's okay.
Let... let him go.
You got a right to believe
in what you believe.
You can go
to hell by yourself!
Boss, you want
to cancel the show?
Uh, no. I'm not gonna
cancel the show.
Just find me
a bari player by tomorrow.
I just want to ask
the folks right now:
If all of y'all want me
to keep playing,
let me hear you say "Amen."
Amen!
And while you're at it,
find me a girl
with church-training
that can sing
but without
the church attitude.
All right.
Let's go, y'all.
Keep it going, here we go...
¤¤
Come on.
¤ Let me tell you
'bout a girl I know ¤
¤ She is my baby
and she lives next door ¤¤
Ray, you got your watch?
Yeah.
Good. All right, baby,
your blue shirts are on top,
the pants in between,
and the white shirts are
on the bottom.
Here's your glasses.
There you go.
Bea.
Why don't you come,
go on the road with us?
Look, baby, what would
I do on the road?
You'd do what I say
you do, that's what
you're gonna do.
I've been trying
to get a female voice
in the band, anyway.
Can't you just
picture me wobbling
around on that stage,
big as a house?
Well, I can't picture you,
you know that.
But I know
what I can do.
Come on, now.
Don't start nothing
you can't finish.
Jeff is waiting.
You know I can't go
on the road with you,
not with your baby inside me.
Mmm-hmm.
I'm gonna get
your shaving kit.
Uh, Bea,
l... I got it.
Bea, hold... hold on.
Bea, let me get it.
How long you been
hiding this from me?
Ray!
I'm your wife!
Bea, l... I was just so
excited to see you.
I forgot to leave it
back there with the band,
that's all.
Let me...
Let me get it.
Oh, it's just
a little medicine,
that's all, baby.
That ain't medicine
to nobody, Ray.
Don't be lyin' to yourself.
It ain't like I'm
dealing it, baby.
I just use it
to get a little taste.
You don't taste poison,
Ray. It kills you.
Now, you got to stop.
I ain't got to do
a goddamn thing!
What about me?
What about your baby?
Bea.
It ain't like
I'm new to this.
If I felt like
this was jeopardizing
my music, or you,
or providing
for that baby,
I would stop in a minute.
But I know it won't.
How do you know that,
Ray? How do...
How do you know that?
You know what?
You can talk till
you're blue in the face,
it don't matter.
I'm not gonna stop.
Then I'm comin'
with you.
No, no.
Well, Ray,
you just said...
No. No.
You know what it is, Bea.
L... I think
it's like you said.
I don't think that
the road is a place
for you and the baby.
What are you
saying to me, Ray?
What I'm sayin' is
that when I get home,
I hope that you're
here at my house.
Your house?
Jeff, come get this bag.
All right, Ray.
Hey, Della Bea.
You all right?
¤ It brings a tear ¤
¤ to my eyes ¤
¤ When I began ¤
¤ to realize ¤
That's good,
thank you.
How does she look?
Very pretty.
Brown skin.
¤ I guess I'll drown
in my own tears ¤
Yeah, yeah.
Uh, oh, yeah, that's great.
I really dig your sound.
Uh, what was
your name again,
sweetheart?
Oh, Mary Ann.
Mary Ann Fisher.
Mary Ann Fisher.
Uh, Mary Ann,
how would you feel
if I asked you to sing
a torch song
with a gospel feel to it?
Well, Gospel's all about
love anyway, isn't it?
Oh, yeah.
Would it make you
feel like a sinner?
Well, Mr. Charles,
I love the Lord,
the Lord loves me.
But I ain't no hypocrite.
Hello. You know what?
It's hard to fool me,
but it's impossible
to fool the Almighty,
ain't it?
Why don't we rehearse
the song a little bit?
Okay.
Boss, we got to go.
Go ahead. I'll be
with you in a minute.
I just really feel your...
feel your spirit.
Boss, are you sure?
Let's go.
¤ It brings a tear ¤
¤ Into my eyes ¤
¤ When I begin ¤
¤ to realize ¤
¤ I've cried so much ¤
¤ Well, since you've
been gone ¤
¤ I was drowning ¤
¤ In my own tears ¤¤
You're amazing.
So are you, baby.
Uh, come sit next to me.
So, what do you think?
Ray, telephone.
Take a message.
It's Della Bea.
Damn it.
Uh, tell her