Grace Unplugged Page #4

scared me there for a moment.

Anyways, so Larry and I,

uh, you know, dinner becomes drinks,

before the sun comes up, I've got

an office at Sapphire Music.

Oh, that's great.

Wow. Congratulations.

It's nice when friends

help out friends.

So anyways,

the best part of the whole thing,

and what brings me here today,

is that although Larry and I have

not quite hammered

out all the details,

Sapphire is ready to

offer you a deal.

Mmm-hmm.

It's a one-off for now,

but I got Larry to agree, in advance,

to a full domestic tour

in support of a new album.

As far as the songs, hands off.

All right?

(EXHALES)

You can do whatever you want. I mean,

not the religious stuff, of course,

but as long as you sing

Misunderstood at every gig on tour,

Larry said, really, the album

is completely up to you.

- Wow.

- Huh?

That is, uh, humbling.

Humbling?

It's huge!

Do I have to point out,

they don't make

offers like this anymore

to guys like us?

(LAUGHS)

- Johnny, we're back!

- (CHUCKLES)

It sounds like an

incredible opportunity.

Oh, it is. And you're welcome.

I worked real hard on it.

(CHUCKLES) I'm sure you did, man.

I'm sure.

And, uh, I really appreciate it.

But, uh, I'm gonna

have to pass, man.

(STAMMERS)

You're messing with me.

No, that's just not

my thing anymore.

Not your thing anymore?

I don't understand.

You're looking healthy and great,

you've got your life back together.

I love what we're doing here.

You do?

Listen.

May I speak freely?

Absolutely. You can say

whatever you want here.

You remember the airport bars?

The coffee house open mics?

Who gave you your shot?

We had a good run, man.

Yeah.

Passed out drunk onstage,

waking up in county?

You remember that, too?

And who was there for you?

You. You did a ton for me.

That's why I gave

you my publishing.

And I would love

to help you out here, Mossy...

Fine, then just say,

"Yes, and thank you, Mossy."

All right.

(CHUCKLES) Um...

- If Misunderstood is all hot again...

- Honey, come on, come in here.

Just do a remake. You own it.

Get the kid from the Idol...

Nobody wants the kid.

Larry wants you.

I want you.

Everybody wants you.

I am sorry, Moss.

Just seeing him again

brings me back.

Me too.

He'll be all right.

- He's a survivor.

- (CHUCKLES)

He'll be fine.

(SIGHS) I just haven't

thought about it in so long.

What?

The past.

How I shouldn't even be here.

The drugs alone should

have killed me.

Mmm.

I'm just glad that life's over.

Then after the guy leaves, right,

my dad launches into this, like,

10-hour speech on

motives and temptation,

and how that world was

so empty for him.

And everyone has a

different calling,

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