The Pope of Greenwich Village Page #2

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Where was I wrong?

What did you say?

- I said where was I wrong?

- Where was you wrong?

Ronnie told you not to rob.

You robbed. That got me fired.

You was wrong. You understand that?

You were wrong. You understand that?

- I didn't figure I'd get caught.

- You didn't figure...

Look, man, if I figured I'd get caught,

I'd be a thousand percent wrong.

But if I didn't figure I'd get caught,

then I wasn't jeopardizing your job.

Hey, don't you understand, Charlie...

- Hey!

- Keep your hands off me.

- Look what you did to my suit.

- I'm sorry.

What do you need

a fancy suit for, Charlie?

You got no job to wear it to, man.

- What did you say?

- Come on.

Huh? Say that again.

Say it again. Say it again.

Say... say what you just said again.

About my suit.

Say... say... what do I don't need?

Tell me what I don't need.

What do you need

a fancy suit for, Charlie?

You got no job to wear it to, man.

That's right.

Why?

Here's your button.

Come on, man.

Hey, man, let's go watch the sun

come up like the old days.

Hey, Charluccio!

We'll sit and have a couple

of cognacs like gentlemen!

Hey, let me tell you something.

I don't have time to sit

and watch the sun come up.

Capisce? I don't have time.

I could teach another aerobics class.

There's some models

trying out for a commercial.

It would mean a few

extra dollars next week.

Great. Oh, Wallach's wants 300.

Or they're gonna give it

to a collection agency.

We can cut back a little, too.

We eat out a lot more than we have to.

- You gonna cook?

- I can cook.

You can cook. You can't cook.

I don't f***ing believe this.

I don't... I don't believe this.

She's got 11 months'

worth of parking tickets here.

- The f***ing b*tch.

- Who?

Who? Cooky. Who else? Cooky.

She's still got the Buick in my name.

God damn it.

Let her pay them. It's only fair.

How can you say "Let her pay"?

Every penny that she gets comes from me.

Jesus Christ! It's almost two grand.

She must be parking

on the f***ing sidewalk.

- Take the car back.

- Take the car back.

She got three brothers

who belong in a zoo.

I take the car back,

they'll start a war over that thing.

- So what are you gonna do?

- I'll manage.

So what are you talking about then?

Why you being such a cooze, huh?

Was that an accident?

Huh? Was that an accident?

- I don't think so.

- Jesus Christ.

Why did you do that?

I'm sorry.

You can hit.

Finding a job will pick you up.

You'll get your reflexes back.

I think I already got my reflexes back.

The summer wind

Came blowing in

From across the sea

It lingered there

To touch your hair

And walk with me

All summer long

We sang a song

And then we strolled that golden sand

Two sweethearts

And the summer wind

Like painted kites

Those days and nights

They went flying by

The world was new

Beneath a blue umbrella sky...

Hey, Charlie Moran.

How the hell are you, huh?

- How you doing?

- What's happening, baby?

- I'm not doing any good in there.

- You know anybody who does?

- So what's happening? How's Cooky?

- Cooky's history.

- I'm sorry.

- It's all right. Don't worry.

So, what's happening with you?

What are you doing?

- Waiting.

- You're waiting? For what?

Work.

Charlie, I'm not gonna

bullshit with you now.

I swear to God, business is off with me.

I'm down 35% on my dinners.

You're up against a wall,

you come in by me,

I put you out on the floor

a couple of shifts a week.

You work as a waiter, okay?

- Work as a waiter?

- Yeah.

- I look like a waiter to you, huh?

- No. I'm offering you a job.

- You want to put me on as a waiter?

- Gonna get mad at me over this?

- I offer you a job...

- I wouldn't work in your restaurant...

- Do me a favor. Go f*** yourself, okay?

- Hey.

F***ing creep, you!

Maybe you should take a waiter's job

until something better opens up.

Diane, give me a break, huh?

Just a thought.

What do you want me to do,

you want me to save up

my little tip cup every night?

In 20 years, maybe I'll have

enough to own a place?

It's honest work, Charlie.

Something I learned a long time ago

about honest work.

When people tell you they got

honest work for you, know what they got?

- What?

- A sh*t job. That's what they got.

Do you ever think

we don't have to own the restaurant

to move to the country, Charlie?

You could find a job managing a place.

I could get work.

Diane, I'm not gonna head up to Maine,

you know, start chopping wood.

When we leave the city,

I'm gonna leave as an owner.

How are you gonna see your son

when you leave?

- You think about it?

- I'll work it out.

What's the sudden interest in my kid?

It's not sudden.

I'm curious.

Doesn't it bother you

to only see Vinnie once a week?

Yeah, it bothers me. Yeah.

It bothers me.

When Cooky and I first split up,

I used to see the kid every other day.

I used to take him to the zoo.

I took him to the ferry.

I dropped money

at every Carvel stand in the city.

- And?

- And what?

Then Cooky and her scumbag brothers

used to knock me down all week long.

Bang, bang, bang. No mercy.

So by the time I got the kid,

I got nothing but tight lips

and a frown all day.

It might be different if it was our kid.

Not at this point in my life.

I mean, you know.

You know, maybe down the road sometime.

But not right now.

Why not right now?

Because I got my back

against the wall right now, that's why.

I got no job right now.

You want me to put it

a different way for you?

I'm outta work right now.

I got no money, capisce?

I got two Shylocks

I gotta carry on my back.

I got a marshal who wants

to put a lien on my salary

when and if I get a salary, all right?

I got an ex-wife and I got a kid

I gotta feed every week.

Listen to you, Charlie.

You're always saying "I." "I got two..."

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, Diane!

Don't play games with me, all right?

- I'm not playing games with you.

- What do you wanna do, you wanna fight?

- Shut up, damn it! F*** off! Piss off!

- Hey! What do you wanna do?

Look, I'm going to go bang

around the Village for a while, right?

I need a dose of sanity in my life.

Yeah, hey.

Charlie?

- Charlie!

- What? What do you want?

What do you want?

What? What do you want?

What? What do you want?

Speak. What do you want?

- I'm pregnant.

- Come over here.

Come over here. Come over here.

Come over here.

Come over here right now.

No, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Don't come over here.

Don't come over here.

Grandpa used to have hundreds of birds

he used to keep up here on the roof.

He had all different kinds.

He had tipplets. He had flights.

He had tumblers. He had nuns.

You know what nuns are?

They're pigeons.

One of the most beautiful flocks

in the whole Village

was up here in this coop.

They used to have pigeon wars

over these birds.

Grandpa used to stand up here

with a stick.

He used to go like this.

He used to bring all the birds home.

Hey, Vinnie,

most of your grandfather's time up here

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