Songs That Won the War Page #4

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Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Daddy?

What?

Can I give you a French

twist tonight with Dippity Do?

If I can give you a French

twist with a dip-dilly-dew.

Whose turn is it to help me

with this laundry, Lidia Joanne?

Promise?

Yeah.

I'm coming.

How you doing

these days, Elvadine?

My life be a wreck.

How you been?

Pretty good.

Hey, Elvadine, Amber, come

on, help me with the laundry!

Bye, Mr. Simmons.

Bye, Mr. Simmons.

Good-bye, Elvadine.

Good-bye, Amber.

I'm proud of you for sharing

that fort with your sister.

You treat her good, she'll be in

your corner the rest of your life.

Something happen to your lip?

Got kicked in the face.

By who?

Lipnickis.

They ought to call them

the Lip-kickis.

I think the Lipdickis.

Y'all...

Y'all feuding with them, too?

I hold my temper.

It's just sometimes I feel like I

could wring his scrawny little neck.

Boy, sometimes all it takes

is a split second

to do something you'll regret

the whole rest of your life.

Stuart, sometimes...

"Sometimes" is too much.

Anyhow, got me a job today.

Working for the state.

Get out. Are you serious?

Yes, sir.

Your old grammar school.

I'm the new

custodial engineer.

Hey, Ma! Dad got a

janitoring job at the school!

I heard!

Isn't it wonderful?

It's too bad I graduated.

We could hang out.

That's really boss, Dad.

Well, thank you.

I'll see you later.

Dad?

Yeah?

Better come in

here a minute.

I think it's ready.

Oh, Lidia, I'm...

Honey, I'm working

on the radio.

Come on, Dad.

Come on, you promised.

Sit down.

Oh, Lidia.

I wish you'd...

What're you gonna do to it?

I'm just taking it up.

You're just what?

I'm just taking it up.

Gosh, Dad.

Dad?

Hmm?

How come you and Mom

don't talk no more?

Well, I been gone

a long time, Lidia.

We're just giving each other

a little space right now.

You better start

crowding her, Dad.

Put your arms around the

woman every once in a while,

or she's gonna think

you don't like her no more.

Now, I'm giving you

this advice

'cause I can see you just

don't know what you're doing.

Well, I'm gonna

take that to heart.

Lidia suggested

that I dance with you.

That is if you're still

interested in taking my hand.

I've been waiting on you

to ask for the longest time.

You even got your hair

done up for the occasion.

In all the years

I'd known my mother,

this was the only time I'd ever

seen her cry from happiness.

Then again, maybe it was

just Dad stepping on her toes.

I been working

Amber's railroad

All my living long day

I been working

Amber's railroad

Excuse me, fat girl.

Is it absolutely necessary

that you serenade us?

I'm on a diet,

I hope you know,

'cause I have

a granular condition.

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