The Man in the Moon
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# I will spend #
# Loving you #
# Just loving you #
# Winter, summer #
# Springtime, too #
# Loving you #
# Loving you #
# Makes no difference #
# Where I go #
# Or what I may do #
# You know that #
# I've always been #
# Loving you #
# Just you and #
# If Im seen
with someone new #
# Don't be blue #
# Don't you be blue #
# I'll be faithful #
# I'll be true #
# Always true #
# True to you #
# There is only
one for me #
# And you know who #
# You know that
Ill always be #
# Loving #
# You #
I love Elvis so much.
You love
everybody so much.
I do not.
You do, too.
No, I don't.
Ok, you don't.
Well, I don't.
Maureen, sometimes
you make me feel
like such a baby.
Ha ha ha.
You are a baby.
I wish I could be
just like you.
Don't talk silly.
It's not silly.
You're the smartest girl
in school.
You're so pretty
it hurts.
Boys fall
all over themselves
when you walk
down the street,
and Im just a lump.
Come on,
you're not a lump.
You've never
been a lump.
You wouldn't know one
if you fell over it.
If Im so
damned perfect,
why is my head
so mixed up?
Mixed up about what?
Well, I mean,
sometimes things just
don't make sense,
and all of a sudden
I get scared.
Scared of what?
I don't know.
Are you all right,
Maureen?
I don't know.
See, I don't know
anything anymore.
One minute,
all I can think about
is packing my bags
and catching
the first bus.
And then
the next minute,
Im afraid that once
I get out in the world,
it's going
to eat me alive.
That's dumb, Maureen.
You've got
a scholarship to duke,
and you're going
to live in the dorm.
Nothing's
going to eat you.
Sometimes I wonder
if I shouldn't just
stay here and get a job
or get married
like everybody else.
Marry who?
Somebody. I don't know.
Billy Sanders?
Good Lord, no!
Do you remember
when we were little
and mama
used to tell us,
when things
get all mixed up,
all you have to do
is tell the man
in the moon?
Yeah, you just
had to keep on talking
until you were sure
you told him everything
so that he
had all the pieces,
just like a puzzle.
And then he'd
work out the puzzle
while you
were asleep.
Yeah, but that was
kid's stuff, Maureen.
We're too old
for make-believe.
Yeah, I know.
Dani?
Dani!
Dani, are you up yet?
Maureen, get that child
out of bed!
Dani, come on, get up.
You're going to be
late for church.
I hate church!
All right. You know,
once your baby brother
gets here,
you women won't be
able to boss me around.
I won't be so outnumbered.
And I won't be
so pregnant.
How do you feel?
Not skinny.
Another 2, 3 weeks,
you'll be
back to normal.
Next time
you have a baby,
you let me know how normal
you feel afterward.
Can't you girls
get in there
and give
your mother a hand?
Maureen!
These eggs
are getting cold.
Daddy going
to his church again?
Does he ever
miss a Sunday?
Why does he call it church
when it's not?
When he asked my daddy
my daddy said only if he
agreed to find the Lord.
And he says
it's a lot easier
finding the Lord
out fishing
than in any church
he's ever been in.
I think he's right.
Don't think
you're going
to find
the Lord with him.
I want you upstairs.
Brush your teeth,
wash your face.
You're going
to Sunday school.
[Bell ringing]
Morning, Maureen.
Well, I declare,
you're just filling out
all over, aren't you?
Morning, Abby.
How's the Trant family?
Oh, just fine.
Oh, and, Danielle,
you're just shooting up
like a weed, aren't you?
Just like a weed,
that's me.
One of these days,
that woman's
going to cut herself
on her own tongue
and bleed to death.
Hello, Mrs. Trant.
Let me get that
for you.
Hi, Maureen.
Hey there, little bit,
didn't recognize you
with a dress on.
You look great, Maureen.
Be by to pick you up
about 6:
00?That's right.
See you later,
Mrs. Trant.
That Billy Sanders
thinks he's
such a hotshot.
I don't see why
you go with him.
I don't go with him,
I go out with him.
Big difference.
Dani!
Dani, you come
back here!
She's doing it again.
Whenever it's time
to make lunch or do dishes,
she disappears.
The way she does dishes,
I just as soon
she be gone.
Do any good?
Oh, a little.
A little means
you did fine.
Let me see
what you got.
Where's Dani?
Off roaming around
somewhere.
She's supposed
to be here helping out.
She's getting too big
to be running around
wild as a jack rabbit.
Used to be
she was too little.
Now she's too big.
I guess she passed
up "just right"
when nobody
was looking.
Get out of here!
Who the hell do you
think you are?
You get out of here!
This is private property.
Yeah, you're
damn right it is,
and you're
trespassing.
This is the Foster place.
If your name isn't Foster,
you're trespassing.
It just so happens
that it is.
Prove it!
Prove your
name's Foster!
I don't have
to prove nothing.
Nobody's lived
on the Foster place
as long as
I can remember.
They do now!
So get your butt
out of here!
I'm not going.
If you're not out
by the count of 3,
Ill drag your ass out!
You're lying.
ok! Ok, Im going!
Turn around and
close your eyes.
Do it, damn you!
What are you ducking
behind the bushes for?
You ain't got
nothing to hide.
Danielle!
I thought I made it clear
it's time you start taking some
responsibility around here.
Yes, sir.
I hope I don't have
to bring it up again.
Yes, sir.
Your mama saved you
some lunch.
Probably cold by now.
All right.
You making a cake?
Mm-hmm,
and ice cream.
Must be having company.
Just some old friends of
your daddy's and mine.
Go take a bath.
You smell like a pond.
# I will spend #
# Loving you #
# Just loving you #
# Winter, summer #
# Springtime, too #
# Loving you #
# Loving you #
# Makes no difference #
I hope Im not
interrupting anything.
# Where I go #
I hope you're
finally done
hogging
the bathroom.
What time you say
that dance's
going to be over?
It's how many miles
from the country club
back here?
You should have Maureen
home by 11:
20 then.Yes, sir, about.
Not about.
Yes, sir, 11:
20.Hello, Mrs. Trant.
Maureen.
I'm ready.
Not until you go get
a jacket, you're not.
I don't have one that
goes with this dress.
Then put on
a different dress.
You got
a full tank of gas?
Yes, sir.
No detours, no
back roads, no liquor.
What time you got?
You're responsible
for my daughter
for the next 5 hours
and 7 minutes.
Yes, sir, Mr. Trant.
You don't have a thing
to worry about.
Then neither will you.
Abby:
Have a nice time.She'll be fine.
I remember his father
at his age.
What?
I said, I remember
his father at his age.
Mama, do I have
to wear a skirt?
Mm-hmm.
Who's so important that
I have to wear a skirt?
When your mama tells you
to do something,
you don't stand around
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