Devil in a Blue Dress
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:06:01
Easy's one of a few coloured men
around here who owns his own house.

:06:06
He paying the mortgage every month,
just like y'all folks.

:06:10
Property owner, huh?
:06:12
These big companies don't give a damn.
:06:14
I got out of that racket long ago.
:06:16
If you need a job,
drop by this address, 7:00.

:06:21
Tonight.
:06:22
What kind of work you do?
:06:26
I do favours.
:06:28
I do favours for friends.
:06:31
Drop by.
:06:37
Who was that?
:06:38
Just somebody I know.
Businessman.

:06:41
-Businessman, huh?
-Yeah, he is.

:06:45
Ain't nothing to worry about.
:06:47
When I'm told there's
nothing to worry about...

:06:50
...l look to see if my fly is open.
:06:54
All the way home, all I thought about
was a chance to make some money.

:06:59
I first came out to Los Angeles when
I got home from the war in Europe...

:07:04
... with $300 in my pocket
and the G.I. Bill.

:07:07
A lot of coloured folk from Texas
and Louisiana moved to California...

:07:11
... to get them goodjobs in
the shipyards and aircraft companies.

:07:16
Now, me, myself, I was a machinist.
:07:20
And the first thing I did when I saved
enough money was to buy me a house.

:07:26
Man, I loved coming home to my house.
:07:28
I don't know.
:07:30
I guess maybe I just
loved owning something.

:07:42
-I'll knock down the trees in the back.
-Leave my trees alone.

:07:46
Leave my trees! Get on!

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