"(? "theme from the twilight zone"?" ")" "?" "mellow, easy rock 'n' roll-- kgrr ?" "this is ace campbell coming up on 12:00 midnight, playing the best of yesterday exclusively for all of southern california." "for all you weather fanatics out there, it's currently 70 degrees downtown." "but, then again, who cares?" "join the blonde patrol." "you know, speaking of the blonde patrol, up on deck is our own midnight queen, andrea fields forever." "she's going to take you into tomorrow." "and, you know, speaking of tomorrow-- i love these segues-- we're going to continue that story of the gentleman-- i think it's some little town in virginia-- who has locked himself in a telephone booth" "with 42 carrier pigeons." "he is demanding that all the money that he has lost in the last 30 years in pay phones be returned to him, including interest." "i love this guy." "all right, i'm going home to have some milk and cookies." "andrea fields is up next." "remember, this is ace campbell saying, "ace knows the place."" "keep your dial to 96.3 kgrr." "ciao." "yo. it's the midnight queen." "how you doing?" "hi, ace." "you working saturday night?" "uh... no. uh-uh." "what do you say?" "you want to go out?" "out?" "yeah, out." "like a date." "i put on a suit and a little tie." "you put on a dress." "we go to dinner, maybe a club." "later on, who knows?" "i don't think so, ace." "thanks anyway." "andie, can i ask you a question?" "sure." "we had something together." "at least i thought so." "you said you needed some time, so i backed off and i waited..." "and i waited." "did i miss the punch line, or did you give me the brush-off and i didn't see it?" "you seeing someone else?" "no. uh-uh." "then what is going on with you?" "have you forgotten how to smile?" "i know it's none of my business, but you're either spectacularly unhappy or you're doing a fabulous imitation of abject misery here." "ace, i don't know what to tell you." "i really liked going out with you." "we had some great times, but i guess i'm not ready for anything more than a few laughs." "it's not that i don't like you... no, it's okay." "it's okay." "no big deal." "so we're not lovers anymore." "we're still friends." "i'll tell you two important things." "one, you need someone in your life besides yourself." "and two, you've got about 90 seconds before we start broadcasting dead air." "ciao." "ace, where did this come from?" "i found it in a bin at tower records." "i thought you'd get a kick out of it." "it's your old boyfriend, right?" "yeah." "i figured, since you probably had more than a few laughs with him, and you didn't have the album... no, i said i never listened to it." "there's a big difference." "you okay?" "yeah." "see you tomorrow night." "?" "kgrr ?" "get out all your miner's hats, people." "this is andrea fields, and we're spending the next four hours panning for gold." "first up on our gold rush is a little treasure" ""nightsong" by simon locke." "(easy rock intro)" "?" "tell me, where does it say ?" "?" "when you're lost ?" "?" "you stay that way ?" "?" "while a chorus of fools ?" "?" "getting in the way ?" "?" "cannot hear, cannot play ?" "?" "with the nightsong ?" "(musical interlude)" "?" "all alone, i reflect ?" "?" "on my demons in the night ?" "?" "some are wise, some are good ?" "?" "some are not so bright ?" "?" "none can hear, sing along ?" "?" "with the nightsong ?" "simon?" "don't be angry, andie." "i need to talk to you." "after five years, don't you think it's a little late?" "yes, it has been." "but i didn't stop thinking about you. needing you." "you never needed anyone." "when you walked out, my life stopped." "now you just waltz in here like nothing ever happened." "get out!" "get the hell out!" "(sobs:) i don't want to see you." "i've lost five years of my life." "so, please, just go away." "what are you doing here?" "helping." "did i ask you to?" "you don't like yourself anymore, do you?" "just leave me alone." "probably the battery." "i'll get a cab." "at this hour?" "then i'll walk." "i'll walk with you." "andrea, i'm trying to explain." "then why don't you try and tell me where you've been for five years?" "around." "around?" "what kind of answer is that?" "well, i... come on, simon." "you can't dish out the crap anymore." "i'm not buying it." "dropping out of sight every time you needed to work on a new song-- every time you needed to be inspired." "the way that groupie in fresno inspired you." "you knew about that?" "i knew about all of them." "i was just too young and in love to care." "i had this stupid idea that you needed me." "i did." "i did." "i just got lost." "i can't explain it better than that." "the breaks that were always headed my way... always went to someone else." "it just slipped by me." "it just slipped by me." "andrea:" "but you had a record contract." "nightsongwas the first of two." "what happened?" "i guess i wasn't ready for it." "oh, simon." "you always were two beats behind." "i just get back, and you're nagging me already." "remember when you were going to trade your van in for studio time?" "he would have gone for it." "maybe, if you hadn't crashed into a tree first." "remember when we were stranded in tucson?" "you were singing at that little bar." "yeah. it wasn't that bad." "we were together." "we did have fun, didn't we?" "didn't we?" "you haven't changed." "yes, i have." "i hope not. not altogether." "the simon i knew wanted to change the world with his songs." "modest little goal." "the simon i knew wanted to be that comic book hero, golden condor, when he grew up." ""when darkness falls, and evil calls..."" "oh, come on." ""and terror rules the streets," ""call the golden condor together:" "and crime shall know defeat."" "no, i won't make the same mistake twice." "andie, don't go." "andie, please." "("nightsong" intro)" "?" "tell me, where does it say ?" "?" "when you're lost ?" "?" "to stay that way?" "?" "?" "while a chorus of fools ?" "?" "getting in the way ?" "?" "cannot hear, cannot play... ?" "this isn't very funny." "(slow beat)" "?" "darling, last time that i left home ?" "?" "i couldn't believe how bad i missed you ?" "?" "even though i didn't know ?" "?" "how long it was i'd have to be away ?" "maybe he's not here." "maybe i had that album the whole time." "maybe i put it on." "you're playing tricks with yourself, andrea." "go to sleep." "simon's not here." "i'm here, andie." "no, simon, please." "i didn't come back to hurt you this time." "you must believe that." "those songs were about us, weren't they?" "yes, the songs were about us-- about you." "i could never listen to them." "i understand that." "why did i put it on?" "why tonight?" "maybe it's time, andie." "time to feel something." "i'm still afraid." "oh, andie." "?" "i guess we're kind of lucky ?" "?" "we know a bit about love ?" "?" "oh, yeah ?" "?" "i'm trying ?" "?" "i've got to get some sleep ?" "?" "somebody's coming at dawn to take me somewhere ?" "?" "i don't know where ?" "?" "they told me they would tell me where that was ?" "?" "when i got there ?" "?" "i tell you, i'm lucky ?" "?" "we know a bit about love ?" "?" "ohh. ?" "no. it's not right." "maybe it will be different this time." "no, it can't, andie." "you don't understand." "this time, there's no going back." "is that what you came here to tell me?" "in a way, yes." "but there's more to it than that." "you've got yourself a wasted trip." "why couldn't you leave me with what i remembered?" "you had to see if you could still wrap me around your finger?" "see if i still loved you?" "needed you?" "just take your music and your soft, perfect words and get the hell out." "oh, andie, i don't blame you for being angry, for feeling hurt and humiliated, but there's something you just don't understand." "i want to show you something." "will you come with me?" "where are we?" "i've never been here before." "not many people have." "it's an easy place for a man to get lost." "i was running." "like i ran from everything in my life." "maybe i was running from you." "maybe i was running from success." "i don't know." "(tires screech) simon, slow down." "it was just before the album was released." "the label was enthusiastic." "they wanted me to do concerts, and maybe television, to promote it." "i panicked, andie." "i don't know whether i was afraid of failure or success." "maybe i was afraid that, if the album took off-- if i actually became a success-- i wouldn't have any excuses anymore." "whatever it was, i just took off." "jumped on my bike and started running." "i ran farther than i intended to." "simon!" "what is it?" "something happened." "i don't know what." "suddenly, the brakes weren't working." "come with me." "you're frightening me." "where are we going?" "simon, wait." "simon?" "all this time." "that one obscure album that no one remembered." "no one cared... and then you played it." "finally, you heard my songs-- our songs-- and i felt stronger." "and i came back because you needed me." "the bike that almost hit you at the station-- that was me, andie." "i was saving you from me." "do you understand?" "you can forget simon locke." "you deserve better than that." "but i love you." "i never stopped loving you." "i know." "i know." "but you can stop now." "that's really why i came back." "to let you start living again." "forgive me, andie." "forgive me, please." "andrea:" "kgrr request line." "i've got a request." "what is it?" "could you play "nightsong" by simon locke again?" "i'd be delighted to play that again." "thanks." "thanks a lot." "this is kgrr, and this is "nightsong"... from andrea to simon, with love." "("nightsong" intro)" "?" "tell me where... ?"