Songs That Won the War Page #4

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just gotta look a little deeper.

She's got good pipes,

sound foundation.

She gonna keep us cool in the

summer, keep us warm in the winter,

give us clean water to drink. I

mean through the pipes, not the roof.

Yeah, but Dad... Listen

to that water pressure.

Brings tears to my eyes.

Dad, you've gone

stark raving mad.

Mmm. She's speakin' to me.

Yeah? What's she saying?

"You can buy me. "

Did she say

where to get the money?

No. She did not

mention that.

Come here,

I want to show you something.

I figure in there's

gonna be your room.

Dad.

It's the biggest room

I ever seen.

It is, isn't it?

Upstairs there's a vanity

in the master suite.

Yeah? How do you know?

'Cause last time I was here, I

climbed up a tree, snuck a peek.

Your mama's always wanted

her very own vanity.

I'm gonna build her a French potty

in here. You know, one of them bidets?

"Walter Crouly Home. "

Next owner

is none other than...

Us.

Stu...

It's gonna take a good while before I can

get enough money together to get this place.

I'd like to surprise your mom.

You think...

You think maybe we could keep

this whole thing under our hats?

I won't tell a soul.

Good. Good.

Are we just pretending

we're gonna buy this place?

We're hoping, son.

So long as we got hope,

there's always a chance.

All right, let's be picking

them up and putting them down.

Hey, son!

That man over there says you

know something about a mining job.

Go to hell.

Excuse me? Did I...

Did I say something?

Just go on and get your

jollies off of somebody else.

All right, I'm tired of all

y'all making fun about my car!

First shot I get at a decent

job, and my car blows up.

I'm tired of people making fun

of my car, too, but it runs.

It does, huh?

When I got money

to put gas in her, she does.

If you got a line

on a good job, I got a car.

Maybe we should have dinner

tonight at my house, discuss it.

What you having?

How come all we ever eat

is potatoes anymore?

We eat mashed potatoes, fried

potatoes, baked potatoes.

Hey, everybody!

Hey, Dad.

Hi.

Meet my new friend

Moe Henry.

Hi, everybody.

You want something to eat?

Yes, ma'am.

There's not much.

Moe and me got hired on

as miners this afternoon.

Hey! Good job, Dad!

Problem is, if I don't

show up tomorrow morning,

foreman's gonna give my

position to someone else.

Moe knows how to get me

a card tonight, right?

That's right.

The problem is,

it's gonna cost 50 smackers.

$50 for a union card?

Where you gonna

get that?

Tell them about the dollar.

If I get the card,

Moe's gonna ride to work

with me, pay me $1 every day.

That's right! For gas!

Lois, it pays 10 times

what I'm making now.

Got the first installment

right here!

Why do you think

that is, Stephen?

Don't fight me

on this, honey.

Hey, Daddy, I got five and

some change if you need it.

Not here, not now.

I believe I got $17.

$17 plus this,

what Moe had, that's $18.

I have 800 Coke bottles

you can have.

That should give you

about $35, $40 at least.

Mama, I thought you was

saving that money for a...

Special occasion? That is exactly

right. That is what this is.

Your daddy just landed the best job of

his life. Congratulations, Stephen, Moe.

Thank you, Mrs. Simmons.

We'd better run before

that place closes. Moe.

Can I come with you?

Sure!

It's near 50 miles

to that marble mine.

Think Flossie'll make it, Dad?

It took you six months

to save that.

Now he's gonna go

blow it on a job

he'll probably lose

inside the first week.

Come outside.

Come on, Flossie,

don't fail me now.

She busted again.

Mmm-hmm.

Lidia Simmons,

what is the matter?

It's you.

You don't got good shoes,

you hardly ever eat anything,

you work all the time.

This money was gonna be

a new chance for you.

Why you always giving

your chances away?

Now, listen here...

All your dad has ever done is fought to

make this world a better place for us.

Yes, he struggles. Yes, he has

had dirt kicked in his face.

All the more reason

he needs our help.

Now, you don't wanna help him,

that's okay.

You gotta

follow your instincts.

But I will not listen

to you knock him.

He's part of me.

You cut him down,

you're cutting me down.

You're cutting down yourself.

Dad?

Would you like to

go back to bed?

What are you doing up

this late, Pocahontas?

Well...

I dreamt I had to pee, and

then I woke up and it was real.

Dad, Stu says them dreams

give you a nervous breakdown,

and that's how come

you had to go away.

Are you going away again?

I ain't going nowhere

you can't come.

You believe in angels?

Sure.

Why?

Don't you believe

in anything you can't see?

No. So do you think

I have a guardian angel?

Lidia, I bet

you got a dozen of them.

Like who, for example?

Well, I bet your grandfather's

watching over you.

Well, I thought you said

he was an alcoholic.

Lidia, it's... Lidia, it's

Dad, listen,

when you get old and die, you'd

better fire whoever's got my case

and take over

the job yourself.

I'll tell you what.

When the Lord calls me home, I'll

just ask Him about that. Okay?

But right now I think we both

ought to be hitting the sack, hon.

Look here, I cut my arm.

That makes 31 scars.

I must got more scars

than you now.

Hell you do.

I got more scars

than Frankenstein.

Put your arm up here

next to mine.

Come this-a-way.

Them cigar burns

you give yourself don't

count. Gotta be an accident.

I'm itching

like a wet dog.

You smell like one, too.

Shut up.

Orbiting Pluto, Billy?

No.

We never get

to do nothing good.

I hate this town, I hate these

ugly clothes, ugly shoes...

Why don't you just say you hate

everything under the universe

and give our ears a break?

She's gotta recite the whole

encyclopedia of hates every damn day.

It's clear.

You done good by us,

Billy boy.

Thanks.

People said

Billy Lipnicki was nuts

and saw visions

and talked to the spirits.

The only thing that I knew

is that he loved dimes.

But what I didn't know at the

time was that, that very same day,

my father had pulled out

his only decent shirt,

ironed it perfectly and put

his tie on to look respectable

so he could buy us a new house

at the county auction.

Flossie stall again, Dad?

What the hell's the matter

with you? Can't you drive?

Come on, Flossie.

Get that piece of junk

off the road!

I'm a-gonna raise a fuss

and I'm gonna raise a holler

Go around him, stupid!

Did she stall again, Dad?

Yes.

What's the matter with you?

Move it!

He's just doing it

to spite you!

That's why he cut you off!

Yeah! Move it!

What the hell?

Dad, he's hitting our car!

I see that.

Hit him again, Dad!

Do something!

What do you want I should do,

go stand between the bumper?

Quit hitting our car, you big,

fat son of a b*tch!

Son, don't...

Don't say that.

What the hell'd you say to me?

That's the way you teach your

kids, to back-talk adults?

Well, no,

but I think he seen you slamming

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