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Restless Natives Dialogue

Part 1 "Look Away" 12" single
Margo: And now to your left, you can see some of the most spectacular scenery in Scotland. The mountain rising in the center is Ben Lochert, and in a cave on the other side - Bonny Prince Charlie is said to have taken refuge from the redcoats.

Will's father: Ha! Police are today searching for two young Scots, who held up and robbed a coach-load of tourists on a remote Highland road, disguised as a clown and a wolfman. They took an estimated £600 in cash and an unknown quantity of valuables from the forty frightened passengers before riding off at high speed into the hills again.

You don't know me. You've never seen me before. You've never seen me before. [ghostly voice effect - Will]

Margo: I know you.
Will: No, you don't. Impossible! You can't.
Margo: I do know you. What do they call you?
Will: My name is Will. You don't know me. You've never seen me before. [ghostly voice effect - Will]
Margo: Maybe I'll see you again then, Will.
Will: I hold up buses.

(police cars chasing motorcycle sound effects)

Margo: I've never met a robber before. It's like Rob Roy isn't it? There's one legend that says the heroes aren't dead at all - just sleeping underneath the hills. And one day they'll come back.
Will: Like ghosts
Margo: Something like that. Do you believe in ghosts? [ghostly voice effect]

Part 2 "Look Away" 12" single
Ronnie: I've been holdin' up buses. You know, like robbin' them. Takin' all the tourists' money. Been in the papers and everythin'. I'm really quite enjoyin' it. Anyway, I'll try not to get in any trouble.

Ronnie: You see, I get things done. I found out about this place. A place where I can get around people who really know how to get things done. People like me. I'm a disadvantaged child. I don't have the security of the family unit to back me up. I've got to do things on my own. Judges are lenient on people like me.

Will: And so amongst these rocks lived
Through summer heat and winter snow
The eagle he was lord above
And Rob was lord below

(police cars chasing motorcycle sound effects)

Man in bar: Alright, come on. Stand back you lot. Come on. Stand back. Give the boy some space. Lads, I have here the seventeenth most-wanted man in Scotland. [cheering]
Bartender: What do you want?
Ronnie: I'll have a ginger beer, thanks.

Will: Ronnie, d'ye wannae come tomorrow?

Ronnie: Aye.

Will: It's all finished now, isn't it? We're still going. One more time to Strathault - the clown and the wolfman.

["Restless Natives" performed by Big Country]

Police inspector: You're bigger than the Loch Ness monster. Grossly irresponsible criminal behavior of the most flagrant kind. I canna let you go.

Reporter: We may never know who they were. But one thing is certain. Now, no one can tame them. Is this the end of a story, or the beginning of a legend?

Do you believe in ghosts? [ghostly voice effect - Margo]

["Home Come the Angels" performed by Big Country]

Transcribed by Jeffrey Marsh.

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