@@@@@I got a girl, Gert, I tell you she can’t be beatShe’s beautiful, look at her pictureIt’s a goddam shame the helling around I do, cheating on her and writing lovey-dovey letters
Hell, boy, she ain’t missin’ any bets either
Now, don’t say that, or I’m gonna take offenseShe’s pretty goddam pure
All right, all right, just take it from my point of viewWhat she don’t know won’t hurt her
He considers this, begins to giggleI gotta tell ya the truth, that’s the way I feel about it
I wish I could tell you boys (slightly drunk) just what the hell this is all gonna mean to us years from nowWe’re storin’ up memories, and that’s a factThey ain’t, all right I said ain’t even if I am in college, but shit I’m just plain folks, they ain’t a one of you I’ll ever forget, that’s the goddam Lesbian truth
What the hell you talkin’ about, Brown?
Damn if I know Tee hell with the physics test tomorrowI just got helling in my blood
In June, after he has flunked out, it is hard to face his father, but he comes back with resolutions
Listen, Pop, I know I’ve been an awful disappointment to you, and it’s a damn shame after all your sacrifices, but I just don’t think I’m cut out for that kind of workI ain’t gonna make any apologies about my intelligence ’cause I still think it’s as good as anyone’s my age, but I’m the kind of a fellow who needs something he can get his teeth into betterI believe I’m cut out for selling or something like thatI like to be around people
(The long sigh) Maybe, maybeNo use cryin’ over spilt milk is what I sayI’ll talk to some of my friends
He gets a job with a farm-machinery company, is making fifty dollars a week before his first year is
