Delia's Gone (2022) Movie Script
1
(birds chirping)
(gentle piano music)
- Ready, Delia?
- Okay, let's.
And a one, and a two, and a one,
two, three, four.
There's a land
beyond the river
(laughing)
That we call
the Sweet Forever
And we only reach that shore
by faith's...
(laughing)
- All right, you try it.
- Yeah, okay.
(humming)
(laughing)
Trout's ready.
Go on. You cook it.
Just pour in the oil,
easy-peasy.
Yeah, but what about the recipe?
Just put the oil in the skillet
and cook the damn fish, Louis.
But you said you'd do
this recipe.
I changed my mind.
Things change sometimes, Louis.
Louis: Well, I like it
when things stay the same.
You try it.
You've gotta learn sometime.
And I want to eat
before we head into town.
When I cook fish,
I only use oil.
(chuckling)
Delia: Louis, will you just
forget about it?
Louis:
Well, what did he do?
Just tell me the truth.
Delia:
Okay, okay.
When dad died,
he pulled me close.
You were out tending to your
birds or some other.
Her said he lived a double life
for years.
Said he hit and ran over a kid
when he was 19.
He would have just kept on
confessing but I told him...
told him to hurry up and die.
My secrets are coming
to the grave.
The truth is for the birds.
Ravens know how to imitate us
better than parrots do.
Ravens sure are clever.
Is that so?
(soul music playing on radio)
Pull over in front of the
pharmacy here, Louis.
Woman singing:
This must be my day now
Whoa, yeah
Whoa, yeah
I'll see you back here in five,
okay?
- Five minutes.
- Good.
What do you need that for,
Delia?
Some things you only get
with a gun.
That's not right.
This world ain't right,
but we gotta live in it,
don't we?
(tense music)
(sighing)
Fran:
See that race last night?
Nope, I was watching
the Buckeyes.
Darby grabbed a quarter in the
home stretch,
messed up her leg.
Don't trust that horse anymore.
Yeah, I always lose
at the track,
don't much care for horses.
(laughing)
Yeah, you would.
Grab some pylons,
I want to see how those boys
are doing on that water main.
Yep.
Can't be drinking it
when it's that murky.
Nah, a little bit of chemical
is good for you.
- Hey, Frank.
- Afternoon, Sheriff.
"Little bit of chemical is good
for you?"
Then what's the point of having
those purifiers, then?
It's our body's job.
Too many people have allergies
these days.
Excuse me, Louis.
Need to move your truck.
Bo: Too close to the hydrant
there, Louis.
Louis:
Yes, sir. Too close.
I know I'm splitting hairs here,
but if you just slide back three
or four feet, you're golden.
What colour am I?
Just move your truck, Louis.
Thank you.
Louis: Move your truck.
Move your truck.
What are you doing here, anyhow?
I'm waiting for Delia.
Have a good day, buddy.
- (truck engine revving)
- Louis: Good day.
(tense music)
Go.
Drive!
Back home.
You shouldn't steal.
Nobody can afford medicine
anymore.
The locker had plenty
of pills, so--
Yeah, but you shouldn't steal,
Delia.
But these are for you, Louis.
(soul music playing on stereo)
I've got to get away
Oh yeah
I've got to get away
I just have to get away
Somehow
You're a sweet man, Louis.
You know how much I love you,
right?
People are always going to see
you different, but it's okay,
'cause you're better
than them.
That's the God's honest truth.
Come.
Let me teach you how to dance
with a woman.
Come on.
But now she's with that
other guy
That's it.
It looks like my well,
my well has run dry
I just got to get away
I know you don't...
you don't like change, Louis,
so don't get angry, okay?
I got laid off.
But they're offering me work out
on that line near Toledo.
I'm gonna move out there.
I'm really sorry, Louis.
You can't move out west.
Delia: I don't have a choice.
I've gotta work, Louis.
But you live here, with me.
Delia: I just got you six
months' worth of pills.
You're full time
at the hardware store.
You can get by on your own.
Louis:
I don't want to.
You got by those two weeks
I went hunting with Morag.
Hey, look, I'm sorry.
Louis, I'm sorry.
Let's go to the tavern
and have a drink,
we'll talk about it there.
No, no, I go to bed at 9:30.
- I know--
- I don't drink.
I know, but one beer
won't kill you.
I don't drink
'cause it makes me mean.
Dad's gone now, Lou.
You can do what you want.
Just come out with me tonight,
it will be fun!
Louis:
I go to bed at 9:30!
Ow! Ow!
Let go of me, Louis!
That hurts.
(breathing heavily)
Relax, Louis.
You're hurting me.
You can't leave, Delia.
Okay. All right.
All right.
I'll drink here tonight.
Hmm?
You can go to bed?
(breathing heavily)
9:30.
I've got beer in the fridge.
Just relax. Come on.
We'll figure it out in the
morning, I promise.
I'm just-- I'm gonna go get
my beer, okay?
(soul music playing on stereo)
(door unlatching and closing)
Delia?
(car door closing)
(engine revving)
(birds chirping)
Bo:
Yeah, this place right here.
Delia?
Delia?
(fly buzzing)
Delia?
Delia?
- Delia, wake up.
- (knocking at door)
- (knocking continues)
- Bo: Louis?
Louis, you in there, bud?
Louis:
Oh no...
Bo:
Hey Delia, you in there?
- Oh no...
- (knocking at door)
Hey, Louis, I--
You all right, bud?
You got some blood
on your hands.
Fran: There was a break-in
at the pharmacy,
we need to talk to Delia.
Delia's gone.
- What?
- What?
Delia's gone and I don't know
what's up there beyond the sky.
Hey, bud, we're just gonna--
We're gonna have to take a look,
Louis.
Why don't you step back, okay?
We're just gonna have
a look inside.
Anybody else--
Oh shit!
Delia? Oh, God.
Oh shit.
What happened, Louis?
- Bo: Send me an ambulance.
- I don't know.
I don't know, I was--
I was drinking last night.
Fran:
You do all this?
Yeah, yeah.
You hurt your sister?
Mm-hm. Mm-hm.
- I did, I did. I grabbed her.
- Fran: Why'd you grab her?
I grabbed her last night because
she said she was leaving,
she said that she was moving.
Bo: But you didn't want
her to go?
Louis: No, you see,
I could have gone with her,
but I told her I go to bed
every night at 9:30.
Every night, 9:30!
I'm so stupid!
- Fran: Okay, come with us.
- So stupid!
Walk nice and slow, Louis.
Okay, bud. Here's what I'm gonna
need from you.
I'm gonna need you to walk
outside.
Fran: Come on out slowly.
Okay now, Louis.
Bo: Walk straight out the door
and to the left to the truck.
We'll sort this whole thing out.
Okay, buddy.
(tense music)
(wind rustling)
Judge: Will the defendant
please rise?
Mr. Hollins, would you like to
make a statement
that I might consider before
passing sentence?
I've been thinking--
Lawyer: He has nothing to say,
your honour.
Judge:
Counsellor, please.
Do you understand that you have
entered a plea of guilty
to voluntary manslaughter?
Well, I understand I killed
my sister,
and the Lord says,
whoever takes a human life
shall be put to death.
(crowd murmuring)
I deserve that.
Judge:
Your remorse has been noted.
Louis Hollins, I hereby sentence
you to five years
at an Ohio state correctional
facility.
(gavel banging)
(gagging)
(alarm buzzing)
Louis!
(gagging)
Larry: All right, Tom.
Right this way.
All right, everybody,
it's a beautiful day.
Let's get some exercise.
Jen, you okay back there?
Right down there.
Stay over by the right side.
Hold onto the railing.
Hey, Louis,
we're going down by the lake,
get some exercise.
Come on with.
There's plenty of birds down
there, too.
Let's go.
Therapist:
Eyes back on me.
Larry told me you brought up
the incident in the river.
I nearly drowned in the river
out back of our house.
I know.
That resulted in brain trauma.
What else do you remember?
They took mom to the hospital
after that.
Then Delia took care of me.
She kept saying mom
took her life.
but I don't see how you could
take a life.
Therapist:
It's an expression, Louis.
Your brain injury shows mostly
the same symptoms
as those on the spectrum.
Remember, not everything we say
is as it sounds, right?
Metaphors, jokes.
Mom never joked.
Therapist:
How about Delia?
Did she ever make you laugh?
You know, if you talk about her,
it can help us get back to
the old Louis.
I also heard you sang.
What's your favourite song?
"Ring Them Golden Bells."
Can you sing a little for me?
That's stupid.
(Louis reading aloud)
...Brown, and may be stubborn,
too. Rock pigeon...
Few birds have been associated
with humans so closely
as the Rock pigeon...
(birds chirping)
(knocking)
There's a visitor here for you.
Come on, Louis,
your first visitor,
that's exciting!
Hmm.
You can sign yourself out
for a few hours,
get out of my hair.
I can't leave here.
I live here.
Tell you what.
You go see him inside,
and I'll get you macaroni
for lunch today.
(quiet chattering)
Hello.
I guess you know Louis?
- Hey, Louis.
- Larry: You gonna be okay?
All right.
Stacker:
Do you know who I am?
Uh-uh.
Stacker:
Well, I'm from Ledding,
same as you.
Even now looking at you,
I can't help but remember
that strange kid that used to
wander up and down the roads,
barefoot and all,
dragging a stick
or pulling a damn wagon.
I used to drink with
Billy Dyson.
Well, he never drank much
so I did the drinking,
and then some.
Him and I were playing pool
at TJ's
that night your sister
Delia showed up.
(music playing,
bar patrons laughing)
I just bought that old bar
actually.
See, I'm in construction.
I'm gonna give it a new feel.
A pancake house.
You know, somewhere you take the
family after church.
You... you saw Delia that night?
Stacker:
Yeah.
But I got right
with the Lord since then.
Become a new man, sobered up,
AA and all that.
Been raising my daughter, Rosie.
Billy Dyson, he's tried to turn
his life around too.
Become a man of God.
He's got his own church
over there in Downey.
Saving folks one at a time.
Hell, I guess you could say
he even saved me.
Why are you telling me all this?
'Cause the truth is,
I don't know how much
you remember about that night--
The truth is for the birds.
Do you have cancer?
Why would you say that?
Nobody knows.
My dad had cancer.
But Delia took her secrets
to the grave.
Louis.
You don't know the whole truth,
how she died.
How do you know?
How do you know?!
Larry:
Hey, is everything all right?
Yes, we're fine. We're fine.
Sorry, thank you.
Tell me what you know!
Tell me what you know!
Larry:
That's enough, Louis!
- It's okay, it's okay.
- Step back now. Okay?
-- Easy, big fella.
- Doreen: What's going on?!
Do you understand me, Louis?
Larry: Louis just got a little
over-excited.
Stacker:
We're not done here.
- Doreen: Okay.
- Hey, you be on your way now.
- Doreen: Come with me, sir.
- Okay, okay!
- Be on your way.
- Doreen: I said come with me.
Stacker:
Yes, fine! I'm on my way.
Okay.
(breathing heavily)
Louis: I'd like to learn
about all creatures.
Over in India, three men
separated a mama elephant
from her calf,
they just took the little guy.
And years later,
that mama found those men,
elephants' got a good memory,
like me.
She just wanted to know what
happened to her kin.
Larry: What's that?
Whose kin?
Delia's my only kin.
Larry: Listen,
you're eating alone today
on account of that outburst.
What was the name of that man?
Larry:
Who, the visitor?
Um, ledger said Stacker Cole.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Larry: I guess
he knew your sister?
What?
Louis, don't look at me
like that.
Whatever he said,
forget about it.
(grunting)
(groaning)
I'm sorry, Larry.
Hey, Louis.
Nurse:
Good morning.
Some fresh air, Louis?
Louis?
Louis? Where are you going?
(breathing heavily)
Bo: Yup, I hear you,
Miss James.
I know Louis, all right.
And Stacker.
Yeah, it does seem odd.
I'll get to the bottom of it.
Bye now.
(exhaling)
(exhaling)
(line ringing)
(phone vibrating)
Fran:
Detective Cole.
Bo: Hi, Fran.
Bo Walton here.
Fran: Sheriff Bo Walton.
What's going on?
Oh nothing, just got a call
about an assault.
It was at that Deerhurst
mental home.
It was Louis.
Yeah, he disappeared
after your brother
paid him a little visit.
Bit strange, isn't it?
Hmm, no shit!
Yeah, I don't know what's
going on,
I'm just going to head over
there right now.
Franny?
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Larry: Well, the visit happened
right over here.
And then as soon as I saw the
altercation happen,
- I intervened.
- You gonna press charges?
Uh, well, it is within my right,
but I don't have to.
Oh, no, I didn't mean to say
you couldn't,
it's just more of a, you know,
anytime we can avoid--
you didn't have to come by.
Any sign of Louis?
Uh, no. That's what
we're just discussing.
This is State Police Detective
Francine Cole.
We used to work together.
Guess she's here to see why
her brother
is running around causing
mischief.
I was just about to ask these
folks if, uh,
if Louis had ever exhibited any
violent behaviour while here?
Doreen:
No, no.
Bo:
Okay.
And you had said that he got
a little agitated
- during the visit?
- No, um,
Mr. Cole said something to him,
and then Louis yelled,
- "What happened?"
- Let me ask you something.
How'd he just walk out of here?
Doreen: He finished serving
his sentence.
- This is a voluntary home.
- (phone vibrating)
They are free to come and go.
I've gotta take this, I'm sorry.
Maybe he's just out for a
stroll?
No, no, just the thought of
changing routines
sends him into a tizzy.
I don't think he'd go out
for a stroll.
Doreen: Yeah, your brother must
have really said something
to set him off like that.
Bo:
Yeah, thanks, Ian.
Yeah, sure enough,
Ben Patterson's boy
sees Louis walking outside
his old house,
doing God knows what.
I'm gonna go pick him up before
we miss him.
- I'll come with you.
- I got it.
- Like hell.
- All right, we got it.
- I'll drive.
- I'm driving.
(Bo scoffing)
She's a peach.
Thank you so much.
Appreciate it.
Louis: Pick a card,
any card, Delia.
Okay.
Do I keep it
or do I show it to you?
- Got it.
- You won't forget?
- No, I'll remember.
- All right.
All right, what was your card,
Delia?
Delia:
Six of spades.
No!
(laughing)
(door creaking)
(engine sputtering)
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
"Some things you only get
with a gun."
Yep, sounds good.
No, I appreciate you calling,
Ian.
All right, bye.
Yeah, so Louis was spotted
leaving his house heading east.
- Maybe try to cut him off at--
- Purdon Line.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Purdon line.
Yeah, that's right.
(Siren wailing)
This car is a pigsty.
Doesn't Alison clean in here
anymore?
She took a break after you left.
Oh, you think I miss
that shit hole station?
You know, I prefer it a bit
shambolic.
- What?
- A beautiful mess.
You know, they say that
creative people
live in messy environments,
you ever heard of that?
Like, Einstein had a messy room.
Kinda like that.
(Siren wailing)
(Siren stops)
That's Louis, all right.
(tense music)
Slow down, buddy!
Well, that's not Louis.
Maybe he took a turn down
Maple Hill?
Could have went up Kells Road,
what do you think?
Where do you think he's going?
I don't know.
When I retire, maybe I'll snatch
up one of these little farms.
Have some chickens.
A goat or two.
Cattle, uh-uh,
stay away from them.
But not goats?
When I was living at
my ex-husband's ranch--
goddamn his soul.
One day, he's giving it to me on
the living room couch.
He stops, he stands up,
he's all bug-eyed,
I said, "Finish me off,
Jesus Christ!"
But he's just staring
out the window.
I get up,
I see this ornery old goat
just standing on the hood
of his brand new Chevy pickup.
He's-- he's chewing on
the antenna!
Just bit the thing right off,
just staring at him,
as if to say "Screw you
for not buying a Dodge."
(chuckling)
You'd like to own some of
them goats.
Personality in livestock is...
it's hard to come by.
Let's go see Stacker.
Is Stacker Cole here?
You say something?
I said, is Stacker Cole here?
No, he's picking up his
daughter.
You the drywall guy?
I need to talk to Stacker Cole
about my sister.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Well, what do you think?
I think you've been acting funny
lately, dad.
(giggling)
I just got a lot on my mind,
is all.
(kids laughing)
Louis: Hi.
Hi, who are you?
Wow, you have big eyes.
Ostriches have eyes bigger than
their brains.
They can spot predators two
miles away.
Is that an iPhone?
Do you have Google on
that phone?
Boy:
Yeah, why?
Well, I want to search Billy
Dyson's address here in Downey.
We're not supposed to talk
to strangers,
and you're strange.
Wait here.
- Girl: Is that a kite:
- Boy: I think so.
My dad made this for me.
I need to search your phone.
Want to trade?
Boy:
So what's the name again?
I can't tell you my name.
They might be looking
for me by now.
No, like, the man
you're looking for.
- Billy Dyson.
- Who is looking for you?
- Greys are so boring, dad.
- You're boring.
- You're boring.
- You're boring.
- You're boring!
- You're boring!
- Just pick a shade!
- No, it's boring.
Too grey.
Hey there, Stack.
Hey, Bogey.
- Bo: How you doing, Missy?
- Rose: Good.
Hi, Aunt Franny.
Kid.
Well, we need to have a chat
about your visit with Louis.
Hey, why don't you take
these colours
and go pick one that you like,
okay?
But not pink.
What's wrong?
Oh, other than Louis attacking a
male nurse and then just...
disappearing.
Where'd he go?
Bo: Kinda hoping you
might tell us.
Fran:
Why'd you visit him?
To tell him the truth.
Tell him the truth?
What's the truth?
What'd you say?
I told him that I was drinking
with her that night.
- You brought up Delia?
- I did.
Bo: Yeah, okay, we all know that
this was the last place
Delia was seen before she died.
Is there something else we
should know?
No.
- Bo: So nothing?
- Stacker: No.
Anything else, Bo?
No, not right now.
Not that I can think of.
Okay, let us know if you hear
from Louis.
Our number's still the same.
Oh yeah? So is mine.
- Bye, Rosie.
- Bye, Aunt Franny.
Good to see you.
Hope you know what you're doing
here, Stacker.
Everyone loves pancakes,
Sheriff.
He's Sheriff now.
That's right, don't forget it.
What's going on, dad?
Nothing, nothing, nothing.
Just your Aunt Franny being your
crazy Aunt Franny.
Come on, sit down.
Show me what you got.
Spiced pumpkin and candied yams.
Sounds like something we should
put on the menu,
not on the wall.
Not a chance, pick another one.
Is it true
that when you're cremated,
they burn your body?
Where's this coming from?
I don't want to be burned.
Do you?
I hadn't, um, actually
thought about it.
No. How about that?
Was, um, Delia Hollins cremated?
Were you eavesdropping?
I mean...
if I knew I was going to die,
I'd be scared.
Everyone's scared of dying.
You said Mom wasn't,
driving through that stop sign.
Well, she didn't have time.
Hey.
Maybe that's the best way.
Come here.
(knocking)
Hi.
Is this Billy Dyson's house?
It is.
I need to talk to him.
Come in.
Someone's here for you, Bill!
Hello there.
Are you Pastor Dyson?
I am indeed.
How can I help you?
Do you know who I am?
You look familiar.
This is my wife, Helena.
We met already.
I haven't met your eldest boy.
Does he have good manners, too?
Gregory is not--
He's not here.
Where is he?
How can I help you?
Was he killed
like my sister Delia?
Helena:
Do you know him?
Greggie was adopted.
Why don't you go
to your room, buddy?
I wanna play here.
What happened to Delia?
I don't know, Louis.
Louis Hollins?
Go to your room!
Stacker Cole said you were
with him the night Delia died.
I have to finish a sermon
so let's--
let's continue this conversation
across the road, shall we Louis?
What's going on, Bill?
I'll see you later.
Bill?
Bo: I hate to say it,
but I think your brother
might be hiding something.
You know what?
I think I'll take another look
at Delia's case file
tonight when I get home.
How is married life, Bo?
It's great, yeah.
I don't miss it.
What happened to Delia?
Please, Louis.
It's Saturday.
You need to go home now
and rest.
I don't follow
my Sabbath any more.
How do you know
about my Sabbath?
Your father.
Good bye now.
How do you know my father?
He was a gentle man.
Like yourself.
Go rest.
You should embrace
your faith again.
Are you a Seventh Day Adventist
preacher?
No.
Dad used to say our soul's
sleep until Judgment Day,
but I don't know when
that'll be for Delia.
Well, some people feel that if
our souls go straight to Heaven
when we die, what's the point
of resurrection?
I'm sure your father read
Martin Luther to you growing up?
"As soon as thine eyes have
closed shalt thou be woken."
"A thousand years shall
feel as if I'd slept
for about a half-hour."
You've got a good memory, Louis.
Delia says like an elephant,
but I think that's
just a metaphor.
(chuckling)
Yes, it is.
The Peregrine Falcon can
fly up to 200 miles an hour.
Is that right?
It flies way high up in the sky,
then it barrels
down for its prey.
You're interested in wildlife?
Things that fly and elephants.
I need to go to work.
You need to go home.
Enjoy your Sabbath again.
I can't enjoy anything
until I figure out
what happened to Delia.
Put that away, Louis.
You know it isn't right.
This world isn't right,
but we gotta live in it anyhow.
Come in my office.
I'll tell you the truth.
Have a seat.
Brother Stacker
told you about me?
Stacker Cole never
mentioned you were brothers.
In Christ, Louis.
As you are also my brother.
Delia was my only kin.
Were you drinking
with Delia that night?
Yeah, I was there
with Stacker and Lyle.
Who's Lyle?
My cousin, Lyle.
Who's your cousin Lyle?
Lyle Dyson.
We were just drinking
and having fun.
Did he kill Delia?
Are you calling your cousin?
(phone ringing)
I'm calling the police, Louis.
But why?
For your own good.
Leave right now and I will
not mention a word about this.
(grunting)
(grunting)
(grunting)
(panting)
Wake up.
Where does Lyle Dyson live?
I can't do this! I can't do it.
This puzzle is hard, Louis.
Do you see the fisherman, Delia?
Oh yeah.
He might just fall
into that waterfall.
(both laughing)
He's looking for trout.
Oh, is that what
he's looking for?
Okay.
(chuckling)
(exhaling)
(phone ringing)
You've reached Stacker Cole.
Leave a message.
(beeping)
(exhaling)
(dialing)
(phone ringing)
- (phone vibrating)
- 3-35 in the fourth quarter.
21-17 Nebraska...
Hello?
Hey, got any leads tonight?
Anything useful
in Delia's file?
Hey, there.
No, nope, nothing yet.
Why? You hear something?
Uh...
I got a couple ideas
I'm working on.
I'm at home.
Where are you going with this?
We looked into
that already remember?
Why don't you just get
your fat ass over here?
Yeah, why don't you
just stop by the station
tomorrow in the morning?
Bye.
(sighing)
Delia:
Truth is for the birds.
Lyle Dyson at
Hugh Excavating LTD.
Lyle Dyson at
Hugh Excavating LTD.
When Louis mentioned
his sister Delia,
I saw Bill go white.
I should never have let him
walk off with that crazy man.
It's not your fault.
Course not!
He sleeps over there
when he's working late,
but I should've suspected.
Let me ask you this.
Billy being a pastor and all.
A lot of people confided in him.
Do you think that
Billy might have known
something about Delia,
maybe about her death?
We all know Billy,
Lyle, and Stacker were with
Delia that night drinking.
I didn't know that.
He never told you?
Oh.
Where do I turn?
Man:
Fire up conveyer two!
Excuse me.
Which one is Lyle Dyson?
What's that?
Which one is Lyle Dyson?!
I got no kiddie
fiddlers on my crew.
I fired his sorry ass.
Hey, you gotta be
wearing a helmet back here.
Go on, get back.
Excuse me.
Where does Lyle Dyson live?
Woman:
Hey, let's go!
See how thick she is?
Like a milkshake.
Is that on a jig?
Nah, man, lures.
I use crank-bait.
I got this purple one
with an orange belly.
I used to make lures.
Oh yeah?
Yeah. Wet fly streamers,
imitating leeches and crayfish.
Hey, you work here, man or what?
What's your deal?
I'm looking for Lyle Dyson.
Lyle Dyson?
If he's awake, he's drinking.
Well, where does
he do his drinking?
Why do you care where
Lyle does his drinking?
I need to ask him some questions
about my sister, Delia.
Oh...
Oh, that sick bastard.
Yeah, he'll be Cheffy's.
You know Cheffy's?
It's a bar on the corner
of Fulsom and County Rd 9.
Fulsom and County Rd 9.
Fulsom and County Road 9.
You're pissing up
the wrong tree.
This has nothing to
do with Delia's death.
Well, I think you might have
some blinders on there, Franny.
Stacker being your
brother and all.
That has nothing to do with it.
There's a murder now in Downey.
There's an unhinged
dude running around.
This is way above
your pay grade.
Well, Louis assaulted a nurse
in Ledding, so technically--
You are not on
this homicide, Bo.
But, Fran,
if we're talking about--
You going to go up against me?
(chuckling)
I just want us to do our jobs.
I'm not telling you again.
Yeah, well, I am a Sheriff so.
Are you still here fat ass?
You've become a real
piece of work.
And Delia's murder case
is still my jurisdiction,
you know that.
(rock music playing on radio)
Give her, Daniels! Give her!
Ride you shit-for-brains.
Are you Lyle?
What'd you say?
No. That's Lyle.
Are you Lyle Dyson?
I'm Louis Hollins.
My sister was Delia Hollins.
Louis Hollins.
(laughing)
I just saw ya on the TV.
What happened to Delia?
Tell me!
Piss off.
Hey, you following me?
Yeah, I'm following you.
Pastor Dyson said
it was your fault.
Did you kill Delia?
What did Billy tell you
before you killed him?
You tell me what
happened to my sister.
Easy there.
We drank with her,
then she went home.
And you killed her.
(grunting)
(laughing)
(grunting)
(grunting)
(grunting)
I don't ever wanna hear
that name Delia Hollins again.
(car driving off)
And a one, and a two,
and a one, two, three, four...
There's a land
beyond the river...
(both laughing)
You gotta keep going, Delia.
Okay.
Where does Lyle Dyson live?
(saw whirring)
It's break time.
Two visits in two days.
You see the news?
Louis killed
God damn Billy Dyson.
Bashed his brains
all over the church floor.
What? You think I'm to blame?
Why you poking at him,
why you buy this place?
Because I'm trying to do
something good around here.
More than you can
say for yourself.
I've done nothing
but look out for you.
Really? Okay. What about Rosey?
You were like a mother to her,
but after that night
you just stopped
showing up to see her.
When you became a bible thumper
that was really it for me.
I'm sorry you started
to hate yourself.
One bad thing don't
gotta lead to another.
Is that what happened?
It's exactly what happened.
You started drinking, right.
Then you lost your job.
- I got promoted.
- Okay.
And then what about that bad
shooting and the time off,
from the skimming on the side.
And you're a saint?
You know the shit I took being
the only female Sheriff around?
Oh. What a grand excuse.
Why don't you run along now?
Go collect your bribes or
whatever you do with your day.
I'm gonna go
check on Lyle Dyson.
He's the lowest
scum of the earth,
but, hey, that's what I do.
I protect people.
(knocking)
Lyle Dyson, are you in there?
Who's there?
I'm Louis Hollins.
I'm looking for Lyle Dyson.
Have you see him?
Does it look like it?
He ain't here.
You're Lucinda Hollins'
simpleton son?
Doreen says we
can't use that word.
Hell, this country's so fixed
on calling everything fancy,
they forget about
speaking the truth.
Your mother was a truth-seeker.
You knew my mom?
Everybody knows
everybody around here.
She was in our County Orion.
A group of us seers
talking to the dead.
I can feel that
spirit in you too, boy.
Come here now.
Come here, show me your palms.
How do you know Lyle?
He's my dear brother.
Doctors say he's all messed up,
but I say he's
just misunderstood.
I imagine like you are, Louis.
Me and Lyle are nothing alike.
I haven't eaten all day.
Do you mind if I just--
Don't you touch my wings!
And put away that pistol, boy.
Well, if you're blind,
how do you know--
I can hear it and smell it.
You're a naughty boy, Louis.
You killed others
besides your sister
and you aim to kill again.
No, I never killed, Delia.
You see this here line?
It's straight to hell for you.
No!
I got hold of him, Lyle!
(gun firing)
Lyle?
Lyle?!
Lyle!
You're a coward, Lyle Dyson.
(crying)
You killed my brother, Louis.
No, he took his life.
It's Vicky Dyson!
Get me the police.
Louis Hollins just
killed my brother!
(Vicky crying)
Hey there, Franny.
Guess who they called first?
Go find a fucking
apple-fritter.
No, I'm not leaving.
The hell you won't.
He killed my Lyle!
See that?
There's Lyle. Shot himself.
- He killed my brother!
- I'm get ya a copy.
That's his crazy-ass sister.
You might not wanna go in there.
Okay, get lost.
Yeah, no!
Yeah, no, I won't get lost.
I'm sick of your shit.
Woo.
Bo's grown some little balls.
Don't make me pull your rock,
Fran.
I bet if I looked under it,
I'd find some
nasty critters, yeah?
I know you're tangled up
in all this somehow.
That's the first decent threat
I've heard out of you, Bo.
You might learn
to be Sheriff yet.
Although...
...you really need to
shoot at someone first,
at least draw your gun.
You ever shot at a human being?
Thankfully no. No, I have not.
I don't know what
you're trying to prove
with the wild west shit?
I would be the first to--
to pull my firearm if need be.
I'm gonna go canvas.
I'm gonna go see
if anyone's seen Louis.
You wait here,
you just twiddle your thumbs.
No, I'm done twiddling.
Bo!
I'll canvas. You wait here.
- I'm not your--
- Bo!
--fucking pet!
(car starting)
Shit. Shit.
(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)
Cole Contracting.
Oh, is this Missus Cole?
I'm looking for Stacker Cole.
No, I'm her daughter, Rose.
She's not, like,
with us anymore.
Alarm bells.
That means you got
a predator bearing down.
Scared chickadees.
Don't you hear them?
Chickadees are real pretty.
How old are you?
Twelve.
Well do you have
a big brother or a big sister
to watch over you?
No, it's just me.
Who is this?
I've been alone too
since my sister died.
You really shouldn't be alone,
so young and all.
(phone ringing)
Oh, I've got another
call coming in.
Can I speak with your father?
He's at the tavern.
Who is this?
- Take care.
- (phone ringing)
Hello?
Fran:
Hey, Rosey! Is your Dad home?
Uh, no.
Is something wrong, Aunt Franny?
He's not answering his cell.
Oh, he should be at the tavern.
I just got off the other
line with a strange man.
He wanted to know
where Dad was, too.
He was all into birds.
Who was it?
Was it Louis Hollins?
- That was Louis?
- What did you tell him?
I told him the truth.
Okay.
Of course you did, honey.
(phone ringing)
You've reached Stacker Cole.
Leave a message.
(beeping)
Answer the goddamn phone!
Stacker Cole?
Finish telling me
who killed Delia.
I was wondering
when you'd get here.
You tell me what happened
that night after you left!
I was so drunk
I couldn't even stand,
but somehow we made
it to the bunker.
What do you mean, what bunker?
It's out the back,
through the woods.
Show me.
You don't wanna go out--
You show me now!
Okay.
You really don't need--
Go! Go!
Is this the spot?
In there.
Show me.
(sirens blaring)
Yeah, that sounds
like Louis' truck.
I'm on my way now.
Thanks, Allison.
This is it.
Sit down over there.
How much did Billy tell you?
A man of God shouldn't
run away from his own sins.
Fran:
Louis.
Drop the gun, Louis.
I can't.
Some things you
only get with a gun.
Toss it! You wanna die?!
It's okay.
He just wants to talk!
Just toss the gun away, Franny!
Toss it!
Okay, Louis. Okay.
I'm putting it down.
Come in here
where I can see you.
Slow.
I'm coming nice and slow, okay?
It's just me, Louis.
Okay?
Not too close.
I'm just gonna keep
my eyes on you, okay?
Tell me what happened.
Go on!
Like I said, I can't remember
how we got down here, but...
I was sitting here.
Lyle and Delia,
they were over there,
they were kissing,
all innocent at first.
And at some point...
Lyle, he wanted more
than just kissing ya know?
And then what?
I tried to tell him to stop,
but I was so fucked up,
I couldn't form the words,
I couldn't help.
Okay.
He just laughed at me
and kept on at her,
and then she pushed him away.
Then he reached for her,
and he grabbed her shirt,
and ripped it and Billy--
- Fran: That's enough.
- No, it's not!
And that's when he
got on top of her.
She kept fighting,
but he was too strong for her.
Once he finished, you know,
having his way with her,
Billy must've went next
because all I remember is
him pulling up his pants.
How did she die?
Somewhere along the line
she must of hit her head.
She was all still.
That's when somehow I managed
to call my big sister,
Sheriff Franny.
You knew about this?
By the time I got here,
Lyle and Billy were long gone.
He was sitting next to her,
out of his mind.
How did Delia get home?
She drove her to your place.
Left her on the floor
so you might take the blame.
To save you.
That's a terrible
thing you done.
I know.
And I am so sorry.
We're gonna do what we should
have done a long time ago.
We're gonna fess up,
we're going to
clear your name, Louis.
Then people,
they're going to
see you differently now.
No.
I don't care what anyone
thinks about me.
I just wanted to find out
the truth.
It's not just for the birds.
That's just a metaphor.
I know about those now.
Louis!
The police are here!
It's over, buddy.
Fran: He's got a gun, Bo.
Stand down.
Bo: Come out slowly
with your hands up.
It's under control, Bo.
Hey, I'm Sheriff now, damn it!
You're going down for this,
Fran!
Louis, drop the weapon.
(gunshot firing)
Louis!
Damn it.
Stacker: Louis.
Bo: He had his gun
raised at me.
- Shit.
- (coughing)
Stacker:
It's okay.
- I wanna go home.
- You will.
Bo: Alison, I need you
to send an ambulance.
Rosie's gotta watch for
predators.
Yeah, yeah, she does.
Louis: She's too young
to be alone.
Chickadees are pretty birds.
Here, pretty bird.
Here, pretty bird...
(birds chirping)
(background chatter)
(gentle piano music)
There's a land
beyond the river
They call the Sweet Forever
You only reach the shore
by faith's decree
One by one
we'll gain the portals
There to dwell
with the immortals
As they ring them golden bells
for you and me
Goodbye, Delia.
(gulls squawking)
Men harmonizing:
There is a land
Beyond the river, Lord
And they call her
sweet, Sweet Forever
And we'll only reach
that shore
By faith's decree
Shore by faith's decree
One by one
We will gain the portals
Oh, there to dwell
With the other immortals
When they ring them
golden bells
For you and me
(For you and me)
Oh, don't you hear
Those bells a-ringing?
Lord, don't you hear
Those angels singing?
'Tis the glory
Hallelujah jubilee
Oh, in that far off
Sweet Forever
Just beyond
that shining river
Hallelujah
When they ring them
golden bells
For you and me
(For you and me)
Now when our days
Shall know no number
Don't we need the
sweet, sweet slumber
And when the King commands
Our spirit to be free
(Spirit to be free)
Well then we shall know
No pain, no sorrow
No death in the sweet
tomorrow
When they ring them
Golden bells for you and me
For you and me
Oh
Don't you hear those bells
a-ringing?
Lord, don't you hear
Those angels singing?
'Tis the glory
Hallelujah jubilee
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Lord, in that far off
Sweet Forever
Just beyond
the shining river
Hallelujah
When they ring them
golden bells
For you and me
(For you and me)
Delia was a gambler
She gambled all around
She was a gambling girl
She laid her money down
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia's dear mother
took a trip out west
When she returned,
little Delia had gone to rest
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia's mother wept,
Delia's father moaned
Wouldn't have been so bad
if that child had died at home
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia, Delia,
how can it be?
Say you love them rounders
and don't love me
She's all I've got, is gone
Curtis, he's in
the bar room
Drinking out of
the silver cup
Delia, she's in the graveyard,
may not never wake up
She's all I've got, is gone
Rubber tire buggy,
double seated hack
Taken Delia to the cemetery
but failed to bring her back
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia, Delia,
poor girl, she's gone
All I hate, she gone
and left me all alone
She's all I've got, is gone
Judge said to Curtis,
what's the fuss about?
On account of those gamblers
trying to drive me out
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia's dear mother
took a trip out west
When she returned,
little Delia had gone to rest
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia's mother wept,
Delia's father mourned
Wouldn't have been so bad
if that child had died at home
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia, Delia,
how can it be?
You say you love them rounders
and don't love me
She's all I've got, is gone
Curtis, he's in the bar room,
drinking out of the silver cup
Delia, she's in the graveyard
and may not ever wake up
She's all I've got, is gone
Rubber tire buggy,
double seated hack
Taken Delia to the cemetery
but failed to bring her back
She's all I've got, is gone
Up on the house top,
higher than I could see
Looking at those rounders
looking out for me
She's all I've got, is gone
So, Curtis...
Curtis looking high,
Curtis looking low
Shot poor Delia down
with that hating .44
She's all I've got,
is gone
(birds chirping)
(gentle piano music)
- Ready, Delia?
- Okay, let's.
And a one, and a two, and a one,
two, three, four.
There's a land
beyond the river
(laughing)
That we call
the Sweet Forever
And we only reach that shore
by faith's...
(laughing)
- All right, you try it.
- Yeah, okay.
(humming)
(laughing)
Trout's ready.
Go on. You cook it.
Just pour in the oil,
easy-peasy.
Yeah, but what about the recipe?
Just put the oil in the skillet
and cook the damn fish, Louis.
But you said you'd do
this recipe.
I changed my mind.
Things change sometimes, Louis.
Louis: Well, I like it
when things stay the same.
You try it.
You've gotta learn sometime.
And I want to eat
before we head into town.
When I cook fish,
I only use oil.
(chuckling)
Delia: Louis, will you just
forget about it?
Louis:
Well, what did he do?
Just tell me the truth.
Delia:
Okay, okay.
When dad died,
he pulled me close.
You were out tending to your
birds or some other.
Her said he lived a double life
for years.
Said he hit and ran over a kid
when he was 19.
He would have just kept on
confessing but I told him...
told him to hurry up and die.
My secrets are coming
to the grave.
The truth is for the birds.
Ravens know how to imitate us
better than parrots do.
Ravens sure are clever.
Is that so?
(soul music playing on radio)
Pull over in front of the
pharmacy here, Louis.
Woman singing:
This must be my day now
Whoa, yeah
Whoa, yeah
I'll see you back here in five,
okay?
- Five minutes.
- Good.
What do you need that for,
Delia?
Some things you only get
with a gun.
That's not right.
This world ain't right,
but we gotta live in it,
don't we?
(tense music)
(sighing)
Fran:
See that race last night?
Nope, I was watching
the Buckeyes.
Darby grabbed a quarter in the
home stretch,
messed up her leg.
Don't trust that horse anymore.
Yeah, I always lose
at the track,
don't much care for horses.
(laughing)
Yeah, you would.
Grab some pylons,
I want to see how those boys
are doing on that water main.
Yep.
Can't be drinking it
when it's that murky.
Nah, a little bit of chemical
is good for you.
- Hey, Frank.
- Afternoon, Sheriff.
"Little bit of chemical is good
for you?"
Then what's the point of having
those purifiers, then?
It's our body's job.
Too many people have allergies
these days.
Excuse me, Louis.
Need to move your truck.
Bo: Too close to the hydrant
there, Louis.
Louis:
Yes, sir. Too close.
I know I'm splitting hairs here,
but if you just slide back three
or four feet, you're golden.
What colour am I?
Just move your truck, Louis.
Thank you.
Louis: Move your truck.
Move your truck.
What are you doing here, anyhow?
I'm waiting for Delia.
Have a good day, buddy.
- (truck engine revving)
- Louis: Good day.
(tense music)
Go.
Drive!
Back home.
You shouldn't steal.
Nobody can afford medicine
anymore.
The locker had plenty
of pills, so--
Yeah, but you shouldn't steal,
Delia.
But these are for you, Louis.
(soul music playing on stereo)
I've got to get away
Oh yeah
I've got to get away
I just have to get away
Somehow
You're a sweet man, Louis.
You know how much I love you,
right?
People are always going to see
you different, but it's okay,
'cause you're better
than them.
That's the God's honest truth.
Come.
Let me teach you how to dance
with a woman.
Come on.
But now she's with that
other guy
That's it.
It looks like my well,
my well has run dry
I just got to get away
I know you don't...
you don't like change, Louis,
so don't get angry, okay?
I got laid off.
But they're offering me work out
on that line near Toledo.
I'm gonna move out there.
I'm really sorry, Louis.
You can't move out west.
Delia: I don't have a choice.
I've gotta work, Louis.
But you live here, with me.
Delia: I just got you six
months' worth of pills.
You're full time
at the hardware store.
You can get by on your own.
Louis:
I don't want to.
You got by those two weeks
I went hunting with Morag.
Hey, look, I'm sorry.
Louis, I'm sorry.
Let's go to the tavern
and have a drink,
we'll talk about it there.
No, no, I go to bed at 9:30.
- I know--
- I don't drink.
I know, but one beer
won't kill you.
I don't drink
'cause it makes me mean.
Dad's gone now, Lou.
You can do what you want.
Just come out with me tonight,
it will be fun!
Louis:
I go to bed at 9:30!
Ow! Ow!
Let go of me, Louis!
That hurts.
(breathing heavily)
Relax, Louis.
You're hurting me.
You can't leave, Delia.
Okay. All right.
All right.
I'll drink here tonight.
Hmm?
You can go to bed?
(breathing heavily)
9:30.
I've got beer in the fridge.
Just relax. Come on.
We'll figure it out in the
morning, I promise.
I'm just-- I'm gonna go get
my beer, okay?
(soul music playing on stereo)
(door unlatching and closing)
Delia?
(car door closing)
(engine revving)
(birds chirping)
Bo:
Yeah, this place right here.
Delia?
Delia?
(fly buzzing)
Delia?
Delia?
- Delia, wake up.
- (knocking at door)
- (knocking continues)
- Bo: Louis?
Louis, you in there, bud?
Louis:
Oh no...
Bo:
Hey Delia, you in there?
- Oh no...
- (knocking at door)
Hey, Louis, I--
You all right, bud?
You got some blood
on your hands.
Fran: There was a break-in
at the pharmacy,
we need to talk to Delia.
Delia's gone.
- What?
- What?
Delia's gone and I don't know
what's up there beyond the sky.
Hey, bud, we're just gonna--
We're gonna have to take a look,
Louis.
Why don't you step back, okay?
We're just gonna have
a look inside.
Anybody else--
Oh shit!
Delia? Oh, God.
Oh shit.
What happened, Louis?
- Bo: Send me an ambulance.
- I don't know.
I don't know, I was--
I was drinking last night.
Fran:
You do all this?
Yeah, yeah.
You hurt your sister?
Mm-hm. Mm-hm.
- I did, I did. I grabbed her.
- Fran: Why'd you grab her?
I grabbed her last night because
she said she was leaving,
she said that she was moving.
Bo: But you didn't want
her to go?
Louis: No, you see,
I could have gone with her,
but I told her I go to bed
every night at 9:30.
Every night, 9:30!
I'm so stupid!
- Fran: Okay, come with us.
- So stupid!
Walk nice and slow, Louis.
Okay, bud. Here's what I'm gonna
need from you.
I'm gonna need you to walk
outside.
Fran: Come on out slowly.
Okay now, Louis.
Bo: Walk straight out the door
and to the left to the truck.
We'll sort this whole thing out.
Okay, buddy.
(tense music)
(wind rustling)
Judge: Will the defendant
please rise?
Mr. Hollins, would you like to
make a statement
that I might consider before
passing sentence?
I've been thinking--
Lawyer: He has nothing to say,
your honour.
Judge:
Counsellor, please.
Do you understand that you have
entered a plea of guilty
to voluntary manslaughter?
Well, I understand I killed
my sister,
and the Lord says,
whoever takes a human life
shall be put to death.
(crowd murmuring)
I deserve that.
Judge:
Your remorse has been noted.
Louis Hollins, I hereby sentence
you to five years
at an Ohio state correctional
facility.
(gavel banging)
(gagging)
(alarm buzzing)
Louis!
(gagging)
Larry: All right, Tom.
Right this way.
All right, everybody,
it's a beautiful day.
Let's get some exercise.
Jen, you okay back there?
Right down there.
Stay over by the right side.
Hold onto the railing.
Hey, Louis,
we're going down by the lake,
get some exercise.
Come on with.
There's plenty of birds down
there, too.
Let's go.
Therapist:
Eyes back on me.
Larry told me you brought up
the incident in the river.
I nearly drowned in the river
out back of our house.
I know.
That resulted in brain trauma.
What else do you remember?
They took mom to the hospital
after that.
Then Delia took care of me.
She kept saying mom
took her life.
but I don't see how you could
take a life.
Therapist:
It's an expression, Louis.
Your brain injury shows mostly
the same symptoms
as those on the spectrum.
Remember, not everything we say
is as it sounds, right?
Metaphors, jokes.
Mom never joked.
Therapist:
How about Delia?
Did she ever make you laugh?
You know, if you talk about her,
it can help us get back to
the old Louis.
I also heard you sang.
What's your favourite song?
"Ring Them Golden Bells."
Can you sing a little for me?
That's stupid.
(Louis reading aloud)
...Brown, and may be stubborn,
too. Rock pigeon...
Few birds have been associated
with humans so closely
as the Rock pigeon...
(birds chirping)
(knocking)
There's a visitor here for you.
Come on, Louis,
your first visitor,
that's exciting!
Hmm.
You can sign yourself out
for a few hours,
get out of my hair.
I can't leave here.
I live here.
Tell you what.
You go see him inside,
and I'll get you macaroni
for lunch today.
(quiet chattering)
Hello.
I guess you know Louis?
- Hey, Louis.
- Larry: You gonna be okay?
All right.
Stacker:
Do you know who I am?
Uh-uh.
Stacker:
Well, I'm from Ledding,
same as you.
Even now looking at you,
I can't help but remember
that strange kid that used to
wander up and down the roads,
barefoot and all,
dragging a stick
or pulling a damn wagon.
I used to drink with
Billy Dyson.
Well, he never drank much
so I did the drinking,
and then some.
Him and I were playing pool
at TJ's
that night your sister
Delia showed up.
(music playing,
bar patrons laughing)
I just bought that old bar
actually.
See, I'm in construction.
I'm gonna give it a new feel.
A pancake house.
You know, somewhere you take the
family after church.
You... you saw Delia that night?
Stacker:
Yeah.
But I got right
with the Lord since then.
Become a new man, sobered up,
AA and all that.
Been raising my daughter, Rosie.
Billy Dyson, he's tried to turn
his life around too.
Become a man of God.
He's got his own church
over there in Downey.
Saving folks one at a time.
Hell, I guess you could say
he even saved me.
Why are you telling me all this?
'Cause the truth is,
I don't know how much
you remember about that night--
The truth is for the birds.
Do you have cancer?
Why would you say that?
Nobody knows.
My dad had cancer.
But Delia took her secrets
to the grave.
Louis.
You don't know the whole truth,
how she died.
How do you know?
How do you know?!
Larry:
Hey, is everything all right?
Yes, we're fine. We're fine.
Sorry, thank you.
Tell me what you know!
Tell me what you know!
Larry:
That's enough, Louis!
- It's okay, it's okay.
- Step back now. Okay?
-- Easy, big fella.
- Doreen: What's going on?!
Do you understand me, Louis?
Larry: Louis just got a little
over-excited.
Stacker:
We're not done here.
- Doreen: Okay.
- Hey, you be on your way now.
- Doreen: Come with me, sir.
- Okay, okay!
- Be on your way.
- Doreen: I said come with me.
Stacker:
Yes, fine! I'm on my way.
Okay.
(breathing heavily)
Louis: I'd like to learn
about all creatures.
Over in India, three men
separated a mama elephant
from her calf,
they just took the little guy.
And years later,
that mama found those men,
elephants' got a good memory,
like me.
She just wanted to know what
happened to her kin.
Larry: What's that?
Whose kin?
Delia's my only kin.
Larry: Listen,
you're eating alone today
on account of that outburst.
What was the name of that man?
Larry:
Who, the visitor?
Um, ledger said Stacker Cole.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Larry: I guess
he knew your sister?
What?
Louis, don't look at me
like that.
Whatever he said,
forget about it.
(grunting)
(groaning)
I'm sorry, Larry.
Hey, Louis.
Nurse:
Good morning.
Some fresh air, Louis?
Louis?
Louis? Where are you going?
(breathing heavily)
Bo: Yup, I hear you,
Miss James.
I know Louis, all right.
And Stacker.
Yeah, it does seem odd.
I'll get to the bottom of it.
Bye now.
(exhaling)
(exhaling)
(line ringing)
(phone vibrating)
Fran:
Detective Cole.
Bo: Hi, Fran.
Bo Walton here.
Fran: Sheriff Bo Walton.
What's going on?
Oh nothing, just got a call
about an assault.
It was at that Deerhurst
mental home.
It was Louis.
Yeah, he disappeared
after your brother
paid him a little visit.
Bit strange, isn't it?
Hmm, no shit!
Yeah, I don't know what's
going on,
I'm just going to head over
there right now.
Franny?
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Larry: Well, the visit happened
right over here.
And then as soon as I saw the
altercation happen,
- I intervened.
- You gonna press charges?
Uh, well, it is within my right,
but I don't have to.
Oh, no, I didn't mean to say
you couldn't,
it's just more of a, you know,
anytime we can avoid--
you didn't have to come by.
Any sign of Louis?
Uh, no. That's what
we're just discussing.
This is State Police Detective
Francine Cole.
We used to work together.
Guess she's here to see why
her brother
is running around causing
mischief.
I was just about to ask these
folks if, uh,
if Louis had ever exhibited any
violent behaviour while here?
Doreen:
No, no.
Bo:
Okay.
And you had said that he got
a little agitated
- during the visit?
- No, um,
Mr. Cole said something to him,
and then Louis yelled,
- "What happened?"
- Let me ask you something.
How'd he just walk out of here?
Doreen: He finished serving
his sentence.
- This is a voluntary home.
- (phone vibrating)
They are free to come and go.
I've gotta take this, I'm sorry.
Maybe he's just out for a
stroll?
No, no, just the thought of
changing routines
sends him into a tizzy.
I don't think he'd go out
for a stroll.
Doreen: Yeah, your brother must
have really said something
to set him off like that.
Bo:
Yeah, thanks, Ian.
Yeah, sure enough,
Ben Patterson's boy
sees Louis walking outside
his old house,
doing God knows what.
I'm gonna go pick him up before
we miss him.
- I'll come with you.
- I got it.
- Like hell.
- All right, we got it.
- I'll drive.
- I'm driving.
(Bo scoffing)
She's a peach.
Thank you so much.
Appreciate it.
Louis: Pick a card,
any card, Delia.
Okay.
Do I keep it
or do I show it to you?
- Got it.
- You won't forget?
- No, I'll remember.
- All right.
All right, what was your card,
Delia?
Delia:
Six of spades.
No!
(laughing)
(door creaking)
(engine sputtering)
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
"Some things you only get
with a gun."
Yep, sounds good.
No, I appreciate you calling,
Ian.
All right, bye.
Yeah, so Louis was spotted
leaving his house heading east.
- Maybe try to cut him off at--
- Purdon Line.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Purdon line.
Yeah, that's right.
(Siren wailing)
This car is a pigsty.
Doesn't Alison clean in here
anymore?
She took a break after you left.
Oh, you think I miss
that shit hole station?
You know, I prefer it a bit
shambolic.
- What?
- A beautiful mess.
You know, they say that
creative people
live in messy environments,
you ever heard of that?
Like, Einstein had a messy room.
Kinda like that.
(Siren wailing)
(Siren stops)
That's Louis, all right.
(tense music)
Slow down, buddy!
Well, that's not Louis.
Maybe he took a turn down
Maple Hill?
Could have went up Kells Road,
what do you think?
Where do you think he's going?
I don't know.
When I retire, maybe I'll snatch
up one of these little farms.
Have some chickens.
A goat or two.
Cattle, uh-uh,
stay away from them.
But not goats?
When I was living at
my ex-husband's ranch--
goddamn his soul.
One day, he's giving it to me on
the living room couch.
He stops, he stands up,
he's all bug-eyed,
I said, "Finish me off,
Jesus Christ!"
But he's just staring
out the window.
I get up,
I see this ornery old goat
just standing on the hood
of his brand new Chevy pickup.
He's-- he's chewing on
the antenna!
Just bit the thing right off,
just staring at him,
as if to say "Screw you
for not buying a Dodge."
(chuckling)
You'd like to own some of
them goats.
Personality in livestock is...
it's hard to come by.
Let's go see Stacker.
Is Stacker Cole here?
You say something?
I said, is Stacker Cole here?
No, he's picking up his
daughter.
You the drywall guy?
I need to talk to Stacker Cole
about my sister.
Billy Dyson lives in Downey.
Stacker Cole was at the tavern.
Well, what do you think?
I think you've been acting funny
lately, dad.
(giggling)
I just got a lot on my mind,
is all.
(kids laughing)
Louis: Hi.
Hi, who are you?
Wow, you have big eyes.
Ostriches have eyes bigger than
their brains.
They can spot predators two
miles away.
Is that an iPhone?
Do you have Google on
that phone?
Boy:
Yeah, why?
Well, I want to search Billy
Dyson's address here in Downey.
We're not supposed to talk
to strangers,
and you're strange.
Wait here.
- Girl: Is that a kite:
- Boy: I think so.
My dad made this for me.
I need to search your phone.
Want to trade?
Boy:
So what's the name again?
I can't tell you my name.
They might be looking
for me by now.
No, like, the man
you're looking for.
- Billy Dyson.
- Who is looking for you?
- Greys are so boring, dad.
- You're boring.
- You're boring.
- You're boring.
- You're boring!
- You're boring!
- Just pick a shade!
- No, it's boring.
Too grey.
Hey there, Stack.
Hey, Bogey.
- Bo: How you doing, Missy?
- Rose: Good.
Hi, Aunt Franny.
Kid.
Well, we need to have a chat
about your visit with Louis.
Hey, why don't you take
these colours
and go pick one that you like,
okay?
But not pink.
What's wrong?
Oh, other than Louis attacking a
male nurse and then just...
disappearing.
Where'd he go?
Bo: Kinda hoping you
might tell us.
Fran:
Why'd you visit him?
To tell him the truth.
Tell him the truth?
What's the truth?
What'd you say?
I told him that I was drinking
with her that night.
- You brought up Delia?
- I did.
Bo: Yeah, okay, we all know that
this was the last place
Delia was seen before she died.
Is there something else we
should know?
No.
- Bo: So nothing?
- Stacker: No.
Anything else, Bo?
No, not right now.
Not that I can think of.
Okay, let us know if you hear
from Louis.
Our number's still the same.
Oh yeah? So is mine.
- Bye, Rosie.
- Bye, Aunt Franny.
Good to see you.
Hope you know what you're doing
here, Stacker.
Everyone loves pancakes,
Sheriff.
He's Sheriff now.
That's right, don't forget it.
What's going on, dad?
Nothing, nothing, nothing.
Just your Aunt Franny being your
crazy Aunt Franny.
Come on, sit down.
Show me what you got.
Spiced pumpkin and candied yams.
Sounds like something we should
put on the menu,
not on the wall.
Not a chance, pick another one.
Is it true
that when you're cremated,
they burn your body?
Where's this coming from?
I don't want to be burned.
Do you?
I hadn't, um, actually
thought about it.
No. How about that?
Was, um, Delia Hollins cremated?
Were you eavesdropping?
I mean...
if I knew I was going to die,
I'd be scared.
Everyone's scared of dying.
You said Mom wasn't,
driving through that stop sign.
Well, she didn't have time.
Hey.
Maybe that's the best way.
Come here.
(knocking)
Hi.
Is this Billy Dyson's house?
It is.
I need to talk to him.
Come in.
Someone's here for you, Bill!
Hello there.
Are you Pastor Dyson?
I am indeed.
How can I help you?
Do you know who I am?
You look familiar.
This is my wife, Helena.
We met already.
I haven't met your eldest boy.
Does he have good manners, too?
Gregory is not--
He's not here.
Where is he?
How can I help you?
Was he killed
like my sister Delia?
Helena:
Do you know him?
Greggie was adopted.
Why don't you go
to your room, buddy?
I wanna play here.
What happened to Delia?
I don't know, Louis.
Louis Hollins?
Go to your room!
Stacker Cole said you were
with him the night Delia died.
I have to finish a sermon
so let's--
let's continue this conversation
across the road, shall we Louis?
What's going on, Bill?
I'll see you later.
Bill?
Bo: I hate to say it,
but I think your brother
might be hiding something.
You know what?
I think I'll take another look
at Delia's case file
tonight when I get home.
How is married life, Bo?
It's great, yeah.
I don't miss it.
What happened to Delia?
Please, Louis.
It's Saturday.
You need to go home now
and rest.
I don't follow
my Sabbath any more.
How do you know
about my Sabbath?
Your father.
Good bye now.
How do you know my father?
He was a gentle man.
Like yourself.
Go rest.
You should embrace
your faith again.
Are you a Seventh Day Adventist
preacher?
No.
Dad used to say our soul's
sleep until Judgment Day,
but I don't know when
that'll be for Delia.
Well, some people feel that if
our souls go straight to Heaven
when we die, what's the point
of resurrection?
I'm sure your father read
Martin Luther to you growing up?
"As soon as thine eyes have
closed shalt thou be woken."
"A thousand years shall
feel as if I'd slept
for about a half-hour."
You've got a good memory, Louis.
Delia says like an elephant,
but I think that's
just a metaphor.
(chuckling)
Yes, it is.
The Peregrine Falcon can
fly up to 200 miles an hour.
Is that right?
It flies way high up in the sky,
then it barrels
down for its prey.
You're interested in wildlife?
Things that fly and elephants.
I need to go to work.
You need to go home.
Enjoy your Sabbath again.
I can't enjoy anything
until I figure out
what happened to Delia.
Put that away, Louis.
You know it isn't right.
This world isn't right,
but we gotta live in it anyhow.
Come in my office.
I'll tell you the truth.
Have a seat.
Brother Stacker
told you about me?
Stacker Cole never
mentioned you were brothers.
In Christ, Louis.
As you are also my brother.
Delia was my only kin.
Were you drinking
with Delia that night?
Yeah, I was there
with Stacker and Lyle.
Who's Lyle?
My cousin, Lyle.
Who's your cousin Lyle?
Lyle Dyson.
We were just drinking
and having fun.
Did he kill Delia?
Are you calling your cousin?
(phone ringing)
I'm calling the police, Louis.
But why?
For your own good.
Leave right now and I will
not mention a word about this.
(grunting)
(grunting)
(grunting)
(panting)
Wake up.
Where does Lyle Dyson live?
I can't do this! I can't do it.
This puzzle is hard, Louis.
Do you see the fisherman, Delia?
Oh yeah.
He might just fall
into that waterfall.
(both laughing)
He's looking for trout.
Oh, is that what
he's looking for?
Okay.
(chuckling)
(exhaling)
(phone ringing)
You've reached Stacker Cole.
Leave a message.
(beeping)
(exhaling)
(dialing)
(phone ringing)
- (phone vibrating)
- 3-35 in the fourth quarter.
21-17 Nebraska...
Hello?
Hey, got any leads tonight?
Anything useful
in Delia's file?
Hey, there.
No, nope, nothing yet.
Why? You hear something?
Uh...
I got a couple ideas
I'm working on.
I'm at home.
Where are you going with this?
We looked into
that already remember?
Why don't you just get
your fat ass over here?
Yeah, why don't you
just stop by the station
tomorrow in the morning?
Bye.
(sighing)
Delia:
Truth is for the birds.
Lyle Dyson at
Hugh Excavating LTD.
Lyle Dyson at
Hugh Excavating LTD.
When Louis mentioned
his sister Delia,
I saw Bill go white.
I should never have let him
walk off with that crazy man.
It's not your fault.
Course not!
He sleeps over there
when he's working late,
but I should've suspected.
Let me ask you this.
Billy being a pastor and all.
A lot of people confided in him.
Do you think that
Billy might have known
something about Delia,
maybe about her death?
We all know Billy,
Lyle, and Stacker were with
Delia that night drinking.
I didn't know that.
He never told you?
Oh.
Where do I turn?
Man:
Fire up conveyer two!
Excuse me.
Which one is Lyle Dyson?
What's that?
Which one is Lyle Dyson?!
I got no kiddie
fiddlers on my crew.
I fired his sorry ass.
Hey, you gotta be
wearing a helmet back here.
Go on, get back.
Excuse me.
Where does Lyle Dyson live?
Woman:
Hey, let's go!
See how thick she is?
Like a milkshake.
Is that on a jig?
Nah, man, lures.
I use crank-bait.
I got this purple one
with an orange belly.
I used to make lures.
Oh yeah?
Yeah. Wet fly streamers,
imitating leeches and crayfish.
Hey, you work here, man or what?
What's your deal?
I'm looking for Lyle Dyson.
Lyle Dyson?
If he's awake, he's drinking.
Well, where does
he do his drinking?
Why do you care where
Lyle does his drinking?
I need to ask him some questions
about my sister, Delia.
Oh...
Oh, that sick bastard.
Yeah, he'll be Cheffy's.
You know Cheffy's?
It's a bar on the corner
of Fulsom and County Rd 9.
Fulsom and County Rd 9.
Fulsom and County Road 9.
You're pissing up
the wrong tree.
This has nothing to
do with Delia's death.
Well, I think you might have
some blinders on there, Franny.
Stacker being your
brother and all.
That has nothing to do with it.
There's a murder now in Downey.
There's an unhinged
dude running around.
This is way above
your pay grade.
Well, Louis assaulted a nurse
in Ledding, so technically--
You are not on
this homicide, Bo.
But, Fran,
if we're talking about--
You going to go up against me?
(chuckling)
I just want us to do our jobs.
I'm not telling you again.
Yeah, well, I am a Sheriff so.
Are you still here fat ass?
You've become a real
piece of work.
And Delia's murder case
is still my jurisdiction,
you know that.
(rock music playing on radio)
Give her, Daniels! Give her!
Ride you shit-for-brains.
Are you Lyle?
What'd you say?
No. That's Lyle.
Are you Lyle Dyson?
I'm Louis Hollins.
My sister was Delia Hollins.
Louis Hollins.
(laughing)
I just saw ya on the TV.
What happened to Delia?
Tell me!
Piss off.
Hey, you following me?
Yeah, I'm following you.
Pastor Dyson said
it was your fault.
Did you kill Delia?
What did Billy tell you
before you killed him?
You tell me what
happened to my sister.
Easy there.
We drank with her,
then she went home.
And you killed her.
(grunting)
(laughing)
(grunting)
(grunting)
(grunting)
I don't ever wanna hear
that name Delia Hollins again.
(car driving off)
And a one, and a two,
and a one, two, three, four...
There's a land
beyond the river...
(both laughing)
You gotta keep going, Delia.
Okay.
Where does Lyle Dyson live?
(saw whirring)
It's break time.
Two visits in two days.
You see the news?
Louis killed
God damn Billy Dyson.
Bashed his brains
all over the church floor.
What? You think I'm to blame?
Why you poking at him,
why you buy this place?
Because I'm trying to do
something good around here.
More than you can
say for yourself.
I've done nothing
but look out for you.
Really? Okay. What about Rosey?
You were like a mother to her,
but after that night
you just stopped
showing up to see her.
When you became a bible thumper
that was really it for me.
I'm sorry you started
to hate yourself.
One bad thing don't
gotta lead to another.
Is that what happened?
It's exactly what happened.
You started drinking, right.
Then you lost your job.
- I got promoted.
- Okay.
And then what about that bad
shooting and the time off,
from the skimming on the side.
And you're a saint?
You know the shit I took being
the only female Sheriff around?
Oh. What a grand excuse.
Why don't you run along now?
Go collect your bribes or
whatever you do with your day.
I'm gonna go
check on Lyle Dyson.
He's the lowest
scum of the earth,
but, hey, that's what I do.
I protect people.
(knocking)
Lyle Dyson, are you in there?
Who's there?
I'm Louis Hollins.
I'm looking for Lyle Dyson.
Have you see him?
Does it look like it?
He ain't here.
You're Lucinda Hollins'
simpleton son?
Doreen says we
can't use that word.
Hell, this country's so fixed
on calling everything fancy,
they forget about
speaking the truth.
Your mother was a truth-seeker.
You knew my mom?
Everybody knows
everybody around here.
She was in our County Orion.
A group of us seers
talking to the dead.
I can feel that
spirit in you too, boy.
Come here now.
Come here, show me your palms.
How do you know Lyle?
He's my dear brother.
Doctors say he's all messed up,
but I say he's
just misunderstood.
I imagine like you are, Louis.
Me and Lyle are nothing alike.
I haven't eaten all day.
Do you mind if I just--
Don't you touch my wings!
And put away that pistol, boy.
Well, if you're blind,
how do you know--
I can hear it and smell it.
You're a naughty boy, Louis.
You killed others
besides your sister
and you aim to kill again.
No, I never killed, Delia.
You see this here line?
It's straight to hell for you.
No!
I got hold of him, Lyle!
(gun firing)
Lyle?
Lyle?!
Lyle!
You're a coward, Lyle Dyson.
(crying)
You killed my brother, Louis.
No, he took his life.
It's Vicky Dyson!
Get me the police.
Louis Hollins just
killed my brother!
(Vicky crying)
Hey there, Franny.
Guess who they called first?
Go find a fucking
apple-fritter.
No, I'm not leaving.
The hell you won't.
He killed my Lyle!
See that?
There's Lyle. Shot himself.
- He killed my brother!
- I'm get ya a copy.
That's his crazy-ass sister.
You might not wanna go in there.
Okay, get lost.
Yeah, no!
Yeah, no, I won't get lost.
I'm sick of your shit.
Woo.
Bo's grown some little balls.
Don't make me pull your rock,
Fran.
I bet if I looked under it,
I'd find some
nasty critters, yeah?
I know you're tangled up
in all this somehow.
That's the first decent threat
I've heard out of you, Bo.
You might learn
to be Sheriff yet.
Although...
...you really need to
shoot at someone first,
at least draw your gun.
You ever shot at a human being?
Thankfully no. No, I have not.
I don't know what
you're trying to prove
with the wild west shit?
I would be the first to--
to pull my firearm if need be.
I'm gonna go canvas.
I'm gonna go see
if anyone's seen Louis.
You wait here,
you just twiddle your thumbs.
No, I'm done twiddling.
Bo!
I'll canvas. You wait here.
- I'm not your--
- Bo!
--fucking pet!
(car starting)
Shit. Shit.
(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)
(phone ringing)
Cole Contracting.
Oh, is this Missus Cole?
I'm looking for Stacker Cole.
No, I'm her daughter, Rose.
She's not, like,
with us anymore.
Alarm bells.
That means you got
a predator bearing down.
Scared chickadees.
Don't you hear them?
Chickadees are real pretty.
How old are you?
Twelve.
Well do you have
a big brother or a big sister
to watch over you?
No, it's just me.
Who is this?
I've been alone too
since my sister died.
You really shouldn't be alone,
so young and all.
(phone ringing)
Oh, I've got another
call coming in.
Can I speak with your father?
He's at the tavern.
Who is this?
- Take care.
- (phone ringing)
Hello?
Fran:
Hey, Rosey! Is your Dad home?
Uh, no.
Is something wrong, Aunt Franny?
He's not answering his cell.
Oh, he should be at the tavern.
I just got off the other
line with a strange man.
He wanted to know
where Dad was, too.
He was all into birds.
Who was it?
Was it Louis Hollins?
- That was Louis?
- What did you tell him?
I told him the truth.
Okay.
Of course you did, honey.
(phone ringing)
You've reached Stacker Cole.
Leave a message.
(beeping)
Answer the goddamn phone!
Stacker Cole?
Finish telling me
who killed Delia.
I was wondering
when you'd get here.
You tell me what happened
that night after you left!
I was so drunk
I couldn't even stand,
but somehow we made
it to the bunker.
What do you mean, what bunker?
It's out the back,
through the woods.
Show me.
You don't wanna go out--
You show me now!
Okay.
You really don't need--
Go! Go!
Is this the spot?
In there.
Show me.
(sirens blaring)
Yeah, that sounds
like Louis' truck.
I'm on my way now.
Thanks, Allison.
This is it.
Sit down over there.
How much did Billy tell you?
A man of God shouldn't
run away from his own sins.
Fran:
Louis.
Drop the gun, Louis.
I can't.
Some things you
only get with a gun.
Toss it! You wanna die?!
It's okay.
He just wants to talk!
Just toss the gun away, Franny!
Toss it!
Okay, Louis. Okay.
I'm putting it down.
Come in here
where I can see you.
Slow.
I'm coming nice and slow, okay?
It's just me, Louis.
Okay?
Not too close.
I'm just gonna keep
my eyes on you, okay?
Tell me what happened.
Go on!
Like I said, I can't remember
how we got down here, but...
I was sitting here.
Lyle and Delia,
they were over there,
they were kissing,
all innocent at first.
And at some point...
Lyle, he wanted more
than just kissing ya know?
And then what?
I tried to tell him to stop,
but I was so fucked up,
I couldn't form the words,
I couldn't help.
Okay.
He just laughed at me
and kept on at her,
and then she pushed him away.
Then he reached for her,
and he grabbed her shirt,
and ripped it and Billy--
- Fran: That's enough.
- No, it's not!
And that's when he
got on top of her.
She kept fighting,
but he was too strong for her.
Once he finished, you know,
having his way with her,
Billy must've went next
because all I remember is
him pulling up his pants.
How did she die?
Somewhere along the line
she must of hit her head.
She was all still.
That's when somehow I managed
to call my big sister,
Sheriff Franny.
You knew about this?
By the time I got here,
Lyle and Billy were long gone.
He was sitting next to her,
out of his mind.
How did Delia get home?
She drove her to your place.
Left her on the floor
so you might take the blame.
To save you.
That's a terrible
thing you done.
I know.
And I am so sorry.
We're gonna do what we should
have done a long time ago.
We're gonna fess up,
we're going to
clear your name, Louis.
Then people,
they're going to
see you differently now.
No.
I don't care what anyone
thinks about me.
I just wanted to find out
the truth.
It's not just for the birds.
That's just a metaphor.
I know about those now.
Louis!
The police are here!
It's over, buddy.
Fran: He's got a gun, Bo.
Stand down.
Bo: Come out slowly
with your hands up.
It's under control, Bo.
Hey, I'm Sheriff now, damn it!
You're going down for this,
Fran!
Louis, drop the weapon.
(gunshot firing)
Louis!
Damn it.
Stacker: Louis.
Bo: He had his gun
raised at me.
- Shit.
- (coughing)
Stacker:
It's okay.
- I wanna go home.
- You will.
Bo: Alison, I need you
to send an ambulance.
Rosie's gotta watch for
predators.
Yeah, yeah, she does.
Louis: She's too young
to be alone.
Chickadees are pretty birds.
Here, pretty bird.
Here, pretty bird...
(birds chirping)
(background chatter)
(gentle piano music)
There's a land
beyond the river
They call the Sweet Forever
You only reach the shore
by faith's decree
One by one
we'll gain the portals
There to dwell
with the immortals
As they ring them golden bells
for you and me
Goodbye, Delia.
(gulls squawking)
Men harmonizing:
There is a land
Beyond the river, Lord
And they call her
sweet, Sweet Forever
And we'll only reach
that shore
By faith's decree
Shore by faith's decree
One by one
We will gain the portals
Oh, there to dwell
With the other immortals
When they ring them
golden bells
For you and me
(For you and me)
Oh, don't you hear
Those bells a-ringing?
Lord, don't you hear
Those angels singing?
'Tis the glory
Hallelujah jubilee
Oh, in that far off
Sweet Forever
Just beyond
that shining river
Hallelujah
When they ring them
golden bells
For you and me
(For you and me)
Now when our days
Shall know no number
Don't we need the
sweet, sweet slumber
And when the King commands
Our spirit to be free
(Spirit to be free)
Well then we shall know
No pain, no sorrow
No death in the sweet
tomorrow
When they ring them
Golden bells for you and me
For you and me
Oh
Don't you hear those bells
a-ringing?
Lord, don't you hear
Those angels singing?
'Tis the glory
Hallelujah jubilee
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Lord, in that far off
Sweet Forever
Just beyond
the shining river
Hallelujah
When they ring them
golden bells
For you and me
(For you and me)
Delia was a gambler
She gambled all around
She was a gambling girl
She laid her money down
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia's dear mother
took a trip out west
When she returned,
little Delia had gone to rest
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia's mother wept,
Delia's father moaned
Wouldn't have been so bad
if that child had died at home
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia, Delia,
how can it be?
Say you love them rounders
and don't love me
She's all I've got, is gone
Curtis, he's in
the bar room
Drinking out of
the silver cup
Delia, she's in the graveyard,
may not never wake up
She's all I've got, is gone
Rubber tire buggy,
double seated hack
Taken Delia to the cemetery
but failed to bring her back
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia, Delia,
poor girl, she's gone
All I hate, she gone
and left me all alone
She's all I've got, is gone
Judge said to Curtis,
what's the fuss about?
On account of those gamblers
trying to drive me out
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia's dear mother
took a trip out west
When she returned,
little Delia had gone to rest
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia's mother wept,
Delia's father mourned
Wouldn't have been so bad
if that child had died at home
She's all I've got, is gone
Delia, Delia,
how can it be?
You say you love them rounders
and don't love me
She's all I've got, is gone
Curtis, he's in the bar room,
drinking out of the silver cup
Delia, she's in the graveyard
and may not ever wake up
She's all I've got, is gone
Rubber tire buggy,
double seated hack
Taken Delia to the cemetery
but failed to bring her back
She's all I've got, is gone
Up on the house top,
higher than I could see
Looking at those rounders
looking out for me
She's all I've got, is gone
So, Curtis...
Curtis looking high,
Curtis looking low
Shot poor Delia down
with that hating .44
She's all I've got,
is gone