[Once again, I'm adding songs. If you don't like that, sorry]
Jack was sleeping in his penthouse. He heard Crutchie stir and said, "What're ya doin' up? The mornin' bell ain't rung yet."
Crutchie grinned. "I want to get up before the day starts." He started climbing down the ladder and fall. Jack ran over to him just and grabbed one of Crutchie's arms.
"What? You wanna bust yer other leg too?!"
"No. I wanna go down."
"You'll be down soon enough. Just drink in my -- my penthouse."
Jack:
Them streets down there, they sucked the life right outta my old man. Well they ain't doin' that to me.
Crutchie:
But everyone wants to come to New York.
Jack:
You keep your small life in a big city.
Give me a big life in a small town.
Jack (sung):
They say folks is dyin' to get here.
Me I'm dyin' to get away, to a little town out west that's spankin' new.
And while I ain't never been there, I can see it clear as day.
If you want, I bet'cha you can see it too.
Close your eyes...come with me. Where it's clean and green and pretty.
And they went and made a city outta clay.
Why the minute that you get there, folks'll walk right up and say,
"Welcome home son, welcome home to Santa Fe!"
Plantin' crops, splittin' rails, swappin' tales around the fire.
'Cept for Sunday when you lie around all day.
Soon your friends are more like family, and they's beggin' you to stay!
Ain't that neat?
Livin' sweet in Santa Fe.
Jack (spoken):
Hey, no one worries about no gimp leg in Santa Fe.
You just hop a Palomino, you ride it in style
Crutchie:
Feature me ridin' in style
Jack:
Hey, I bet a few months of clean air, you could toss that crutch for good!
Jack and Crutchie (sung):
Santa Fe, you can bet, we won't let them bastards beat us.
We won't beg no one to treat us fair and square.
There's a life that's worth the livin', and I'm gonna do my share:
Work the land, chase the sun,
Jack and Crutchie:
Swim the whole Rio Grande just for fun,
Crutchie:
Watch me stand!
Watch me run...
Jack (spoken):
YOU ARE READING
The Last Rose of Summer
Historical FictionIn 1899, two aspiring reporters get caught up in one of the biggest events of their time; a newsboy strike. Eleanor, Ellie, and her friend aim to be more than vaudeville reporters, and when opportunity comes their way, they immediately jump on it...
