Nicholas Pileggi - Goodfellas: Billy Batts Scene lyrics

(I always dreamed the boy I love would come along And he'd be tall and handsome, rich and strong Now that boy I love has come to me But he sure ain't the way I though he'd be) (A smoky, overdecorated co*ktail lounge and nightclub on Queens Boulevard. Sergio Franchi is in full voice on the jukebox. It is after midnight. It has been a long night. Balloons and empty gla**es litter the place. BILLY BATTS, a 50-year-old hood in an out-of-date suit, holding court at the bar. We see a younger, more sharply-dressed Hood walk in with a beehive girl friend and hug Batts.) BATTS Vito! HOOD Welcome home, Batts. BATTS Sit down. Have a drink. Give them all a drink. And give those Irish hoodlums a drink. (We see three other men, including HENRY HILL and JAMES CONWAY, standing near Billy Batts at the bar, raise their gla**es in salute.) CONWAY There's only one Irishman here. BATTS It's a celebration. CONWAY Top of the morning to you. BATTS It's good to be home. HOOD Welcome back. (TOMMY DEVITO and another beehive blonde enter. Billy Batts looks up and sees Tommy.) DEVITO This is my friend Jimmy...Henry. It's his joint. This is Lisa. BATTS Hey, Tommy! All dressed up. All grown up and doing the town. Look at this Tommy. Tommy! Oh. OH! Tommy! DEVITO (to CONWAY and HILL) Oh sh**, I forgot you were having a party for him, lemme go say hello. BATTS Come here! DEVITO Hey Billy, how ya doin' Billy? BATTS Get over here, I haven't seen you in six f**in' years. Jesus Christ Almighty. You look terrific. (Tommy walks over and Billy, too aggressively, grabs Tommy around the neck. Tommy doesn't like it.) DEVITO Watch the suit, watch the suit! BATTS Watch the suit? You little prick, ya. Hey I've known you all my life. Don't go gettin' too big on me now. DEVITO Alright, good. Just don't go bustin' my balls, Billy, okay? BATTS Hey, Tommy, if I was gonna break your balls, I'd tell ya to go home and get your shine box. (Tommy's smile turns to a glare as he realizes Billy is making fun of him. The men at the bar are roaring with laughter. His girl is looking glumly at her shoes.) This kid was great. They used to call him "Spitshine Tommy." I swear to God. Oh, he'd make your shoes look like f**ing mirrors. Excuse my language. He was terrific, he was the best. And he made a lot of money, too. Salut, Tommy! DEVITO No more shines, Billy. BATTS What? DEVITO I said no more shines. Maybe you didn't hear about it, you've been away for a long time, they didn't go up there and tell you. I don't shine shoes any more. BATTS Relax, will ya, for cryin' out... wha-what's got into you? I'm breaking your balls a little bit, that's all. I'm only kidding with you. DEVITO Sometimes you don't sound like you're kidding, y'know, there's a lot of people around here. BATTS Tommy, I'm only kidding with you. We're having a party. I mean, I just came home, I haven't seen you in a long time and I'm breaking your balls, and now you're getting f**in' fresh. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. DEVITO I'm sorry, too, it's okay, no problem. BATTS Salute. (He pulls his gla** to his lips, tips it, then reconsiders and puts it back on the table.) BATTS (Calmly, deliberately) Now go home and get your f**in' shine box. DEVITO (slams his gla** onto the ground, exploding) Motherf**ing mutt! You, you, f**ing piece of sh**! (Hill pushes Devito away from Batts and gets him to the door) BATTS Yeah, yeah. Come on, come on, come on! DEVITO (being pushed back and out of the door by Hill) Henry, he bought his f**ing bu*ton! That fake old tough guy. You bought your f**ing bu*ton, you fake old tough guy. You, you motherf**! f**, keep that motherf**er here, keep him here! (Devito leaves with Lisa) BATTS (to his crew) Take it easy, take it easy. Don't get nervous. (To Hill and Devito) Let him go, let him go. (To Devito) Come on, ya f**ing feel strong? HILL (trying to defuse the situation) Batts, Batts, I'm sorry, Tommy gets a little loaded. He doesn't mean any disrespect. BATTS He don't mean any disrespect, Henry? Are you nuts? Teach this kid a little f**in' manners. Hey Jimmy, what's right is right. You understand what I'm talkin' 'bout? CONWAY It's alright, it's alright. BATTS I mean the kid's over here, we're hugging and kissing up here, and two minutes later he's acting like a f**in' jerk. CONWAY Nah, nah, nah, nah, you insulted him a little bit, you got a little out of order yourself. BATTS No, I didn't. CONWAY You insulted him a little bit. BATTS No, I didn't insult nobody. Give us a drink, give us a drink. CONWAY (sardonically) Okay. HILL (sensing an opportunity to move on) Come on, let's have some drinks, alright? Drinks on the house. Come on, lemme get them. BATTS No, have the drink with me. HILL No, no, no, no. CONWAY Billy, Billy, the drinks are on... the house. HILL Go on, put it on the house. BATTS (to his crew) I f**ed kids like that in the can in the a**. f**ing break up my party. (Time advances. We're shown the last non-mob clients leaving the bar, as Devito re-enters. Hill looks up and rushes over to him. Batts is drunkenly ranting to Conway.) CONWAY It's changed, now. You've been away for six years, everything is different. BATTS I did my time, Jimmy. I did my f**in' time, I come home, and I want what I wanna get. I got f**in' mouths to feed. You understand? CONWAY (acquiescing) You're gonna get it. You're gonna get it. (BATTS senses trouble and looks around to see Devito. Conway grabs his arms from behind and Devito floors him with a punch. The two begin pummeling him as he lays prone.) CONWAY Get the door! DEVITO (almost crying) I'mma shoot him in his big f**in' mouth! Let's shoot 'im! (He goes to shoot Batts with a snub-nose revolver, but Conway knocks it out of his hand.) (Hill pulls two tablecloths from their tables to transport Batts's body.) CONWAY f**ing mutt dented my shoes. HILL His crew's gonna looking for him. (They roll Batts's body onto the sheets) This is f**in' bad. What're we gonna do with him? We can't just dump him out in the street. CONWAY Don't worry, don't worry. I know a place upstate, they'll never find him. C'mon, let's get some more tablecloths. DEVITO (almost delirious) I didn't wanna get blood on your floor.