Goodfellas Scene 1 lyrics

FADE IN: JUNE 11, 1970S QUEENS, NEW YORK. THE SUITE - NIGHT

[A smoky, overdecorated c*cktail lounge and nightclub on Queens Boulevard. Sergio Franchi is in full voice on the jukebox. It is after midnight. It has bean a long night.. Balloons and empty glasses litter the place. BILLY BATTS, a 50-year-old hood in an out-of-date suit, court at the bar. WE SEE a younger, more sharply-dressed HOOD walk in with a BEEHIVE GIRLFRIEND and hug BATTS.]

HOOD: Billy. You look beautiful. Welcome home.

BAITS*laughing and turning to the bartender*: What are you having? Give 'em what they're drinking.

[WE SEE FOUR OTHER MEN, including HENRY HILL and JIMMY BURKE, standing near BILLY BATTS at the bar, raise their glasses in salute. TOMMY DESIMONE and ANOTHER BEEHIVE BLONDE enter. BILLY BATTS looks up and sees TOMMY.]

BILLY: Hey, look at him. Tommy. You grew up.

TOMMY *preening a little*: Billy, how are you?

BILLY *smiling broadly at Tommy and the girl*: Son of a b*tch. Get over here.

[TOMMY walks over and BILLY, too aggressively, grabs TOMMY around the neck. TOMMY doesn't like it.]

TOMMY *forcing a laugh*: Hey, Billy. Watch the suit.

BILLY *squeezing Tommy's cheek, a little too hard*: Listen to him. "Watch the suit," he says. A little p*sser I've known all my life. Hey, Tommy, don't go get too big.

TOMMY: Don't go busting my balls. Okay?

BILLY *laughing, to the crowd at the bar*: Busting his balls? *to Tommy* If I was busting your balls, I'd send you home for your shine box.