Deadbeat at Dawn

What is the weight on your heart?

Sometimes I feel my work isn't good enough.

It's not helping.

And why do you say this?

I say all the words, follow all the rituals.

But there's something in the way,

a force too strong for me.

If you do not believe in what you do

then your work is pointless.

You must believe.

There is nothing more to say.

- Stay where you are! - Ah!

- What a pleasant surprise to see you. - Get the hell away from me.

Come on, I'm just trying to be a good neighbor.

Let me go.

- Especially since this isn't such a great neighborhood. - Please.

- Let me go. - You know, there's a gang war going on?

Goose won't know please.

And you know that, I wouldn't feel safe here.

You never know when someone will pull a knife.

Ah!

Now get in the fuck in the car.

I wanna take you some place where it's safe.

Okay! Okay!

- Get in there. - Okay.

No! No!

What Danny wants, Danny gets.

You be a good girl and everything's cool

'til Goose is dead.

Your punk boyfriend stays alive

as long as I let him. Remember that.

No! No! No!

What's going on here?

Just giving the wife a little kiss, officer.

You get out of the car, sir.

You okay?

I'm fine.

Now look here.

Looks fine to me.

Danny,

do you love me?

Huh?

I said, "Do you love me?"

Well, what do you think?

Well, sometimes I don't know.

Ah!

If you ever do that again,

I'm gonna pull your eyeballs out of your head

and eat 'em.

Hey Goose.

Danny and the Spiders are moving on us.

We can cut them off at the cemetery if we hurry.

I'll go tell the rest of the Ravens.

Let's kick his fucking ass.

Hey Goose!

Hey Goose!

Yeah, you pussy, let's go.

This is my fight.

I'm gonna take this motherfucker out!

- Break his fucking nose! - Kick his ass!

You're on our turf, scumfuck.

Come on, Goose. You're not stupid.

You fire that and you've got the man here.

Is that how you deal with us on your turf?

You deal with the Spiders by calling the man in?

Come on, man. Get up.

Get up, man.

Fuck your nose.

Get him, man!

Get him!

You son of a bitch!

Ah!

Goose!

Goose, come on! Run! Run!

Pick him up!

Ninnghizhidda remove the jewels,

the jewels around her neck he took away

and Ishtar asked,

"Why, Gatekeeper, dost thou remove my Third Jewel?"

And the Gatekeeper answered,

"Thus it is, the Covenant of Old, set down before Time,"

"the Decrees of the Lady of Kutu. Enter the Third Gate."

At the fourth gate, Ninnghizhidda removed the jewels.

The jewels on her breasts, he took away

and Ishtar asked.

What are you doing?

Good morning.

How's your hand?

It's okay.

What's all this stuff?

Something for you to keep you safe.

Come on, Christy,

Goose, will you wear this for me?

I'm not wearing any of your voodoo magic around my neck. Alright?

I don't need any witch routine to take care of Danny.

Goose, why don't you just give it up?

All it's gonna do is get you killed.

And where that's gonna leave me?

The gangs are gonna go on with or without you.

They don't need you as much as you need them.

Bullshit.

I'm the leader of the Ravens, it's my gang.

They're nothing without me.

When are you gonna learn?

Goose, will you wear this?

No.

For me, please.

Jesus, I said, "No".

Where you going?

I don't know, out.

Come on, Goose.

Stay here with me for awhile.

Got to go out.

I gotta find out what the word on the street is.

Come on, Goose. Don't go out.

Stay here with me, please.

I said, I'm going out, I'm going out.

I don't need some crank headed chick telling me what to do.

So that's what I am to you?

Just another cranked up chick!

- Oh you know. - Well, you're wrong, god damn you.

And if you leave, don't bother coming back.

You're no good to me then.

Whatever.

Goose, wait. You need to wear this.

Goose, put this on.

- Put it on. - Will you knock it off!

If you leave, don't bother coming back.

- See you later. - I don't want to ever see you again.

God dammit, you bastard!

You motherfuckers!

Hey fuck.

Ah, Jesus.

Ah!

Aren't you even gonna say, "Hello"?

I don't believe you.

What?

Did you think that you can come and go as you please?

Disappearing for days at a time,

expecting me to be here with open arms and dinner on the table.

Well, I'm sorry, Goose, but those days are over.

You don't mean that.

Look, I've got us a motorcycle.

I want you grab some crank and...

Oh, that beautiful.

Why don't you just break all of em'?

Why are you such a fuck up?

Who you callin' a "fuck up"?

You, god damn it.

Well, what do you want?

I mean, you want me to start acting different or something?

You want me to start being something I'm not?

I mean, a "fuck up" is just about my old man.

I don't think I'm doing too bad for us, Chris.

Sure, sometimes I wish things were different, you know.

But they ain't,

and we can't change anything.

You can change if you really wanted to.

Well, that's really easy to say, you know, but...

If you don't Goose, you can forget about me.

You really mean that?

I really mean that.

Okay.

Okay, what?

Okay, I'll try to change.

You're gonna have to do better than that.

Well, you're gonna have to help me.

You're gonna have to help yourself.

Well, what do you want?

I want you here with me, Goose.

Not out on some alley bleeding to death.

Okay, fuck it. I'll quit the Ravens.

Is that what you want? I'll quit.

Just like that?

Yeah,

just like that.

I love you, Chris. Come here.

Goose, you love me, don't you?

Come on, Christy, you know I do.

I know, I'm sorry, I just worry sometimes.

You're all I got left.

Well, what about your sister?

I haven't seen Sandy since Mom died.

It's weird.

Goose?

Hmm.

Tell me we'll be together forever.

Christy,

we're gonna be together forever.

What?

What did you say?

What, are you high?

You heard me.

I know what I think I heard.

I think I heard you said, that you were quitting.

- Is that what you think? - You heard right

because I am quitting. I'm out,

for good.

You're just pussy-whipped.

You oughta get laid more often Keith.