The Rambler Page #4

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We thank You for this food

and ask You to please bless it

so it can give us

the strength we need. Amen.

Susan, Brother:

Amen.

- Susan:
Good, Jesse.

- Boy:
Why did you both say it?

( low humming )

( TV playing faintly )

( cavalry bugle playing )

( baby cooing )

I think somebody wants to see their uncle.

( cooing )

( gunfire, bugling continue on TV )

( crickets chirping )

See you in the morning, brother.

Right.

( low humming )

( sizzling )

( whirring )

( static crackling )

Rambler's voice:

"Dearest brother,

I am sorry to say that I will be leaving you

and will be long gone by

the time you read this.

I do appreciate your taking me in

and it was damn nice to see you.

But in my travels, I have found

my only true home is the highway.

I wish you the best

and take care of that family of yours.

- Sincerely... "

- ( horn honking )

Where to, old friend?

( engine revving )

( static crackles )

So, uh, I watched "Frankenstein" again

following our conversation.

It's like I see something new every time.

It keeps getting better.

I would have made it in color, though,

so's everyone could see

what the Monster really looked like.

I bet he's, like, blue or something.

- ( static continues )

- So, uh...

how does a fellow like you get by out here?

I gamble.

Well, every man needs a trade.

This your trade?

Driving around and sh*t?

Well, it's a lot more than that.

You know?

Bet it is.

I used to be a paramedic, you know.

Had to quit.

Why's that?

I guess you could say

I'm prone to an unusual addiction.

What's that?

I like injured women.

A lot.

The worse, the better.

The bigger mess, the more the blood,

the closer to death, I just f***in' love it.

Doesn't even matter what

they look like either.

I'm more attracted

to the most f***ed-up ones.

You sure open up quick.

Obsession got to be a problem on the job,

so I had to change careers.

Oh, yeah?

Someone find out?

( laughs )

Everyone.

( faint crackling )

( distorted feedback )

( distorted radio playing )

( girl screaming )

( screaming continues )

I can save her.

( screaming )

- ( radio static plays )

- ( screaming continues )

( girl wailing )

( screaming )

( wailing continues )

- ( door opens )

- What the hell, man?

Ain't she perfect?

( girl whimpering )

She's an angel.

Heads up.

( girl whimpering )

( belt buckle jingles )

( crying continues )

( distorted radio continues )

( girl wailing )

She's gonna make it.

She's gonna make it.

She's gonna make it.

She's gonna make it...

( wailing )

- ( screaming )

- Yep.

( wailing fades )

( wailing continues )

( screaming )

You're gonna be okay, sweetie.

( screaming, wailing )

( screaming )

( thunder rumbles )

Rambler:

Where are we?

My brother's joint.

He's in Norway or something.

( groans )

- Sh*t.

- Cabbie:
Be careful with that.

( groaning )

( grunting )

( girl groaning )

( girl grunting )

- ( girl screaming )

- ( cabbie grunting )

Will you please bury that?

( clatters )

Couldn't save it?

Nope, it's ruined.

She's lost a lot of blood.

- ( wailing continues )

- No kidding.

Don't know whether she'll live.

You can handle that, right?

( girl panting )

( girl wailing, panting )

( wailing continues )

( thunder rumbles )

( screaming continues )

( thunder rumbles )

( rain pattering )

( girl panting )

- ( wailing continues )

- ( cabbie grunting )

( wailing continues )

( screaming continues )

Here's to you, brother.

( screaming continues )

( twanging )

( screaming continues )

( door creaks open )

( sobbing )

She f***in' croaked, man.

It's happened before.

F*** you, man!

( rumbling )

( screaming, wailing )

Holy sh*t. She's back!

A real live Frankenstein!

- ( roaring )

- In color!

( shrieking )

I'm dead.

( playing softly )

( flames crackling )

( roaring )

The wind blows that is riding free

The swallow's wing

I've been following

I've seen sunsets

Stars above

Lovely moon

and a turtledove...

( roaring )

Rambler:
I've passed through

the mountain air

But the mountain's much

too proud to care

Eternal, I just watch the show

Seen us come and they'll see us go

Workers work, the wheels do turn

Let the lovers love, the fires burn

But the traveler, he goes alone

The endless blues all day long

Blue gas and wine,

we get to heaven primed

On a sundown's dying spree

Painted on the cathedral sky

By the hands of mystery

Slow are the days

Long are the ways

Take your time, keep the faith

They all go to the same place...

- ( beeping )

- Spend my time here on the run

Still wedded by that setting sun

The laws hold, planets spin

They do not know where I have been

The wind has always known my name

It was long forgotten by the rain

Aimless

My direction gone

The wind will blow where I belong

The wind does stop

and the feather drops

To the ground and in the eaves

I'll drop my sail if it kicks a gale

For the drifters and the thieves

Long are the days

Slow are the waves

Took its time, told my fate

Brother wind is at the gate

Brother wind is at the gate.

( piano music playing )

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