The Rider Page #2

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TANNER:
Got on this big,

gray mare.

I was getting pretty stretched

out towards the end,

and thank God

I heard the whistle blow.

But, anyway, right at the end,

she slammed me down

in the dirt.

Hardest I've ever been

slammed before.

Brady over there told me

to get on my short-go horse

even though my ribs hurt

like a son of a b*tch.

Ain't that right, Brady?

You don't let no pain

put you down.

You ain't gonna be turning out

horses left and right

just 'cause your head hurts

a little bit now, are you?

I'm not... I'm not drawing out

of anything.

I'm just taking some time off.

Your brain's a little

different than your ribs.

Yeah, I know, but it's all

the same to a cowboy.

Ride through the pain.

You gotta make sure this head

of yours don't get you scared.

I know how that goes

with some guys.

They get scared

to get on again,

and then they

end up becoming farmers.

Hey, Brady.

You seen Lane?

Well, I didn't get a chance

to see him there for a while,

while I was rodeoing.

They just checked him into a

brand-new rehab facility.

He probably could have won the World

if he'd had an honest chance.

Remember when he went three for three

in McCool Junction and won it?

Yeah, that was a good night

for Lane.

Remember when he

broke his riding arm

and won the bull riding

first time ever

riding a bull with his right hand?

Eighty-four points.

Sh*t, one time, me and Lane

was coming back from a party.

We was driving

in Tanner's brother's car,

and we was kind of

talking about women.

We was a little drunk,

and Lane looks over at me

and says,

"James, you know what?

"One thing

I've learned in life,"

he says... (CLEARS THROAT)

"I've always thought girls

come in with a name

"and they leave

with a number."

(ALL LAUGHING)

It's kind of

f***ed up, but...

- Dirty dog.

- Yeah. Lane.

Yeah.

Real wild.

CAT:
Want to say

a prayer for him.

I mean, be best if we say a

prayer every day, you know...

Yeah.

For the guy,

'cause he sure could use it.

But I just want to

go ahead and say...

Pray to God that

he takes in all the strength

from all his friends

across the nation.

North, south, east and west.

'Cause we all know he's got

friends all over this country.

Pulls through.

Hope he gets to ride again.

Feel the wind

hit his back

and watch it flow

through the grass.

We are him, and he is us.

We're all

one in this together.

(SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

(STRUMMING GUITAR)

Sun shines in

This traveling car

Leaving one rodeo

Headed on to another

Rolling patience

Burning down that highway

Loving the things that

Keep rolling my way

'Cause I'm a gambling man

(WHINNYING)

(TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

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