Wonderful World Page #5

The honking of the car,

the dog bark...

There is something

very friendly about it.

It is good to have it back, Ben.

Hey, how you feelin', Ibu?

You want coffee?

- Mr. Ben.

- Hello.

- Welcome to Senegal.

- Thank you.

We are over here.

I am glad you came

all the way to Dakar.

He would have wanted

you to be here.

Those things that I said,

I know I can't take them back--

but you want to take them back.

Yes.

Ibu talked about you

in his letters.

You know what

he called you?

"The good man."

He answers ad to share rent

And you treat him like a friend.

He wrote about you a lot.

You are a good man.

You gave him heart.

You gave him magic.

That is how I will--

I will think of you.

I don't want you

to think of me.

I don't want it to be

in the past tense.

I made a mistake.

What do you want?

Me to come to America with you?

Get my green card?

Do you--

You want to stay here

in Dakar with me?

What-- What happened

with us was...

a fantasy.

This is where I live.

My friends are here.

It has its own smells,

this country.

I missed it.

I like it here.

This is my home.

Excuse me.

No no, it's no problem at all.

So how are things?

I mean, at school and stuff.

They're okay.

Some of the kids...

make fun of me sometimes.

Well, the world can be

a bad place.

Sometimes people act

like a**holes

just to fit in.

You mean it's

a defense mechanism,

like a chameleon?

Yeah.

But most people

are basically okay.

What about The Man?

He's a schmuck,

but he's not Adolf Hitler.

- That's reassuring.

- It is?

Actually it is.

I don't know why, but...

It is.

I want you to have

good expectations.

You're young.

You're bright.

You're pretty.

Of course you'd say that.

You're my dad.

Well, I would tell you if you were

a depressing, ugly little sh*t.

No, you wouldn't.

Bye, dad.

Bye.

Hey, how you doin'?

Thanks for coming out.

My name is Cyril Hedges

and I kind of helped put

this whole thing together,

so I really appreciate

you guys coming.

Quick thing, though--

Has anyone seen my lucky socks?

- No! Yeah!

- I don't know where they are

and I really--

I can't start until I find them.

And I just don't know where--

I'm sorry?

No, socks don't belong

in your pockets.

I don't know why you would

think that that's--

I don't know why you're saying that.

They're not behind me.

Behind me?

Behind--

Behind me, with the pink toe.

Okay, I got them. All right.

All right, we're good to go.

So please welcome to the stage,

ladies and groundhogs,

Ben Singer!

Hello.

Hi, everybody.

I-- I guess I'm back.

Late July

and it's carnival time

We're together

and the weather's fine...

Take my hand and we'll get in line

This day might never end

There's a big wheel towering

above our heads

Kaleidoscope turning

yellow, green and red

"You can see forever

from the top," they said

And summer's here again

And the world is

spinning out in space

The sun is shining

down on your face

Think of all

that we might do

Ride on the wheel

of fortune, spinning too

We're spinning too.

You just go anywhere

you want to

Summer wind

You just go anywhere

you want to

Summer wind

You pay no mind

to what we say

You ramble in

and then you blow away

Oh, please come back

again and stay

Summer wind

You came up here

from the south now

Summer wind

You came up here

from the south now

Summer wind

You brought the good times

to the north

You said, "am I welcome?"

And we all said, "of course"

And then opened

the windows

And opened the doors

to the summer wind

You take the clouds

out for a ride now

Summer wind

You take the clouds

out for a ride now

Summer wind

We lie around

and watch them pass

Out in the park

with our backs on the grass

Oh, and the clouds

they try

To make us laugh,

summer wind

I think of you when

the deep snow falls

Summer wind

I think of you when

the deep snow falls

Summer wind

I can almost hear

your breezy sound

And I can picture Anna's

hair blowing up and down

The seasons just

keep turning around

In the summer wind

Oh, summer wind

Summer wind

In the summer wind.

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