Cut Bank Page #5

No more talking.

Get down. Stay low.

- We're closed.

- Just need to grab somethin' from 224.

If you don't mind.

I'm right here. We're gonna be fine.

It's okay. It's okay.

What's inside?

Nothin'.

I'm here. We're gonna be fine.

We're gonna be fine. Okay?

We're gonna be fine.

You been...

decent with me.

I was gonna be... decent back.

What are you doin'?

- Hey, you don't have to do that.

- Please.

Please, please, don't do that.

Don't do that.

Come on, please. Don't do that.

Don't do that. Please.

Come on, man. Come on. Come on.

Listen to me. Listen to me.

Slow breaths, babe. Slow breaths.

Slow breaths, okay?

I'm right here. We're gonna be fine.

We're gonna be fine. You're gonna be fine.

Derby Milton, freeze right there.

Step out of the car, Derby Milton.

Show me your hands.

I had a curious dream while I was under.

I was at our old fishin' hole

from when we were kids.

It's true about flashing visions

of your life and the pearly gates?

It wasn't like that.

I saw that damn rabbit's foot

you're twirlin' around your finger there.

Could have been any rabbit foot.

Celine Towers gave you that damn thing

the day she left town for good.

And she wanted you to go with her,

and you didn't.

I never could understand why myself.

I wanted that gesture so bad.

I wanted Celine to swoop back

into town and take me away.

And now I'm...

married with family for nearly 27 years.

You had your chance.

I'm figurin' I can't control

the way things change.

I ought to stop tryin'.

It seems for the best.

We got some quick formalities

we need to see to.

I ain't been down here but twice

in my life. Takes a mean gut.

There's something I want you to see.

Nothin' this past week made any sense.

And then last night,

I woke up with the dumbest epiphany.

There's your slap-dash video

of Georgie gettin' two in the chest.

So if my imagination wanders,

I could piece together a situation

where this is all part of a ruse gone bad,

what with the reward money and all.

And folks with that kind

of imagination, I bet,

could fair well if they stayed honest.

Slide this under his back.

I know that I ain't very clever.

My expertise is in the simple.

And that ain't for everybody either.

Sometimes in life,

the truth...

is more than I prefer.

This is one of those times.

If you need to leave,

you ought to have left already.

Waitin' around for lucky money,

that's for sallies and lazies.

The price for this, you gonna

be passing on that reward money.

And I'm firin' you.

Severance will keep you

afloat for a spell.

- I'll pay you back, sir.

- You're damn right.

Me and Roland,

we'll take care of your daddy.

It's about time you had some family

around here helpin' you out.

Reckon you wouldn't get this kind

of pass in the big city,

and you best not ever need it again.

And not a word to Cassandra about this.

First time I ever used my vest.

Overwhelmingly glad to see you.

Oh, there he is.

- You go ahead, sir.

- Thank you, Sheriff Vogel.

Wait! Wait!

It was colder than well digger's ankles

in Cut Bank, Montana

But my heart was on fire

when I saw her step down from the train

I'd been up there forever

But her arms were finally around me

All my icicles melted away

at the sound of her name

I held her to me

as tightly as I held her letter

That said, "I don't love him,

I'm leaving this cold, mean man"

As the train pulled away from the platform

and I put her in the wagon

With her head on my shoulder,

God knows I was one happy man

And I went to heaven that night

in her arms in my cabin

In the winter of '94

there burned such a powerful flame

They still hear her voice in the cabin

In Cut Bank, Montana

And the icicles all melt away

at the sound of her name

Hell rolled into town one night

on a Wyoming stallion

His heart full of hate

and his eyes full of cold jealousy

One way or another

He said partner I'm taking back my woman

With my hand on my gun

I said don't bet your life

The lady said she's staying with me

His knife was a flash in the light

of the kerosene lantern

That fell as we tangled

and fought in the fire on the floor

He was a dead man,

but I have been too since I lost her

From the fire that burned me so bad

as I crawled through the door

But I went to heaven that night

in her arms in my little cabin

In the winter of '94

there burned one hell of a flame

They still hear her voice from the cabin

In Cut Bank, Montana

And the icicles all melt away

at the sound of her name

They still hear her voice from the cabin

In Cut Bank, Montana

And the icicles all just melt away

At the sound of her name

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