A Good Marriage Page #5

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You know?

Where the song says there's

a tombstone every mile.

Well, he crashed. And I crashed right

after him, and that's how I got this leg,

not to mention this steel

rod that I got in my neck.

Mm, I can tell you when

it's going to rain.

And the kid that

you were chasing?

What did he get?

He got death.

Burned to death in his car.

Saved the state...

40-50 years room and

board in Shawshank.

You are quite the hound of

heaven, aren't you Mr. Ramsey?

"I fled him down the

night and down the day."

"I fled him down the

arches and veers."

"I fled him down the

labyrinthine ways."

And so on.

Did you learn that in school?

Methodist youth fellowship.

Oh.

I won't let you ruin

my children's lives.

Well, if you think about

it missus,

It wasn't me put ruin in their

way.

You think about it.

Go ahead if you

want to, but...

I don't think you'll

get away with it twice.

What's the worst thing

that you ever did?

Come on.

Two can keep a secret

If one of them is dead.

And you'll be dead

soon enough, won't you?

Huh.

You recall that fella

I told you about?

The one who killed

his wife and kids?

Mm.

Well, after he wrapped his

mustang around a tree, I...

I just sat and I

listened to the screams.

For quite a while.

Finally they stopped.

And then I called it in.

And who else knows?

Only you.

Because...

People wouldn't

understand, would they?

Tell me something...

Just what was it that you...

Threw into the grave.

They were the earrings

that my husband...

Gave me for my

25th anniversary.

They were fish earrings

because I was a Pisces,

He said.

And you know, they belonged

to Marjorie duvall.

He raped her.

And he murdered her.

And stole her earrings,

and gave them to me.

And I thought, "oh, he's

just so thoughtful."

Marjorie duvall's id

was, uh, in this box.

The box that his daughter

made him for a school project.

He promised to stop.

Did you believe him?

No.

But I needed time to,

uh, to think, and um...

I wanted to spare my children.

You didn't come

here to kill me.

You never would've

brought this if you had.

There's one thing that

I can't quite get by.

The initials.

B-D.

Beadie.

Beadie was something else.

When my husband was a boy, he

had a friend

Who was killed in an accident.

It was a boy with...

Fantasies.

His name was Brian Delahanty.

I guess he didn't like his

first name very much, because

When my husband was a kid,

he used to call him...

BD...

Would you have caught him?

Oh yeah.

It's blurred, like

it's two pennies.

Yeah.

Some people are that way too.

I'll go now.

And uh...

You'll do what you have to do.

Missus.

The only thing I have to do...

Is pay my taxes.

It's not for me to punish you.

You know your kids are gonna

talk about how much they miss

Dear old...

Dad.

And tell their grandkids about

what a fine fella grandpa was.

You're just going to

sit there and listen.

Nod, smile...

Once in a while, even have to

talk about the good old days.

Mm.

I can live with that.

Darcy.

Come over here, close to me.

You did the right thing.

Now would you mind putting

my music on for me?

All you big

and burly men

Who roll the

trucks along

You'd better listen,

you'll be thankful

When you hear my song.

You have really

got it made

If you're hauling goods

Any place on earth

But those

Haynesville woods

It's a stretch of

road up north in Maine

That's never ever

ever seen a smile

And if they buried all the

truckers lost in them woods

There'd be a

tombstone every mile

It's a stretch of

road up north in Maine

That's never, ever,

ever seen a smile

And if they buried all the

truckers lost them woods

There'd be a

tombstone every mile.

Count 'em all, there'd

be a tombstone every mile

When you're talking to a

trucker that's been

hauling goods

Down the stretch of

road in Maine they call the

Haynesville woods

He'll tell you that dying

and going down below

Won't be half as bad as driving

on the road of ice and snow

It's a stretch of

road up north in Maine

That's never ever

ever seen a smile

And if they buried all the

truckers lost in them woods

There'd be a tombstone

every mile, count em all

There'd be a tombstone

Every

Mile

I can see you smile

And I can hear you

Say hello

You're everywhere I go

Such is my love

Even though I try

I can't forget

the way you sigh

My heart can't

help but cry

Such is my love

I just go on

Longing for your kisses

Still thrilling

to your charms

I never spend a day

without dreaming

You're right

here in my arms

If you only knew

The restless nights

my heart goes through

I'm helpless, what to do

How can I hide

The tears I keep inside

Such is my love

Such is my love

The tears I keep inside

Such is my love

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