Butterflies Are Free Page #5

- Yeah, magazines and newspapers.

- Could I read to you sometime?

- If you feel like it.

- What kind of magazines do you like?

- Time, Newsweek, Berkeley Barb.

I like to know what's going on.

I should read those, too.

I never know what's going on.

- I guess I don't really care.

- Now, don't say that.

I mean, animals care, vegetables don't.

You have to care about something

or you're nothing.

Food.

- Food?

- I care about it deeply.

I'm hungry.

How about freedom?

You care about being free, don't you?

Freedom is the most important thing

in the world to me, after I've eaten.

- Help yourself.

- Okay. Thanks.

My appetite embarrasses me.

You have to know a lot about things

to care about them.

- I don't know much about anything.

- You don't like yourself very much, do you?

Why do you say that?

Because you're always

putting yourself down.

Let's say I know my limitations.

You have a lot more potential

than you give yourself credit for.

- Just keep telling me that.

- No, just keep telling yourself that.

"I knew the day you met me I could"

"love you if you let me"

"though you touched my cheek and said"

"how easy you'd forget me, you said"

"Butterflies are free"

"and so are we"

That's wild!

That's the song you sing all the time.

- You like it?

- I love it.

I wrote it.

I could never get those last lines right, but

I really like that thing about butterflies.

"Butterflies are free"

"and so are we"

Oh, that's fantastic.

I know a little bit about music.

I studied it in school.

- Did you finish school?

- I finished high school. Just.

My mother wanted me to go to college.

I was going to go to UCLA,

but I couldn't find a place to park.

- You ought to make a record, an album.

- Well, I'm waiting to be discovered.

Well, after you get discovered,

when you're playing somewhere...

are you going to dress like this?

I'd never really thought about it.

Something's wrong with my clothes?

They look as though your mother

bought them.

That bad?

Well, I guess it depends on

where you're playing.

I mean, they're fine

if you're going to play in a bank.

You ought to wear something

a little more liberated.

My mother does buy my clothes.

I'd love to pick out

something really wild for you.

- Like when?

- I don't know. Whenever you like.

- How about now?

- Right now?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

I don't have anything to do. Come on.

- Won't you take your cane?

- I'm going to take your arm.

- You can see, can't you?

- Oh, yeah.

Wait right there. I got to get my bag.

Be careful.

Forty-four. Hey, you're right.

It's 44 steps to the laundry.

What made you come here?

I wanted to try something different.

- Do you think you'll stay?

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