Music Within Page #3

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Watched his hair been turnin'grey

He's been workin'and slavin'his life away

Oh, yes, I know it

Yeah

- He's been workin' so hard

- Yeah

- I've been workin' too, baby

- Yeah

Every night and day

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

We gotta get out of this place

If it's the last thing we ever do

We gotta get out of this place

'Cause girl, there's a better life

for me and you

So we're gonna move off this hill

before they decide to take it from us.

I need four volunteers to stay behind.

This is your chance to be a hero.

I always wanted to be a hero.

All right, there we go. I need three more.

Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin'

- Yeah

- Every single day

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

We gotta get out of this place

If it's the last thing we ever do

Sector One. Sector One. We need help!

Under fire in the sector. Over.

Let's move!

We're out. Let's go. We're out.

What you did out there took courage.

Know your outfit is proud of you.

I just wanted you to understand

that I'm personally proud of you.

I got something planned for you

you can enjoy,

while you're right here in Vietnam.

Carry on.

Come here, sister

Papa's in the swing

Oh, the mother lode.

Who needs a medal, huh?

I don't want a medal, man.

He ain't no drag

To surviving the surviving.

Papa's got a brand new bag

Come here, mama

And dig this crazy scene

He's not too fancy

But his line is pretty clean

He ain't no drag

Bring it on, gooks.

Papa's got a brand new bag

Incoming!

Richard! Point to where it hurts.

Can you hear me?

You got tinnitus. It's ringing in the ears.

I can't hear you.

You're lucky.

You only lost half your hearing.

Your friends lost theirs completely.

If I'm deaf,

why do I hear this noise all the time?

You lost your upper register,

and hearing aids won't help.

By the time you can hear

those high sounds,

the low sounds will be so loud,

you'd go crazy. You understand?

Can you just make the noise stop?

I can't. That's tinnitus.

Some days will be better than others,

but it won't stop.

Ever.

This is my letter of acceptance

to the university.

And I also brought

a couple of recommendations.

No, no, I can't authorize this.

I'm sorry. Could you speak up

and look at me when...

Thank you.

I can't authorize government funds

to send you to college.

Why?

You're deaf.

I'm what?

It's a deaf joke.

You're worse than deaf, you're confused.

You can hear only vowels, no consonants.

Yeah.

Well, if you can only hear vowels,

you've got two choices,

learn to read lips or move to Hawaii.

I don't wanna go to Hawaii,

I wanna go to college.

Listen, even if you graduate,

they won't be able to place you.

Why? 'Cause I'm deaf?

Helen Keller was deaf and blind.

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