Song One Page #5

"Ulysses now left the haven

"and took the rough track

up though the wooded country

"and over the crest of the mountain

till he reached the place

where Minerva had said. "

I actually don't mind the

smell of smoke in my house

because it reminds me of

presanitized times, you know,

like Paris in the '70s.

Were you there in the '70s?

Who wasn't?

Um...

Well, I...

Okay, a lot of people weren't,

you two for example,

but my god, I'm sorry you weren't.

It was so great.

I got...

So much there.

I got my master's,

lovers... I won't say how many.

Don't worry...

A husband.

I was an Arkansas girl in Paris.

How great is that?

And then of course, I did

date a famous rock star.

Who?

I... She hasn't even told me.

I'm not even sure it's true.

Of course it's true.

Why would I make that up?

This guy was amazing.

He taught me one of the hardest songs

even to learn on the guitar.

Blackbird by the Beatles.

Mm, great song.

Never learned it.

Oh, it is a great one, James.

Oh, my god.

I gave Henry one time for Christmas,

and he loved it so much,

this unbelievable green accordion,

and he slept with it.

It was a teddy bear.

It was like his teddy bear, you know?

- My mom gave me my first

guitar when I was 13.

- Yeah, did it have a picture

of a hulu dancer on it?

Nope, unfortunately...

Oh, ta-da,

ta-da, ta-da!

Here it is.

Oh, hey, come on.

Thank you.

You are a very good girl.

I don't know how you are my daughter.

Well, you raised me well.

Yeah, so well.

Oh, my god.

That was so bad.

Why, thank you.

Franny, what was the song

that you were so obsessed with

that, um...

Oh... Come on.

By America? By America.

Oh, I don't remember.

Oh, you remember.

Oh, my god. Yes, you do.

She remembers.

She sang it nonstop, all the time,

over and over and over and over.

She sang it in the school talent show

because it was the '92 election,

and she believed that

it had political subtext

about how much the country needed

to have Bill Clinton

elected as president.

I was eight.

And here it is.

Oh, no. No!

No, come on.

You did so good.

- No.

Come on. You were so good.

- No, I wasn't.

- So good.

- Mom, come on. This...

this is embarrassing.

I don't believe in embarrassment.

I am kind of curious now.

- Come on, Franny. It'll

just make me so happy.

Beautiful.

Mom.

- Mom.

- No.

I have to go to bed.

Beautiful.

She'll be okay.

Is that something new?

Nah, just...

No, something been thinkin' of.

Might be nothing.

When are you heading back home?

Day after tomorrow,

right after the show in Philly.

Come on.

Hey, James.

- Hey.

- Hey, thanks, man.

You were great, really

made Lisa's night.

- Thanks.

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