Key Largo
Once I fell a sleep at a picture show
It was cold out,
I had nowhere to go
It was late at night
There was no home
Just a nickel and an empty pocket
So I went to the picture show
The marque lights blinked like dying eyes
Yellow to orange, one after another
The hours of black and white
The smell of old cigarettes
This was my all night home
A girl without a glance sold tickets
The stale balcony was always closed
I sat in a crooked row
I heard the low sounds of muttering
Bottles somewhere broke against the concrete floor
The whirl of 35 film reeled
Bogart smoked, Bacall should of broke
Key Largo on the go
The screen turned to a heavenly brightness
I saw scatterings of the theater crowd
Their faces appeared as they seemed
Some were awake, some asleep,
These were different people
All alone
One man smoked... he crazy-smiled to himself
He was no Bogart, he had no Bacall
I grew more weary
I had nowhere to go
It was cold out
No nickel in my pocket
My eyes weighed as heavy as pennies
That's when I fell asleep
I fell asleep,,,asleep in the picture show
Oh, no
Oh, no
Oh, no
One man watches another asleep in the picture show
1 comment:
He was no Bogart, he had no Bacall - this is a killer line.
Sweet tight ending too!
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