The Manson Family Page #2

to be so bright,

cause then weve got

to judge ourselves.

They hate to

look at themselves.

They hate to look at the

truth in themselves man.

They persecute themselves.

Charlie,

this is Tex.

You can have anything I got.

Charlie wasnt

the leader at all.

He followed us around

and took care of us.

Are you ready to die?

Yes I am.

Then live forever!

Being accepted by

the Family and Charlie

was like an answer

an answer to an

unspoken prayer.

Before his

Helter Skelter trip,

everything was beautiful.

All we did was smoke grass,

and drop acid,

and make love,

as much as possible.

We were forced to

examine our souls,

not privately, or secretly,

but before Charlie

and the entire family.

I mean, really, everything

that everything was for,

was for f***ing.

Thats what everything

was for, Man.

To unify ourselves with LSD.

I mean, if we

werent f***ing,

we were leading up to it.

It was heavy.

And if we werent leading

up to it, we were f***ing.

I didnt have any

experience with group sex,

but I warmed up to it.

The girls kept telling me,

that it was my

parents hang ups,

that I had to

deprogram myself

from their inhibitions.

Thats what Charlie said the

whole universe was about, man

it was all one big f***.

Everything was in and out,

smoking, and

eating, and drinking.

It was all just one big f***.

Were not hippies,

were slippies.

Well, the ranch

was fairly isolated.

You had to take a back road

from the Santa Susanna Pass

to get there,

and it was owned by this

eighty year old,

blind guy named George.

Well, Charlie never

really believed

that George was

completely blind.

He would have

one of the girls

strip down in front

of him from time to time,

just to see if there

was some sort of reaction.

Charlie was always

trying to cultivate George

with the girls, you know,

to help cook and clean,

and make love to him.

And of course we helped

out around the ranch.

Whatever, shoveling manure,

grooming the horses,

whatever it took

to keep up a good front,

and make us look

good with George.

And for the most part,

we got along with

the other ranch hands.

Goddamn it move you

hippie bastards!

Except for Shorty.

Freaks!

Excuse me.

Charlie tried,

but Shorty was just

that one ranch hand

that he couldnt

work his magic on.

Charlie wasnt

looking for attention.

Which is why he

got so much of it.

You people sure

have strange concepts

of boyfriend, girlfriend.

Hi Tex.

Hey Tex.

Sadie.

I didnt know what to make

of Bobby when I met him.

He seemed like a spoiled,

super hippy, you know?

Arrogant, always trying to use

a power that he

didnt really have,

to influence the

rest of the group.

Whats the problem?

Last night, you said

we were going

swimming this morning.

I didnt know you were

going to be in the

barn, f***ing Bobby.

Look, I dont belong

to you Tex, you got that.

I dont belong to anybody.

I can do anything I want,

and so can you.

Then why in hell did you bring

me here in the first place?

I brought you here

to meet everyone.

I brought you here

to meet Charlie.

Charlie, Charlie,

Charlie, Charlie

Sometimes our

group lovemaking could

be pretty comical,

other times it

was devastating.

But thats how

we were growing.

We were forming

a bond as a family.

And Charlie was directing

all these energies,

but no one could direct them.

Charlie wasnt our leader.

He didnt want

us hanging on him,

like our parents wanted

us to hang onto them.

We didnt need them.

Charlie let us be beautiful.

Im willing to

die for Charlie,

because hes me.

Well, we believed

that we were cleansing

ourselves, spiritually.

The goal was to achieve

an inner harmony,

as a group,

as an example to

the rest of the world.

Which we saw as

phony and desperate.

We talk this way

about Charlie,

and people say,

people like you,

say that were brainwashed.

But weve seen

Charlie do things

that no human being

has done before.

We saw him pick up

a bird in the desert

and breath on it

and bring it back to life.

And he said,

See I told you

you were perfect.

You must always think

of yourself as perfection.

And I bought it,

and him and the

whole brainwash.

Man, Ive been trying to

get a buzz off everybody.

Nobody has nothing.

Awwhhh.

Clem!

I need to get high.

Pack me a bowl.

Please.

That was the last one.

Oh, youve got to be kidding,

there isnt any more.

No!

Goddamn it!

Goddamn it!

Goddamn it,

Charlie, that sucks.

Hmmmm... yeah.

I know some knuckleheads,

we can burn

for at least a lid.

Cmon, lets go.

Whoa, whoa now,

whoa there,

whoa there Sadie!

Hey, hey, hey,

Charlie, Charlie,

let go of my leg.

Whoa whoa hey hey.

Hey, whoa Sadie.

Whoa.

Hold on now.

Oh my,

youve got some

dirty feet here, Sadie.

Lets clean them.

There was a love there.

A very strong, a

very true love there.

And if I hadnt felt it,

I wouldnt have

followed Charlie.

A Joint!

Youve got, youve got pot!

Oh thank God,

Charlie has a joint.

Would you light this.

But until I see all of

you knowing who you are

Im going to be

very much what I am.

God Almighty God.

Who do you think

sent that tape?

Maybe it was a practical

joke by some kids.

You know, Charlie has been

sort of an underground hero

for a lot of these kids.

Wait a minute,

I want to show you something.

I meant to show you

this the other day.

I picked it up at the Dark

Fantasy Comic Book store,

but look at this,

Row after row of

Charlie faces, look at that.

And then I realized,

that its been all been

leading to right now.

You know,

its like the family,

this is the last time.

Because now, Ive

got the perfect body,

the one Ive wanted all along.

The strongest one.

The one thats gonna make it

through for the last time.

Charlie told us

that Children were the

real leaders of the Family.

They were the ones

who lead the way.

Since we waited on

them they set the pace.

Jesus Christ and his

children were just kids.

They were living

free, without guilt,

and without shame.

They were able to

take off their clothes

and lie in the sun

and be one, together.

We took hundreds of

acid trips together,

smoked a lot

of pot together,

because we wanted

to be like Charlie,

because to us,

he was living perfection.

We wanted to mirror him.

We had so much sex.

We had every kind of

sex you can imagine.

We did things youd

never even think of.

Its a miracle Im not

dead from diseases by now.

I had no standards,

I would sleep with anybody.

Anybody I wanted to,

or anybody

Charlie wanted me to.

He would always give

me to the meanest biker

or the craziest whoever,

because he said I could

out freak anyone with sex.

Alright, go ahead

and print that.

You know when the trial

started for the Family,

it was really

the milestone

in the death of

the Hippie Movement,

everyone really

thinks Patty Hearst...

Martin Luther King

died with love!

Kennedy died,

talking about something

he couldnt even understand,

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