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@@@@@Married, goddam, let's give us a kiss,
@@@@@Married, goddam, let's give us a kiss, honey
The day after his first child is born, he talks to his wife in the hospital
Alice, honey, Ah want ya to gimme some money
What for, Woodrow, you know why Ah been keeping the money, same thing's gonna happen as last time, Woodrow, we need that money, we got the kid to pay for, bein' born in a hospitalAlice, a man wants to git drunk once in a while, Ah been workin' goddam hard at the garage, and Ah feel like havin' me a little time, Ah couldn' be more hones' with ya
She looks at him suspiciouslyYou ain't gonna be layin' up with no woman
Ah'm sick an' tired of that, Alice, ifen you don' trust your own husband, you're pretty bad off, Ah'm kinda hurt you talk like that
She signs a check for ten dollars, scrawling her name laboriouslyHe knows she's proud of the checkbookYou write mighty fine, he says
Come back tomorrow mornin', honey?
Sure
On the street, after he has cashed the check, he stops for a drinkAh don' know, a woman's the goddamnedest animal God eveh made, he announcesYou marry 'em an' they're one thing, and damn ifen they don't turn out plumb oppositeYou marry a girl that's cherry and she turns out a whore, an' you marry a whore and damn if she don't cook and sew and keep her legs clos' for everyone but you, and goddam ifen by the time she's done she don' keep 'em closed for you too Ah tell ya Ah'm gonna be a free man for a couple of days
He wanders down the road, and hitches a ride on an automobile through the shrub landsAfter he has been let off, he hefts his gallon of corn to his shoulder and trudges down a trail through the stunted pinesAt a farm cabin he stops and kicks the door open
Woodrow -- ya got here, huh?
Yeah, figgered Ah'd see ya awhileOl' Slim oughts know better than to be away for a week, job or no job
Thought he was a friend of yours
Sure, but his wife's prettier Commere, honey, let's have a dri |