A Woman Under the Influence

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[ Chattering ]

[ Instrumental ]

[ Chattering Continues ]

[ Man ]

Hope you stick in the mud.

[ Chattering ]

[ Man Vocalizing ]

[ Chattering ]

[ Man ]

God, boy, you stink as a driver!

[ Vocalizing Continues ]

[ Man Scoffs ]

[ Horn Blows In Distance ]

[ Chattering ]

- [ Man ] Hey. Hold it, fellas. Wait.

- [ Man #2 ] Quiet.!

- [ Man #1 ] Quiet down.

- [ Man #3 ] No,you're kidding.

No. No. I gotta- I-

I'm with my family tonight.

I'm with my family.

Forget about it.

No, they're-

These men aren't going out again.

I want you to punch us out.

I don't wanna come in.

I got an unbreakable date.

With my wife.

My wife.

With my wife, you moron.

My wife!

jesus Christ.

The Palisades caved in.

- All night we gotta work.

- [ Men Groaning ]

- [ Man ] Oh, come on.

- No way. Forget about it.

Forget about it.

No way!

Hey, Chick, there is no way

we're gonna work tonight.

Right.

[ Tapping Cigarette Out ]

- [ Man ] Bravo.!

- [ Applause ]

[ Chattering ]

Last one out's a rotten egg.!

- [ Squealing ]

- Shh.

Oh, Tony, don't yell at the kids.

I don't want anything to go wrong.

Your mother's terribly nervous.

Get in the car.

Don't yell at the kids.

Please. Don't yell.

Everybody takes it out -

Maria, get in that car.

- Angelo, where are your shoes?

- Get in the car. Come on, Maria.

You can't go without your shoes. Here.

Hey, Tony, bring another sweater too.

A heavier sweater.

- Maria, have you got your pajamas?

- [ Woman ] I've got the pajamas.

Okay. Oh, Tony, get Angelo's bicycle

from in back too, will ya?

- I don't think he heard ya.

- Okay. I'll get it. I'll get it. Never mind.

[ Maria Whining ]

Come on. Get in there.

Sit down. All right.

- [ Boy ] Where's Mom?

- Sit back in the seat.

- Where's Mom?

- She's gone to get Angelo's bicycle.

[ Boy Chattering ]

Here. You get the back.

Got it? Okay.

How about it? All right?

- Yeah.

- Watch your fingers.

- Want it closed?

- Wheel. It's that wheel. It's -

- Keep the trunk-

- Oh, well. That's all right.

- I'll drive.

- Okay. Get in the car, kids.

- All right. Watch your fingers.

- Everybody in now.

- [ Maria ] I don't wanna go.

- Get in the backseat.

- Come on. Give me a kiss.

- Okay, Mom. We're all set.

- Okay, okay.

- Bye, Mom.

Get your fingers in.

Good-bye. Get your fingers.

- [ Engine Starts ]

- Wait a minute, Mother.

Mom, listen.

If anything happens -

Anything. I mean, if they're impossible,

I want you to call me.

I don't care if it's day or night.

Do you understand?

- Yes. All right.

- You hear what I'm saying, Ma?

- Yes.

- Because I don't want any slipups on this.

I don't want you getting chickenshit

and not calling me.

- Darling, I can take care of them.

- I don't want you saying...

''Mabel's having a wonderful time.

I don't want to disturb her''...

while one of my kids

is lying there bleeding.

- All right.

- Okay?

- All right.

- All right. Take off. Let's go.

Don't break my head. Sit down.

Everybody back. Everybody back.

Okay. All right.

Get back. Sit back.

- Everybody in?

- [ Mabel ] Go.

All right.

Turn your wheel. Okay.

- [ Child ] Mom.

- Okay.

Okay. All right.

Wait a minute.

Okay. Go. All right.

All right. Go.

- [ Car Stalls, Restarts ]

- Go. Good-bye. Go.

- Go.

- [ Child ] Bye, Mom.

That's it. Go.

Shouldn't have let 'em go.

I don't know.

I shouldn't have let 'em go.

I shouldn't have let 'em go. Damn.

I shouldn't have let 'em go.

[ Humming Softly ]

[ Whistling ]

- [ Opera ]

- [ Woman Singing In Italian ]

[ Man And Woman Singing ]

[ Continues ]

[ Continues ]

- [ Stops ]

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