Hair (1979) - full transcript
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war.
- You got all your stuff?
- Oh, yeah.
When you get there,
be sure and give us a call.
- We want to know where you are.
- All right.
- How are you fixed for money?
- Oh, I'm OK.
You better take...
Take this 50 in case you run
into a mite of trouble.
You never know what's gonna happen
between here and there.
Thank you.
Well, boy...
Don't worry too much.
It's just the smart people
that have to worry.
The Lord will take care
of the ignorant ones.
Huh? You paying attention?
Right.
I love you.
See you.
Any person who alters,
forges, knowingly destroys,
knowingly mutilates,
or in any manner
changes this certificate,
may be fined not to exceed $10,000,
or imprisoned
for not more than five years...
...or both.
When the moon
Is in the seventh house
And Jupiter
Aligns with Mars
Then peace
Will guide the planets
And love
Will steer the stars
This is the dawning
of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden livin'
dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius
Aquarius
When the moon
Is in the seventh house
And Jupiter
Aligns with Mars
Then peace
Will guide the planets
And love
Will steer the stars
This is the dawning
of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden livin'
dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Yeah!
Excuse me, ma'am.
Could you spare some change?
That's a great hat you've got.
Can you spare
a couple nickels or dimes?
- Beautiful horse.
- Ma'am, could you spare some change?
I've never ridden a horse.
Is it difficult?
Well, would it be possible if
I could ride it, just a little ways?
Just once, for a minute?
Hey, lady, could I ride...
Come on. Please?
Woof, forget it.
I'll get you one for Christmas.
Spare some change?
Spare some change?
Change. You know,
like nickels, dimes, quarters?
- You want me to give you some money?
- Right.
- Why?
- Why?
No reason, except she's pregnant
and we haven't eaten for two days.
I don't believe you.
- Where you from?
- Oklahoma.
Listen, man, I know how it feels.
I used to come from Kansas myself.
Hey!
Bring him. Bring him!
Watch out for that hill.
- Watch it here.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold on, hang on.
Whoo!
Sodomy
Fellatio
Cunnilingus
Pederasty
Father, why do these words sound
So nasty?
Masturbation
Can be fun
Join the holy orgy
Kama Sutra
Everyone
- Get the horse!
- Stop the horse!
Hey, stop that horse!
- Whoo!
- Woo-hoo!
Go, go! Go get them! Go! Go get them!
Come on, go! Get them!
Once upon a looking-for-Donna time
There was a 16-year-old virgin
Oh, Donna
Oh, oh, Donna
Oh, oh, oh
Looking for my Donna
I just got back
from looking for Donna
San Francisco
psychedelic urchin
Oh, Donna
Oh, oh, Donna
Oh, oh, oh
Looking for my Donna
Have you seen
- My 16-year-old tattooed woman?
- Oh, Donna
- Heard a story
- Oh, Donna
She got busted for her beauty,
oh, oh, oh
I just got back
from looking for Donna
San Francisco's
psychedelic urchin
Oh, Donna
Oh, oh, Donna
Oh, oh, oh
Looking for my Donna
And I'm gonna show her
life on Earth can be sweet
Gonna lay my mutated head
at her feet
I'm gonna love
to make love to her
Till the sky turns brown
I'm evolving, I'm evolving
Through the drugs
That you put down
Once upon a looking-for-Donna time
There was a 16-year-old virgin
Oh, Donna
Oh, oh, Donna
Oh, oh, oh
Looking for my Donna
Looking for my Donna
Looking for my Donna
Donna
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, man, you're a real cowboy.
No, no, don't get off. We still got
15 minutes left. Take off.
- No, I got some things I gotta do.
- Yeah? Like what?
I want to see
the Empire State Building.
I can do that today. Tomorrow, I wanna
go on that boat ride around Manhattan
- where you see the Statue of Liberty.
- Sounds real good.
If you have any ideas
about things to do while I'm here...
I don't have too much time.
I'm going in the army
in a couple days.
I think we can help you.
Hashish
Cocaine
Marijuana
Opium
LSD
DMT
- STP
- BMT
- A&P
- IRT
SPC
- Alcohol, cigarettes
- Claude.
Here, man.
Hey, Claude.
Claude, hey, speak to me. Claude!
Hey.
- Equinol, Dexamil, Compazine
- Dexedrine
- S-E-X Y-O-U
- Is she really pregnant?
Wow
Really pregnant? Yeah, I am.
That's what she says.
"That's what she says."
That's what she knows.
- I am.
- Jeannie, you don't know anything.
- I know who the father is.
- Yeah?
You know that, you know a lot.
If the baby comes out white
and squishy, crying his ass off,
then we know Woof
is definitely the daddy.
But if he comes out all beautiful
and chocolate brown,
that's mine.
- "White and squishy"?
- Yeah, man. White and squishy.
Listen, he come out and see
your crazy black ass standing there,
he's gonna be spitting
watermelon seeds in your face.
You always open up your mouth
before you even think.
Look, when this baby
comes out and sees me,
he's gonna be so happy
and so proud.
Do you know what he's gonna say?
I'm
A colored spade, a nigra
A black nigger
A jungle bunny, jigaboo
Coon, pickaninny, mau-mau
Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima
Little black Sambo
Cotton-pickin' swamp guinea
Junk man, shoe shine boy
Elevator operator
Table cleaner
at Horn and Hardart
Slave, voodoo zombie
Ubangi-lipped, flat nose
Tap dancer, resident of Harlem
And President
of the United States of Love
President of the United States of Love
Bad shit
If you invite this man to dinner
You're gonna have to feed him
Watermelon, hominy grits
and shortening bread
Alligator ribs and pig tails
With some black-eyed peas
Lord, chitlins
Some watermelon, hominy grits
and shortening bread
Alligator ribs, pig tails
Black-eyed peas
Collard greens
And if you don't watch out
the boogie man will get you
Boo
Yeah, I'm talkin' about y'all
- Ooh
- Oh, yeah
So you say
Ha-ha! Whoo!
Say something to boogie man.
Go on.
Say something to the boogie man.
Boogie man.
It's his first day in America.
He just got off the boat.
Did you have a nice trip?
Manchester, England
England
Across the Atlantic sea
And he's a genius
Genius
He believes in God
And he believes that God
believes in Claude
That's him
That's him
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Finds that it's groovy
to hide in a movie
Pretends he's Fellini
and Antonioni
And also his countryman
Roman Polanski
All rolled into one
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Manchester, England
England
Across the Atlantic sea
And he's a genius
Genius
- He believes in God
- I believe in God
- And I believe that God
- Yeah!
Believes in Claude
That's me
That's me
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Finds that it's groovy
to hide in a movie
Pretends he's Fellini
and Antonioni
And also his countryman
Roman Polanski
All rolled into one
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Manchester, England
England
Across the Atlantic sea
And I'm a genius
Genius
I believe in God
And I believe that God
believes in Claude
- That's me
- That's him
- That's me
- That's him
- That's me
- That's him
That's me
I'm black
I'm black
I'm pink
I'm pink
I'm Rinso white
I'm invisible
Ain't got no home
Ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money
Ain't got no class
Ain't got no scarf
Ain't got no gloves
Ain't got no bed
Ain't got no pot
- Ain't got no faith
- Look here, man.
Ain't got no mother
Ain't got no culture
Ain't got no friends
Ain't got no schoolin'
Ain't got no shine
Ain't got no underwear
Ain't got no soap
Ain't got no A-train, Ain't got no mind
Ain't got no smokes
Ain't got no job, Ain't got no work
Ain't got no coins
Ain't got no pennies
Ain't got no girl
Ain't got no ticket
Ain't got no token
Ain't got no God
Yeah!
Ain't got no grass
Ain't got no acid
Ain't got no clothes
Ain't got no pad
Ain't got no apples
Ain't got no knives
Ain't got no guns
Ain't got no garbage
- Ain't got no draft card
- Burn it
Ain't got no Earth, Ain't got no fun
Ain't got no bike, Ain't got no pimples
Ain't got no trees
Ain't got no air, Ain't got no water
City, banjo, toothpicks, shoelaces
teachers, football, telephone
Records, doctor
brother, sister, uniforms
Machine guns, airplanes, germs, M-1s
Bang, bang, bang
M-2, bang, bang, bang
Ain't got no home
Ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money
Ain't got no class
Ain't got no scarf
Ain't got no gloves
Ain't got no bed
Ain't got no pot
Ain't got no faith
Ain't got no God
Hey!
Where you going?
I got a lot of things to do today.
Thank you.
Hey!
Claude!
What?
Come here!
I want to show you something.
What is it?
Just come here, please.
- What?
- Look at that.
What?
- That's the chick on the horse.
- Oh, that's not her.
What do you mean?
Look at it.
Short Hills.
It's real close.
- That's today?
- That's right.
You want to go?
Why?
Why? Don't you want to meet her?
Don't you have
to be invited to those?
Would you like to come
to a party with me?
Come on, will you guys spread out?
Mingle.
Sit, my dear.
Steve? Steve?
- Great party, huh?
- Yeah.
Steve...
There's an odd-looking
character over there.
And here to the right,
that chap over there.
That colored gentleman over there
with the girl.
See those two girls there?
- Do you know them?
- No.
Why don't you just unobtrusively...
...see if you can find out
who they are, how they got here,
who invited them,
and come back and let me know, will ya?
- Sure thing.
- OK.
Hi, I'm Steve Wright.
- What's your name?
- Hud.
Hud.
Are you supposed to be here?
- I mean, who brought you guys?
- Mr. Berger.
Well, enjoy the party.
They're with Mr. Berger.
- Mr. Berger?
- Yeah.
Who's Mr. Berger?
I don't know.
Don't even suck on it
if you don't want to burn your lips.
- Now?
- Now start puffing on it.
Now, now, now.
There. See?
- Sheila?
- Just a minute.
Just a minute!
What's taking so long, love?
- We're smoking grass.
- I'm getting dressed.
Sweetheart, come on. You have a lot
of people waiting to see you.
Will you relax, Daddy?
Well, hurry up.
- What's going on here?
- They're getting dressed.
Open the door this minute!
- I'm taking care of it.
- I can see you are.
Sheila?
Yes?
There's no excuse
for this performance.
Hello.
Ted, Ted...
Excuse me. Mr. Berger?
- You can call me George.
- I think that it's a private party.
I think you and your friends
better leave, please.
- You do?
- Yes, I think that's the thing to do.
OK.
Mr. Berger...
Excuse me, everybody.
- Everybody, please quiet down.
- Mr. Berger...
I think that you and your...
I just wanted to say a few words,
then we'll go.
- I don't care what you have to say.
- I know. Everybody, listen.
- We weren't invited to this party...
- Mr. Berger.
Just a second.
I just want to talk for a second, OK?
- I don't care about that.
- I know you don't care.
- I think you better leave.
- Please, just give me two minutes.
Just wanna talk to
the people for a second.
- All right?
- No.
- Please.
- No, I think you better go.
Please.
I'm losing my patience.
This is a private party.
You were not invited.
You'd better leave.
- You don't understand.
- I have nothing to understand.
You got something to understand.
You don't understand what this man
will be doing for you.
- I don't want to hear about it.
- You should hear about it!
- You know what he's gonna do for you?
- I don't care!
You should care because
he's gonna be fighting for you.
He's going to Vietnam to fight for you,
to save your life!
- I don't care what he's gonna do.
- To save your life!
Or what you're gonna do.
- I want you out!
- You should care!
If you want me out of here,
you'll have to throw me out.
That's exactly what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna get the police. I'm not gonna
muss myself up fussing with you.
- I'll get the police if I have to.
- OK.
- That's exactly what I'm gonna do.
- OK.
Penguin.
Now, my friend, Claude, here,
is in love.
He saw this chick on a horse...
- Excuse me.
- Jesus.
Now, let's deal
with this as gentlemen.
- OK. OK. Good.
- Quietly. As gentlemen.
- Now may I give you a word of advice?
- Yeah.
Get your ass out of here, now.
Is that it?
- That's it, yes.
- Thank you.
Now, listen.
Claude here is in love.
The girl he's in love with
is sitting in this room.
He just wants to sit here
and look at her for five minutes.
He just wants to look at her
and have this picture in his head
when he's off there fighting
in the jungles.
Is that so much to ask?
Hey! This is for you, man.
Wait a minute.
This is what you want.
Sheila, is that OK if Claude
just sits here and looks at you
for a few minutes before we go?
You've got a hell of a nerve,
young man.
I got life, mother
I got laughs, sister
I got freedom, brother
And I got good times, man
I got crazy ways, daughter
I got million-dollar charm, cousin
I got headaches and toothaches
And bad times too
Like you
I got my hair, I got my head
I got my brains, I got my ears
I got my eyes
I got my nose
I got my mouth
I got my teeth
I got my tongue, I got my chin
I got my neck, I got my tits
I got my heart, I got my soul
I got my back
I got my ass
I got my arms, I got my hands
I got my fingers, Got my legs
I got my feet, I got my toes
I got my liver, Got my blood
I got life, mother
I got laughs, sister
I got freedom, brother
I got good times, man
I got crazy ways, daughter
I got million-dollar charm, cousin
I got headaches and toothaches
- Watch out!
- And bad times too
- Like you
- Oh, my God!
Got my hair, Got my head
Got my brains, Got my ears
Got my eyes
Got my nose
My mouth
I got my teeth
I got my tongue, Got my chin
Got my neck, Got my tits
Got my heart, Got my soul
My back
I got my ass
I got my arms, I got my hands
I got my fingers, Got my legs
I got my feet, I got my toes
I got my liver, Got my blood
Got my guts
Got my muscles
I got life, life, life
Life, life, life
Life
Claude Bukowski,
George Berger,
Lafayette Johnson,
Jeannie Ryan, Woof Daschund.
The court is about to pronounce
sentence upon each of you.
The sentence of the court:
You be confined to the workhouse
for 30 days
or pay a fine of $50.
Your Honor,
I don't think you understand.
We haven't got any bread.
I'm awfully sorry.
There isn't anything I can do.
- Your Honor?
- Yes, sir?
What if one of us has the money?
- Which one?
- I do.
You may proceed to pay your fine.
Proceed to the clerk's office.
- Excuse me, Your Honor.
- What's your name?
- Bukowski.
- Wait a second. Put down George Berger.
- No!
- Berger...
- Bukowski.
- Just one second. Claude, listen.
Let me get out of here.
I'll go and get the money.
- Then I'll get everybody out.
- This is my money.
I'm sorry, but my dad gave me
this money in case of trouble.
- This is trouble.
- Don't be stupid, man.
This is your last chance
to get us out of here.
Just stop it. This is mine.
I'm getting out of here.
- Don't you trust me?
- Of course not.
Look, man, don't be stupid.
How will you get the bread?
You don't know anybody on the streets.
How you gonna get the bread?
He's not, man. He's just gonna leave us
in here to rot, that's all.
- No, I can make some calls.
- Yeah, call my mama.
You better know what you're doing.
You sure better, George.
What's that?
Uh, excuse me.
You're in our way.
What?
You're blocking our way.
Would you move, please?
Sure.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Remember me?
Yeah.
Come on in.
We have to get to school.
Great.
Just get in, will you?
What do you want?
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
Jesus H. Christ!
What do you think you're doing?
You can't drive this car! We're only
covered for Dad and me, OK? Sheila...
Listen, man, I got a little problem.
I need some bread right away.
It's $250.
I need it now.
- This is all about money?
- Yeah. You got any?
No.
Look, we really don't have any time now.
We've got to be at school.
So will you just stop the car? OK?
Just let me drive.
Sheila!
- What do you want me to do?
- Tell him to stop.
Stop.
Listen, my friends are still in jail.
So what I figured was
you could ask your old man
for the bread to get them out.
- Ask my father for the money?
- Yeah.
Right.
He got us into this.
At least he could get us out of it.
- He got you into this?
- Yeah.
He told you to dance on the table
and break all the dishes?
He didn't tell me to dance on the table.
There's a left here
at the bottom of the hill.
- I think you're really crazy.
- What are you talking about?
The man got the kids in jail.
We want the money to get them out.
- Coming up is a left.
- It's impossible.
- Why is it impossible?
- He won't even give me a credit card.
- With that house you live in?
- It's coming up here!
- Two hundred and fifty dollars.
- Right here!
Turn left! Right here!
Jesus! You missed it!
What did I miss, Steve?
The school. It's back there.
- Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- Mmm.
OK. Look, we'll help you, OK?
We'll try to get you some money. OK?
So you can stop the car now,
and I'll drive. OK?
- When?
- I don't know. Right after school.
OK, how's that? About 4:00, OK?
We'll have it for you at 4:00.
See, that's my other problem, man.
- What?
- You're full of shit.
You won't ask your old man for
the bread, and Junior is full of shit.
What am I doing here?
No, no, no, no...
- And men?
- Men? What do you mean?
Do you have any sexual attraction
towards men?
- Am I a homosexual or something?
- Yeah.
Well, I wouldn't kick Mick Jagger
out of my bed,
but I'm not a homosexual. No.
Can you tell me why you're so uptight
about having your hair cut?
She asked me why
I'm just a hairy guy
I'm hairy, noon and night
Hair that's a fright
I'm hairy, high and low
Don't ask me why
Don't know
It's not for lack of bread
Like the Grateful Dead
Darling
Give me a head with hair
Long, beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming
steamin', flaxen, waxen
Give me it down to there
Hair
Shoulder-length or longer
Here, baby, There, Mama
Everywhere, Daddy, Daddy
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas
in my hair
A home for fleas
A hive for the buzzin' bees
A nest for birds
There ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor
the wonder of my hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, steaming
Flaxen, waxen
knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
- Powdered, flowered
- And confettied
- Bangled
- Tangled, spangled
And spaghettied
Oh, say can you see my eyes?
- If you can
- Then my hair's too short
- Down to here
- Down to there
- Down to there
- Down to where it stops by itself
Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
When they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond
brilliantined, biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah, I adore it
Hallelujah, Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
You know, Danny's mother said
Danny said to say hello.
He's in second year
of dental school
and the girl he's dating
is beautiful, nice.
It's got a lot of mayonnaise,
the way you like, both sides.
- Eat it.
- Thanks, Mom.
- It's good. Eat it.
- I will.
Give me your pants.
I'll wash them.
- Why?
- They're dirty.
No, they're fine.
They're not dirty.
Yeah, they are. It'll take a minute.
The pants are fine, Ma.
What do you say, Pop?
What do you say, what?
Nothing, Ma. Nothing.
Pop?
- If you need money, get a job.
- Money? You talking about money?
- What do you need money for?
- Nothing, I just need it.
- Who is she?
- Who is who?
- The girl?
- What girl?
- Who is the girl?
- There's no girl.
You can tell us everything.
We understand everything.
What are you talking about?
I need some money.
If you need the money,
tell us the truth.
What are you talking about?
Goddamn it. Every time
you come home, there's trouble.
Why don't you clean yourself up?
Why don't you get a haircut?
Get a haircut,
and I'll give you the money.
You'll give me the money
if I get a haircut?
For Christ's sake,
do something to make us happy!
You'll give me the money
if I cut my hair?
- What?
- Will you give me $500?
- Give me your pants!
- My pants are clean!
Why? They're clean, for Christ's sake!
How much you need?
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
The draft is white people
sending black people
to make war on the yellow people
to defend land they stole
from the red people!
LBJ took the IRT
Down to Fourth Street, USA
When he got there
What did he see?
Tricky Dick on LSD
- LBJ
- IRT
USA
LSD
LSD
LBJ
FBI
CIA
FBI
CIA
LSD
- LBJ
- Hey. Come on.
Hey, Berger! Berger!
Berger!
- How you doing?
- Hi. How are you?
- All right.
- Listen, first...
I want to apologize for Steven.
He's very young,
and he really doesn't understand.
Tell me who do you love
Man
Tell me what, man
Tell me
What did you love, man
An old-fashioned melody
Dy-dy-dy
Dy-dy-dy
Listen, I was thinking...
...would you like to get married?
What?
Would you like to get married?
- To whom?
- Me.
Because I was thinking I'm having
this baby, and, if you were married,
the Army couldn't take you.
They wouldn't take you because they
don't take people who are married
and are having babies.
We're all encased in sonic armor
Beltin' it out
through chrome grenades
Miles and miles of Medusan chord
The electronic sonic boom
It's what's happening, baby
It's where it's at, Daddy
They chain you and brainwash you
when you least expect it
They feed you mass media
The age is electric
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
Dum clackety clack, boom rock
Folk rock, rhythm and blues
- An old-fashioned melody
- Dum clackety clack boom rock
An old-fashioned melody
An old-fashioned melody
We're all encased in sonic armor
beltin' it out through chrome grenades
Miles and miles of Medusan chord
It's what's happening, baby
It's where it's at, Daddy
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues...
Do you, Sheila Franklin
Take this man to be
Your lawful wedded husband?
I do.
Do you, Claude Hooper Bukowski
Take this woman to be
Your lawful wedded wife?
I do.
I now pronounce you
man and wife
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare
Love, Love, Love, Love
Love, Love, Love, Love
Drop out, Drop out
Drop out, Drop out
Be in, Be in, Be in, Be in
Take trips, get high
Laugh, joke and good-bye
Beat drum and old tin pot
I am high on you-know-what
Marijuana
Marijuana, Marijuana
Juana Juana
Hare Hare
Marijuana, Marijuana
Juana Juana
Hare Hare
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness...
Claude!
Claude!
Claude!
Claude!
Claude Bukowski!
Hey, Berger.
Right there.
Are you all right?
Hey, you OK?
Where you been?
Where have we been?
Where have you been, man?
Watching the water.
Watching the water? Let me
see your eyes. Let me see those.
Oh, my God, black basketballs.
Look at my face.
Look at the sky.
Look at the stars.
- See the stars?
- Look at that.
Everybody,
a shooting star right over there.
Quick, everybody, make a wish.
Berger?
Will you take me home now, please?
Why do you want to go home?
It's Claude's last night.
Right?
Are we going to do something?
- Yeah, we'll do something.
- Yeah.
What are you gonna do?
I don't know.
It's Claude's night.
What do you want to do?
Take Sheila home.
Hey, she's all yours.
Have a good time.
- I'm just taking her home.
- I know.
Have a good time anyway.
Come on, Jeannie.
Come on.
Whoa!
Get your pants off and come on in!
You want to go home?
- You're just taking me home, right?
- Yeah.
- No, you know what I mean.
- I'm just taking you home.
Because nothing's gonna happen.
No, I'm just gonna take you home.
No. No, no. I think
I'll go home by myself.
No, I'll take you home.
- I don't feel like it.
- Why not?
I don't have to
explain everything to you...
...do I?
Come on! Come on, will ya?
The water is filthy, you know.
Listen, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to be so...
I'm really sorry.
I wasn't trying to upset you.
That's all right.
It's just sometimes I get so...
I understand.
- You're upset, right?
- Oh, no.
No, you are.
I'm sorry. It's my fault.
I just... But I just thought...
- You're going away tomorrow, right?
- Yeah.
So, what's the point?
You mean, if I wasn't going away,
it would be different?
Maybe.
Well...
- I might not go.
- Right.
- You expect me to believe that?
- I'm serious.
Forget it.
I don't believe you.
Hey... Where did everybody else go?
They're around somewhere.
Jeannie's still up there.
Hey, where are our clothes?
Where did they take them?
Funny, funny, funny!
You guys are so mature.
Don't look at me.
I didn't have anything to do with it.
Don't worry about it.
They're around.
Berger!
Sheila...
Taxi! Taxi!
Don't go!
I've got your purse! Sheila, wait!
I don't believe it, man.
What happened?
What happened?
What the hell did you do that for?
- It was fun, man.
- Fun?
I'm really sorry.
I didn't think she'd ever
pull a stunt like that.
We know where she lives. We'll give
her clothes back tomorrow. It's cool.
I won't be here tomorrow.
You're not still serious
about that shit, are you?
That's none of your goddamn business.
It is my goddamn business, man.
What do you want?
You want to be a hero with a gun,
a big macho dude in a uniform?
- Is that what you want?
- I can't talk to you.
I'm standing right here.
Talk to me.
I'm right here. Talk to me.
I think you're ridiculous.
I am ridiculous.
I'm totally ridiculous.
I'm ludicrous.
I don't want to go over there
and murder women and babies.
Go ahead and be ridiculous,
and I'll do what I have to do.
Who are you doing it for?
I'm doing it for you, man.
Look, don't hand me that.
If you're doing it for me, don't.
Because if the shoe was on the
other foot, I wouldn't do it for you.
Give me my clothes.
How will she get home? She doesn't
have her stuff. She has no bread.
You better get that stuff to her.
- Me?
- Yeah.
Wasn't that what you wanted?
You're telling me I'm ridiculous?
Where do I go?
Follow the river
Where do I go?
Follow the gulls
Where is the something?
Where is the someone
That tells me
why I live and die?
Where do I go?
Follow the children
Where do I go?
Follow their smiles
Is there an answer
In their sweet faces
That tells me why
I live and die?
Follow the wind song
Follow the thunder
Follow the neon
In young lovers' eyes
Down to the gutter
Up to the glitter
Into the city
Where the truth lies
Where do I go?
Follow my heartbeat
Where do I go?
Follow my hand
Where do they lead me?
And will I ever
Discover why I live and die?
I live and die
Why do I live?
Why do I die?
Where do I go?
Tell me why
Tell me where
Tell me why
Tell me where
Tell me why
Next.
- Woodrow, Sheldon?
- Yes, sir.
Everything off, please.
Woodrow, your socks.
Woodrow...
Have you got some problem
with your socks?
No, sir.
Then take them off.
Sergeant.
Next.
Black boys are delicious
Chocolate-flavored love
Licorice lips like candy
Keep my cocoa handy
I have such a sweet tooth
When it comes to love
Once I tried a diet
Of quiet rest
No sweets
But I went nearly crazy
And I went clearly crazy
Because I really craved for
Chocolate-flavored treats
Black boys are nutritious
Nutritious
- Black boys fill me up
- Up
Black boys are so damn yummy
They satisfy my tummy
I have such a sweet tooth
When it comes to love
- Black, black
- Black, black
- Black, black
- Black, black
Black boys
Next!
White boys are so pretty
Skin as smooth as milk
White boys are so pretty
Hair like Chinese silk
White boys give me goose bumps
White boys give me chills
When they touch my shoulder
That's the touch that kills
- My mother calls them lily
- Mama says lilies
- I call them picadillies
- Picadillies
- My daddy wants me to stay away
- Daddy
But I say come and play
Hey, hey, hey
White boys are so groovy
- White boys are so
- Tough
Every time they're near me
Just can't get enough
White boys are so sexy
Sexy, sexy, sexy
They're so long and lean
Love those sprayed-on trousers
I love the love machine
My brother calls them rubble
- They're my kind of trouble
- Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
My daddy warns me no, no, no
But I say white boys go, go, go
White boys are so lovely
Beautiful as girls
Love to run my fingers
And toes
through all their curls
Give me a tall
- A lean
- A sexy
- A pretty
- A groovy
- A juicy
- White boy
Yeah, give me a white boy
- White boys
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
- White boys
- Come on and lie down beside me
White boys
Yeah, give me a white boy
- White boys
- Ooh-ooh-ooh
- White boys
- Ooh-ooh-ooh
- White boys
- Ooh-ooh-ooh
White boys
Doors locked
Doors locked
Blinds pulled
Blinds pulled
- Lights low
- Move it!
Lights low
Flames high
Flames high
My body
My body
My body
My body
My body
My body
My body is walking
In space
My soul is in orbit
With God face-to-face
Floating, flipping
Flying, tripping
Tripping from Pottsville
To starlight
Tripping from starlight
To Moonville
Red black, Blue brown
- Yellow crimson, Green orange
- Trainee.
- Purple pink
- Hyah!
Violet white
White white
White white
White white
All the clouds are cumulus
Walking in space
Oh, my God, your skin is soft
I love your face
How dare they try
To end this beauty?
How dare they try
To end this beauty?
They keep us underfoot
They bury us in soot
Pretending it's a chore
To ship us off to war
In this dive
we rediscover sensation
In this dive
we rediscover sensation
Walking in space
we find the purpose of peace
The beauty of life
You can no longer hide
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
Wide
Wide
Wide
Hey, Berger! Berger!
Hey. How you doing?
- I'm all right.
- Yeah?
Look, I've got something.
Where is he?
Nevada!
So, I was thinking of writing him.
- What do you think I should say?
- I want to say something.
Tell him that... I want to say
that Jeannie says hi.
You're gonna write him?
Why don't you come with us?
- Where are you going?
- Nevada.
We are?
Aren't you serious about anything?
I'm always serious.
When are we going?
As soon as Sheila's ready.
I can't just take off and go to Nevada.
No, I guess not.
- We'll see you.
- Wait a minute.
- How will you get there?
- Car.
Lafayette!
- You don't have a car.
- I'm gonna get a car.
- Lafayette?
- How? How can you get a car?
What are you staring at?
And who's that?
What are you doing here?
Come on.
- I said come with me.
- I heard you.
I'm asking you, who is that woman?
- Are you a friend of my Lafayette?
- I ain't no Lafayette no more.
- Don't bother her, all right?
- What have you done to your head?
Never mind.
Just go on back home.
Is that his child?
- Look, don't be talking to her.
- Is that your child?
You wouldn't understand.
What do you mean?
Is that your child or isn't it?
What kind of question is that?
Maybe it is and maybe it isn't.
What?
I knew you wouldn't understand.
You don't understand anything.
I understand just fine.
You explain it to me.
Do you understand about cosmic
consciousness and all kind of that shit?
That's what I'm talking about, baby.
All I'm talking about
is Lafayette Junior here is your child.
I just want to know
if that's your child too.
Never mind that. Come on.
Come on!
- Where are we going?
- I'm taking you to the bus.
- You're going back home. Come on!
- I don't want to go home!
You're going back home.
Understand me?
- I want to stay with you.
- You can't.
- Why not?
- Because you can't. I said so.
Look, we've got a friend in trouble,
and we have to help him.
Baby, that's all you need to know.
Why don't you just go home?
I never said you couldn't
help your friends, Lafayette.
Goddamn it, woman!
I ain't no Lafayette!
Shit! Don't you understand nothing?
How can people
Be so heartless?
How can people
Be so cruel?
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold
How can people
Have no feelings?
You know I'm hung up on you
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no
Especially people
Who care about strangers
Who care about evil
And social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend
How can people
Be so heartless?
How can they ignore their friends?
Easy to give in
Easy to help out
Especially people
Who care about strangers
Who say they care about
Social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
Oh-whoa-oh-oh
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend
How can people
Have no feelings?
How can they ignore their friends?
Easy to be hard
Easy to help out
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no
- Hi, Steve.
- Hi.
Wanna come out of the car
for a minute?
No.
- I just want to talk to you.
- You want to talk? Talk.
I'd like to talk to you outside.
I don't want to talk to you.
Don't worry about a thing.
I'll handle this.
- OK. What do you want?
- The keys.
No. Hey, come on...
Cool out, baby.
- No, you're taking the car?
- Just for a few days.
- Coming with us?
- No, I'm not going with you!
- All right.
- Sheila, come on.
Out of the car. Sheila! What...
Sheila!
I'm not into any heavy preference trip,
you know, like who the father is.
I don't care.
I think they're both beautiful.
Don't you?
But how can you not care about that?
If a woman carries a child, don't you
think she should know who the father is?
Well, I admit that I have this dilemma.
But it will be resolved real soon.
It's not like a big crisis or anything.
It's not like a world war.
I don't know
what you're so uptight about.
I fell in love with someone.
We had a child,
and we were gonna get married.
That's why I'm uptight.
- Yeah?
- And you're holding it up!
No, I'm not holding it up.
You don't see the way it is.
This is really a great thing
that's happened to all of us.
Everybody's really happy about it.
The guys are really happy.
I think it would be great
if you could be happy about it, too.
- You're crazy.
- Yeah, I'm crazy.
We're all crazy.
Let's shake on it.
Let's not.
Come on.
If all you men could be standing
where I'm standing
and seeing what I'm seeing,
you'd know how it feels
to be truly proud of our country.
The United States Army is the greatest
fighting force in the world.
And now, you men...
...are going to be thousands of miles
away from home in a few days.
And you'd better take some
of that greatness with you.
And this afternoon,
while you're on leave,
you'd better take some of it
with you, too.
Sergeant!
Sergeant!
Sergeant!
Shut the damn thing off!
Ripped open
By metal explosion
Caught in barbed wire fireball
Bullet shock
Bayonet
- Electricity
- What do I turn off?
Move out!
- Electronic
- Attention!
Data
Processing
Black uniforms
- Company!
- Attention!
Company!
Mail order
Rifles
Get some results!
Two hundred
And fifty-six
Vietcong
Captured
Two hundred
And fifty-six
Vietcong
Captured
Prisoners in Niggertown
It's a dirty little war
Three, five, zero, zero
Take weapons up
And begin to kill
Watch the long, long armies
drifting home
Prisoners in Niggertown
It's a dirty little war
Three, five, zero, zero
Take weapons up
And begin to kill
Watch the long, long armies
drifting home
Prisoners in Niggertown
It's a dirty little war
Three, five, zero, zero
- Take weapons up
- Take weapons up
- And begin to kill
- And begin to kill
Watch the long, long armies
drifting home...
Everybody out!
- Company!
- Attention!
Now can all you men hear me?
Good morning, starshine
The Earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning, starshine
You lead us along
My love and me
as we sing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glup gloopy
Nibby nabby nooby
La-la-la lo-lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le-le lo-lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba nabba
Early morning singing song
Good morning, starshine
The Earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning, starshine
You lead us along
My love and me
as we sing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glup gloopy
Nibby nabby nooby
- La-la-la lo-lo
- Gliddy glup gloopy
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
- Le-le lo-lo
- Nibby nabby nooby
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba nabba
Early morning singing song
Singing a song
Humming a song
- Singing a song
- Whoa
Loving a song
- Laughing a song
- Laughing...
- Singing a song
- Singing a song
Sing a song
Song a sing
Song, song, song
Sing, sing, sing, sing, song
Song, song, song
Sing, sing, sing, sing, song
Song, song, song
Sing, sing, sing, sing, song
Hi.
- How you doing? What can I do for you?
- We're going in.
I'm sorry, but there's no civilian
contact allowed on the base right now.
- We're on alert. You can't come in.
- We're not civilians.
We're friends of a guy on the base.
His name's Claude Bukowski.
- You probably know him. He's a private.
- I don't know him.
Really nice guy with blonde hair.
He's short.
I don't know him. You'll have to turn
your vehicle around and go off post.
All right? If you need some help,
I'll be glad to assist you.
Otherwise, back your vehicle up
and turn it around.
Listen, we don't want
to make any trouble.
- Turn around and you won't, OK?
- Just let me make a phone call.
No, you don't make it here.
You make it where I tell you to go.
You just said you wanted
to give me some assistance...
I'll help you turn around.
That's all.
- You don't understand...
- Chief, this is it.
Turn around and go.
We clear?
- You get my drift, right?
- You don't understand, man.
- You don't understand.
- We've driven five days straight!
- Listen, my man...
- I just want to see my friend.
I'm telling you
to get the hell off my post.
Turn around and go that way.
That's what I'm telling you.
You listen to me.
I'm not listening to you. Got that?
Thank you.
Have a nice day.
Uh, what's your name?
- What's your name?
- George.
- What's yours?
- Sheila.
Yeah?
- Is your husband on base?
- I'm not married.
I'm visiting my brother.
No, wait. Wait, wait, wait.
OK, this time I'll do it.
Hey, that was a really good one.
Let me do that again.
OK, I'll blow one,
and then you blow one,
and see if they can, you know...
You blow one through one of mine, OK?
Ooh! There, they did it.
Toot, toot!
Where is it? Where is your car?
Right over there.
Hi.
God Almighty.
Hey... Hey, let's pull over there.
Stop, stop. Let's stop here.
Company, halt.
- Dismissed.
- "Dismissed?"
Hey!
You cutie-pie!
Come here, my cutie!
Watch my hat!
Hey! What are you doing?
Hey!
Hey, baby!
Hey! That's my car!
Hey!
Hey!
How do I look?
Very authentic.
Your left. Your left, right, left.
Your left. Your left.
Your left, right, left.
- I want to go to Vietnam
- I want to go to Vietnam
One, two, three, four...
At ease!
Bukowski!
- Yes, Sergeant.
- Let's move it out.
- Yes, Sergeant.
- Double-time, soldier.
Yes, Sergeant.
"Double-time, soldier."
- Sir?
- In the car, soldier!
- Yes, Sergeant.
- Are you an asshole, soldier?
- No, Sergeant.
- That's too bad, because I am.
Blah, blah, blah...
How you doing, man?
I want to be an Airborne Ranger
I want to live a life of danger
- Stay in the car. Stay in the car.
- What are you doing?
I want to go to Vietnam...
What are you doing?
- Get in the trunk.
- What?
- Come on. Get in the trunk quick.
- Why?
Everybody's waiting. We have a big
picnic planned for you in the desert.
- Come on, get in.
- The base is on alert.
They're taking head counts all the time.
If I'm not here, I've had it.
Listen, it's just for a couple of hours.
I'll have you back in time for dinner.
- I can't.
- What do you mean?
We just drove 2,000 miles to see you.
Everybody is waiting.
Just trust me, will ya?
I have it all figured out.
You're making it sound
like I don't want to come.
Then come.
Get in the trunk.
I mean...
I can't believe you're here.
I just can't believe it.
Traveling all that way?
I can't believe it.
I appreciate your coming here.
I can't tell you.
Don't tell me, just come with us.
Just get in the trunk.
You don't understand.
This isn't a game.
What will I tell everybody?
- Did Sheila come?
- Yeah.
- And Jeannie?
- Everybody's there, man.
How is Sheila?
How is she?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Give me your clothes.
Give me your clothes.
- Claude!
- Hey!
- Hey Claudey!
- Claudio!
Hey, man! You made it!
Hey!
- Whoo!
- Whoo!
Attention!
At ease!
Sound off when your name is called.
- Compost!
- Here, sir.
- Head.
- Here, sir.
- Sumner.
- Here, sir.
- Brook.
- Here, sir.
- Bukowski.
- Here, sir.
- Hart.
- Here, sir.
- Tileman.
- Here, sir.
- Scanlin.
- Here, sir.
- Noonan.
- Here, sir.
Now give me your attention, men.
I just received word we've been
alerted for overseas movement.
I want you to secure your web gear,
get your duffle bags packed,
and get on this red line.
Sergeant, you have three minutes
to have these men ready.
- Yes, sir.
- Let's go, men. Move with a purpose.
Let's go! Let's get it all quickly.
Let's move with a purpose!
Let's snap to it
like you got a pair.
Let's go. Move it, quickly.
Get on the red line.
Get your duffle bag packed.
Let's go over there.
Move like you got a purpose.
What the hell's wrong with you, soldier?
Didn't you hear
what the captain said?
Get your cell pod!
Get your helmet liner!
Get your pistol belt!
Get it right now!
Let's move like you got a purpose!
Get the doggone coat on!
Quickly! Let's go! Move it!
I don't know what's the matter with you.
You act like you don't want to go.
I don't want to go, but if you gotta go,
I gotta go. We all gotta go.
So let's move it right now!
Let's get on the red line.
Let's go.
What in the hell are you waiting on?
Get that web gear on!
I want that brain bucket on your head!
I want that duffle bag on the red line!
Soldier, there's a war on!
Huh...
All right, men, move!
Hurry up!
Now, listen up!
When I call your name,
sound off smartly and move out!
- Compost!
- Yes, sir!
- Sumner!
- Yes, sir!
- Peterson!
- Yes, sir!
- Brook!
- Yes, sir!
Bukowski!
Bukowski!
Bukowski!
You better get your head
out of your ass! Let's go!
This way, soldier!
Let's go! Move out!
You better move, soldier!
Hey! Where are you going!
What's the matter with you? I said
put your duffle bag on that truck!
The vehicle right there!
Let's go! Get it on there now!
We starve, look
At one another
Short of breath
Walking proudly
in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation
Of moving paper fantasies
Listening for the new-told lies
With supreme visions
Of lonely tunes
Somewhere
Inside something there is
A rush of
Greatness
Who knows what stands in front of
Our lives
I fashion my future
On films in space
Silence tells me secretly
Everything
Everything
Manchester, England
England
Manchester, England
England
Across the Atlantic sea
And I'm a genius
Genius
I believe in God
And I believe that God
believes in Claude
That's me
That's me
That's me
We starve, look
At one another
- Short of breath
- Berger!
Walking proudly
in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
- Facing a dying nation
- Berger.
Of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new-told lies
With supreme visions
Of lonely tunes
Singing our space songs
On a spider web sitar
Life is around you and in you
Answer for Timothy Leary
Dearie
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
- Why don't you let
- Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
Let the sunshine
- You wanna let
- Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
- Why don't you let
- Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
- Why don't you let
- Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sun...
...shine in
Darling
Give me a head with hair
Long, beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming
steamin', flaxen, waxen
Give me it down to there
Hair
Shoulder-length or longer
Here, baby, There, Mama
Everywhere, Daddy, Daddy
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
I'll let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas
in my hair
A home for fleas
A hive for the buzzin' bees
A nest for birds
There ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor
the wonder of my hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
I want it long, straight
curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, steaming
Flaxen, waxen
knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
- Powdered, flowered
- And confettied
- Bangled
- Tangled, spangled
And spaghettied
Oh, say can you see my eyes?
- If you can
- Then my hair's too short
Down to here
Down to there
Down to there
Down to where it stops by itself
They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
When they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond
brilliantined, biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah, I adore it
Hallelujah, Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
When they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond
brilliantined, biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah, I adore it
Hallelujah, Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
- Oh, yeah.
When you get there,
be sure and give us a call.
- We want to know where you are.
- All right.
- How are you fixed for money?
- Oh, I'm OK.
You better take...
Take this 50 in case you run
into a mite of trouble.
You never know what's gonna happen
between here and there.
Thank you.
Well, boy...
Don't worry too much.
It's just the smart people
that have to worry.
The Lord will take care
of the ignorant ones.
Huh? You paying attention?
Right.
I love you.
See you.
Any person who alters,
forges, knowingly destroys,
knowingly mutilates,
or in any manner
changes this certificate,
may be fined not to exceed $10,000,
or imprisoned
for not more than five years...
...or both.
When the moon
Is in the seventh house
And Jupiter
Aligns with Mars
Then peace
Will guide the planets
And love
Will steer the stars
This is the dawning
of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden livin'
dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius
Aquarius
When the moon
Is in the seventh house
And Jupiter
Aligns with Mars
Then peace
Will guide the planets
And love
Will steer the stars
This is the dawning
of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden livin'
dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius
Yeah!
Excuse me, ma'am.
Could you spare some change?
That's a great hat you've got.
Can you spare
a couple nickels or dimes?
- Beautiful horse.
- Ma'am, could you spare some change?
I've never ridden a horse.
Is it difficult?
Well, would it be possible if
I could ride it, just a little ways?
Just once, for a minute?
Hey, lady, could I ride...
Come on. Please?
Woof, forget it.
I'll get you one for Christmas.
Spare some change?
Spare some change?
Change. You know,
like nickels, dimes, quarters?
- You want me to give you some money?
- Right.
- Why?
- Why?
No reason, except she's pregnant
and we haven't eaten for two days.
I don't believe you.
- Where you from?
- Oklahoma.
Listen, man, I know how it feels.
I used to come from Kansas myself.
Hey!
Bring him. Bring him!
Watch out for that hill.
- Watch it here.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold on, hang on.
Whoo!
Sodomy
Fellatio
Cunnilingus
Pederasty
Father, why do these words sound
So nasty?
Masturbation
Can be fun
Join the holy orgy
Kama Sutra
Everyone
- Get the horse!
- Stop the horse!
Hey, stop that horse!
- Whoo!
- Woo-hoo!
Go, go! Go get them! Go! Go get them!
Come on, go! Get them!
Once upon a looking-for-Donna time
There was a 16-year-old virgin
Oh, Donna
Oh, oh, Donna
Oh, oh, oh
Looking for my Donna
I just got back
from looking for Donna
San Francisco
psychedelic urchin
Oh, Donna
Oh, oh, Donna
Oh, oh, oh
Looking for my Donna
Have you seen
- My 16-year-old tattooed woman?
- Oh, Donna
- Heard a story
- Oh, Donna
She got busted for her beauty,
oh, oh, oh
I just got back
from looking for Donna
San Francisco's
psychedelic urchin
Oh, Donna
Oh, oh, Donna
Oh, oh, oh
Looking for my Donna
And I'm gonna show her
life on Earth can be sweet
Gonna lay my mutated head
at her feet
I'm gonna love
to make love to her
Till the sky turns brown
I'm evolving, I'm evolving
Through the drugs
That you put down
Once upon a looking-for-Donna time
There was a 16-year-old virgin
Oh, Donna
Oh, oh, Donna
Oh, oh, oh
Looking for my Donna
Looking for my Donna
Looking for my Donna
Donna
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Hey, man, you're a real cowboy.
No, no, don't get off. We still got
15 minutes left. Take off.
- No, I got some things I gotta do.
- Yeah? Like what?
I want to see
the Empire State Building.
I can do that today. Tomorrow, I wanna
go on that boat ride around Manhattan
- where you see the Statue of Liberty.
- Sounds real good.
If you have any ideas
about things to do while I'm here...
I don't have too much time.
I'm going in the army
in a couple days.
I think we can help you.
Hashish
Cocaine
Marijuana
Opium
LSD
DMT
- STP
- BMT
- A&P
- IRT
SPC
- Alcohol, cigarettes
- Claude.
Here, man.
Hey, Claude.
Claude, hey, speak to me. Claude!
Hey.
- Equinol, Dexamil, Compazine
- Dexedrine
- S-E-X Y-O-U
- Is she really pregnant?
Wow
Really pregnant? Yeah, I am.
That's what she says.
"That's what she says."
That's what she knows.
- I am.
- Jeannie, you don't know anything.
- I know who the father is.
- Yeah?
You know that, you know a lot.
If the baby comes out white
and squishy, crying his ass off,
then we know Woof
is definitely the daddy.
But if he comes out all beautiful
and chocolate brown,
that's mine.
- "White and squishy"?
- Yeah, man. White and squishy.
Listen, he come out and see
your crazy black ass standing there,
he's gonna be spitting
watermelon seeds in your face.
You always open up your mouth
before you even think.
Look, when this baby
comes out and sees me,
he's gonna be so happy
and so proud.
Do you know what he's gonna say?
I'm
A colored spade, a nigra
A black nigger
A jungle bunny, jigaboo
Coon, pickaninny, mau-mau
Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima
Little black Sambo
Cotton-pickin' swamp guinea
Junk man, shoe shine boy
Elevator operator
Table cleaner
at Horn and Hardart
Slave, voodoo zombie
Ubangi-lipped, flat nose
Tap dancer, resident of Harlem
And President
of the United States of Love
President of the United States of Love
Bad shit
If you invite this man to dinner
You're gonna have to feed him
Watermelon, hominy grits
and shortening bread
Alligator ribs and pig tails
With some black-eyed peas
Lord, chitlins
Some watermelon, hominy grits
and shortening bread
Alligator ribs, pig tails
Black-eyed peas
Collard greens
And if you don't watch out
the boogie man will get you
Boo
Yeah, I'm talkin' about y'all
- Ooh
- Oh, yeah
So you say
Ha-ha! Whoo!
Say something to boogie man.
Go on.
Say something to the boogie man.
Boogie man.
It's his first day in America.
He just got off the boat.
Did you have a nice trip?
Manchester, England
England
Across the Atlantic sea
And he's a genius
Genius
He believes in God
And he believes that God
believes in Claude
That's him
That's him
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Finds that it's groovy
to hide in a movie
Pretends he's Fellini
and Antonioni
And also his countryman
Roman Polanski
All rolled into one
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Manchester, England
England
Across the Atlantic sea
And he's a genius
Genius
- He believes in God
- I believe in God
- And I believe that God
- Yeah!
Believes in Claude
That's me
That's me
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Finds that it's groovy
to hide in a movie
Pretends he's Fellini
and Antonioni
And also his countryman
Roman Polanski
All rolled into one
Claude Hooper Bukowski
Manchester, England
England
Across the Atlantic sea
And I'm a genius
Genius
I believe in God
And I believe that God
believes in Claude
- That's me
- That's him
- That's me
- That's him
- That's me
- That's him
That's me
I'm black
I'm black
I'm pink
I'm pink
I'm Rinso white
I'm invisible
Ain't got no home
Ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money
Ain't got no class
Ain't got no scarf
Ain't got no gloves
Ain't got no bed
Ain't got no pot
- Ain't got no faith
- Look here, man.
Ain't got no mother
Ain't got no culture
Ain't got no friends
Ain't got no schoolin'
Ain't got no shine
Ain't got no underwear
Ain't got no soap
Ain't got no A-train, Ain't got no mind
Ain't got no smokes
Ain't got no job, Ain't got no work
Ain't got no coins
Ain't got no pennies
Ain't got no girl
Ain't got no ticket
Ain't got no token
Ain't got no God
Yeah!
Ain't got no grass
Ain't got no acid
Ain't got no clothes
Ain't got no pad
Ain't got no apples
Ain't got no knives
Ain't got no guns
Ain't got no garbage
- Ain't got no draft card
- Burn it
Ain't got no Earth, Ain't got no fun
Ain't got no bike, Ain't got no pimples
Ain't got no trees
Ain't got no air, Ain't got no water
City, banjo, toothpicks, shoelaces
teachers, football, telephone
Records, doctor
brother, sister, uniforms
Machine guns, airplanes, germs, M-1s
Bang, bang, bang
M-2, bang, bang, bang
Ain't got no home
Ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money
Ain't got no class
Ain't got no scarf
Ain't got no gloves
Ain't got no bed
Ain't got no pot
Ain't got no faith
Ain't got no God
Hey!
Where you going?
I got a lot of things to do today.
Thank you.
Hey!
Claude!
What?
Come here!
I want to show you something.
What is it?
Just come here, please.
- What?
- Look at that.
What?
- That's the chick on the horse.
- Oh, that's not her.
What do you mean?
Look at it.
Short Hills.
It's real close.
- That's today?
- That's right.
You want to go?
Why?
Why? Don't you want to meet her?
Don't you have
to be invited to those?
Would you like to come
to a party with me?
Come on, will you guys spread out?
Mingle.
Sit, my dear.
Steve? Steve?
- Great party, huh?
- Yeah.
Steve...
There's an odd-looking
character over there.
And here to the right,
that chap over there.
That colored gentleman over there
with the girl.
See those two girls there?
- Do you know them?
- No.
Why don't you just unobtrusively...
...see if you can find out
who they are, how they got here,
who invited them,
and come back and let me know, will ya?
- Sure thing.
- OK.
Hi, I'm Steve Wright.
- What's your name?
- Hud.
Hud.
Are you supposed to be here?
- I mean, who brought you guys?
- Mr. Berger.
Well, enjoy the party.
They're with Mr. Berger.
- Mr. Berger?
- Yeah.
Who's Mr. Berger?
I don't know.
Don't even suck on it
if you don't want to burn your lips.
- Now?
- Now start puffing on it.
Now, now, now.
There. See?
- Sheila?
- Just a minute.
Just a minute!
What's taking so long, love?
- We're smoking grass.
- I'm getting dressed.
Sweetheart, come on. You have a lot
of people waiting to see you.
Will you relax, Daddy?
Well, hurry up.
- What's going on here?
- They're getting dressed.
Open the door this minute!
- I'm taking care of it.
- I can see you are.
Sheila?
Yes?
There's no excuse
for this performance.
Hello.
Ted, Ted...
Excuse me. Mr. Berger?
- You can call me George.
- I think that it's a private party.
I think you and your friends
better leave, please.
- You do?
- Yes, I think that's the thing to do.
OK.
Mr. Berger...
Excuse me, everybody.
- Everybody, please quiet down.
- Mr. Berger...
I think that you and your...
I just wanted to say a few words,
then we'll go.
- I don't care what you have to say.
- I know. Everybody, listen.
- We weren't invited to this party...
- Mr. Berger.
Just a second.
I just want to talk for a second, OK?
- I don't care about that.
- I know you don't care.
- I think you better leave.
- Please, just give me two minutes.
Just wanna talk to
the people for a second.
- All right?
- No.
- Please.
- No, I think you better go.
Please.
I'm losing my patience.
This is a private party.
You were not invited.
You'd better leave.
- You don't understand.
- I have nothing to understand.
You got something to understand.
You don't understand what this man
will be doing for you.
- I don't want to hear about it.
- You should hear about it!
- You know what he's gonna do for you?
- I don't care!
You should care because
he's gonna be fighting for you.
He's going to Vietnam to fight for you,
to save your life!
- I don't care what he's gonna do.
- To save your life!
Or what you're gonna do.
- I want you out!
- You should care!
If you want me out of here,
you'll have to throw me out.
That's exactly what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna get the police. I'm not gonna
muss myself up fussing with you.
- I'll get the police if I have to.
- OK.
- That's exactly what I'm gonna do.
- OK.
Penguin.
Now, my friend, Claude, here,
is in love.
He saw this chick on a horse...
- Excuse me.
- Jesus.
Now, let's deal
with this as gentlemen.
- OK. OK. Good.
- Quietly. As gentlemen.
- Now may I give you a word of advice?
- Yeah.
Get your ass out of here, now.
Is that it?
- That's it, yes.
- Thank you.
Now, listen.
Claude here is in love.
The girl he's in love with
is sitting in this room.
He just wants to sit here
and look at her for five minutes.
He just wants to look at her
and have this picture in his head
when he's off there fighting
in the jungles.
Is that so much to ask?
Hey! This is for you, man.
Wait a minute.
This is what you want.
Sheila, is that OK if Claude
just sits here and looks at you
for a few minutes before we go?
You've got a hell of a nerve,
young man.
I got life, mother
I got laughs, sister
I got freedom, brother
And I got good times, man
I got crazy ways, daughter
I got million-dollar charm, cousin
I got headaches and toothaches
And bad times too
Like you
I got my hair, I got my head
I got my brains, I got my ears
I got my eyes
I got my nose
I got my mouth
I got my teeth
I got my tongue, I got my chin
I got my neck, I got my tits
I got my heart, I got my soul
I got my back
I got my ass
I got my arms, I got my hands
I got my fingers, Got my legs
I got my feet, I got my toes
I got my liver, Got my blood
I got life, mother
I got laughs, sister
I got freedom, brother
I got good times, man
I got crazy ways, daughter
I got million-dollar charm, cousin
I got headaches and toothaches
- Watch out!
- And bad times too
- Like you
- Oh, my God!
Got my hair, Got my head
Got my brains, Got my ears
Got my eyes
Got my nose
My mouth
I got my teeth
I got my tongue, Got my chin
Got my neck, Got my tits
Got my heart, Got my soul
My back
I got my ass
I got my arms, I got my hands
I got my fingers, Got my legs
I got my feet, I got my toes
I got my liver, Got my blood
Got my guts
Got my muscles
I got life, life, life
Life, life, life
Life
Claude Bukowski,
George Berger,
Lafayette Johnson,
Jeannie Ryan, Woof Daschund.
The court is about to pronounce
sentence upon each of you.
The sentence of the court:
You be confined to the workhouse
for 30 days
or pay a fine of $50.
Your Honor,
I don't think you understand.
We haven't got any bread.
I'm awfully sorry.
There isn't anything I can do.
- Your Honor?
- Yes, sir?
What if one of us has the money?
- Which one?
- I do.
You may proceed to pay your fine.
Proceed to the clerk's office.
- Excuse me, Your Honor.
- What's your name?
- Bukowski.
- Wait a second. Put down George Berger.
- No!
- Berger...
- Bukowski.
- Just one second. Claude, listen.
Let me get out of here.
I'll go and get the money.
- Then I'll get everybody out.
- This is my money.
I'm sorry, but my dad gave me
this money in case of trouble.
- This is trouble.
- Don't be stupid, man.
This is your last chance
to get us out of here.
Just stop it. This is mine.
I'm getting out of here.
- Don't you trust me?
- Of course not.
Look, man, don't be stupid.
How will you get the bread?
You don't know anybody on the streets.
How you gonna get the bread?
He's not, man. He's just gonna leave us
in here to rot, that's all.
- No, I can make some calls.
- Yeah, call my mama.
You better know what you're doing.
You sure better, George.
What's that?
Uh, excuse me.
You're in our way.
What?
You're blocking our way.
Would you move, please?
Sure.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Remember me?
Yeah.
Come on in.
We have to get to school.
Great.
Just get in, will you?
What do you want?
What are you doing?
Where are you going?
Jesus H. Christ!
What do you think you're doing?
You can't drive this car! We're only
covered for Dad and me, OK? Sheila...
Listen, man, I got a little problem.
I need some bread right away.
It's $250.
I need it now.
- This is all about money?
- Yeah. You got any?
No.
Look, we really don't have any time now.
We've got to be at school.
So will you just stop the car? OK?
Just let me drive.
Sheila!
- What do you want me to do?
- Tell him to stop.
Stop.
Listen, my friends are still in jail.
So what I figured was
you could ask your old man
for the bread to get them out.
- Ask my father for the money?
- Yeah.
Right.
He got us into this.
At least he could get us out of it.
- He got you into this?
- Yeah.
He told you to dance on the table
and break all the dishes?
He didn't tell me to dance on the table.
There's a left here
at the bottom of the hill.
- I think you're really crazy.
- What are you talking about?
The man got the kids in jail.
We want the money to get them out.
- Coming up is a left.
- It's impossible.
- Why is it impossible?
- He won't even give me a credit card.
- With that house you live in?
- It's coming up here!
- Two hundred and fifty dollars.
- Right here!
Turn left! Right here!
Jesus! You missed it!
What did I miss, Steve?
The school. It's back there.
- Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
- Mmm.
OK. Look, we'll help you, OK?
We'll try to get you some money. OK?
So you can stop the car now,
and I'll drive. OK?
- When?
- I don't know. Right after school.
OK, how's that? About 4:00, OK?
We'll have it for you at 4:00.
See, that's my other problem, man.
- What?
- You're full of shit.
You won't ask your old man for
the bread, and Junior is full of shit.
What am I doing here?
No, no, no, no...
- And men?
- Men? What do you mean?
Do you have any sexual attraction
towards men?
- Am I a homosexual or something?
- Yeah.
Well, I wouldn't kick Mick Jagger
out of my bed,
but I'm not a homosexual. No.
Can you tell me why you're so uptight
about having your hair cut?
She asked me why
I'm just a hairy guy
I'm hairy, noon and night
Hair that's a fright
I'm hairy, high and low
Don't ask me why
Don't know
It's not for lack of bread
Like the Grateful Dead
Darling
Give me a head with hair
Long, beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming
steamin', flaxen, waxen
Give me it down to there
Hair
Shoulder-length or longer
Here, baby, There, Mama
Everywhere, Daddy, Daddy
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas
in my hair
A home for fleas
A hive for the buzzin' bees
A nest for birds
There ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor
the wonder of my hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, steaming
Flaxen, waxen
knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
- Powdered, flowered
- And confettied
- Bangled
- Tangled, spangled
And spaghettied
Oh, say can you see my eyes?
- If you can
- Then my hair's too short
- Down to here
- Down to there
- Down to there
- Down to where it stops by itself
Do-do-do-do-do
Do-do-do-do-do
They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
When they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond
brilliantined, biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah, I adore it
Hallelujah, Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
You know, Danny's mother said
Danny said to say hello.
He's in second year
of dental school
and the girl he's dating
is beautiful, nice.
It's got a lot of mayonnaise,
the way you like, both sides.
- Eat it.
- Thanks, Mom.
- It's good. Eat it.
- I will.
Give me your pants.
I'll wash them.
- Why?
- They're dirty.
No, they're fine.
They're not dirty.
Yeah, they are. It'll take a minute.
The pants are fine, Ma.
What do you say, Pop?
What do you say, what?
Nothing, Ma. Nothing.
Pop?
- If you need money, get a job.
- Money? You talking about money?
- What do you need money for?
- Nothing, I just need it.
- Who is she?
- Who is who?
- The girl?
- What girl?
- Who is the girl?
- There's no girl.
You can tell us everything.
We understand everything.
What are you talking about?
I need some money.
If you need the money,
tell us the truth.
What are you talking about?
Goddamn it. Every time
you come home, there's trouble.
Why don't you clean yourself up?
Why don't you get a haircut?
Get a haircut,
and I'll give you the money.
You'll give me the money
if I get a haircut?
For Christ's sake,
do something to make us happy!
You'll give me the money
if I cut my hair?
- What?
- Will you give me $500?
- Give me your pants!
- My pants are clean!
Why? They're clean, for Christ's sake!
How much you need?
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
The draft is white people
sending black people
to make war on the yellow people
to defend land they stole
from the red people!
LBJ took the IRT
Down to Fourth Street, USA
When he got there
What did he see?
Tricky Dick on LSD
- LBJ
- IRT
USA
LSD
LSD
LBJ
FBI
CIA
FBI
CIA
LSD
- LBJ
- Hey. Come on.
Hey, Berger! Berger!
Berger!
- How you doing?
- Hi. How are you?
- All right.
- Listen, first...
I want to apologize for Steven.
He's very young,
and he really doesn't understand.
Tell me who do you love
Man
Tell me what, man
Tell me
What did you love, man
An old-fashioned melody
Dy-dy-dy
Dy-dy-dy
Listen, I was thinking...
...would you like to get married?
What?
Would you like to get married?
- To whom?
- Me.
Because I was thinking I'm having
this baby, and, if you were married,
the Army couldn't take you.
They wouldn't take you because they
don't take people who are married
and are having babies.
We're all encased in sonic armor
Beltin' it out
through chrome grenades
Miles and miles of Medusan chord
The electronic sonic boom
It's what's happening, baby
It's where it's at, Daddy
They chain you and brainwash you
when you least expect it
They feed you mass media
The age is electric
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
Dum clackety clack, boom rock
Folk rock, rhythm and blues
- An old-fashioned melody
- Dum clackety clack boom rock
An old-fashioned melody
An old-fashioned melody
We're all encased in sonic armor
beltin' it out through chrome grenades
Miles and miles of Medusan chord
It's what's happening, baby
It's where it's at, Daddy
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues
I got the electric blues...
Do you, Sheila Franklin
Take this man to be
Your lawful wedded husband?
I do.
Do you, Claude Hooper Bukowski
Take this woman to be
Your lawful wedded wife?
I do.
I now pronounce you
man and wife
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
Hare Hare
Hare Rama
Hare Rama
Rama Rama
Hare Hare
Love, Love, Love, Love
Love, Love, Love, Love
Drop out, Drop out
Drop out, Drop out
Be in, Be in, Be in, Be in
Take trips, get high
Laugh, joke and good-bye
Beat drum and old tin pot
I am high on you-know-what
Marijuana
Marijuana, Marijuana
Juana Juana
Hare Hare
Marijuana, Marijuana
Juana Juana
Hare Hare
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness
Beads, flowers
freedom, happiness...
Claude!
Claude!
Claude!
Claude!
Claude Bukowski!
Hey, Berger.
Right there.
Are you all right?
Hey, you OK?
Where you been?
Where have we been?
Where have you been, man?
Watching the water.
Watching the water? Let me
see your eyes. Let me see those.
Oh, my God, black basketballs.
Look at my face.
Look at the sky.
Look at the stars.
- See the stars?
- Look at that.
Everybody,
a shooting star right over there.
Quick, everybody, make a wish.
Berger?
Will you take me home now, please?
Why do you want to go home?
It's Claude's last night.
Right?
Are we going to do something?
- Yeah, we'll do something.
- Yeah.
What are you gonna do?
I don't know.
It's Claude's night.
What do you want to do?
Take Sheila home.
Hey, she's all yours.
Have a good time.
- I'm just taking her home.
- I know.
Have a good time anyway.
Come on, Jeannie.
Come on.
Whoa!
Get your pants off and come on in!
You want to go home?
- You're just taking me home, right?
- Yeah.
- No, you know what I mean.
- I'm just taking you home.
Because nothing's gonna happen.
No, I'm just gonna take you home.
No. No, no. I think
I'll go home by myself.
No, I'll take you home.
- I don't feel like it.
- Why not?
I don't have to
explain everything to you...
...do I?
Come on! Come on, will ya?
The water is filthy, you know.
Listen, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to be so...
I'm really sorry.
I wasn't trying to upset you.
That's all right.
It's just sometimes I get so...
I understand.
- You're upset, right?
- Oh, no.
No, you are.
I'm sorry. It's my fault.
I just... But I just thought...
- You're going away tomorrow, right?
- Yeah.
So, what's the point?
You mean, if I wasn't going away,
it would be different?
Maybe.
Well...
- I might not go.
- Right.
- You expect me to believe that?
- I'm serious.
Forget it.
I don't believe you.
Hey... Where did everybody else go?
They're around somewhere.
Jeannie's still up there.
Hey, where are our clothes?
Where did they take them?
Funny, funny, funny!
You guys are so mature.
Don't look at me.
I didn't have anything to do with it.
Don't worry about it.
They're around.
Berger!
Sheila...
Taxi! Taxi!
Don't go!
I've got your purse! Sheila, wait!
I don't believe it, man.
What happened?
What happened?
What the hell did you do that for?
- It was fun, man.
- Fun?
I'm really sorry.
I didn't think she'd ever
pull a stunt like that.
We know where she lives. We'll give
her clothes back tomorrow. It's cool.
I won't be here tomorrow.
You're not still serious
about that shit, are you?
That's none of your goddamn business.
It is my goddamn business, man.
What do you want?
You want to be a hero with a gun,
a big macho dude in a uniform?
- Is that what you want?
- I can't talk to you.
I'm standing right here.
Talk to me.
I'm right here. Talk to me.
I think you're ridiculous.
I am ridiculous.
I'm totally ridiculous.
I'm ludicrous.
I don't want to go over there
and murder women and babies.
Go ahead and be ridiculous,
and I'll do what I have to do.
Who are you doing it for?
I'm doing it for you, man.
Look, don't hand me that.
If you're doing it for me, don't.
Because if the shoe was on the
other foot, I wouldn't do it for you.
Give me my clothes.
How will she get home? She doesn't
have her stuff. She has no bread.
You better get that stuff to her.
- Me?
- Yeah.
Wasn't that what you wanted?
You're telling me I'm ridiculous?
Where do I go?
Follow the river
Where do I go?
Follow the gulls
Where is the something?
Where is the someone
That tells me
why I live and die?
Where do I go?
Follow the children
Where do I go?
Follow their smiles
Is there an answer
In their sweet faces
That tells me why
I live and die?
Follow the wind song
Follow the thunder
Follow the neon
In young lovers' eyes
Down to the gutter
Up to the glitter
Into the city
Where the truth lies
Where do I go?
Follow my heartbeat
Where do I go?
Follow my hand
Where do they lead me?
And will I ever
Discover why I live and die?
I live and die
Why do I live?
Why do I die?
Where do I go?
Tell me why
Tell me where
Tell me why
Tell me where
Tell me why
Next.
- Woodrow, Sheldon?
- Yes, sir.
Everything off, please.
Woodrow, your socks.
Woodrow...
Have you got some problem
with your socks?
No, sir.
Then take them off.
Sergeant.
Next.
Black boys are delicious
Chocolate-flavored love
Licorice lips like candy
Keep my cocoa handy
I have such a sweet tooth
When it comes to love
Once I tried a diet
Of quiet rest
No sweets
But I went nearly crazy
And I went clearly crazy
Because I really craved for
Chocolate-flavored treats
Black boys are nutritious
Nutritious
- Black boys fill me up
- Up
Black boys are so damn yummy
They satisfy my tummy
I have such a sweet tooth
When it comes to love
- Black, black
- Black, black
- Black, black
- Black, black
Black boys
Next!
White boys are so pretty
Skin as smooth as milk
White boys are so pretty
Hair like Chinese silk
White boys give me goose bumps
White boys give me chills
When they touch my shoulder
That's the touch that kills
- My mother calls them lily
- Mama says lilies
- I call them picadillies
- Picadillies
- My daddy wants me to stay away
- Daddy
But I say come and play
Hey, hey, hey
White boys are so groovy
- White boys are so
- Tough
Every time they're near me
Just can't get enough
White boys are so sexy
Sexy, sexy, sexy
They're so long and lean
Love those sprayed-on trousers
I love the love machine
My brother calls them rubble
- They're my kind of trouble
- Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo
My daddy warns me no, no, no
But I say white boys go, go, go
White boys are so lovely
Beautiful as girls
Love to run my fingers
And toes
through all their curls
Give me a tall
- A lean
- A sexy
- A pretty
- A groovy
- A juicy
- White boy
Yeah, give me a white boy
- White boys
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
- White boys
- Come on and lie down beside me
White boys
Yeah, give me a white boy
- White boys
- Ooh-ooh-ooh
- White boys
- Ooh-ooh-ooh
- White boys
- Ooh-ooh-ooh
White boys
Doors locked
Doors locked
Blinds pulled
Blinds pulled
- Lights low
- Move it!
Lights low
Flames high
Flames high
My body
My body
My body
My body
My body
My body
My body is walking
In space
My soul is in orbit
With God face-to-face
Floating, flipping
Flying, tripping
Tripping from Pottsville
To starlight
Tripping from starlight
To Moonville
Red black, Blue brown
- Yellow crimson, Green orange
- Trainee.
- Purple pink
- Hyah!
Violet white
White white
White white
White white
All the clouds are cumulus
Walking in space
Oh, my God, your skin is soft
I love your face
How dare they try
To end this beauty?
How dare they try
To end this beauty?
They keep us underfoot
They bury us in soot
Pretending it's a chore
To ship us off to war
In this dive
we rediscover sensation
In this dive
we rediscover sensation
Walking in space
we find the purpose of peace
The beauty of life
You can no longer hide
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
Our eyes are open
Wide
Wide
Wide
Hey, Berger! Berger!
Hey. How you doing?
- I'm all right.
- Yeah?
Look, I've got something.
Where is he?
Nevada!
So, I was thinking of writing him.
- What do you think I should say?
- I want to say something.
Tell him that... I want to say
that Jeannie says hi.
You're gonna write him?
Why don't you come with us?
- Where are you going?
- Nevada.
We are?
Aren't you serious about anything?
I'm always serious.
When are we going?
As soon as Sheila's ready.
I can't just take off and go to Nevada.
No, I guess not.
- We'll see you.
- Wait a minute.
- How will you get there?
- Car.
Lafayette!
- You don't have a car.
- I'm gonna get a car.
- Lafayette?
- How? How can you get a car?
What are you staring at?
And who's that?
What are you doing here?
Come on.
- I said come with me.
- I heard you.
I'm asking you, who is that woman?
- Are you a friend of my Lafayette?
- I ain't no Lafayette no more.
- Don't bother her, all right?
- What have you done to your head?
Never mind.
Just go on back home.
Is that his child?
- Look, don't be talking to her.
- Is that your child?
You wouldn't understand.
What do you mean?
Is that your child or isn't it?
What kind of question is that?
Maybe it is and maybe it isn't.
What?
I knew you wouldn't understand.
You don't understand anything.
I understand just fine.
You explain it to me.
Do you understand about cosmic
consciousness and all kind of that shit?
That's what I'm talking about, baby.
All I'm talking about
is Lafayette Junior here is your child.
I just want to know
if that's your child too.
Never mind that. Come on.
Come on!
- Where are we going?
- I'm taking you to the bus.
- You're going back home. Come on!
- I don't want to go home!
You're going back home.
Understand me?
- I want to stay with you.
- You can't.
- Why not?
- Because you can't. I said so.
Look, we've got a friend in trouble,
and we have to help him.
Baby, that's all you need to know.
Why don't you just go home?
I never said you couldn't
help your friends, Lafayette.
Goddamn it, woman!
I ain't no Lafayette!
Shit! Don't you understand nothing?
How can people
Be so heartless?
How can people
Be so cruel?
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold
How can people
Have no feelings?
You know I'm hung up on you
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no
Especially people
Who care about strangers
Who care about evil
And social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend
How can people
Be so heartless?
How can they ignore their friends?
Easy to give in
Easy to help out
Especially people
Who care about strangers
Who say they care about
Social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
Oh-whoa-oh-oh
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend
How can people
Have no feelings?
How can they ignore their friends?
Easy to be hard
Easy to help out
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no
- Hi, Steve.
- Hi.
Wanna come out of the car
for a minute?
No.
- I just want to talk to you.
- You want to talk? Talk.
I'd like to talk to you outside.
I don't want to talk to you.
Don't worry about a thing.
I'll handle this.
- OK. What do you want?
- The keys.
No. Hey, come on...
Cool out, baby.
- No, you're taking the car?
- Just for a few days.
- Coming with us?
- No, I'm not going with you!
- All right.
- Sheila, come on.
Out of the car. Sheila! What...
Sheila!
I'm not into any heavy preference trip,
you know, like who the father is.
I don't care.
I think they're both beautiful.
Don't you?
But how can you not care about that?
If a woman carries a child, don't you
think she should know who the father is?
Well, I admit that I have this dilemma.
But it will be resolved real soon.
It's not like a big crisis or anything.
It's not like a world war.
I don't know
what you're so uptight about.
I fell in love with someone.
We had a child,
and we were gonna get married.
That's why I'm uptight.
- Yeah?
- And you're holding it up!
No, I'm not holding it up.
You don't see the way it is.
This is really a great thing
that's happened to all of us.
Everybody's really happy about it.
The guys are really happy.
I think it would be great
if you could be happy about it, too.
- You're crazy.
- Yeah, I'm crazy.
We're all crazy.
Let's shake on it.
Let's not.
Come on.
If all you men could be standing
where I'm standing
and seeing what I'm seeing,
you'd know how it feels
to be truly proud of our country.
The United States Army is the greatest
fighting force in the world.
And now, you men...
...are going to be thousands of miles
away from home in a few days.
And you'd better take some
of that greatness with you.
And this afternoon,
while you're on leave,
you'd better take some of it
with you, too.
Sergeant!
Sergeant!
Sergeant!
Shut the damn thing off!
Ripped open
By metal explosion
Caught in barbed wire fireball
Bullet shock
Bayonet
- Electricity
- What do I turn off?
Move out!
- Electronic
- Attention!
Data
Processing
Black uniforms
- Company!
- Attention!
Company!
Mail order
Rifles
Get some results!
Two hundred
And fifty-six
Vietcong
Captured
Two hundred
And fifty-six
Vietcong
Captured
Prisoners in Niggertown
It's a dirty little war
Three, five, zero, zero
Take weapons up
And begin to kill
Watch the long, long armies
drifting home
Prisoners in Niggertown
It's a dirty little war
Three, five, zero, zero
Take weapons up
And begin to kill
Watch the long, long armies
drifting home
Prisoners in Niggertown
It's a dirty little war
Three, five, zero, zero
- Take weapons up
- Take weapons up
- And begin to kill
- And begin to kill
Watch the long, long armies
drifting home...
Everybody out!
- Company!
- Attention!
Now can all you men hear me?
Good morning, starshine
The Earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning, starshine
You lead us along
My love and me
as we sing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glup gloopy
Nibby nabby nooby
La-la-la lo-lo
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
Le-le lo-lo
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba nabba
Early morning singing song
Good morning, starshine
The Earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below
Good morning, starshine
You lead us along
My love and me
as we sing
Our early morning singing song
Gliddy glup gloopy
Nibby nabby nooby
- La-la-la lo-lo
- Gliddy glup gloopy
Sabba sibby sabba
Nooby abba nabba
- Le-le lo-lo
- Nibby nabby nooby
Tooby ooby walla
Nooby abba nabba
Early morning singing song
Singing a song
Humming a song
- Singing a song
- Whoa
Loving a song
- Laughing a song
- Laughing...
- Singing a song
- Singing a song
Sing a song
Song a sing
Song, song, song
Sing, sing, sing, sing, song
Song, song, song
Sing, sing, sing, sing, song
Song, song, song
Sing, sing, sing, sing, song
Hi.
- How you doing? What can I do for you?
- We're going in.
I'm sorry, but there's no civilian
contact allowed on the base right now.
- We're on alert. You can't come in.
- We're not civilians.
We're friends of a guy on the base.
His name's Claude Bukowski.
- You probably know him. He's a private.
- I don't know him.
Really nice guy with blonde hair.
He's short.
I don't know him. You'll have to turn
your vehicle around and go off post.
All right? If you need some help,
I'll be glad to assist you.
Otherwise, back your vehicle up
and turn it around.
Listen, we don't want
to make any trouble.
- Turn around and you won't, OK?
- Just let me make a phone call.
No, you don't make it here.
You make it where I tell you to go.
You just said you wanted
to give me some assistance...
I'll help you turn around.
That's all.
- You don't understand...
- Chief, this is it.
Turn around and go.
We clear?
- You get my drift, right?
- You don't understand, man.
- You don't understand.
- We've driven five days straight!
- Listen, my man...
- I just want to see my friend.
I'm telling you
to get the hell off my post.
Turn around and go that way.
That's what I'm telling you.
You listen to me.
I'm not listening to you. Got that?
Thank you.
Have a nice day.
Uh, what's your name?
- What's your name?
- George.
- What's yours?
- Sheila.
Yeah?
- Is your husband on base?
- I'm not married.
I'm visiting my brother.
No, wait. Wait, wait, wait.
OK, this time I'll do it.
Hey, that was a really good one.
Let me do that again.
OK, I'll blow one,
and then you blow one,
and see if they can, you know...
You blow one through one of mine, OK?
Ooh! There, they did it.
Toot, toot!
Where is it? Where is your car?
Right over there.
Hi.
God Almighty.
Hey... Hey, let's pull over there.
Stop, stop. Let's stop here.
Company, halt.
- Dismissed.
- "Dismissed?"
Hey!
You cutie-pie!
Come here, my cutie!
Watch my hat!
Hey! What are you doing?
Hey!
Hey, baby!
Hey! That's my car!
Hey!
Hey!
How do I look?
Very authentic.
Your left. Your left, right, left.
Your left. Your left.
Your left, right, left.
- I want to go to Vietnam
- I want to go to Vietnam
One, two, three, four...
At ease!
Bukowski!
- Yes, Sergeant.
- Let's move it out.
- Yes, Sergeant.
- Double-time, soldier.
Yes, Sergeant.
"Double-time, soldier."
- Sir?
- In the car, soldier!
- Yes, Sergeant.
- Are you an asshole, soldier?
- No, Sergeant.
- That's too bad, because I am.
Blah, blah, blah...
How you doing, man?
I want to be an Airborne Ranger
I want to live a life of danger
- Stay in the car. Stay in the car.
- What are you doing?
I want to go to Vietnam...
What are you doing?
- Get in the trunk.
- What?
- Come on. Get in the trunk quick.
- Why?
Everybody's waiting. We have a big
picnic planned for you in the desert.
- Come on, get in.
- The base is on alert.
They're taking head counts all the time.
If I'm not here, I've had it.
Listen, it's just for a couple of hours.
I'll have you back in time for dinner.
- I can't.
- What do you mean?
We just drove 2,000 miles to see you.
Everybody is waiting.
Just trust me, will ya?
I have it all figured out.
You're making it sound
like I don't want to come.
Then come.
Get in the trunk.
I mean...
I can't believe you're here.
I just can't believe it.
Traveling all that way?
I can't believe it.
I appreciate your coming here.
I can't tell you.
Don't tell me, just come with us.
Just get in the trunk.
You don't understand.
This isn't a game.
What will I tell everybody?
- Did Sheila come?
- Yeah.
- And Jeannie?
- Everybody's there, man.
How is Sheila?
How is she?
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Give me your clothes.
Give me your clothes.
- Claude!
- Hey!
- Hey Claudey!
- Claudio!
Hey, man! You made it!
Hey!
- Whoo!
- Whoo!
Attention!
At ease!
Sound off when your name is called.
- Compost!
- Here, sir.
- Head.
- Here, sir.
- Sumner.
- Here, sir.
- Brook.
- Here, sir.
- Bukowski.
- Here, sir.
- Hart.
- Here, sir.
- Tileman.
- Here, sir.
- Scanlin.
- Here, sir.
- Noonan.
- Here, sir.
Now give me your attention, men.
I just received word we've been
alerted for overseas movement.
I want you to secure your web gear,
get your duffle bags packed,
and get on this red line.
Sergeant, you have three minutes
to have these men ready.
- Yes, sir.
- Let's go, men. Move with a purpose.
Let's go! Let's get it all quickly.
Let's move with a purpose!
Let's snap to it
like you got a pair.
Let's go. Move it, quickly.
Get on the red line.
Get your duffle bag packed.
Let's go over there.
Move like you got a purpose.
What the hell's wrong with you, soldier?
Didn't you hear
what the captain said?
Get your cell pod!
Get your helmet liner!
Get your pistol belt!
Get it right now!
Let's move like you got a purpose!
Get the doggone coat on!
Quickly! Let's go! Move it!
I don't know what's the matter with you.
You act like you don't want to go.
I don't want to go, but if you gotta go,
I gotta go. We all gotta go.
So let's move it right now!
Let's get on the red line.
Let's go.
What in the hell are you waiting on?
Get that web gear on!
I want that brain bucket on your head!
I want that duffle bag on the red line!
Soldier, there's a war on!
Huh...
All right, men, move!
Hurry up!
Now, listen up!
When I call your name,
sound off smartly and move out!
- Compost!
- Yes, sir!
- Sumner!
- Yes, sir!
- Peterson!
- Yes, sir!
- Brook!
- Yes, sir!
Bukowski!
Bukowski!
Bukowski!
You better get your head
out of your ass! Let's go!
This way, soldier!
Let's go! Move out!
You better move, soldier!
Hey! Where are you going!
What's the matter with you? I said
put your duffle bag on that truck!
The vehicle right there!
Let's go! Get it on there now!
We starve, look
At one another
Short of breath
Walking proudly
in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation
Of moving paper fantasies
Listening for the new-told lies
With supreme visions
Of lonely tunes
Somewhere
Inside something there is
A rush of
Greatness
Who knows what stands in front of
Our lives
I fashion my future
On films in space
Silence tells me secretly
Everything
Everything
Manchester, England
England
Manchester, England
England
Across the Atlantic sea
And I'm a genius
Genius
I believe in God
And I believe that God
believes in Claude
That's me
That's me
That's me
We starve, look
At one another
- Short of breath
- Berger!
Walking proudly
in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
- Facing a dying nation
- Berger.
Of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new-told lies
With supreme visions
Of lonely tunes
Singing our space songs
On a spider web sitar
Life is around you and in you
Answer for Timothy Leary
Dearie
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
- Why don't you let
- Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
Let the sunshine
- You wanna let
- Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
- Why don't you let
- Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
- Why don't you let
- Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
the sunshine in
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sun...
...shine in
Darling
Give me a head with hair
Long, beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming
steamin', flaxen, waxen
Give me it down to there
Hair
Shoulder-length or longer
Here, baby, There, Mama
Everywhere, Daddy, Daddy
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
I'll let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas
in my hair
A home for fleas
A hive for the buzzin' bees
A nest for birds
There ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor
the wonder of my hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
I want it long, straight
curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, steaming
Flaxen, waxen
knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
- Powdered, flowered
- And confettied
- Bangled
- Tangled, spangled
And spaghettied
Oh, say can you see my eyes?
- If you can
- Then my hair's too short
Down to here
Down to there
Down to there
Down to where it stops by itself
They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
When they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond
brilliantined, biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah, I adore it
Hallelujah, Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
When they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond
brilliantined, biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah, I adore it
Hallelujah, Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?
Hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair
Flow it, Show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair