The Only Thrill

* time is a stealer

* a stacked deck dealer

* deals you time

* then takes time away

* you learn if you're lucky

* you never waste a day

* time is a racer

* a comet chaser

* stops for no one in its quest *

* and thinks nothing of it

* to pass you by

* leave you stranded

* with all the rest

* what about that bride tomorrow? *

* all those best laid plans

* what about the time you counted upon *

* the time that was in

* now is gone

Bob, we picked up a little eight-unit deal out there in Taylor.

Yeah?

You need some work, though, if you can get to it.

Okay, I'll take a look.

Good to see you.

See you, Mr. McHenry.

Tommy. Hi, dad.

Get the stick. Get the stick.

Good boy.

You got him trained? Sort of.

It just must be the center of our concerns,

but we will not permit those

who fire upon us in Vietnam

to win a victory

over the desires

and the intentions

of all the American people.

Smells good, Ruth.

They only got a few years to go to end this war

before Tommy's old enough to go.

Mr. McHenry, it'll just about end about then, I'm telling you.

I don't see it lasting till 1970.

Do you, Ruth?

Lord, I hope not.

Are you going to be here for supper tonight, Mr. McHenry?

No, I've got to go into town.

I'll pick up something.

* if you're lucky that love is a thing *

* you don't save for a rainy day *

* you don't save love for a rainy day *

excuse me, are you Mr. McHenry?

Yes, ma'am.

Well, hello. How do you do?

My name is Carol Fritz Simmons,

and I just wanted to congratulate you

and your new store.

I think it's really good for the town.

Thank you. Lt was kind of handed to me.

Well, actually, do you know, I'm a seamstress myself,

and I'm a very good one, and I was just thinking

that if you'd recommend mote any of your customers

who might need some alterations,

I'd be very happy to give you a percentage of what I charge them

because I'm... well, anyway, I'm raising a daughter by myself,

and I'm just... I'm trying to make ends meet.

Fucking sack of shit.

Typical... typical raise.

Anti up.

Name was Clayton,

Clayton Fritz Simmons.

Crazy son of a bitch,

real sharp looking piece of shit.

Drunk all the time.

Fuck anything.

Had what he had at home,

go out and fuck anything.

Wild temper.

Wild man.

Could play cards with you.

Drove like a maniac.

It finally killed him a few years back.

I didn't ask about him. I asked about her.

I dated her once.

She went out with you?

Fuck you, yes.

Well, wasn't exactly a date. We had coffee in a diner.

She was sitting therewith a cup of coffee.

I sat down.

Highly attractive.

Jay, she's too pretty for you.

You the big winner?

Tonight I was.

You always win.

Nobody wins all the time, Joleen.

That's why they call it gambling.

It's too early to go home. Where are we going?

Look. Louis is going to be walking out the door any second now.

Now, come on. Why don't you just get out of the car

and go on home with him. Okay?

I'd rather not.

Get down. Get down.

Joleen.

I got a feeling here.

I can't keep going on with you.

Why not?

It's not right.

God's going to punish you' cause of your wife?

Yeah, maybe,

and your husband.

Honey, she is never going to know.

And she's never coming out of that home.

You know it.

I'm going to tell Louis all about us.

That's right.

All about us.

How do you like that?

You think that you can just use me like some dish rag

and then toss me when you're finished?

Like I got no feelings about this,

no say in the matter?

Well, I can be a bitter and a vengeful woman, Reece.

You have misjudged me.

I don't think I have.

That wife of yours is a perfect shield against me.

Isn't she?

Against Carol Fitzsimmons.

What do you know about Carol?

I know that she's been coming around you

and insinuating herself into your life.

But you want to be free.

Free? I'm not free.

Yes, you are.

Nobody's figured that out yet but me and you,

and that's the beauty of it. Isn't it?

You can cat around

without having to report to anybody.

But if somebody starts getting too close,

you have got the perfect excuse,

the perfect responsibility,

just lying up therein that hospital bed,

and you can't deny it. It's the truth, and you know it is.

Look, let's get something straight. All right?

I am not leaving the woman I married,

even if she lays in that hospital bed

for the rest of my life.

What a waste, Reece.

You're younger than me,

a lot younger.

And I'm not burdened by pesky traits

like morality and strength of character.

Yeah, I've got a lot of those, obviously.

I'm here with another man's wife.

Where you going now? You going to the little shop?

I might.

You might?

You might? You might see Carol.

Tell me something, Reece.

Have you slept with the poor widow already,

or are you just working up to it?

Audios.

Are you going to buy this outfit?

My... what are you...

I'm sorry.

Excuse me. What are you going here?

I brought my boy down here for the weekend.

Your boy. Yeah, I've got a 15-year-old son.

I... I have a 13-year-old daughter.

Is that right? Yeah, I do.

Well, where is she?

She's around here someplace.

I brought her up here for the weekend.

Look, why don't we find her,

and we can all go have lunch together?

Actually I... she's at the lake swimming,

so I...

So is mine.

Really? Yeah.

Why don't I buy you lunch, then?

Well, I... come on.

You're not going to buy this outfit.

No.

No, no, not this.

I could make this thing in an afternoon.

Where... you all staying at the cabins?

Yes... actually, yes, I'm staying at...

I'm cabin five.

Really?

I'll be darned. I'm in seven.

No, are you really?

Coincidence. How did that happen?

Thank you.

Hot dog?

Sure, I'd love a hot dog.

That would be good. And also a beer.

Couple hot dogs? Yeah, and a beer.

I always said words funny.

You did?

What do you mean?

I thought that bouillabaisse

was pronounced "boolabase."

I thought it was a soup, boolabase.

Boola.