Believe

# Take some time to look around you #

# Take some time to understand #

# That you built this road You're walking ##

WKHO. Yesterday's hits from 1982.

Coming up, a little holiday tune...

...requested by Adrian and Seth from Franklin, Tennessee.

They're on their way to the annual holiday pageant...

Christmas.

Boy, that Matthew Peyton throws a heck of a party every year.

What a great time that's gonna be.

Hi, this is Jeff...

...and I'll be coming to you live tonight from inside the festivities...

...bringing you all the great music.

Don't forget to help those bell ringers out there and give up that spare change...

...and help us spread the love.

Hello, doctor.

Hey, you made it to your own party. Take a walk with me.

Baby Jesus' first dental check-up.

Big turnout. Not bad.

- Oh, before I forget, I got you these. Christmas tree earrings!

Ha! You saved humanity.

And I got you this.

Oh, you saved me. Thank you.

Reindeer permits here! For fish and game.

- Hey, Merry Christmas. - What's Christmas without Elvis?

Ah, Christmas?

Angel halos for your little ones.

Elves on a shelf, come get them!

Are you sure you don't want to hold onto these?

If I eat one of those baby Jesus hotdogs...

...I'll need more than two.

I always love to see how you spend your money.

# Want someone to call my own #

# That's all I really need This Christmas #

"Sometime during the night, Mary's child was born.

He was a boy, and she called him Jesus, just as the angel said."

# Find our way again #

# Back to that place #

Here you go, buddy.

Asher? Asher?

Buddy, where are you?

There you are.

I've been looking for you. I told you to stay put.

# This Christmas #

# Is there someone for me This Christmas? #

# So tired of being all alone #

# I want someone to call my own #

# That's all I really need This Christmas ##

And let's give it up for Mr. Matthew Peyton.

This guy knows how to throw a party, doesn't he?

That's just great.

Hey, what are you doing?

Who are you? What do you want from me?

Shut your mouth, you piece of trash.

How does it taste, Mr. Bigshot? Huh?

Does it taste like poverty, huh?

Well, taste it good.

- Let's go. - Someone's coming.

Guess you'll get to find out what it's like to sleep in the gutter now, friend.

Oh, no.

Does anybody need any help?

Help me.

Whoa!

Hey, are you okay?

Help me.

Please, I need help. He's hurt.

Oh!

I'm gonna go get help. I'll be right back. I promise.

Please, somebody, anybody.

He's hurt.

No pay cut.

If you're gonna lay off 50 workers this close to Christmas, that's suicide.

There's no way you're gonna make your deadline.

Albert, you're the accountant. How'd this happen with no warning?

Last time, you said things might get tight toward the end of the year.

- But this? - The mine shut down, Flandry's closed...

...what do you want from me? It's all here.

- The reserves? - Tapped out.

The note for the new machinery is due at the bank.

What are my choices?

Cash.

Start charging money for the Christmas pageant.

You downright own everything, man. It's a goldmine.

Either that, or take the offer from Tomatsu people.

It's the only tangible asset that you have left.

No, I can't.

Everybody makes money on this.

I'm well aware of that. Something I can't change.

You don't have a choice here, Matt.

If they won't accept the cut, then I'm forced into the layoffs.

We'll meet our deadline with who's left. Work nights.

Then you have to shut your own doors. There is no more room for concessions.

My guys already took a pay cut this year...

...and as their union rep, I'm not gonna ask them to take another one.

They will vote to shut you down.

Bob, it is not my intention to lay people off.

Tell your people to accept a temporary cut.

- I can't recommend that. - Do not hang another "closed" sign...

- ...on a business in this town. - I'm not the one who's hanging the sign.

Where am I supposed to come up with that money?

I don't know, pal. They'd much rather see you shut down than work for less.

They see the car you drive, the house you live in.

I mean, it's the way of the American worker.

Big business, big profits don't sit well in hard times.

Albert, whose side are you on? You know it's not like that.

You, of all people, know I am fair. I always have been.

Fair? Okay, perhaps.

But what you've done in the past does not put food on the table today.

- I gave them a job, so they could do that. - It doesn't matter. You are an example.

An example. You don't have money for a Christmas pageant.

And you have volunteers ready to walk out the door right now.

When you tell this town that you're not putting one on this year...

- ...I would hate to see what happens next. - What is that supposed to mean?

Consider the offer. It's the only way we're gonna survive.

- No. All right. Listen up, everyone.

Gather around.

- I'll tell you what's going on. - Wow.

We're not gonna work for unfair labor practices anymore.

Providing all of you agree to walk.

Pay cuts, not fair.

We're walking, you got that? You agree? We're all gonna walk?

Yeah. Let's go.

# They took it all #

There he is now.

# But they want more #

Let me get your car for you, Mr. P.

That's okay, Charlie.

I think I'll walk.

# These scars are all I've got to show #

# Of the place I used to call my home #

# I've been betrayed by my own kin #

# Accused of having a lost soul #

Yeah, Matthew, it's Mayor Harris.

It's about 5:30.

Look, I just spoke to Albert Bagley.

If what he says means what I think it does...

...the entire town's going to go berserk.

You better be at the town council meeting tomorrow.

Call me when you get in. This better be just a misunderstanding.

Locals.

Yeah, he's here.

He said to call this.

- But who was it? - Do I look like your secretary?

Something about a job.

No pay, no work. No pay, no work.

No pay, no work. No pay...

- How'd you get in, Mr. P? - Slipped in through the back.

- Oh, okay. - It's quite the crowd.

Seems like more folks show up today for this than they do for real work.

I had my brother Wendell spend the night in your car.

It's still in one piece, we made sure of that.

Wendell.

He ain't got no real place to stay anywho.

He worked as a machinist at Flandry's until they went belly.

Looks like I'll be swimming in that same boat real soon, right, Mr. P?

No, no, no, Charlie. Don't you worry about that, okay?

Listen, here's...

Here's something for you and your brother.

Well, thank you, Mr. P.

I believe in you, sir.

- You believe in me, Charlie? - Yes, sir.

You're in trouble right now, but your heart is right.

I can tell. I can tell these things.

You'll find your path.

I believe in you.

You'll find your path.

I believe in you.

No pay, no work.

Mr. Peyton, my friend, how are you?

- I'm good, Nick. How are you? - That's a good question.

Let me tell you a little story. I'm good some days.

Some days, not so good.

This, you know...? This wet weather makes my bones ache.

- You're too young for that. - Yeah. Well, my wife...

...she wishes it would snow. Me, I like the weather warm.

- My wife, not so warm. - Ha-ha-ha.

- What's the special today? - That's another good question. Meatloaf.

- Well, let's do that and some coffee. - Ha, ha. Bring your plate right away.

Some coffee and bread to start you off.

Ha, ha!

You know, I must tell you, my little ones are so excited.

This is the first year they're actually old enough to be in the Christmas pageant.

And they might even march in the parade too.

They cannot stop talking about it.

You know, "the pageant" this, "the parade" that.