Songs That Won the War Page #2

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How about we says a rhyme and they

gotta finish it, slurring his friends?

Only if it don't rhyme,

he has to eat a dirt clod.

You think that up just now? That's a

classic. Did you hear that, trespasser?

All right, who gots a rhyme?

I got one.

Here I sit,

eating a pastry strudel...

Bingo, Ula.

Go on, trespasser.

Think up a rhyme

to "pastry strudel. "

Here I sit,

eating a strudel...

Go on.

Chet plays with Barbies

and Stu eats doggie doodle.

Hey! Why don't

you just let him go,

pick on somebody

your own size.

What's the matter? You guys

afraid of a fair fight, one on one?

Maybe you got a point. Ebb.

Good boy.

Stu!

Stu, don't get

yourself killed!

Get him good!

Say "Uncle," man!

Say "Uncle"!

He'll kill you! Stay put!

Kick him again!

Hey, you kids!

What's going on?

Nothing. He just fell.

Better get your butts

out of here

before the cops

get wind of y'all.

Quarry's ours, and you'd

better don't come back,

unless you wanna leave here

in an ambulance.

Pick a finger.

Come on,

let's get out of here.

You know, one of us ought to

go back there and kick some ass.

I'm serious, guys.

My brother's got more

fireworks than Ho Chi Minh.

We could hole up

in that fort you wanna build,

those mongrels

won't be able to touch us.

What do you say, Stu?

Stu?

That was fun. Come on,

let's go to the tree.

You got an extra smoke?

Why don't you hawk

your own damn cigarettes?

Dang, girl, I risk my neck all

morning for your dumb behind.

You think

I at least entitled to

a 5-second break

or a puff off of your scag.

What do you mean,

"Risking your neck"?

Well, what you call tromping

around in them crazy, gap-toothed,

banjo-picking, no-eyelid hillbilly

yard stealing all their junk.

Dang!

They ever do find out

we robbed them,

I reckon they gonna whup my

behind till it's flat as yours.

You didn't even go

onto Lipnicki's property.

I'm the one

who got everything.

And quit n*gger-lipping

my smoke. Give it here.

Excuse me?

What the hell you just say?

Give me my smoke. What?

You know what.

Girl, you'd better

get out of my face.

You call your friends that.

How I calls my kin

ain't none of your business.

It's a fight! What'd I miss?

I'm sorry.

What's she sorry for?

I think you have something that

belongs to me, my mood ring.

Where's my

puka shell necklace?

I'll see you gets it!

Look, I said I was sorry.

My mama said I don't have

to hang out with nobody

who degrades me that-a-way,

even if they is my best girl.

But I'm gonna let it go

this time.

But you're on probation,

and don't think I'm gonna

forget about it neither.

Now put your eyes back

in your head and let's go.

Wasting all our time.

Lordy, lordy, lordy.

What I have to put up with.

Are you sure

this be the short cut?

Oh, damn it!

No way! Bull-honky, man!

Come on!

This is our territory, man!

We never hawk your ideas!

They ain't gonna move.

How you know?

Hey! I'll race you for it.

Winner gets all.

You any good at running?

I'd sooner die than to lose

a foot race to my brother.

Come on. To the tree.

One, two, three!

Go, Stu!

Go, Lidia!

Oh, damn!

Tie!

Guess we're gonna have to

share it!

No fair!

Us girls got there first,

and we raced for it and tied!

I said we'd try it

and we tried it.

I want

all our stuff back!

Simmer down, now!

All right.

I say y'all try to get along

one more day.

Oh, come on, Dad!

If y'all cannot work together

after that,

then I guess

you are gonna have to

put a little daylight

between yourselves.

Share it on the split.

You boys

can have it in the morning

when the girls'll

be in school.

And in the afternoon you take

off, you let them enjoy it.

And I don't wanna hear about

you raising your fists again.

You got that?

Yes, sir.

You all got that?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Daddy?

What?

Can I give you a French

twist tonight with Dippity Do?

If I can give you a French

twist with a dip-dilly-dew.

Whose turn is it to help me

with this laundry, Lidia Joanne?

Promise?

Yeah.

I'm coming.

How you doing

these days, Elvadine?

My life be a wreck.

How you been?

Pretty good.

Hey, Elvadine, Amber, come

on, help me with the laundry!

Bye, Mr. Simmons.

Bye, Mr. Simmons.

Good-bye, Elvadine.

Good-bye, Amber.

I'm proud of you for sharing

that fort with your sister.

You treat her good, she'll be in

your corner the rest of your life.

Something happen to your lip?

Got kicked in the face.

By who?

Lipnickis.

They ought to call them

the Lip-kickis.

I think the Lipdickis.

Y'all...

Y'all feuding with them, too?

I hold my temper.

It's just sometimes I feel like I

could wring his scrawny little neck.

Boy, sometimes all it takes

is a split second

to do something you'll regret

the whole rest of your life.

Stuart, sometimes...

"Sometimes" is too much.

Anyhow, got me a job today.

Working for the state.

Get out. Are you serious?

Yes, sir.

Your old grammar school.

I'm the new

custodial engineer.

Hey, Ma! Dad got a

janitoring job at the school!

I heard!

Isn't it wonderful?

It's too bad I graduated.

We could hang out.

That's really boss, Dad.

Well, thank you.

I'll see you later.

Dad?

Yeah?

Better come in

here a minute.

I think it's ready.

Oh, Lidia, I'm...

Honey, I'm working

on the radio.

Come on, Dad.

Come on, you promised.

Sit down.

Oh, Lidia.

I wish you'd...

What're you gonna do to it?

I'm just taking it up.

You're just what?

I'm just taking it up.

Gosh, Dad.

Dad?

Hmm?

How come you and Mom

don't talk no more?

Well, I been gone

a long time, Lidia.

We're just giving each other

a little space right now.

You better start

crowding her, Dad.

Put your arms around the

woman every once in a while,

or she's gonna think

you don't like her no more.

Now, I'm giving you

this advice

'cause I can see you just

don't know what you're doing.

Well, I'm gonna

take that to heart.

Lidia suggested

that I dance with you.

That is if you're still

interested in taking my hand.

I've been waiting on you

to ask for the longest time.

You even got your hair

done up for the occasion.

In all the years

I'd known my mother,

this was the only time I'd ever

seen her cry from happiness.

Then again, maybe it was

just Dad stepping on her toes.

I been working

Amber's railroad

All my living long day

I been working

Amber's railroad

Excuse me, fat girl.

Is it absolutely necessary

that you serenade us?

I'm on a diet,

I hope you know,

'cause I have

a granular condition.

You got

a Hostess Twinkies condition.

Funny, Marsh.

These girls are giving me a

heart attack. Let's 86 them.

Must be 12:
30. Why don't you guys

beat it? You heard what Dad said.

What is she talking about?

What did your dad say?

Every day at 12:
30 we gotta

walk? I don't think so.

I know so.

Who asked you, blubber butt?

I can go on a diet,

but you'll always be ugly!

I'm gonna kick

your pygmy butt.

This ain't working out. Somebody's

gonna have to be the boss!

Well, let me guess... Could

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