I Just Don't Dig Him

[Music] [Music] [Applause] do you know it's 2:00 yeah I know I got all messed up does Ronnie have a license what is his father used to having him get home at 2:00 you have any grass take any pills and who were the girls at the party answer him man you must have rocks in your head he doesn't want to hear answers he just wants to scream at me how do I know why like maybe it's his liver my mother always says he's drinking too much by the time I got in like 2:00 he'd had plenty been watching The Late Show too maybe that's it maybe one of those old Paul Newman flicks about the new generation of wild boys you know the cat who lives it up and falls into the hands of the mafia in the last reel he really believes what he sees on the idiot box he doesn't have idea number one about me like what I'm really like what bothers me most is the way he just stands there and looks at me when I'm talking to him you know as though I'm a record he's heard a 100 times no expression no reaction except maybe once in a while a pain look like the needle is going over the scratch you never know what he hears he hears everything or what's penetrating that siick skull of his he's not not stupid oh that story he made up last night was a masterpiece H it sounded like it came straight out of a comic book he claims he started to come home at 11:30 but his friend Ronnie wanted to stay a few minutes longer well at 12:30 when he finally decided to come home alone he'd missed the bus and of course he had no money for a taxi after all he only gets $10 a week allowance do you know for a $10 when I was his age that's what I earned for 20 hours hard work at bal's Market yes Kenneth I know so he couldn't take a taxi why didn't he telephone what could happen I'm grounded of course until further notice who cares so I miss a lousy flick big deal want to go swimming this afternoon no only at night in the daytime I'm a free man how about tomorrow then okay meet at the Johnson's at 10 it's better for me tomorrow too I better stick around today so we can hate me then of course Ronnie had to drop his girlfriend off and that seems to have taken an hour of course Ken doesn't know exactly because he says he waited in the car and fell asleep you know if I ever heard a and Bull story maybe it's the truth yeah maybe I'm the president of the United States and after all there's only one phone in the whole town he couldn't borrow the taxi money from one of 10 friends of course he couldn't have used his bike in the first place he says only little kids use bikes at night so of course he had to go home with Ronnie because Ronnie's 16 and he can drive of course Ronnie can't get out of the 10th grade by the time he's 16 you know why of all the kids in the school he has to pick the dirtiest with the longest hair and the most disreputable clothes I'll never know and can you imagine the girls who were at that party whose parents let them stroll in at 2:00 who else is he going to yell at pick up the books turn down the record player mow the lawn get a haircut don't talk to me in that tone children don't have a sense of time well that's why I gave him a watch for Christmas it's in his dresser he says broken of course like everything else I spend money on you know when I gave it to him he promised he would be in by midnight you know there would be no more excuses I just can't trust him I just can't trust him he makes promises and doesn't keep them he was going to build a family rooms for me to entertain my friends in we were going to spend the summer making a trip out to the West although I must admit I'm glad he blew that one imagine being with him 24 hours a day it's like he's always mad at me he's always mad at me you know like I owe him something and I'm not delivering and if he'd only smile at me or say something civil the only line he seems to know is Dad can I have a little money he gives me nothing but trouble giv nothing but trouble I just don't dig him I just don't understand him how about trying some Di nah I don't feel like it what's the matter with you today nothing's the matter oh you don't kid me man something's bugging you I'm all right I'm the one who should be complaining after what I took yesterday you'd think it killed him to stay up till 2:00 waiting for me so maybe he was tired well then what's all this junk about worrying about me it's himself he's worried about that's why I have to be in by 12 well if he had a rough day or something yeah rough pushing papers around all day so let them go to sleep they read this stuff in the papers about kids having accidents they think all kids are the same besides it didn't cost you anything what do you mean my allowance was cut to nothing for the rest of the summer what did you do I didn't do anything my father turned the sprinkle on in the Rose bed and his new camera got ruined he found it yesterday what was the camera doing in the Rose bed huh I was trying to shoot some bees with a long lens when my mother called me for lunch I put it down in a rock you see I was going to get some more shots and the light changed I forgot all about it so what happened um it's all my fault of course even if he turned the water on what did you say oh stop you know the lines no respect for property no responsibility the camera will have to go back to the shop it might cost a hundred bucks and I'll have to pay for it I'm neglectful I'm a jerk I'm a mess I'm hopeless so I'm dead but your father I'm surprised he doesn't seem like that in the store he's been kind of nice to me last week I broke an earth andwar planner 7 95 and he just said never mind forget it he would have said something very different if it was me the noise would have scared the mice out of the store funny I was thinking just Saturday about what a nice guy is you can talk to him even not like my father he was telling me all about Heating units and heat convection currents yeah he's great on heat especially under his collar no you got to believe it he really seems like a nice guy to Me Maybe fathers are different to their own kids yeah yeah maybe they don't treat them the same maybe even my father you know I know I'm forgetting something light bulbs batteries I'll remember on the way home well that'll be $981 with tax [Applause] you hey I meant to ask you uh how's Ken doing is he giving you much trouble trouble not at all that's a fine boy you've got he's got a great head for figures too my kid what do you mean well you know I started him in the stock room at first assorting merchandise then I discovered that he could check in voices well in no time at all he began to learn the cost control system well that's right I've got him in the office working now he's doing a great job you know no wonder I haven't seen him around here I've been in here on Saturdays I thought he would have told you I even gave him a little rage help him buy the guitar he wants guitar oh well maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it but that's what Ken is really working for this summer he mentioned he had a fight with you about money didn't want to ask you to pay for it well that is we didn't exactly have an argument about money but you know kids these days one day they're dying for something the next day they've forgotten all about it sure But Ken seems different he's serious and reliable he gets in here on time and he isn't too hurry to leave at night you know he's the first kid I've had in years that I could really trust I had my own boy working here last year it was more trouble than it was worth absolutely amazing Carson down at the hardware store was telling me about Ken says he's got a good head for figures says he's the best kid he ever had working for I could hardly believe my ears M Ma call a doctor get an ambulance what's the matter are you hurt no it's Ronnie I think he's cut his finger off well where is he hurry ma he's bleeding terrible now you better call Dr Reigns oh boy all right now Ronnie hold your hand up good keep your head down don't look at the cut all right now you feel how I'm holding your arm yeah can you hold it that way good Ken get a blanket that's going to be all right I've seen worse okay Ken put the blanket around him feel like I'm back in the medical core all right now turn around Ronnie all right now keep the hand up keep the hand up all right how do you feel field okay you think you can go in the house I think so all right let's take it easy mom open the door [Music]