Songs That Won the War Page #3

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that somebody possibly be you?

What do you say we go

double or nothing on a dare?

Winner runs the show here,

loser has to follow orders.

So if us girls win, you

guys have to be our slaves?

Stu! No.

What's the dare?

Us guys'll make a list

of junk.

All you gotta do is get

everything on it. Everything!

If so, you're the boss.

If not, you have to do exactly what

we say for the rest of the summer.

You are on.

How we gonna find a stove, a

wading pool or a Barcalounger?

Keep your eyes open

and your mouth shut.

What if that white man

Lipnicki come out and shoot us?

He ain't gonna shoot us. Why you

even think something like that?

'Cause if I was him,

I'd shoot us,

and if I was white,

I'd probably aim for me!

This is all our stuff from the

old house. There's our mantelpiece.

I can't believe they took our

mantelpiece. They probably took everything.

That old thief, Lipnicki.

He doesn't even own this

property, stupid squatter.

Then he steals our stuff

on top of it.

It's Billy Lipnicki!

I knew it was him!

Quiet, Billy,

before you get us all in deep!

Arliss! Leo!

Willard! Ula! Help!

I'm gonna get you!

You're not gonna get away,

you snot-nosed little brat!

Get him before he gets us

all shot dead!

Knock it off. I ain't gonna

hurt you, you wild little goat.

Calm down. If I let you go, you

promise not to scream no more?

Any of you bring any money?

All I got's 10 cent.

Billy, you promise to keep

quiet about us coming here,

and we'll give you

a dime every trip.

Hmm.

I got front!

I got shotgun!

Well, I'm driving!

Think they'll get any of it?

Hell, no.

They're probably at Elvadine's having a back

bend contest or something stupid like that.

This is cool.

All right!

Yeah! Come on!

All right!

All right!

That was cool!

That was great!

What smells so bad?

You could die

of fumigation down here!

Golly!

Could be a cesspool.

Oh, man, it's poison ivy.

One time through here, we'd be

itching till our balls fell off.

There they are.

I told you.

The Lipnickis are coming!

Way to go, Lester!

We ought to teach them and their

slimy buddy Lester Lucket a lesson.

You're not thinking

what I think you're thinking.

They can't see it

from up there.

Come on.

Think it'll work?

It'll be worth it

if it does.

Let's see

if the Lipnickis float.

Come on.

This is our territory now. Get

lost, and leave the trolley.

What isn't your territory?

If I were you, I wouldn't go

down there. It's awful scary.

You ain't us, are you? We can

go down any hill we please.

Well, don't say

I didn't warn you.

Watch this.

This is disgusting,

stinking crap!

Pee-yoo! It smells

like a butt down here!

I'm gonna kick your ass

for this, Simmons!

Take a bath first! That way

we won't smell you coming!

Butt brain!

Oh, no.

Oh, boys!

Oh, boys!

Stove, wading pool,

siding and Barcalounger.

Start building, slaves.

Okay, I got it...

We build it out of their stuff,

and then we'll kick them out.

Can't. We promised.

So what? Everybody here

knows my word ain't no good.

Like I said,

start building, slaves.

And when you get done,

you gotta paint it.

Screw you, man. We're not

doing nothing you say, suckers.

Hey, we had a deal.

Deal's off.

Marsh, come on!

Come on, yourself.

No way am I gonna be

no slave to no girl.

Chet, carry me over here

so I can reach this branch.

I'm out of here.

Hey, they got great stuff!

You guys are seriously bailing?

Does Howdy Doody

have wooden balls?

Welshers!

Who wanted

the boys anyway?

We can have it all

to ourselves.

Amen!

Think you could make any more

noise with that damn car of yours?

Sorry about that,

Mrs. Higgins.

And quit trying to look through

my dress and see my nipples.

Hi, hon.

How was your day?

Honey?

They let me go

from that job today.

What? Why?

It hasn't even been a week.

Some way or another they found out

I spent time in that mental hospital.

Did you tell them

you went into that hospital

voluntary, for nightmares?

It's nothing personal,

they said.

Law says you can't work

for the city or state

within the vicinity

of children

if you've spent time in a mental

hospital or corrective institution.

It's on account of our government

you wound up in that place.

And now they're

turning you down for work

like you're some kind

of criminal?

What is that?

We still got my jobs, and

we can get food stamps and...

Food stamps?

God bless America. They...

They give you a handout

before they give you a job.

Don't tell the kids

just yet.

They gonna find out.

I know.

'Cause I'm gonna tell them.

Just not till

I get myself up again.

Okay.

Just don't want them getting

the idea the world's against us.

You know, my father,

he used to say,

"Nothing you ever do in this

lifetime is gonna make a difference. "

Wouldn't you know, Lois, out of all

the remarks anybody ever said to me,

that's the one I held on to.

Maybe that's why I joined up.

A chance to do something good

when they was drafting.

Then I let my best friend die

'cause I didn't have

enough guts to stand up...

Don't do this

to yourself, Stephen.

You done the only thing

you knew.

Well, I don't want

our kids growing up thinking

they're powerless

'cause of me!

Everything they do in this

world has a consequence.

Our children

still believe in miracles,

they still believe

anything's possible.

As long as they believe like

that, they're gonna be something.

They're gonna make

a difference in this world.

And that means

I made a difference.

I'm gonna get a job.

I'll get one.

I need five men!

How about me, boss?

You, with the suspenders.

You with the denim,

you with the thermos jug.

He could use some help,

you guys.

Child, it is too hot to work.

I might catch me

a stroke out here.

No, no, no, no

Don't you cry

We can't lift this.

Come on.

We almost got it. Come on.

All right,

let's try this one more time.

I can't lift that.

Poor son of a gun.

He wants to

build that place so bad,

he's willing to put up

with anything.

One, two, three!

Look how

they got him sweating.

Am I lying or what? It brings

tears to a man's eyes to see.

You guys wanted that up there,

then why didn't you ask me?

Put that thing up there.

That the way you ask me? Ain't

you heard the word "please"?

Please?

Get out of my way,

lightweight.

You're gonna rise

Rise with the sun

Let's go.

Wait a minute. Wait.

The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not want.

Hallelujah!

Wow!

Way to go!

I knew you could do it!

Come on, Marsh!

Way to go!

How'd you do that?

I don't get it.

Well,

she's for sale, Stuart.

Been repossessed.

Found out today bank's had

her on the market 14 months.

Nobody's interested,

on account of she's so

close to the train tracks.

Tragic, isn't it?

Dad, nobody wants it

'cause she's a wreck.

Why, how dare you?

Paint's chipping off the

walls, cracked windows...

Lipstick and rouge, that's all

that is. Lipstick and rouge.

This here's a fine old girl, you

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