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[VIOLIN PLAYING]

[APPLAUSE]

WOW, GREAT JOB...

KEEP IT GOING, KEEP

IT GOING, GREAT JOB!

THERE YOU GO.

ALRIGHT, LADIES

AND GENTLEMEN,

UP NEXT WE HAVE A GIRL

WITH A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG

VOICE FROM MRS. JOHNSON'S

FIRST GRADE CLASS,

SINGING "GOD

BLESS AMERICA."

HERE'S CADENCE.

YOU'RE UP.

[APPLAUSE]

SORRY, LET ME GET THAT.

THERE YOU GO.

[PIANO MUSIC STARTS]

[PIANO MUSIC STARTS]

[GASP]

[SOUND OF GIRL FALLING]

[MUSIC]

[EXHALING]

[STRUMS GUITAR]

WHEN I AM WEAK,

YOU ARE STRONG...

WHEN I CAN'T SPEAK,

YOU'RE MY SONG...

LORD, I AM STAINED,

I AM FLAWED...

YOU'RE MY RAIN,

YOU'RE MY GOD...

YOUR GRACE IS SUFFICIENT...

YOUR GRACE IS SUFFICIENT...

THAT WAS AWESOME!

NO, I COULD HAVE...

REALLY, YOU ARE

REALLY GOOD.

I KNOW I TELL YOU

THIS ALL THE TIME,

BUT YOU ARE RIDICULOUS!

YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING

FOR ME NOW FOR WHAT...

YEARS?

DON'T YOU THINK IT'S TIME

FOR YOU TO PLAY YOUR

AWESOMENESS FOR OTHERS?

YOU KNOW I DON' WANT TO DO THAT.

I KNOW BUT, BUT MAYBE GOD

GAVE YOU THIS GIFT TO PLAY

OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM.

HEY, I'M NOT SAYING

YOU SHOULD GO ON

"AMERICAN IDOL" OR ANYTHING.

YOU WOULD DO:

GREAT BY THE WAY.

BUT MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR

YOU TO START PLAYING FOR

YOUR PARENTS.

[STRUMS GUITAR]

GLAD WE HAD THIS CHAT.

IT WAS NICE...

REALLY!

[MUSIC]

GUITAR TEACHER:
YAH, SO

THAT'S YOUR A MINOR.

GO AHEAD AND PLAY YOUR

A MINOR IN THE:

BOTTOM POSITION THERE.

YAH, YAH, EXCELLENT.

NOW SLIDE IT UP.

OH HEY, CADENCE,

THEY'RE DOWNSTAIRS.

YAH, I FIGURED.

WHERE ELSE WOULD THEY BE?

THERE ARE PATHS AND

THERE ARE JOURNEYS...

THAT MY FEET ARE

STILL TO MAKE...

IT'S THE SWIM HOLE

I'VE BEEN LIVING ON...

HOW MUCH MORE YOU

THINK I'LL TAKE...

I CALL IT CHANCE,

YOU CALL IT DREAMS...

I'M LOSING GRIP,

YOU CALL IT OFF...

I CALL IT LOST,

YOU CALL IT LIFE...

I'M HANGING ON...

YOU CALL IT ALL A

DREAM...

[MUSIC]

C'MON

I CALL IT CHANCE,

YOU CALL IT CHANGE...

[SCHOOL BELL RINGING]

WHAT'S THIS?

WELL, IT'S A GREAT STAR TO YOUR MUSIC CAREER.

OH, SO I WOULD SHOW UP

AND PLAY SOME SONGS THEN?

YES.

AND WILL THERE BE A STAGE?

YES.

WILL THEY HAVE A

GOOD SOUND SYSTEM?

HOW ELSE WILL YOU

BE HEARD, DEAR?

AND THEY'LL HAVE COFFEE

AND SNACKS AND LIGHTS...

...AND OTHER

MUSICIANS, YES.

YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT AN

OPEN MIC CONCERT IS.

I DO.

YOU KNOW THE ONE THING

THEY WON'T HAVE THERE?

WHAT?

ME!

C'MON!

IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S

"MADISON SQUARE GARDEN"

OR ANYTHING.

I KNOW, I STILL

DON'T WANT TO DO IT.

HELLO LADIES.

HI.

THANK YOU.

UH-HUH. HAVE A GOOD ONE.

[MUSIC]

OH HEY, HOW WAS SCHOOL?

YOU KNOW CADENCE,

THE STUDIO IS OPEN.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU

WANTED TO LAY DOWN

A TRACK OR TWO?

NO PRESSURE, WE JUST HEAR

YOU PLAYING UPSTAIRS AND

WE THOUGHT YOU MIGH WANT TO GIVE IT A WHIRL.

YAH, IT SOUNDS REALLY

GOOD, REALLY GOOD.

DO YOU WANT TO:

PLAY IT FOR US?

WOW, OK, I'LL DO IT.

YOU GUYS ARE WEIRD.

WEIRD?

I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING

TO SAY WONDERFUL, KIND,

LOVING...

AWESOME, AMAZING,...

ASTUTE:

SERIOUSLY?

WHAT?

ASTUTE?

IT MEANS LIKE... OBSERVANT.

ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT,

C'MON, NO MORE STALLING.

LET'S GET IN THERE

AND MAKE SOME MUSIC!

C'MON!

ASTUTE.

OK, WHENEVER

YOU'RE READY...

WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

[BREATHING HEAVY]

CADENCE, HONEY?

I TOLD YOU I DON' WANT TO DO THAT.

I KNOW, WE JUST DON'T WAN TO SEE YOU BE AFRAID.

I CAN'T...

BREATHE.

WHAT, YOU CAN' BREATHE RIGHT NOW?

NO, WHEN IT HAPPENS.

IT'S OK.

IT'S LIKE I CAN'T MOVE,

THEN I CAN'T THINK,

THEN I CAN'T BREATHE.

BABY, IT'S OK.

YOU KNOW WE:

LOVE YOU, RIGHT?

[NOISE AT THE DOOR]

[DOOR OPENING]

[PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

[DOOR OPENS AGAIN]

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