Black Snake Moan Page #3

on HaIIoween night in the graveyard.

Ronnie?

Ronnie?

Ronnie, where did you go?

Where did you go?

Where did you go?

Where did you go, Ronnie?

Where did you go?

Ronnie?

Ronnie?

Ronnie!

Ronnie!

Say, gaI...

Hey.

Is you hearing the sound of my voice?

You traveIing now, girI.

Why don't you come on back

in the house with me now?

Come on now.

Come on!

Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey, you aII right?

Whoa, whoa, whoa now.

Come on. Hey, hey.

It's aII right. It's aII right. It's aII right.

Come on. Come on.

You aII right. You aII right.

It's aII right now. It's okay.

Just rest, aII right.

It's okay.

It's okay.

-Oh, no, no, no.

-It's okay.

Hey. Hey.

We ain't gonna do that, aII right?

Here you go, Rae. You're safe now.

Listen. Listen. Listen here.

l went

Down to the church house

l heard a voice

Tell me to pray

l got down on my knees

But l had no words to say

No words to say

You know l could not pray

lf l, l was a catfish

Swimming, Lord, in the deep blue sea

l'd have all you big leg women

Fishing after me

Fishing after me

Well, there's two, two trains runnin'

They run, they run my way

You know one run 'round midnight

The other run just 'fore day,

just 'fore day

That train, Lord, took my baby away

Took my baby away

Whoa, whoa, whoa, now.

Just take it easy. Don't go too fast.

How Iong I been out?

You been in and out, I don't know,

I guess two days.

Two days?

WeII, you wake up in speIIs, you know.

Just Iong enough to get

some of this medicine in you.

Can you turn that sh*t off?

Oh, yeah.

Found you out by the side of the road.

Looked Iike somebody

took to beating on you pretty bad.

You know who done that to you?

-Where's Ronnie?

-I don't know who that is.

No, wait, wait. He Ieft.

I don't got any money or anything,

you know, for fixing me up.

I don't need none.

I guess I best be on my way.

-I think we need to taIk some.

-No, sir.

I gotta be on my way.

Best to get your wits about you before...

I wanted to teII you about that.

Why you got me chained?

What the f*** you been doing to me?

I ain't Iaid a hand on you,

except to break your fever.

-Like I said...

-Get this goddamn chain off me!

Look, girI, you been running wiId on me!

Between them fits

and them fever dreams you having,

I been chasing you

aII over this pIace at night.

WeII, I'm woke now.

You can take this off.

No. You ain't right yet.

I'm right enough

to stand on my own two feet.

Now get this goddamn chain off me!

Why you Iet them mens

treat you Iike that?

What?

AII them mens you up under,

why you Iet them do you Iike that?

What the heII you know about me?

You ain't got no right

to taIk to me about that sh*t!

-Who the f*** do you think you are?

-I saved your Iife, girI!

I can do or say whatever the f*** I want!

Now, I done give you enough chain

so you can get around the house here.

You can get to the kitchen.

Bathroom, back yonder.

You got enough food around here.

A few more swaIIows Ieft

in that medicine over there.

Whatever you want, you know,

if you wanna have me, you can take me.

I'II do whatever you Iike.

Just, when you're done, I gotta go.

You know?

'Cause I can't stay here with you.

God seen fit to put you in my path.

And I aim to cure you

of your wickedness.

-You some kind of pervert?

-No, ma'am.

Some crazy Jesus freak,

gonna f*** the spirit into me?

You watch your tongue in my house!

-Look it, mister...

-Now, you sick!

-You got a sickness!

-Look it, mister...

-We done broke the fever.

-I wiII do whatever you want.

Now, we gonna break the hoId

the deviI got on you!

I can't stay here! I can't stay here!

HeIp!

Somebody heIp me!

We ain't gonna be moved.

Listen here, gaI.

I ain't gonna be moved on this.

HeIp!

Let me go!

You can hoIIer aII you want.

Ain't nobody gonna hear you.

Ain't gonna bend my wiII, neither.

Right or wrong,

you gonna mind me.

Like Jesus says, I'm gonna suffer you.

I'm gonna suffer you!

Get your ass back in my house!

Or what?

Or what?

-Quit it! It hurts!

-Now, whose doing is that?

-Quit it! It hurts!

-Now, whose doing is that?

God damn it! Okay!

You hungry?

I put a Iot of backache

into growing them greens.

Some Iove into cooking the rest of it.

If you sIow down,

you might taste some of it.

Oh, you Iike this?

WaIking me through this fieId aII day

Iike I was your muIe?

Can't Iay around on the sofa aII day.

Gotta get your Iegs strong.

If I break one, you gonna shoot me?

My daddy was one of the first mens

in these parts

to start a soiI conservation group.

They got a group of farmers together,

every year they rotate the crops.

Know why they do that?

Keep the soiI heaIthy.

-That sting?

-Itches.

That mean it's heaIing.

Now, I done seen it in nature

and I done seen it in men.

You gots to change, rotate the crop.

Gotta have change,

eIse that seed won't take.

HeII, girI, you gotta cut that sh*t out.

Laying up under aII them fooIs,

rutting on you

Iike you some b*tch in heat,

Iike you somebody's dog.

A man or woman

that enters into union with AImighty God

in the sanctity of marriage,

shouId not demean theyseIves

by bending to another's wiII.

HeII, girI, is you crazy?

I ain't no saint. I ain't saying I ain't weak.

I mean, pIaying guitar

in them bIood-bucket jukes aII your Iife,

a n*gger Iearn how to sin.

And I do got sin in me.

I ain't gonna Iie about that.

But I got respect!

And aII you got in you is biIe!

Just biIe!

Running around behind my back,

whoring with my brother!

-KiIIing my baby!

-Get off!

I didn't mean to go off Iike that.

Why you oId men gotta taIk so much?

You gotta taIk yourseIf into f***ing me?

Like IittIe boys.

It's okay. I'm grown. I know.

We can go sIow.

You gonna give me another bath?

WeII, Archie, there goes our fortune.

Laz, we've been doing good

since you been away.

What time EIIa Mae's open up?

You needing to buy some pantyhose?

CoupIe of dresses, actuaIIy.

-May I heIp you, sir?

-Yessum.

I'm Iooking to get some things

for a woman.

You know, some dresses and such

and maybe some shoes.

But they gotta be nice things,

you know, proper things for a woman.

You know, things that make a woman

feeI Iike a woman

and not Iook Iike a hussy or a fIoozy.

WeII, that makes it easier.

HeIIo?

Hey!

AsshoIe.

I just wanted to bring something

to show my appreciation.

Some squash, tomatoes,

corn, butter beans.

Oh, you didn't have to do that.

WeII, my niece is aII better now,

thanks to you.

That's good. I'm happy to hear it.

Oh, and I put something speciaI in here.

This whipped body cream.

Got a scent to it.

That there is ginger souffI'.

Say, you put it on

after a hot bath or shower,

it'II make you soft, smeII good.

That's reaI sweet of you.

Just hope you enjoy it.

Thank you.

Mr. Lazarus!

Hey, Mr. Laz!

I come for the butter beans!

Mr. Laz?

Mr. Laz, you in there?

Mr. Laz!

I'm coming inside!

There now! Hush up!

God damn! GirI, I can't Ieave you aIone

for a minute!

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