bus boarding now, flyover to Knoxville." "Okay." "Take this." "Really, I can't take all this." "I saved a 50 for myself." "I'm good." "Now, this is my friend Tracy's number." "Take it, call me, and let me know how he's doing, all right?" "All right." "Get out of here before I start crying." "I'll see y'all later." "You awake?" "Yeah." "You okay?" "Yeah." "What?" "You remember that time you, me, and Dad snuck out on that runway and a plane landed over us?" "Yeah." "Remember how that one star kept getting closer and closer?" "Then one light turned into two." "You could hear it coming." "And Dad said" ""Hold on, boys. "" "And there it was, right over us." "I was fucking scared to death." "Were you?" "No." "Why not?" "Because you were there." "I never thought a bad thing could happen when you were around." "It's not your fault, you know." "What?" "What he did to you." "I know." "Are you sure?" "Because sometimes I wonder if you really understand that he was just angry and sad." "It didn't have anything to do with you." "Hey, come on, man." "We're here." "Hey, come on, El." "Wake up, kid." "Shit, Ellis." "Come on, El." "Come on." "Somebody call an ambulance!" "Dr. Barnes, dial 118, please." "Hey, buddy." "Hey." "How you feeling?" "Doing all right." "How you doing?" "I'm okay." "So today I'm going to rent a car, and I'm gonna drive up to Dad's house." "Before you go, I need something." "What?" "A picture." "Okay." "What kind of picture you want?" "The mountains around here." "Sure." "Yeah." "No problem." "I'll see if I can go pick one up." "No, I want you to take it." "Can you pass me my camera?" "All set." "Just point and shoot." "All right, um" "When you get the car, drive out to the middle school." "There's a good view of the mountains from across the street." "The light should be good around 4:00." "You're getting weird, dude." "I'm serious." "What do they have you on here?" "All right." "You get some rest." "I'll be right back." "All right, man." "Excuse me." "Hi." "Do you know that teacher who just left?" "Ms. Michaels?" "Ms. Michaels?" "Is that Laurel Michaels?" "Mm-hm." "What does she teach?" "English and dance class." "English and dance class." "Thanks, hon." "You're welcome." "It's really good, Carter." "So I took all these other photos." "Do you want to see them?" "How the hell did you know she was going to be there?" "One of my nurses went to high school with you guys." "We were talking earlier." "Which one?" "Donna Meyers." "Donna Meyers?" "I don't recall no Meyers." "Must be her married name." "She looks the same." "She's a little prettier now, I think." "Did you talk to her?" "Why not?" "Dude, it was a long time ago." "That's why." "She probably doesn't even remember me." "You were a legend, Carter." "I don't think anyone could forget you." "That was a pretty long time ago, too, man." "God damn it, Ellis." "Give me those back." "You go looking for Dad tomorrow?" "I want you to remember what we talked about on the bus." "The past can't hurt you." "It's the right here and now that gets us." "You remember that." "What happened out there tonight?" "You should have scored in the third quarter." "You was on the 5, God damn it." "Why didn't you just hold on to the fucking ball, bring it in yourself?" "Because Coach called a different play." "Fuck the play!" "Fuck" "Fuck that coach." "Look, you're the quarterback." "Means you're the boss." "Now, what was your excuse on the fucking fumble?" "That fucking sack." "There's no excuse." "You're goddamn right there's no excuse." "No matter how many guys they bring at you- one, two, three- you get the fuck out of the way." "You understand me?" "Yes." "What?" "Yes, sir." "Because if you don't, one of these days, you're going to get hit, and you won't get back up." "You'll end up like me." "Excuse me, sir." "I was just going to lock the front gate." "I'll let you clear out of here." "Where do you think you're going?" "I need some fresh air." "Don't go too far." "What do you want?" "I'm looking for my dad." "I was there this morning." "I know he'd be glad if you stopped by." "I got something to show you." "In case you never find Dad," "I have a spot picked out." "Where?" "It's the mountain in the picture you took." "There's a lookout on the top." "That's where I want to be." "You know, there's always something I wondered about you." "What is it with you and mountains?" "When I was little and you weren't around," "I used to sit in my room when Mom and Dad would fight and stare up at that peak." "From below, I knew everyone else in town could see the same thing I could." "Just a mountain." "But I kept thinking, if I could climb the top," "I could see something no one else could see." "Look." "Where?" "Right there." "Is that a- that star coming towards us?" "Huh?" "Hold on, boy!" "Go on up." "I'll give you some time alone." "Okay." "Thanks." "You look good." "Okay, I'm lying." "Can I do anything for you?" "You have." "You Donna Meyers?" "Yeah." "I'm Carter Armstrong." "I wanted to thank you for taking care of my brother." "Oh, who's your brother?" "Ellis Armstrong." "Oh, no." "He's not one of mine." "What floor do you work on?" "I work in labor and delivery." "I'm going to get some coffee in the lobby." "Will you lie down with me?" "Good afternoon." "Afternoon." "You got kin buried here?" "My dad." "Which one's your dad?" "Roy Armstrong." "Are you Carter?" "Yeah." "Hold on." "I got something for you." "There was a cab driver out here the other day." "I found this on the tombstone after he left." "Dear Carter," "If you're reading this right now," "I guess I'm gone from this sweet old world, and you are wondering how I knew about everything." "The first couple of days in the clinic, there wasn't a lot to do." "So one night, I wrote Dad a letter asking how he was doing." "I waited for an answer, but the only thing I got back was a note from a stranger living in his old house." "He didn't know who Dad was, but he got curious and went to the library." "It turns out Dad had died five years earlier, peacefully." "In his sleep." "After that, I started thinking if Laurel was still there." "I called her parents to find out." "A few minutes later, he was telling me everything." "That's when I made up my mind to bring you back home to Tennessee." "Carter, I know you thought this trip was for me, and in some ways, I guess it was." "But when you left that night, you gave up everything for us." "I think it's about time you got some of that back." "Talk to Laurel, and when you do, tell her little Ellis says hi." "If you're right about everything and there is a heaven, then I am sitting up here with Mom, and we are both smiling." "Love forever, Ellis." "Here we are." "So what are you going to do now?" "Me?" "I don't know." "I figure maybe I'll stick around here for a while." "Yeah." "Come on, people." "It's time to go." "Well." "All right." "Let's go, people." "It's time to go." "All right, sir." "One minute, please." "Carter." "I'll tell you..." "You be good now." "Thank you, sis." "You're going to be hot in them record stores." "Going to be looking for you." "Bye." "Heading out." "¶ I lay awake sometimes ¶" "¶ Scared to close my eyes ¶" "¶ And I wonder where I left myself ¶" "¶ And lost the will to fight ¶" "¶ And the night melts into morning ¶" "¶ Still, it's cold beneath the sun ¶" "¶ 'Cause the fire in me is languishing ¶" "¶ And I'm too frozen to run ¶" "¶ Every once in a while ¶" "¶ There's a distant glimmer of hope ¶" "¶ I find somewhere deep inside ¶" "¶ Someone strong still resides ¶" "¶ And I know ¶" "¶ She's going to be fine in time ¶" "¶ 'Cause you see ¶" "¶ I've got a lot to dream ¶" "¶ There's more than this for me ¶" "¶ An angel lands with broken wings ¶" "¶ He warms me with his eyes ¶" "¶ And the ice that's sheathed around my heart ¶" "¶ Unravels as he smiles ¶" "¶ See, I grew up locked in sorrow ¶" "¶ So I learned to block the pain ¶" "¶ But I won't give up tomorrow ¶" "¶ 'Cause I've come to life again ¶" "¶ Every once in a while ¶" "¶ There's a distant glimmer of hope ¶" "¶ I find somewhere deep inside ¶" "¶ Someone strong still resides ¶" "¶ And I know ¶" "¶ I'm going to be fine ¶" "¶ That's right ¶" "¶ 'Cause for real ¶" "¶ I've got a right to dream ¶" "¶ There's more than this for me ¶" "¶" "¶ But I keep on going ¶" "¶ 'Cause every once in a while ¶" "¶ There's a distant glimmer of hope ¶" "¶ I find somewhere deep inside ¶" "¶ Someone strong still resides ¶" "¶ And I know she's going to be fine ¶" "¶ In time ¶" "¶ 'Cause you see ¶" "¶ I've got a right to dream ¶" "¶ There's more than this for me ¶" "Closed-Captioned By J.R. 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