Pacific Blue (1996–2000): Season 5, Episode 11 - Ghost Town - full transcript
While headed off for vacation, Jamie Strickland discovers a burned-out, 25-year old soul singer who had a hot career five years before, drunk and stoned on the boardwalk. She tries to help the young woman regain her career and self-respect.
[Applause]
put you gotta come on
get some madman rock silicon via the toy
[Applause]
I want you guys to give a round of
applause to the whole train mr. maestro
Klaus appreciate it but let's get down
to business that the legendary Soul
Train and Don Cornelius is going all
over the country from the hottest clubs
in New York LA Miami Chicago looking for
the hottest sexiest people can I see
some of y'all in here tonight and you
know who you are but but only the
hottest sexiest we're gonna invite you
back here this weekend to be on a live
show so show us what you got let's do it
[Applause]
[Music]
wake up every Saturday meringue to kick
you at dawn community baby they might
pick you I've only got five hours left
to our fight deeds
oh come on over the kitchen starts
tonight you can sleep on the plane yeah
but what if they pick me what am I gonna
do fly back from Maui oh come on now
we're supposed to be having a good time
this is a bon voyage for you two bye-bye
what we supposed to do now
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sweets to me
butcher go higher yeah you're the reason
why I exist Lady Shiva me on that stage
dream somewhere else okay excuse me but
I am Dana
what do you hear me I said I am Dana
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leave me alone
looking fine girl here let me help you
out
I said back off you guys going to sir
so brings in it planning a comeback
did you know that get away from me
take it easy girl but once you take that
thing on back and going back down to the
boardwalk oh my god do you know who that
is yeah that is Raymond Ross with ride
records that's Dana Brown that woman
saved my life
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let's get you home
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me
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it's alright param ah you're in my
apartment I brought you here last night
you were in trouble
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what child
give me back my gun you would Raymond
Ross no you hit your head last night you
almost got hit by a truck you passed out
don't lie to me you were gonna do better
back up no I brought you here to help
you
what'd you do because I'm a pig Dana
Brown fan no but you hurt Dana Brown is
dead I thought she was dead
you saw her she's alive barely I always
been that Good Samaritan thing was
overrated here she is with Raymond Ross
he discovered her he made her number one
she's gross hey Bobby any luck I've been
all over the boardwalk the beach and the
park and there's no trace of the girl or
the gun you're in deep yeah I know
Ross was right you should have gone on
that vacation yeah well if I don't get
my gun back I'm gonna be on permanent
vacation except the DMV run on Dana
mm-hmm but it's useless expired license
no current address the last one is 10
years old her mother's place this is
done in ghost town isn't that the name
of her song yeah it's a rolled
neighborhood and that's where I caught
up with her last night maybe she was
trying to go home
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go ahead you gone for the bottle
I'd to give a damn you want some sure
hey I think you've had enough for this
lifetime where's your mother mama she's
dead I killed her you didn't kill her
what do you know I know that suicide is
a choice and it wasn't your fault
I know if I hadn't run off and turn
Hollywood
my mother would still be alive
that's crazy she said my songs were the
devil's music
look where they got me but the music
didn't get you here yeah well who did I
don't know but I'm guessing that it was
Raymond Ross don't ever say that name
you were waving a bottle at him last
night you thought that he was the one
that sent me to kill you I don't get it
he brought you to number one and then he
ruined my music how filling it up with
drum machines and and horns and tracks
and faked samples just Raymond just
doesn't rob you blind
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it takes your soul
guess that does make me devil huh yeah
but it's still your music your words now
those words saved me out of time when I
really hated it
I'm happy for you you belong in the
studio
no on stage in the spotlight I said no
because of some ten-year feud with some
gangster record producer because if I
ever ever sing again that man will take
a blade to my throat he threatened to
kill you kill me
cut me take out my vocal cords
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maybe he was just bluffing no atomic
when a Raymond's old rat backs it got
killed in a drive-by no way
hey Raymond does fake carjackings
beatings Jamie sometimes folks just
disappear
well that's not gonna happen because I'm
gonna look out for you you really don't
know what you messin with
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he didn't always locked on that sounds
you're gonna sound after mudbone done
with you come on Raymond man you wanna
do this you don't have to do this I pull
your sorry ass out of the gutter I get
you on MTV and now you think you're an
artiste you repay my generosity a
contract I'm with no beer man take your
50 per se Oh
leaves you with the hell of a lot more
than you'd have before you were serving
up chicken and waffles at Roscoe's let
me break his arm man it'll hurt more no
a broken arm hills and months but mango
fingers take years maybe never man not
my head's I gotta play like you've been
playing me you're gonna make me get ugly
God okay
okay okay I'll sign it I'm sorry
pleasure doing business with you
why mean now I can't play no more you
still got your voice and I expect you to
use it the way I tell you
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slow it down and take a long long long
look at me skinny corner garden
[Music]
it's just the space
get up
morning hey want some coffee
[Music]
will do with this next week when you
come back rested Raymond Ross has
tortured people a range drive by his
made clients disappear I know his
reputation but he's Teflon and he's
never even been convicted of anything
look if he's taking her royalties or
he's blackballed er that's a civil case
for 22 anybody who wilfully threatens to
commit a crime results in death I know
the Criminal Code Strickland but we
don't even have evidence that he's
threatened her yeah but I can get it if
I go undercover and I get him to repeat
the threat and I walk into court with
Johnny Cochran in state right back out
look Jamie we're undermanned as it is if
you want to waste your vacation that's
fine but I don't even want to hear about
it until you have something solid so you
won't mind if I use my computer it's
your vacation
now do you want to explain why you want
to give up your vacation to help some
homeless has been no and what exactly
were you talking about when you said she
saved your life look none of that
matters all I want to know is are you
gonna help me
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I got you more studio time at a lower
rate the next step is to get you a crack
publicist I've narrowed it down to three
publicist I need clothes doll why don't
I go hit the boutiques looking mighty
fine to me when you get a chance to meet
the other girls
Raymond rocks I saw you at the Grammys
you could know as I would've remembered
you well I was watching it on TV maybe
next year
Jamie Foster managed well you got you're
looking at it Monica Lake mmm
we're packaging like that how could I
forget I wouldn't be trying to sneak my
client would you Raymond oh no I just
like to help new talent yeah that's
funny that's what I hear from all the nr
guys at the big record company I know
the real snakes the ones you gotta watch
I'll try to remember that since we're
having dinner with two of them at the ie
tonight in that case how about dinner
tomorrow night
I can explain the advantage of being an
aggressive independent do you write draw
material no but I'm working with someone
I know you
are you crazy
like I told you whether I sing it or
write it the man still want to give me
no he won't
but he'll try and that's all we need to
bust him so just give me one song I
don't have any then write one do you
think it's that easy like turning on a
faucet well how about giving me
something old something that he might
recognize no there's got to be something
somewhere no I'm just talking about one
song
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I don't believe this Adina Brown
original no this one's mine
that was my mother's small was she a
musician too
mm-hmm until she found religion then she
only sang in church my mother could blow
some gospel she taught me how to play
that's a great gift look what I did with
it what about your father
blues man he was always drinking and
fighting he was always on the wrong
my mother said he did bad things to us
and that we were lucky he left did he
rip these no she did her own songs got
that one out of the trash I use one of
her melodies and ghost town I guess that
was my way of getting back at her maybe
it was your way of reaching out to her
stay here
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they told you I told you a man has
people watching me along wise new now so
relax
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I'm a deer in the headlights you're
tracking me down
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aren't you gonna play it to the end no
need to because you've got one of the
most soulful voices I've ever heard
thank you so you liked it oh yeah I
liked even better when Dana Brown sang
it back in the day how'd you get it I'm
representing Dana she's making a
comeback
funny rumor has it she can't sing
anymore rumor also had it that she died
turns out neither one is true she got a
demo yet she's putting one down right
now
Dana's voice is amazing yeah I heard it
the other night
kind of like a scream yo Monica would
you excuse us for a minute
I realize there's a whole lot of love in
the room right now but if you want to
discuss who owns Dana Brown then let's
just get right down to it
oh no legal disputes are ugly once they
believe those matters for the lawyers so
we can discuss the finer things a night
like tonight deserves that's good I
approve all great I grew up at this no
better than a stray dog I saw so much
ugliness so much death but it's a kid I
remember hearing something from the
Bible that the kingdom of heaven is
spread upon the earth but men do not see
it what I do I choose to see the beauty
and everything creating music is the
best way of bringing that beauty to the
world this from the kingdom gangster-rap
the people's poetry it speaks their
truth and all truth is beautiful
no you're no talk man
let's get off boogie on fire up to check
excuse me what my minutes asking you
aside of him with the dance for he heads
out to take care of some business
come on girlfriend get your groove on
okay good girlfriend
if you know what really not as bad as
david rush to actually she hasn't told
me much
you really want to play this game no I'm
not playing a game I'm just curious Dana
was a scared 16 year old runaway no
experience in music but she had a voice
in from heaven nobody thought she'd make
it but me I risked my money energy and
time getting a single to number one I
made her dream come true only one she
was there she thought she did it herself
didn't need me anymore
but to go from all that to nothing the
fame and money miss wouldn't mind I
should have expected it would that
mother of hers
I heard she committed suicide hope it
doesn't run in the family
well don't worry about Dana I've got
producers all over town just waiting to
hear her track she's gonna be large
again good luck I'm getting her straight
if her new stuffs any good I'd love to
hear it so with my lawyers
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look all the apologies in the world
can't erase what just happened but I
told you I've got backup now and I
promise that will never happen again
can you at least tell me what happened
between you and Raymond because now that
I have his version I want to hear the
truth
you don't want to tell me then tell me
when I'm wrong you ran away when you
were 16 and Raymond was like a dream
come true
with strong seductive protective and he
believed in your music only it was more
than your voice and your songs that he
wanted and you didn't give it to him
nobody says no to laymen so he loosened
you up with drugs and booze got too high
on the fame only those became crutches
to hide the pain the only problem with
that is memories and pain always come
back so what do I do now
stop running
the [ __ ] got away man she climbed
through the bathroom window she's me
down the fire escape
damn near broke a leg jump down the
first floor man in the wind don't catch
her
ain't nothing then you just stick close
find out what the hell she's up to and
as soon as you get another chance
I'm gonna enjoy that that's what I want
here
it's all illusion just a trick of light
and shadows floating on the nine and if
the Sun could pierce the darkness you
would surely find ghost town is a state
of mind
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no no okay it's the nightmare Oh tell me
about it I'm being stabbed somebody has
a knife and in it they're coming after
me who who's coming no I don't know I
can't see the face all I know is that
that that's how I'm a dad okay go back
into the drill no no look at him who has
the knife Oh Dana maybe this is not a
dream maybe this is a premonition or a
memory oh no I don't want to go there
okay your mother said that that your
father did things to you oh no no but he
never he never cut me well maybe he
threatened to or he tried to you gotta
remember I can't you don't get it yes
Dana I do get it no you don't I can't do
anything I can't sleep but when I'm
awake I can't deal either I can't tell
what reality is I can't sing
all I could do is kill time the hell is
the point in that the point is that you
are alive and that means that you have a
future and you can do whatever you want
with that
oh wait wait that's easy for you to say
you don't know what it's like and your
mother and I didn't have a mother I
didn't have a father either I didn't
even have a baby picture don't know how
did you get through it you got through
what when I was 16 I did time in a work
camp for juvenile offenders would you
offend my foster father
I shot him five times to stop him from
poisoning my little sister the way he
poisoned me
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place was freezing and that was
surrounded by barbed wire and I didn't
think that I would make
and I got this little piece of glass and
I hit it and I took it to the bathroom
one night I was desperate I was but then
I heard this song coming from a radio
your song
and I took it as a message to let me
know that I could make it that I wasn't
alone it saved me you know maybe you
should take a listen to your own words
because back then you had a strength
within you that you didn't even know
about and I know that it's in there
somewhere because nobody can take that
away from you
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he sees me singing on that stage my song
my way he's gonna lose his mind you know
this means risking your life
but life
the one we're gonna get back for you
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come on Lois man you can get Dana one
set next week not on my cloud man come
on you can say you rediscovered her I
don't tell me you're afraid of rain
yo don't even say dude's name around me
man oh right what'll happen if you help
her look all I know is Dana Brown is
dead and I'm not joining what happened
to Dan Brown she okay she's fine she
she's making a comeback I'm glad to hear
that
that girl was super talented we've been
missing her well you know that her
manager blackballed her well not from
Soul Train Don loved her when she did
the show oh well uh she's back she just
needs someone to give her a shot I dig
it dig it well I mean I can talk to Don
see what we can do okay well here's my
card
Oh give me a call right
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you believe that two bids want to be God
on Soul Train and then with a badmouth
me your dog I'll handle it
damn straight you will and this time
you'll get it right they cut me a break
y'all it's my first strike I that's one
more than the guy before he was allowed
you don't want to end up like him don't
make another Hey I'll keep you clean
doll and I've kept you alive blow this
you be wishing you were dead believe me
man I got it covered
no no no I got a better idea
fine Dana I love making her dreams come
true are you high
I met a little Club I'm not ready for
sultry well they're ready for you shows
tomorrow night no no no no no I'm not
singing there
well you better know you'll have to
answer to Don Cornelius oh she's so
scared why is she going up there because
she's sick of running and this is a
chance of a lifetime so train calls and
she jumps up on stage she didn't jump I
pushed her and the threat is real that's
why I'm you backup we've already been
over this Jaime I'm undermanned I'm
sorry fine wait till it's a homicide
then it's your case right hey I'm still
with you
I looked up that list of Raymond's old
clients and you were right no one would
talk well that's because half of them
are dead and the other half just left
the music business that's a shocker no
this is
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Dana wake up Monica no she's gone it's
me
I saw the face she the one with the
knife it was my mother she tried to kill
me in the dream no in real life
my own mother tried to kill me Dana
there's something you need to know about
your mother her medical records show
that she was manic depressive she
stopped taking her medication and so
that's why she destroyed her music that
is why she committed suicide no my
mother was not crazy she she was just
trying to save me she stopped me from
going to hell she was very ill Dana no
you had to I could have saved her
yourself
I loved honey once you stopped taking
that medication no one could help her
hmm Dana get upstairs now
you
better go yeah that's gonna happen thank
you thank you I appreciate it welcome to
the hippest trip in America we glad
y'all could be with us to the Soul Train
is gonna be totally blazing off the hook
with spectacular performances from some
of the Hyper's groups to ever rock the
Soul Train stage glad you can make it
aired this might be an exciting show
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no I mean I'm I'm fine good good
I just dropped by to tell you to break a
leg
funny old expression isn't it
considering I'm gonna break a lot more
legs was that threat I just heard she
sounded like one to me and since making
death threats constitutes a felony what
the hell
you're not serious dead serious do you
think you've really got a chance in hell
with this well we've got is a singer
named look dog willing to testify on how
real your threats are you mean that said
as loser
these are best shot there's also mudbone
huevos in actually no he's at st. John
singing like a bird as we speak
let's go I want to talk to my doing in a
minute first as a performance I know you
don't want to miss from here in Los
Angeles I want you to put your hands
together for a super talented young lady
she's been away for a long time and
we're lucky to have her back give it up
at a talented and beautiful miss Dana
Brown
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huh you okay baby I'm fine I'm fine
cute can you start me over again sure
all my tap miss Dana Brown
[Applause]
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dude
on broken windows everybody's on the
corner talking Yuja crying baby someone
cursing make it shut up
but Santi Bert Bern's the night as it
drives my slowing down to skinny corner
girl the Sun Goes Down stumble through
the vacant memories Rose town
yawns and hard to find a little
it's all illusion just a trick of light
and shadow and the Sun could here's the
darkness you would surely find ghost
town missus stay
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damn book through the vacant memories
calls time
Jones it hard to find a little piece
it's all illusion just a trick of light
and shadow
indeed the Sun that is the darkness you
would surely find ghost town is a stay
of mine
yesterday
[Music]
go to town is a state
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you doing all right I've been drinking a
lot
yeah yeah Starbucks
d-trix Seattle's best as my sponsor
would say every coffee house in town
knows my name so it's all working out I
decided to fix up the old house now that
uh all the ghosts are long in the music
my lawyers are actually entertaining a
couple of authors from some new labels
all right Dana Brown back old you know
that's not what really matters I'm doing
what I love again that's what matters
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well I I gotta go my vacation officially
ends in ten minutes
Jamie I I really wish you the best
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and I wish you
love
peace
and so
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you
put you gotta come on
get some madman rock silicon via the toy
[Applause]
I want you guys to give a round of
applause to the whole train mr. maestro
Klaus appreciate it but let's get down
to business that the legendary Soul
Train and Don Cornelius is going all
over the country from the hottest clubs
in New York LA Miami Chicago looking for
the hottest sexiest people can I see
some of y'all in here tonight and you
know who you are but but only the
hottest sexiest we're gonna invite you
back here this weekend to be on a live
show so show us what you got let's do it
[Applause]
[Music]
wake up every Saturday meringue to kick
you at dawn community baby they might
pick you I've only got five hours left
to our fight deeds
oh come on over the kitchen starts
tonight you can sleep on the plane yeah
but what if they pick me what am I gonna
do fly back from Maui oh come on now
we're supposed to be having a good time
this is a bon voyage for you two bye-bye
what we supposed to do now
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sweets to me
butcher go higher yeah you're the reason
why I exist Lady Shiva me on that stage
dream somewhere else okay excuse me but
I am Dana
what do you hear me I said I am Dana
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leave me alone
looking fine girl here let me help you
out
I said back off you guys going to sir
so brings in it planning a comeback
did you know that get away from me
take it easy girl but once you take that
thing on back and going back down to the
boardwalk oh my god do you know who that
is yeah that is Raymond Ross with ride
records that's Dana Brown that woman
saved my life
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let's get you home
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me
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it's alright param ah you're in my
apartment I brought you here last night
you were in trouble
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what child
give me back my gun you would Raymond
Ross no you hit your head last night you
almost got hit by a truck you passed out
don't lie to me you were gonna do better
back up no I brought you here to help
you
what'd you do because I'm a pig Dana
Brown fan no but you hurt Dana Brown is
dead I thought she was dead
you saw her she's alive barely I always
been that Good Samaritan thing was
overrated here she is with Raymond Ross
he discovered her he made her number one
she's gross hey Bobby any luck I've been
all over the boardwalk the beach and the
park and there's no trace of the girl or
the gun you're in deep yeah I know
Ross was right you should have gone on
that vacation yeah well if I don't get
my gun back I'm gonna be on permanent
vacation except the DMV run on Dana
mm-hmm but it's useless expired license
no current address the last one is 10
years old her mother's place this is
done in ghost town isn't that the name
of her song yeah it's a rolled
neighborhood and that's where I caught
up with her last night maybe she was
trying to go home
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go ahead you gone for the bottle
I'd to give a damn you want some sure
hey I think you've had enough for this
lifetime where's your mother mama she's
dead I killed her you didn't kill her
what do you know I know that suicide is
a choice and it wasn't your fault
I know if I hadn't run off and turn
Hollywood
my mother would still be alive
that's crazy she said my songs were the
devil's music
look where they got me but the music
didn't get you here yeah well who did I
don't know but I'm guessing that it was
Raymond Ross don't ever say that name
you were waving a bottle at him last
night you thought that he was the one
that sent me to kill you I don't get it
he brought you to number one and then he
ruined my music how filling it up with
drum machines and and horns and tracks
and faked samples just Raymond just
doesn't rob you blind
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it takes your soul
guess that does make me devil huh yeah
but it's still your music your words now
those words saved me out of time when I
really hated it
I'm happy for you you belong in the
studio
no on stage in the spotlight I said no
because of some ten-year feud with some
gangster record producer because if I
ever ever sing again that man will take
a blade to my throat he threatened to
kill you kill me
cut me take out my vocal cords
[Music]
maybe he was just bluffing no atomic
when a Raymond's old rat backs it got
killed in a drive-by no way
hey Raymond does fake carjackings
beatings Jamie sometimes folks just
disappear
well that's not gonna happen because I'm
gonna look out for you you really don't
know what you messin with
[Music]
he didn't always locked on that sounds
you're gonna sound after mudbone done
with you come on Raymond man you wanna
do this you don't have to do this I pull
your sorry ass out of the gutter I get
you on MTV and now you think you're an
artiste you repay my generosity a
contract I'm with no beer man take your
50 per se Oh
leaves you with the hell of a lot more
than you'd have before you were serving
up chicken and waffles at Roscoe's let
me break his arm man it'll hurt more no
a broken arm hills and months but mango
fingers take years maybe never man not
my head's I gotta play like you've been
playing me you're gonna make me get ugly
God okay
okay okay I'll sign it I'm sorry
pleasure doing business with you
why mean now I can't play no more you
still got your voice and I expect you to
use it the way I tell you
[Music]
slow it down and take a long long long
look at me skinny corner garden
[Music]
it's just the space
get up
morning hey want some coffee
[Music]
will do with this next week when you
come back rested Raymond Ross has
tortured people a range drive by his
made clients disappear I know his
reputation but he's Teflon and he's
never even been convicted of anything
look if he's taking her royalties or
he's blackballed er that's a civil case
for 22 anybody who wilfully threatens to
commit a crime results in death I know
the Criminal Code Strickland but we
don't even have evidence that he's
threatened her yeah but I can get it if
I go undercover and I get him to repeat
the threat and I walk into court with
Johnny Cochran in state right back out
look Jamie we're undermanned as it is if
you want to waste your vacation that's
fine but I don't even want to hear about
it until you have something solid so you
won't mind if I use my computer it's
your vacation
now do you want to explain why you want
to give up your vacation to help some
homeless has been no and what exactly
were you talking about when you said she
saved your life look none of that
matters all I want to know is are you
gonna help me
[Music]
I got you more studio time at a lower
rate the next step is to get you a crack
publicist I've narrowed it down to three
publicist I need clothes doll why don't
I go hit the boutiques looking mighty
fine to me when you get a chance to meet
the other girls
Raymond rocks I saw you at the Grammys
you could know as I would've remembered
you well I was watching it on TV maybe
next year
Jamie Foster managed well you got you're
looking at it Monica Lake mmm
we're packaging like that how could I
forget I wouldn't be trying to sneak my
client would you Raymond oh no I just
like to help new talent yeah that's
funny that's what I hear from all the nr
guys at the big record company I know
the real snakes the ones you gotta watch
I'll try to remember that since we're
having dinner with two of them at the ie
tonight in that case how about dinner
tomorrow night
I can explain the advantage of being an
aggressive independent do you write draw
material no but I'm working with someone
I know you
are you crazy
like I told you whether I sing it or
write it the man still want to give me
no he won't
but he'll try and that's all we need to
bust him so just give me one song I
don't have any then write one do you
think it's that easy like turning on a
faucet well how about giving me
something old something that he might
recognize no there's got to be something
somewhere no I'm just talking about one
song
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I don't believe this Adina Brown
original no this one's mine
that was my mother's small was she a
musician too
mm-hmm until she found religion then she
only sang in church my mother could blow
some gospel she taught me how to play
that's a great gift look what I did with
it what about your father
blues man he was always drinking and
fighting he was always on the wrong
my mother said he did bad things to us
and that we were lucky he left did he
rip these no she did her own songs got
that one out of the trash I use one of
her melodies and ghost town I guess that
was my way of getting back at her maybe
it was your way of reaching out to her
stay here
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they told you I told you a man has
people watching me along wise new now so
relax
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I'm a deer in the headlights you're
tracking me down
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aren't you gonna play it to the end no
need to because you've got one of the
most soulful voices I've ever heard
thank you so you liked it oh yeah I
liked even better when Dana Brown sang
it back in the day how'd you get it I'm
representing Dana she's making a
comeback
funny rumor has it she can't sing
anymore rumor also had it that she died
turns out neither one is true she got a
demo yet she's putting one down right
now
Dana's voice is amazing yeah I heard it
the other night
kind of like a scream yo Monica would
you excuse us for a minute
I realize there's a whole lot of love in
the room right now but if you want to
discuss who owns Dana Brown then let's
just get right down to it
oh no legal disputes are ugly once they
believe those matters for the lawyers so
we can discuss the finer things a night
like tonight deserves that's good I
approve all great I grew up at this no
better than a stray dog I saw so much
ugliness so much death but it's a kid I
remember hearing something from the
Bible that the kingdom of heaven is
spread upon the earth but men do not see
it what I do I choose to see the beauty
and everything creating music is the
best way of bringing that beauty to the
world this from the kingdom gangster-rap
the people's poetry it speaks their
truth and all truth is beautiful
no you're no talk man
let's get off boogie on fire up to check
excuse me what my minutes asking you
aside of him with the dance for he heads
out to take care of some business
come on girlfriend get your groove on
okay good girlfriend
if you know what really not as bad as
david rush to actually she hasn't told
me much
you really want to play this game no I'm
not playing a game I'm just curious Dana
was a scared 16 year old runaway no
experience in music but she had a voice
in from heaven nobody thought she'd make
it but me I risked my money energy and
time getting a single to number one I
made her dream come true only one she
was there she thought she did it herself
didn't need me anymore
but to go from all that to nothing the
fame and money miss wouldn't mind I
should have expected it would that
mother of hers
I heard she committed suicide hope it
doesn't run in the family
well don't worry about Dana I've got
producers all over town just waiting to
hear her track she's gonna be large
again good luck I'm getting her straight
if her new stuffs any good I'd love to
hear it so with my lawyers
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look all the apologies in the world
can't erase what just happened but I
told you I've got backup now and I
promise that will never happen again
can you at least tell me what happened
between you and Raymond because now that
I have his version I want to hear the
truth
you don't want to tell me then tell me
when I'm wrong you ran away when you
were 16 and Raymond was like a dream
come true
with strong seductive protective and he
believed in your music only it was more
than your voice and your songs that he
wanted and you didn't give it to him
nobody says no to laymen so he loosened
you up with drugs and booze got too high
on the fame only those became crutches
to hide the pain the only problem with
that is memories and pain always come
back so what do I do now
stop running
the [ __ ] got away man she climbed
through the bathroom window she's me
down the fire escape
damn near broke a leg jump down the
first floor man in the wind don't catch
her
ain't nothing then you just stick close
find out what the hell she's up to and
as soon as you get another chance
I'm gonna enjoy that that's what I want
here
it's all illusion just a trick of light
and shadows floating on the nine and if
the Sun could pierce the darkness you
would surely find ghost town is a state
of mind
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no no okay it's the nightmare Oh tell me
about it I'm being stabbed somebody has
a knife and in it they're coming after
me who who's coming no I don't know I
can't see the face all I know is that
that that's how I'm a dad okay go back
into the drill no no look at him who has
the knife Oh Dana maybe this is not a
dream maybe this is a premonition or a
memory oh no I don't want to go there
okay your mother said that that your
father did things to you oh no no but he
never he never cut me well maybe he
threatened to or he tried to you gotta
remember I can't you don't get it yes
Dana I do get it no you don't I can't do
anything I can't sleep but when I'm
awake I can't deal either I can't tell
what reality is I can't sing
all I could do is kill time the hell is
the point in that the point is that you
are alive and that means that you have a
future and you can do whatever you want
with that
oh wait wait that's easy for you to say
you don't know what it's like and your
mother and I didn't have a mother I
didn't have a father either I didn't
even have a baby picture don't know how
did you get through it you got through
what when I was 16 I did time in a work
camp for juvenile offenders would you
offend my foster father
I shot him five times to stop him from
poisoning my little sister the way he
poisoned me
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place was freezing and that was
surrounded by barbed wire and I didn't
think that I would make
and I got this little piece of glass and
I hit it and I took it to the bathroom
one night I was desperate I was but then
I heard this song coming from a radio
your song
and I took it as a message to let me
know that I could make it that I wasn't
alone it saved me you know maybe you
should take a listen to your own words
because back then you had a strength
within you that you didn't even know
about and I know that it's in there
somewhere because nobody can take that
away from you
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he sees me singing on that stage my song
my way he's gonna lose his mind you know
this means risking your life
but life
the one we're gonna get back for you
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come on Lois man you can get Dana one
set next week not on my cloud man come
on you can say you rediscovered her I
don't tell me you're afraid of rain
yo don't even say dude's name around me
man oh right what'll happen if you help
her look all I know is Dana Brown is
dead and I'm not joining what happened
to Dan Brown she okay she's fine she
she's making a comeback I'm glad to hear
that
that girl was super talented we've been
missing her well you know that her
manager blackballed her well not from
Soul Train Don loved her when she did
the show oh well uh she's back she just
needs someone to give her a shot I dig
it dig it well I mean I can talk to Don
see what we can do okay well here's my
card
Oh give me a call right
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you believe that two bids want to be God
on Soul Train and then with a badmouth
me your dog I'll handle it
damn straight you will and this time
you'll get it right they cut me a break
y'all it's my first strike I that's one
more than the guy before he was allowed
you don't want to end up like him don't
make another Hey I'll keep you clean
doll and I've kept you alive blow this
you be wishing you were dead believe me
man I got it covered
no no no I got a better idea
fine Dana I love making her dreams come
true are you high
I met a little Club I'm not ready for
sultry well they're ready for you shows
tomorrow night no no no no no I'm not
singing there
well you better know you'll have to
answer to Don Cornelius oh she's so
scared why is she going up there because
she's sick of running and this is a
chance of a lifetime so train calls and
she jumps up on stage she didn't jump I
pushed her and the threat is real that's
why I'm you backup we've already been
over this Jaime I'm undermanned I'm
sorry fine wait till it's a homicide
then it's your case right hey I'm still
with you
I looked up that list of Raymond's old
clients and you were right no one would
talk well that's because half of them
are dead and the other half just left
the music business that's a shocker no
this is
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Dana wake up Monica no she's gone it's
me
I saw the face she the one with the
knife it was my mother she tried to kill
me in the dream no in real life
my own mother tried to kill me Dana
there's something you need to know about
your mother her medical records show
that she was manic depressive she
stopped taking her medication and so
that's why she destroyed her music that
is why she committed suicide no my
mother was not crazy she she was just
trying to save me she stopped me from
going to hell she was very ill Dana no
you had to I could have saved her
yourself
I loved honey once you stopped taking
that medication no one could help her
hmm Dana get upstairs now
you
better go yeah that's gonna happen thank
you thank you I appreciate it welcome to
the hippest trip in America we glad
y'all could be with us to the Soul Train
is gonna be totally blazing off the hook
with spectacular performances from some
of the Hyper's groups to ever rock the
Soul Train stage glad you can make it
aired this might be an exciting show
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no I mean I'm I'm fine good good
I just dropped by to tell you to break a
leg
funny old expression isn't it
considering I'm gonna break a lot more
legs was that threat I just heard she
sounded like one to me and since making
death threats constitutes a felony what
the hell
you're not serious dead serious do you
think you've really got a chance in hell
with this well we've got is a singer
named look dog willing to testify on how
real your threats are you mean that said
as loser
these are best shot there's also mudbone
huevos in actually no he's at st. John
singing like a bird as we speak
let's go I want to talk to my doing in a
minute first as a performance I know you
don't want to miss from here in Los
Angeles I want you to put your hands
together for a super talented young lady
she's been away for a long time and
we're lucky to have her back give it up
at a talented and beautiful miss Dana
Brown
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huh you okay baby I'm fine I'm fine
cute can you start me over again sure
all my tap miss Dana Brown
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dude
on broken windows everybody's on the
corner talking Yuja crying baby someone
cursing make it shut up
but Santi Bert Bern's the night as it
drives my slowing down to skinny corner
girl the Sun Goes Down stumble through
the vacant memories Rose town
yawns and hard to find a little
it's all illusion just a trick of light
and shadow and the Sun could here's the
darkness you would surely find ghost
town missus stay
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damn book through the vacant memories
calls time
Jones it hard to find a little piece
it's all illusion just a trick of light
and shadow
indeed the Sun that is the darkness you
would surely find ghost town is a stay
of mine
yesterday
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go to town is a state
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you doing all right I've been drinking a
lot
yeah yeah Starbucks
d-trix Seattle's best as my sponsor
would say every coffee house in town
knows my name so it's all working out I
decided to fix up the old house now that
uh all the ghosts are long in the music
my lawyers are actually entertaining a
couple of authors from some new labels
all right Dana Brown back old you know
that's not what really matters I'm doing
what I love again that's what matters
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well I I gotta go my vacation officially
ends in ten minutes
Jamie I I really wish you the best
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and I wish you
love
peace
and so
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you