The Man in the Moon

My whole life through

I will spend

My whole life through

Loving you

Just loving you

Winter, summer

Springtime, too

Loving you

Loving you

Makes no difference

Where I go

Or what I may do

You know that

I've always been

Loving you

Just you and

If I'm seen with someone new

Don't be blue

Don't you be blue

I'll be faithful

I'll be true

Always true

True to you

There is only one for me

And you know who

You know that I'll always be

Loving

You

I love Elvis so much.

You love everybody so much.

I do not.

You do, too.

No, I don't.

Okay, you don't.

Well, I don't.

Maureen, sometimes you make me feel like such a baby.

You are a baby.

I wish I could be just like you.

Don't talk silly.

It's not silly.

You're the smartest girl in school.

You're so pretty it hurts.

Boys fall all over themselves

when you walk down the street,

and I'm just a lump.

Come on, you're not a lump.

You've never been a lump.

You wouldn't know one if you fell over it.

If I'm so damn perfect,

then why is my head so mixed up?

Mixed up about what?

Well, I mean, sometimes things just don't make sense,

and all of a sudden I get scared.

Scared of what?

I don't know.

Are you all right, Maureen?

I don't know.

See, I don't know anything anymore.

One minute, all I can think about is packing my bags

and catching the first bus.

And then the next minute,

I'm afraid that once I get out in the world,

it's going to eat me alive.

That's dumb, Maureen.

You've got a scholarship to Duke,

and you're going to live in the dorm.

Nothing's going to eat you.

Sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't just stay here and get a job

or get married like everybody else.

Marry who?

Somebody. I don't know.

Billy Sanders?

Good Lord, no!

Do you remember when we were little

and Mama used to tell us,

when things get all mixed up,

all you have to do is tell the man in the moon?

Yeah, you just had to keep on talking

until you were sure you told him everything

so that he had all the pieces, just like a puzzle.

And then he'd work out the puzzle for you while you were asleep.

Yeah, but that was kid's stuff, Maureen.

We're too old for make-believe.

Yeah, I know.

Dani?

Dani!

Dani, are you up yet?

Maureen, get that child out of bed!

Dani, come on, get up.

You're going to be late for church.

I hate church!

All right. You know, once your baby brother gets here,

you women won't be able to boss me around so much.

I won't be so outnumbered.

And I won't be so pregnant.

How do you feel?

Not skinny.

Another two, three weeks, you'll be back to normal.

Next time you have a baby,

you let me know how normal you feel afterward.

Can't you girls get in there

and give your mother a hand?

Maureen! These eggs are getting cold.

Daddy going to his church again?

Does he ever Miss a Sunday?

Why does he call it church when it's not?

Because when he asked my daddy if he could marry me,

my daddy said only if he agreed to find the Lord.

And he says it's a lot easier

finding the Lord out fishing

than in any church he's ever been in.

I think he's right.

Don't think you're going to find the Lord with him.

I want you upstairs.

Brush your teeth, wash your face.

You're going to Sunday school.

Morning, Maureen.

Well, I declare, you're just filling out all over, aren't you?

Morning, Abby.

How's the Trant family?

Oh, just fine.

Oh, and, Danielle,

you're just shooting up like a weed, aren't you?

Just like a weed, that's me.

One of these days, that woman's

going to cut herself on her own tongue

and bleed to death.

Hello, Mrs. Trant.

Let me get that for you.

Hi, Maureen.

Hey there, little bit, didn't recognize you with a dress on.

You look great, Maureen.

Be by to pick you up about 6:00?

That's right.

See you later, Mrs. Trant.

That Billy Sanders thinks he's such a hotshot.

I don't see why you go with him.

I don't go with him, I go out with him.

Big difference.

Dani!

Dani, you come back here!

She's doing it again.

Whenever it's time to make lunch or do the dishes, she disappears.

Well, the way she does dishes,

I just as soon she be gone.

Do any good?

Oh, a little.

A little means you did fine.

Let me see what you got.

Where's Dani?

Off roaming around somewhere.

She's supposed to be here helping out.

She's getting too big to be running around wild as a jack rabbit.

Used to be she was too little.

Now she's too big.

I guess she passed up "just right"

when nobody was looking.

Get out of here!

Who the hell do you think you are?

You get out of here!

This is private property.

Yeah, you're damn right it is,

and you're trespassing.

This is the Foster place.

So if your name isn't Foster, you're trespassing.

It just so happens that it is.

Prove it!

Prove your name's Foster!

I don't have to prove nothing.

Nobody's lived on the Foster place

as long as I can remember.

Well, they do now!

So you just get your little butt out of here!

I'm not going.

If you're not out of here by the time I count three,

I'll drag your ass out!

You're lying.

One...

Two...

Okay! Okay, I'm going!

Turn around and close your eyes.

Do it, damn you!

What are you ducking behind the bushes for?

You ain't got nothing to hide.

Danielle!

I thought I made it clear

it's time you start taking some responsibility around here.

Yes, sir.

I hope I don't have to bring it up again.

Yes, sir.

Your mama saved you some lunch.

Probably cold by now.

All right.

You making a cake?

Mm-hmm, and ice cream.

Must be having company.

Just some old friends of your daddy's and mine.

Honey, go take a bath. You smell like a pond.

I will spend

My whole life through