The Harder They Come

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

But you must try, try and try

Try and try

You'll succeed at last

Persecution you must bear

Win or lose you've got to get your share

Got your mind set on a dream

- You can get it if you want to perceive now

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

What's that? It stopped?

- Bus crash. - Well, driver, don't move!

You carry a lovely mango from country. You have any more?

- Taking this for my mother. - Put it up.

You'll succeed at last

I know it

Rome was not built in a day

Opposition will come your way

But the harder the bat received

Makes the seer a victory now

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

But you must try

Try and try, try and try

You'll succeed at last

You can get it if you really want

You can get it if you really want

Hey, country boy, move!

Wait a minute, man. You know the way to Milk Lane?

You have money? If you have money, go anywhere at all.

But if you don't have money, you're fucked. Better you stay at home.

- All right, how much? - Give me 50 cents and help me push.

Hey, it's a red light. That means stop.

That's why country boys, they get killed.

Did you hear that Express yourself

Hey, Winston!

You know that bitch owes me money.

Hey, give me back my money!

Go after him. Go after him.

Hey, the guy over there sent me for his money.

He say you have the money, man. Where's the guy now?

Bye, bye, bye Good gracious

Stop that train I want to get off

Hey, come back here, man! Give me my things, man!

Come back here, man!

Stop that train

- I want to get off - Where you goin', man? Where you goin'?

Goodness gracious

What's that? How much you have?

Two. Owe this to your partner.

You know if this lady live around here?

Oh, over there.

- My play? - Yeah.

Let me draw!

Ivan. All right, come inside.

- You sick, Momma? - Yes.

I wonder your grandmother when you leave. What you come to town for?

Grandma dead.

Dead? How she can be and I never knew?

We tried to get you, but the telegram came back.

- And when she going to bury? - She buried already, Momma.

Bury already? Buried already, and I never got to go to the funeral?

Oh, God! Oh, God!

Don't cry. Don't cry.

Don't you cry.

Oh, God.

And what happened to the place?

Grandma sold the place before she died.

And what happened to the money?

She said she wanted a big funeral.

And she took all the money for her big funeral, and I didn't even get to go?

Then the money finished?

A little bit left.

Well, don't you have it?

Yes, I do.

- It's all that is left? - Yes.

Then how are you gonna get back to country tonight?

I'm not going back.

Then where are you going? You can't stay here, because I can't help you.

- I'm staying in town. - You think town is easy? How you gonna live?

I could make a record. I can sing, you know, Momma.

You take this thing for a joke?

Well, I can get a job, then.

What kind of job you can get, other than a criminal?

Why you say a thing like that? Why you say a thing like that about me?

Don't ask me any questions. Go back to country.

All right. Since you're determined,

I will give you the name of a person who will try and help you.

If you behave yourself, he may try and get a local job for you.

See it here?

- Preacher? - Yes.

Him can help you.

Okay, Momma.

And you didn't even bring me a mango from country?

Mango season was bad this year.

I've got three on this.

- Where's... Which four is that? - Yeah.

One blank, down there so.

Did you find Daisy?

Yeah.

You just come from the country?

Yes.

- You pass? - Yeah, your play.

Five. Your old lady?

So you sell your land in country and come back to town?

Can call it that.

So you mean. So you mean.

Your play, man! Don't laugh, boy.

I don't wanna play another game until you pay me that 50 cents. You owe me too much now.

I can't pay you till tomorrow, you know.

Too much action around town for me to play with people who cannot pay.

What's showing at Rialto?

What do you know about Rialto, just come from country?

I read about it, man.

- So you want to go to Rialto? - Yes.

- Come then, now. - I come with you?

Yes, man.

Shut your mouth! The hero can't die until the last reel.

Him think hero can't die until the last reel.

Shoot them! Come on!

I ask you, you know? I ask you to try beginner's luck.

Get your hits from Hilton's.

See Hilton's for records, record players,

radios, musical instruments,

and every sound around from beat to Bach and back.

Hilton's has everything in music.

Hilton!

Mr. Hilton!

Mr. Hilton!

Mr. Hilton. Mr. Hilton. Mr. Hilton.

From morning, we've been here waiting for you. From 11:00, we've been here.

- What about? - Mr. Kenton sent me.

- Oh. You have a tune? - I have a tune, yes.

Sing it for me, then.

We are all one big brother

All belong to one father

You tread on one you hurt another

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

We were fresh and perfect, see

Made to live in unity

Let peace be your motto...

Uh, that's all right, all right. I can't use it. Too slow.

- Where you used to work? - Morrison.

- What kind of work you do? - Carpenter work.

All right, go and see Mr. Jackson.

Next. What can you do?

- I can do anything you want, sir. - Can you pour concrete?

- You can do carpentry work? - I never did it before...

- You can be a mason? You can paint? - I can do it, you know?

- Just give me a break. - What do you mean? "Give me a break. "

- We want skilled people. - Just give me a break.

Give you a break? Leave the place, man.

Next.

You again? Didn't I run you yesterday? Leave, man.

- Leave the place. - I can work as well as the next man, sir.

Leave the place.

Many rivers to cross

But I can't seem to find

- My way over - How do you do?

- What are you doing there? - I'm looking for work.

I don't have any work to give you.

I could wash your car, you know, ma'am.

My husband gets the car washed downtown.

I could do your gardening.

Look, we have a gardening service to do that.

I can do anything, you know, ma'am. Anything.

Look, there's nothing you can do for me. Nothing you can do for me.

Beg you for ten cents then, ma'am.

What's the matter with you young, healthy boys?

All you know to do is beg, beg, beg.

That's all you can do, just beg?

- How you got in here, anyway? - The gate was open, ma'am.

Well, when you go outside, you make sure you lock the gate behind you.

Who left the gate open?

Wandering, I am lost

As I travel along

The White Cliffs of Dover

Many rivers to cross

And it's only my will

That keeps me alive

I've been licked washed up for years

And I merely survived

Because of my pride

And this loneliness won't leave me alone

It's such a drag to be on your own

My woman left and she didn't say why

And I guess I'll have to cry

- Many rivers to cross - Rivers to cross

But just where to begin

I play for time

- There'll be times - Many

- I find myself - Rivers to cross

Thinking of...

You got ten cents, master? I was watching your car while you was away.

- No, man. The steward always look after my car, man. - He's not here all the time.

If you want the ten cents, go beg the steward.