Metroland Page #7

I'm glad I'm not

the only person in the world

who finds you attractive.

She really tried

quite hard.

I can't say

that I blame her.

Just thought you

ought to know.

Is this a confession?

No.

'Course not.

You didn't sleep with her?

No.

I just want to get everything

out in the open...

well,

with the circumstances...

But I was wondering

How would you feel

if I had?

Well, I suppose that depends

on the circumstances.

I expect we'll find out one day.

What?

Well, you'll probably sleep

with someone else

sooner or later.

It's too interesting not to.

No.

I don't see why.

I don't think either of us

went into this marriage

with ridiculous expectations.

I mean... I do know what it is

to be sexually bored.

Do you?

Are you?

Sometimes...

but mostly not.

The thing is, Chris, it...

It isn't what you think it is.

It doesn't prove anything

and it doesn't

disprove anything.

Yeah.

Well, you know, it's...

a hypothetical situation, anyway

so...

Well, not entirely.

I... Since we're discussing it

I might as well tell you

that... yes

I have been unfaithful

to you once

and, yes,

it was only the once

and, no, I haven't been

tempted to since

and I don't think

I will be now.

F***!

Was that better?

Better than what?

You did sleep

with her, didn't you-

that girl

at Toni's party?

I told you...

Well...

she was all right,

I suppose...

but who wants fast food

when you can eat at the Ritz?

Listen, I just came

to say good-bye.

Yeah. Yeah, back to

the States, I think.

What are you going to do?

I don't know,

maybe some screenwriting.

Kally's people

are in the film game.

I might, you know...

Going to stay

at their place in Malibu.

Mmm?

It's lovely, yeah.

So, when you coming back?

Oh, I don't know.

I'm leaving it open-ended.

Listen, Chris...

why don't you come?

You're serious.

Yeah, of course

I'm bloody serious.

Why don't you just

let it all go, huh?

I mean, come on.

Doesn't your heart just sink

at the thought of it all?

Knowing what,

you're going to spend the rest

ofyour life here-

knowing how every day

is going to begin and end

day after monotonous day

until what?

You keel over

with a heart attack

well before your time?

The thing

you don't understand, Toni

the thing

I didn't understand...

is that I like it here.

I like my life.

I'm content.

Making lists again?

Yeah.

What about "happy"?

What about it?

When you're drawing up

your lists

what do you put

in the column next to "happy"?

"Happy:

"If not now...

never. "

# Yearning, we wereyearning#

# Green light blinding

on the rail#

# Burning, we were burning #

# And the line unwinding

to the Holy Grail #

# To the future gleaming

on a blue horizon #

# And a golden girl

on golden sand #

# Dreaming, fantasizing #

# In another world

from Metroland #

# I've danced in rain #

# And I've been Django #

# And I've got laid #

# I've been a rollin 'stone #

# I've been Verlaine

and I've been Rimbaud #

# Not afraid to walk alone #

# And now I take

my midnight ramble #

# Do I fold orplay

what's in my hand? #

# What's at stake

and what's the gamble? #

# Do I stay in Metroland? #

# Dreams, yesterday's laughter #

# Ghosts and lovers

come back to play #

# But dreams

have a morning after #

# And run for cover

in the light of day #

# I got something real,

worth holding onto #

# I can belong to

and understand #

# I've made my deal #

# I will go on to #

# Make my peace

with Metroland... #

# With Metroland... #

# Metroland... #

# Metroland... #

# In Metroland #

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