Carmen Jones Page #5

Clickety-clack, clickety-clack

Up a hill and down a hill

And out upon the plains again

Through a storm and outta the storm

and pretty soon it rains again

It only takes a half a day

To be a thousand miles away

It only takes a half a day

To be a thousand miles away, away

- Come on, away

- Chicago! Chicago!

- Away, away

- Come on away, come on away

Hey!

Whizzing away along the track

Off to Chicago

Illinois?

Well, Carmen, what's the count?

You comin' with us?

I always did wanna see the big town.

You got your wish, honey.

Chicago's gonna be real good for you.

You gonna be real bad for Chicago.

You comin'?

Uh-uh.

Look, baby. Let's talk turkey.

I gotta produce you in Chicago,

and I don't care what it costs me.

You name it, Husky'll sign the bill.

I know that boy.

When he goes crazy for a chick,

she starts looking like a neon sign,

all lit up with diamonds.

Diamonds ain't what I want of a man.

If I love him,

he don't need no chequebook.

If I don't, chequebook ain't gonna

do him no good.

Who's talkin' about love?

We don't care what happens between

you and Husky once we're in Chicago.

If he don't appeal to you, well,

ain't nobody's fault.

It ain't that he don't appeal to me.

But he rang my bell when I'm busy.

BusyFooling around here when

you got a chance to go to Chicago?

Are you gonna stay here and sleep

or wake up and come with us?

I'm gonna wait here for Joe.

Been waitin' a month.

Bet he don't never show up.

He'll come. Soon as they let him out.

Look, Miss Jones, in case you wise up

before the train leaves,

here's a ticket for drawing room A.

Right over the wheels. You can hear

yourself click-clicking to Chicago.

- No use wastin' it.

- Just castin' bread on the waters.

Come on, brother and sisters,

join the prayer meeting

in drawing room E.

Don't let too much distance

come between you and that money.

Come on, honey.

Joe!

Joey!

I was afraid you wouldn't be here.

I've been here every night

waitin' for you.

They ain't after you no more?

I got a suspended sentence.

Felt like you wasn't ever

gettin' out.

Thinkin' about you all the time,

while you was away from me.

I been dreamin' about tonight

and wondering if you would be feelin'

half as lovin'

as your Carmen feels for you.

Carmen,

there's something you gotta know.

Tell me later,

when Carmen takes you home with her.

Carmen will unlace your shoes...

That's just it.

I can't stay or go with you.

I gotta report right back

to the base.

What?

I gotta get that bus

leaving for flying school.

Captain Halldale, my CO,

he got my court martial reduced

and made 'em take me back

into flying school.

Where does that leave us?

How far apart?

Only 400 miles.

Only?!

You can come up when I got a pass.

Boy, if that ain't one on Carmen!

Love on a pass!

Carmen...

Go to flying school!

Take off right now!

Then lay in your bunk,

look up at them pin-up gals!

See what that gets you,

droopy drawers!

I got something I want you to see.

That's been with me all the time.

Right here, where you are.

That don't ring so true.

I swear it's true.

Joe, if you loved me true,

know what you'd do?

- What?

- You'd come to Chicago.

- Chicago?

- I got enough dough for us both.

And a ticket too. I been savin' up

to give my man a real good time.

You know I can't just pick up and go

like that.

Joe, I want to go someplace

where you're the last thing

I see at night,

first thing I see in the morning.

I can't go AWOL.

You're just taking some time off

so we can be together

before you go away.

That's not the way

the Army'd look at it.

Boy, if you ain't a lover

red-hot for Carmen.

You just burnin' up with passin!

You sizzle like a fish on ice!

I can't afford no more demerits.

If I step out of line again, I'll

never make officers' flying school.

You know what?

You too chicken

for me to waste my time on!

Chicken is right.

Look at that officer material.

You got as much chance of being

a flyer as a flea inside that shirt.

You quit that!

That's no kinda man for you, Carmen.

He can't even keep his shirt

in his pants.

- You do that again, and I'll...

- You'll what?

You ain't thinkin' on strikin'

your sergeant, I hope?

That wouldn't be four weeks in

the guardhouse, more like four years.

How about it, sugar?

We got lost time to make up.

Let's get started.

You keep your paws off her.

Who's gonna make me?

Run along, Lt Caspar Milquetoast.

Looks like he's hurt real bad!

Yeah.

Four years for hitting a superior,

ain't that what he said?

Maybe more.

Get him in them bushes! Hurry.

- They're bound to find him.

- By that time, we'll be far away.

- I can't. That's deserting.

- If they find you, that's prison.

What you got to loseCome on, man.

Get a move on, Joe!

Gotta make that train!

Who's that?

Husky Miller, the fighter.

I met him at Billy Pastor's

with Frankie and Myrt.

Blow on 'em, sugar.

Make 'em dry faster.

You can turn the heat off now.

Ah, man, that tickles!

You some harmonica player!

What a mosquito bite.

Why the camouflage?

You don't need it with me.

Hand me them nylons, honey.

You ain't goin' out?

Far as the grocery store.

Gotta feed my man.

Look, Carmen...

I don't know how to tell you, but...

I'm busted. I gave the last of my pay

to the landlady.

I got some jingly stuff.

I ain't gonna let you shell out.

We gotta eat, growin' boy.

Not on your dough.

What's mine's yours, Joey.

And that goes right down the line.

If I could only get out.

With them military cops on your tail?

They'd grab you so fast,

I'd still be kissin' the breeze

goodbye

when you's in Leavenworth.

Easy, honey, easy.

- You're two bits shy.

- Charge it to Husky.

And you discovered Husky?

To the stars belong the credit.

I was on the New York waterfront,

sellin' $1 m of War Bonds,

when I see this big boy walking along

carrying a Jeep... with one hand!

You know what I said to myself then?

I said "That's my man!"

That's just what he said.

Put that in your column.

Heat Wave, be with you in no time!

Look who's here!

The answer to our prayers.

If it ain't the Jones gal!

- Hi, Frankie!

- Where you been all week?

Around, having myself a time.

WhereIn a bargain basement?

Get a loada me! Look at this iceberg!

It's almost real.

But that ain't nothing

compared to what's driftin' your way.

I came to ask you for a little loan.

You... you bustedFlat?

Yeah. Can you let me have

a couple of bills?

You talkin' to the wrong party.

There's your bank.

You just tell Husky what you want

and don't stop,

cos he's percolating

to take care of you real good.

Now this manager's gotta manage

something special for the Champ.

Got all that I need. Thanks.

Miss Jones!

This is our pleasure, indeed.

Hi, honey!

You sure showed up in time.

We can't get no more outta Husky.

She means Husky's got his mind

set on finding you.

How you been, Myrt?

Great while we were buying out

all the biggest stores,

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