The Singing Detective
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You know, he was good,
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you know, but, as a kid,
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l couldn't seem to get close.
1:42:09
He was good with engines,
you know?

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Anything under the hood,
and he was just...

1:42:14
He was so quiet. He was just...
he was just too quiet.

1:42:19
And l wanted to get closer,
you know?

1:42:23
l mean, maybe l wasn't the kind
of kid he would have wanted,

1:42:29
you know?
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Reading,
and off on my own and...

1:42:38
...locked in.
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That pain-in-the-ass kid stuff,
but...

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l wanted to get closer,
and l... l...

1:42:56
So you told him about her.
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Well, l traded her in.
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l traded her in
for a pat on the head.

1:43:04
No. No.
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l got beat instead,
and so did she.

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He just hit her from one side
of the room to the other.

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And we went...
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to L.A.
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You know, but by then
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l think my pa's rage
had-had-had cooled down.

1:43:24
l don't think
he wanted us to go,

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'cause l remember him waving.
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l remember him waving to us
as the bus went away.

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Away.
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And l...
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And my mom couldn't get a job.
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lt was just, you know...
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She started
bringing men home and...

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Oh, the poor bitch.

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