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Ay, oh, let's go!
-What's up? -Dad -Ma said you wanted to talk to me
Yeah, I got something I gotta tell you
-Yes, what is it? -Mom already knows -What is it?
-This isn't easy for me, Dad -What is it? -Uh -Yes?
-Yes? -Um, I, um
What is it?
I'm gay. I'm gay, Dad. I'm gay. I'm gay, Dad.
(crying)
Daddy?
(music)
Ay, oh, let's go!
-What's up? -Dad -Ma said you wanted to talk to me
Yeah, I got something I gotta tell you
-Yes, what is it? -Mom already knows -What is it?
-What is it? -I'm gay, Dad -Oh, my God
-Dad -Oh, my God
So am I
Your mother said you wanted to talk to me
-Yeah, I got something I gotta tell you -What is it?
-It's hard -What is it?
-Mom already knows -What is it?
-It isn't easy -Yes
-I, uh -What is it?
I'm gay, Dad
-Is that all? -Dad? -I always thought you were, ever since you were little
I'm glad you feel comfortable enough about your own sexuality that you can admit
it to yourself
Your mother and I, we just want to be happy, Leo
-Wow -And healthy, too
-You do practice safe sex? -Absolutely
Well, then as long as you're happy that's all that matters, Leo
At some point in their lives most men experience at least a casual flirtation
with the normal
homosexual impulses that pump through their veins. When I was a young man, I myself had a chance
encounter with my best friend
It started off as a drunken arm wrestling match
Ended up a bit more complicated
I filed it way under life experience
My friend, however, he went off to war
-Stepped in front of a bullet, had his head blown off -I don't know what to say
-You've already said it -But your opinion's so cool
Hey, don't sell your father short. Just because I don't ascribe to your own *** orientation
I would never have the pomposity
to morally condemn something which is out of the realm of my own
personal inclination
Wow, Dad, when I grow up I wanna be just like you
Hey, I just want you to be happy, Leo. Your father loves you
Dad
Leo
Come on in, stranger. Have a seat
Your mother said you wanted to talk to me
-Dad -Yes? -I got something I need to tell you
-What is it? -Mom already knows -What is it?
-It's hard, Dad -Yes -It's not easy for me
-Yes -Um -What is it, son?
Uh, Dad, I'm gay
(loud music on the car radio) -Dad! Dad! I've got something I need to tell you -What is it?
(turns off the radio) I'm gay
(gasp for air) Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, Dad? (crash)
Mom said you wanted to talk to me
-Dad -Yes? -I got something I gotta tell you -What is it, Leo?
-Look, Mom already knows -What is it? -It's hard, Dad
-What is it? -What I gotta say -What is it?
-Could you please stop yelling at me? -I'm not yelling -Yes, you are too. You're always yelling and I can't stand it anymore
-Just stop yelling for once -What do you want to tell me already?
None of your stupid mother-*** business, alright? All you ever do is yell at me my whole life
And I *** can't stand it any more. Why can't we just talk?
-*** you and your big *** mouth -Son of a ***, don't you ever talk to your father like that. Do you understand me?
I don't care how old you are. Do you understand me?
-Do you understand me? Do you understand? -Yeah
Now, what do you want to tell me?
Mom said you wanted to talk to me
Dad, I'm gay
-I don't want to hear this -Well, I am
-I don't want to hear this -I'm gay
-You just told me the worst thing in the world -Thanks, Dad
-Do you still love me? -Don't ask me that like I'm on trial here
-It's a simple question -You just threw a brick in my face
-Do you still love me? -You will always be a member of this family, but, in my honest opinion
you belong on the other side of the street in the gutter with the freaks
-So, I'm a freak -You're being honest, Leo
-I'm being honest -You just called your son a freak -You don't like the truth
-You just to a brick in my face -Well truth hurts, don't it
-Do you still love me? -You're my son
I thought I was a freak
Your mother said you wanted to talk to me
Aghh! Why do you always attack your father?
-I'm not attacking, I'm fighting back -But I'm your father -*** you
You're nothing but a bad dream that rolled over in his sleep years ago and slipped it into my mother by accident
-But I love you -*** you
All you ever did was push me away and push me away 'cause you wanted me to grow up normal
and well-adjusted like you. Stop pushing me away
Daddy, stand still, I'm gonna knock your teeth down your *** throat
-How are you gonna be happy? -How is anyone happy?
-How are you happy? -I'm not happy
Well neither am I
I'm looking back on my life
and all they see is a big blank. I don't know who you are. What did we ever talk about?
I can't remember
And I want my father back because I feel like I was always pretending
sitting around, smiling
being a good boy and the whole time about to explode with this
deep, dark, perverted secret that no one could understand but me
and made me a freak in the eyes of God
But I can't live by your rules anymore because I'm about to explode and I can't stop it
And I want my life back and I wanna be happy, because I'm not a freak
Do you understand me, Daddy? Do you understand me?
-I'm not a freak -It's all my fault
Stop being so *** self-centered
and think about what I'm telling you and what I'm going through
because I'm the one going through it not you
and I need love right now you *** piece of ***
Do you understand me?
I need love
Your father loves you!
I don't know who you are. I have no father. I have only myself, I am finally in control
My father is dead and I am free
Free of his hate. Free of his love. Free of his anger
Free of him
Your Mom said you wanted to talk to me
-Dad -Yes? -I got something I gotta tell you -What is it?
-Mom already knows -What is it, Leo? -It's hard, Dad -What is it?
-It's really not easy for me -You can tell me, I'm your father
-It's really, really hard for me -I'm your father, I love you
-Well, Dad, I'm gay
I'm sorry, what?
-I said I'm gay, Dad -As in homosexual?
Yeah, as in homosexual
My son, prepare to die
-But I thought you loved me -I thought I knew you -You do know me. You know me better now
-No, I don't -Why, because I said I'm gay?
No. Because you're a *** freak that's gonna wind up dead in the gutter at the end of a two-by-four
Because someday soon you're gonna pinch the wrong behind, Leo
And he's gonna turn around and rip your eye right out of your freaking head
*** AIDS carrier
I am not an AIDS carrier
You're a *** ***! And all faggots are AIDS carriers!
I knew you'd be upset
-How the hell are you going to be happy? -How is anyone happy? How are you happy? -Oh, Leo, but I'm not happy
I used to think I was happy. But, then again, I used to think I knew my son
I used to think I knew something about the boy I raised
I used to think I could teach him something. That maybe someday I could see a little part of me growing up inside of him
-There's a lot of you growing up inside of me -Don't say that
I never even suspected
So what were you seeing all of that time? I mean, I'm lost here, Dad
If me telling you that I'm gay changes everything then what was there before
that's gonna change?
Who were you seeing all of that time that you don't see now?
I gotta be honest, I got no idea
and that's what scares me. I'm sorry, kiddo
But just because you got my blood in your veins doesn't mean I'm gonna stand back
and watch you *** on everything I built my life around
-I am telling you I will not accept -Daddy -I will not accept
My whole life means nothing without a son
So who the hell am I? And who the hell are you?
I want my *** son back and it's all my fault
It's all my fault, It's all my fault, It's all my fault, It's all my fault
Hey, Leo
Mom said you wanted to talk to me
(music)