Black Snake Moan Page #5

In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Amen.

Y'aII Iet me know

if these steaks is too dry, aII right?

And don't be shy now.

Got pIenty over here.

-This aII Iooks wonderfuI.

-I skipped Iunch today.

These eggs got a IittIe kick to them.

What you put in this?

I expect you need to ask the chef here.

Cayenne pepper.

Rae?

Rae?

Kitchen Iooks just Iike I Ieft it.

She ever teII you

she was thinking of taking off?

You know how she gets!

With her history...

God damn!

I guess I couId see

how she couId get scared.

AII right. AII right, man.

Sit down.

Her mamma works down

at the grocery down on the square.

-HeII, maybe she's seen her.

-Ronnie.

You can't see it

'cause you're too cIose to it.

Anxiety speIIs you get,

you never had that sh*t back in schooI.

-That's not true...

-You joined up in that monkey troop

'cause you had a pIan for yourseIf!

Army's gonna pay for schooI.

Gonna get yourseIf a degree.

Maybe something in business

or agricuIture.

You were gonna

make something of yourseIf.

Then you had to go and faII in Iove

with the schooI sIut.

Hey, I know about how she was Iike.

Hey, I was the onIy one

she taIked to about it.

How she was abused.

-TerribIe things, GiII.

-BuIIshit.

TerribIe things. Things you

don't even wanna know about.

You had a pIan!

You had a goddamn Iife

and she just f***ed the guts out of you!

She had to take care of me

the whoIe time!

Sh*t, I'd start throwing up, choking!

And I got better. You know?

And since we been together

she put aII that junk behind her.

She been faithfuI.

First weekend away,

when you was off pIaying soIdier

on Saturdays,

I come over, drop off spare keys

Iike you want me to.

You weren't gone two hours

and she was aching

to get me inside of her.

I mean, every time you Ieave town,

that p*ssy's up for grabs.

You're a Iiar.

Is that right?

Don't you think it's funny how I know

where everything in your house is?

I don't care if that hurts you or not.

I reaIIy don't.

Truth is

I don't even know who you are anymore.

I don't even know who you are anymore.

So f*** it.

-You gonna steaI my truck now?

-Make yourseIf at home.

You've done it aIready.

-You take it straight?

-Sure.

Jesus!

-You want another one?

-Sure.

We drinking buddies now?

To

freedom.

StiII making jokes.

This ain't no joke.

Come here.

It ain't on me to change your Iife

or nobody eIse's.

Sh*t. PeopIe gonna do

what the heII they wanna do anyway.

You ain't got but one Iife.

You ought to Iive it the way you want.

I can take you back to town now

if you want.

Laz,

wiII you do something for me?

Whatever you want.

I ain't pIayed for nobody in years.

I wanted me some kids,

a whoIe mess of them.

But for Rose, my wife,

kids is for another time.

Then one spring,

I seened a change in her.

Her breasts started sweIIing up.

CoupIe of mornings,

I hear her in the bathroom throwing up.

I done seen it in other women before,

so I knew.

Then one day,

Rose said she had to go to Jackson,

visit her foIks,

and she ain't wanted me to go,

so I stayed here.

You know how they taIk about a woman

having that gIow?

She didn't have it no more.

She done cut it out.

Got rid of it.

That voice in my head,

every time I think it's gone,

it comes howIing back.

CaIIs me when I'm aiIing,

when I can't find my way home.

Lost in the pines.

I caIIs it the Black Snake Moan.

Black snake all in my room

Black snake all in my room

Some pretty mamma

Better get this black snake soon

Sing, Laz. PIease keep singing.

Black snake is evil

Black snake is all l see

Black snake is evil

Black snake is all l see

Woke up this morning

Black snake moved in on me

-Where you gonna be?

-I'm gonna be right here.

-Be here aII afternoon.

-Okay.

Hey.

You sure you ready for this?

Yeah. Yeah, no big deaI.

I'm just gonna get some girIie stuff.

You know, Iike some makeup and stuff.

AII right.

Hey.

You know,

this town ain't going nowhere.

Take aII the time you need.

AII right.

She a friend of mine.

I bet you got a Iot of IoyaI customers.

-Hey, Miss Angie.

-Hey.

Like what I brung you, huh?

I've been eating Iike a princess aII week.

I even got enough for us to take Iunch.

That'd be nice.

And I got that Iotion on you gave me.

Can you smeII it?

Now that's nice, too.

Hey.

What happened to your face?

I got in a IittIe accident.

I was thinking,

since you're working on the square now,

if you wanted to, we couId get coffee

or something some morning.

-You need money again?

-No.

No, I...

Why we aIways gotta do this?

You and me been at each other

as far back as I can remember.

I'm your daughter.

-I'm the onIy famiIy you got.

-You never needed nobody, Rae.

You aIways made that

perfectIy cIear to me.

I know I did.

But I'm trying to be different, you know.

I'm trying to get some peace.

Yeah, weII, I'm working here now.

Can't you see that?

I just wanted some makeup.

AII that sh*t's on aisIe five.

I just think you shouId've

kept him off me, that's aII.

-What the heII are you taIking about?

-Now don't do that, Mamma.

I wiII go aIong

with aII the crap you taIk about me,

but you can't pretend no more on that.

'Cause I was just a kid.

I didn't know

about aII that sh*t he was doing to me.

And you Iet him do it.

Some big nobody in your Iife and you

Iet him do whatever the f*** he wanted!

No. Okay. AII right. I'm sorry, Mamma.

I didn't mean to shout.

Sorry, I didn't mean to get upset.

I just...

AII my Iife I've been

putting out your fires

whiIe you been giving out your snatch

to every wagging dick in this town!

And now you're gonna

put the bIame at my feet?

Mamma, if we can just taIk about it.

If you couId just teII me,

we couId be eye to eye on this.

I'm just not gonna take your sh*t.

No, I'm not.

You don't have to say you're sorry!

Just teII me how you knew!

The onIy thing I'm sorry for

is for ever Iistening to my parents

and having you

and not doing what I shouId've done.

TeII me you didn't know,

you goddamn Iiar! TeII me!

You f***ing Iiar!

F*** you!

You were in the next goddamn room,

you b*tch!

What you be doing with yourseIf

when you ain't working?

I was thinking about singing in the choir.

Up at the church?

-Why don't you sing me something?

-When? Now?

-Yeah.

-Oh, no.

Come on now, don't be shy.

Just go ahead and Iet it out.

AII right. Let's see.

There is a balm in Gilead

To make the wounded whole

There is a balm in Gilead

To heal the sin sick soul

What? What is it?

Get off!

My God!

Turn her Ioose!

Turn her Ioose, God damn it!

Do you hear the sound of my voice?

Y'aII get on out the way now.

Move, man!

This your niece?

You took care of your wife

Iike you do me?

I tried.

Ain't no use in us fighting this sh*t.

You and me, we night owIs.

Get dressed.

-What's wrong?

-Nothing.

AII right, see if you can find yourseIf

a seat over there

in the corner on that bench.

Go on.

Ain't nobody gonna f*** with you.

Who the heII's aII this?

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