Simon and Book and Jayne are trying to play poker at the dining table, but it's a strained game, and isn't really getting anywhere. Simon stares at his cards and starts singing.
"There's a hole in the world tonight.
There's a Cloud of fear and sorrow.
There's a hole in the world tonight.
Don't let there be a hole in the world tomorrow.
They say that anger is just love
disappointed.
They say that love is just a state of mind,
but all this
fighting over who is anointed.
Oh how can people be so blind"
Book picks up the song. "There's a hole in the world tonight.
There's a Cloud of fear and sorrow.
There's a hole in the world tonight.
Don't let there be a hole in the world tomorrow.
Oh they tell me there's a place over yonder,
Cool water running through the burning sand,
Until we learn to love one another
We will never reach the promise land."
Jayne throws his cards onto the table, obviously annoyed with his hand. He joins in with the chorus with Simon and Book.
"There's a hole in the world tonight.
There's a Cloud of fear and sorrow.
There's a hole in the world tonight.
Don't let there be a hole in the world tomorrow."
Jayne sings this chorus alone with no music, simultaneously with Simon singing the verse.
"There's a hole in the world tonight.
There's a Cloud of fear and sorrow.
There's a hole in the world tonight.
Don't let there be a hole in the world tomorrow." / "They say that anger is just love
disappointed.
They say that love is just a state of mind,
but all this
fighting over who is anointed.
Oh how can people be so blind.?"
The others rejoin in to fade.
"There's a hole in the world tonight.
There's a Cloud of fear and sorrow.
There's a hole in the world tonight.
Don't let there be a hole in the world tomorrow.
There's a hole in the world tonight.
There's a Cloud of fear and sorrow.
There's a hole in the world tonight.
Don't let there be a hole in the world tomorrow."
"Well I'm done," Jayne stands up, turns and finds River standing in the doorway. "Gorramit doc, stop your crazy sister stalking me!"
He barges past River.
Desperado
River is following Jayne from the dining room after the game of cards. They are alone in the corridor. She starts to sing at his back.
"Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You been out ridin' fences for so long now.
Oh you're a hard one,
But I know that you've got your reasons,
These things that are pleasin' you,
Can hurt you somehow."
Jayne turns and glares at her. He opens his mouth to speak but she cuts him off.
"Don't you draw the queen of diamonds boy,
She'll beat you if she's able,
The queen of hearts is always your best bet,
Now it seems to me some fine things
Have been laid upon you table,
But you only want the ones that you can't get.
Desperado, oh you ain't gettin' no younger,
Your pain and your hunger they're drivin' you home,
And freedom, well that's just some people talkin',
Your prison is walkin' through this world all alone."
"Gorram crazy girl singing at me now…" Jayne mutters, turning away again. He starts to walk away. River gets louder.
"Don't your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine,
It's hard to tell the night time from the day.
You're losing all your highs and lows,
Ain't it funny how the feelin' goes away?
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate.
It may be rainin',
But there's a rainbow above you,
You gotta let somebody love you, (Let somebody love you)
You better let somebody love you,
Before it's too late."
Jayne's back stiffens, and we hear him mutter to himself. "Ain't too gorram late. Plenty of people to love…"
End scene.