Benmont
Where you headed?
Blake
I don’t know.
Benmont
Do you like beans?
Blake
I, I love beans.
Benmont
Have you got any tobacco?
Blake
I’m sorry. I don’t smoke.
Sally
Would you give me some tobacco?
Blake
I would if I had some.
Benmont
I’ll trade you some beans for some tobacco.
Blake
I don’t have any tobacco, but I’d love some beans.
Sally
Hurt.
Blake
Yes.
George
Eyeglasses.
Blake
Yes.
George
Pretty suit, too. I clean up real good, you know.
Blake
Is that right?
George
Yeah.
Benmont
What size shoes are those?
Blake
Ten.
Benmont
They look very comfortable, are they?
Blake
Not too bad.
George
What kind of flower is that?
Blake
Well, it’s a rose, that’s made out of paper.
Benmont
Paper?
Sally
Rose.
George
Now you see there?
Benmont
Look at the edge on that knife. Feel that.
Blake
I’d rather not.
Benmont
Ah, go on. That is a very, very sharp knife, that is.
Blake
Huh-huh?
Benmont
Yeah.
Blake
Huh-huh?
Benmont
Yeah.
George
What do you call it?
Sally
Pretty.
Blake
I’m sorry.
George
That hat. What do you call it?
Blake
I’m really not sure.
Sally
Ah, your hair. Your hair is soft. It’s like a girl’s.
George
By God, it is soft. Now how do you get it that way? See, this old stuff of mine, it just, well, it’s k=just like old barn hay. There ain’t a darn thing you can do with it. How do you, how do you get it that way and keep it like that?
Blake
Just lucky, I guess.
George
Lucky.
Benmont
Oh, yeah.
George
God darn it. You keep your hand off of it.
Benmont
I thought I told you not to touch me.
George
I don’t give a good goddamn what you told me. You keep your hands off his hair.
Benmont
Why? What’s that to do with you then, ay?
George
That’s got plenty to do with me, goddamn it.
Benmont
Really?
George
That’s right.
Benmont
This one’s mine!
George
This one’s yours?
Benmont
Yes. This one’s mine, Big George. You had the last one.
George
Is that a fact?
Benmont
I saw him first.
George
I don’t give a shit who saw what and who did what or who did who.
Benmont
You had the last Philistine. This one’s mine.
George
If I want this one, I’ll have him, too, by God.
Benmont
Fine. What happens if I just shoot you then, eh? What do you think about that?
George
You gonna shoot me?
Benmont
That’s right. I’m gonna shoot you.
George
Well, why don’t you shoot me then, goddamn it?
Benmont
I will. I’ll shoot you right now.
George
Come on. Shoot me.
Benmont
I will.
George
Well, quit talking about it and do it, by God.
Benmont
I will. There you go.
George
Good God, I’m hit! Lord, have mercy! Burns like hellfire. You son of a bitch. I’m gonna have to kill somebody now. Well, God damn it, I guess nobody gets you. What the hell?
Blake
Nobody.
Sally
Oh Jesus, this isn’t fair. I cooked, I cleaned, and I sewed, and I have a right.
Nobody
(Speaks in native language. Sings in native language)
Blake
That’s me. “Wanted. For the brutal murders of one Thel Russell and one Charles Ludlow Dickinson.” I didn’t kill Thel. I didn’t kill Thel.
Nobody
Your actions are useless.
Blake
This is complete fabrication. There can’t be. . .
Nobody
You cannot stop the clouds by the building of a ship.
Blake
What? What did you say? You know, I’ve had it up to here with this Indian malarkey. I haven’t understood a single word you’ve said since I met you, not one single word.
Nobody
Are you sure you have no tobacco?
Blake
I’ve already told you, I don’t smoke. If I don’t smoke, there’s a pretty good chance that I don’t have any tobacco.
Nobody
Exaybachay not be going, William Blake.
Twill
I guess the best advice, is not to take any damn advice.
Wilson
What the hell is that?
Twill
What’s that say? Read it.
Pickett
Wanted, William Blake. In the amount of five hundred dollars.
Twill
Shit. Hell, ain’t we about more fucked than a whore at closing time? Thanks to goddamn Mr Dickinson. Huh? I’ll tell you what that there says. It says, some pelt-wearing trapper, some stinking bean-sucking possum skinner, he’s gonna collect that reward money. Make you feel good? Goddamn pelt skinner.
Pickett
I’ll be damned. Five hundred dollars? I don’t understand. I thought we was hired exclusive. I mean, he paid us gold in advance. I’m out here. I’m out here in the middle of shit’s creek, with two local lunatics. One who don’t say nothing, and the other one, he won’t even stop yapping.
Wilson
You gonna shed tears for us? I wouldn’t do that if I were you.
Pickett
And why not?
Wilson
Because it ain’t good for your health.
Pickett
Fuck you.
Wilson
Fuck me? Fuck you.
Twill
God damn it. Jesus, Cole. He’s just a kid.
Wilson
He’s a Navajo mud toy now.
Twill
Yeah.
Nobody
(Speaks in native language). I have just ingested the food of the Great Spirit, and Father Peyote.
Blake
Do you think I could have a little bit of it?
Nobody
It’s not for use even for William Blake. The powers of the medicine, give you sacred visions that are not for you right now. My Southern Brothers were prohibited from using it, by the Spanish devils. But now, even the Notoemne and the Dene, know of it’s loving ways. (Singing in native language).
Blake
What? What are you looking at?
Nobody
William Blake. It’s so strange that you don’t remember any of your poetry.
Blake
I don’t know anything about poetry.
Nobody
Oh, you’re so modest.
Blake
Listen. I feel very weak. I’m hungry.
Nobody
Quest for vision is a great blessing, William Blake. To do so, one must go without food and water. All the sacred spirits, recognise those who fast. It’s good to prepare for a journey in this way.
Blake
I seem to have, misplaced my eyeglasses. I can’t see clearly.
Nobody
Perhaps you will see more clearly without them.
Blake
You’re a very strange man. Very strange.
Nobody
May the Great Spirit watch over you, William Blake.
Blake
Nobody? Nobody? Nobody? Nobody?
