The Wonder Years (1988–1993): Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot - full transcript

In 1968, friends Kevin Arnold, Paul Pfeiffer, and Winnie Cooper attend the newly renamed Robert F Kennedy Junior High for the first time.

-♪ WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF I SANG OUT OF TUNE? ♪

♪ WOULD YOU STAND UP
AND WALK OUT ON ME? ♪

♪ LEND ME YOUR EARS,
AND I'LL SING YOU A SONG ♪

♪ I WILL TRY NOT TO
SING OUT OF KEY, YEAH ♪

♪ OH, BABY, I GET BY ♪
- ♪ BY WITH A LITTLE HELP
FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ ALL I NEED IS MY BUDDIES ♪

-♪ HIGH WITH A LITTLE
HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

-♪ I'M SAYIN' I'M GONNA GET HIGHER ♪ - ♪
TRY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS ♪

- ♪ WHOA-OA-OA-OA, YEAH ♪
- ♪ OOH, OOH, OOH ♪

-1968. I WAS 12 YEARS OLD.

A LOT HAPPENED THAT YEAR.



DENNY McLAIN WON 31 GAMES,
"THE MOD SQUAD" HIT THE AIR,

AND I GRADUATED FROM
HILLCREST ELEMENTARY

AND ENTERED JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT WE'LL GET TO THAT.

-♪ A TIME TO BE
BORN, A TIME TO DIE ♪

♪ A TIME TO PLANT,
A TIME TO REAP ♪

-THERE'S NO PRETTY
WAY TO PUT THIS.

I GREW UP IN THE SUBURBS.

I GUESS MOST PEOPLE
THINK OF THE SUBURBS

AS A PLACE WITH ALL THE
DISADVANTAGES OF THE CITY

AND NONE OF THE
ADVANTAGES OF THE COUNTRY...

AND VICE VERSA.

-♪ TO EVERYTHING... ♪

-BUT, IN A WAY, THOSE REALLY
WERE THE WONDER YEARS



FOR US THERE IN THE SUBURBS.

IT WAS KIND OF A
GOLDEN AGE FOR KIDS.

-♪ AND A TIME TO
EVERY PURPOSE... ♪

-THERE, THAT'S ME...
KEVIN ARNOLD, 1968,

THE SUMMER BEFORE
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

-THERE WE GO.

-AND I DON'T MIND SAYING I WAS
A PRETTY FAIR LITTLE ATHLETE.

-IT WAS A PRETTY HARD PASS.

-WELL, UH, YEAH.

I-I THINK IT HAD SORT OF
A... REVERSE SPIN ON IT.

-COME ON, KEVIN.

STOP GABBING WITH
YOUR GIRLFRIEND.

-SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND.

-THIS WAS TRUE.

WINNIE COOPER WAS
NOT MY GIRLFRIEND.

WHEN WE WERE VERY
LITTLE, WE USED TO GO

DOWN TO HARPER'S WOODS
AND CATCH FIREFLIES,

BUT WE REALLY HADN'T
HUNG OUT AT ALL TOGETHER

SINCE WE WERE ABOUT 9.

-UH-OH. I THINK
GIRLFRIEND'S MAD AT YOU.

MAYBE YOU'D BETTER GO
GIVE HER A BIG FRENCH KISS.

-SHUT UP, WAYNE.

-HEY, GIRLS, COME ON OVER HERE.

KEVIN'S GONNA SHOW
YOU WHAT A FRENCH KISS IS.

-BUTTFACE.

-WHAT DID YOU SAY?

-NOTHING.

-THIS IS THE WAY

MOST OF MY CONVERSATIONS
WITH MY BROTHER, WAYNE, ENDED.

APPARENTLY, HE JUST
DEEPLY REGRETTED

THE FACT THAT I HAD BEEN BORN,

AND HE WANTED ME
TO FEEL THE SAME WAY.

-COME ON, WAYNE! LET HIM UP!

-I'M SORRY, PAUL. THIS
IS A FAMILY MATTER.

-THAT WAS MY BEST
FRIEND, PAUL PFEIFFER.

PAUL WAS ALLERGIC TO EVERYTHING.

WAYNE USED TO SAY HE WAS
EVEN ALLERGIC TO HIS OWN SNOT.

WAYNE WAS A REALLY FUNNY GUY.

-HEY, WAYNE!

KNOCK IT OFF BEFORE I
DO THE SAME THING TO YOU!

-WINNIE'S BROTHER, BRIAN COOPER.

HE WAS 19, AND FOR
US, HE DEFINED "COOL."

HE HAD THIS REALLY
GREAT '59 EL CAMINO.

DIDN'T RUN, OF COURSE,

BUT HE WAS ALWAYS
OUT THERE WORKIN' ON IT,

SWEATY, GREASE
ALL OVER HIS HANDS.

WHAT A GUY.

THAT JUNE HE GOT DRAFTED
AND PACKED OFF TO VIETNAM.

BUT HIS CAR WAS STILL
OUT FRONT, UP ON BLOCKS,

AS KIND OF A REMINDER

OF WHO REALLY RAN
THINGS ON OUR STREET.

-MOM, CAN PAUL STAY FOR DINNER?!

-SURE, IF HIS MOM KNOWS!

-WHAT ARE YOU HAVING?

-WHAT ARE WE HAVING?!

-MEAT LOAF!

-I'M ALLERGIC TO IT.

-WHAT ELSE?!

-SALAD!

- AND MORE HEAVY FIGHTING
IN THE MEKONG DELTA TODAY.

MARINES AND SOUTH
VIETNAMESE TROOPS

OCCUPIED AND THEN DESTROYED
SEVERAL GUERRILLA STRONGHOLDS.

-WHEN'S DAD COMING HOME?

-ANY MINUTE.

BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC AND HIS JOB,

HE'S LIABLE TO BE VERY TENSE,

SO LET'S NOT MAKE HIM CRAZY.

-HE'S ALWAYS TENSE.

-THAT'S TRUE.

HE'S ALWAYS TENSE,
BUT HE'S NOT CRAZY YET.

SO, LET'S TRY TO MAINTAIN
THAT SENSE OF EQUILIBRIUM.

HI, HON. HOW'S TRAFFIC?

-TRAFFIC'S TRAFFIC.

-DAD HAD A SPARTAN
SENSE OF LANGUAGE.

-KAREN, HONEY, YOU SAID

YOU WERE GONNA COME HOME
EARLY AND HELP ME WITH DINNER.

-PEACE, MOM, OKAY?

-PEACE IS FINE,

BUT YOU SAID YOU WERE
GONNA HELP ME WITH DINNER.

-YOU HAVE SO MUCH
BAD KARMA IN YOUR LIFE.

YOU KNOW THAT, MA? I'D
BE CAREFUL IF I WERE YOU.

-THANK YOU. I'LL
KEEP AN EYE OUT.

IN THE MEANTIME,

WHEN YOUR FATHER GETS BACK,
TRY NOT TO MAKE HIM CRAZY.

HI, PAUL.

-DAD ALWAYS SAID
"HI" TO OUR FRIENDS,

BUT IT WAS LIKE HE HAD THIS
UNDERSTANDING WITH THE FAMILY.

HE WORKED HARD FOR
US, HE PROVIDED FOR US,

AND HE CERTAINLY DIDN'T
WANT TO HAVE TO TALK TO US

ON TOP OF THAT.

MY APPROACH WAS TO NOT MAKE
ANY SUDDEN MOVES OR SOUNDS

UNTIL HE'D FINISHED
THAT FIRST VODKA TONIC

AND HOPE THAT NOBODY
ELSE DID ANYTHING

THAT MIGHT UPSET HIM
TOO MUCH BEFORE THEN.

-I'M GONNA GET SOME
BIRTH-CONTROL PILLS.

I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW.

-TELL ME I DIDN'T HEAR
WHAT I JUST HEARD!

-TELL YOUR FATHER
THAT YOU WERE JOKING.

-AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH
THE WAY THAT SUMMER WENT.

I GUESS IT WAS REALLY
MY LAST SUMMER

OF PURE, UNADULTERATED
CHILDHOOD.

-♪ I'VE LOOKED AT LIFE
FROM BOTH SIDES NOW ♪

♪ FROM UP AND DOWN,
AND STILL SOMEHOW ♪

♪ IT'S LIFE'S
ILLUSIONS I RECALL ♪

♪ I REALLY DON'T KNOW LIFE ♪

♪ AT ALL ♪

-THIS WAS IT... THE
LAST NIGHT OF SUMMER.

-HOLY COW!

-TRY NOT TO DROOL ON IT, OKAY?

IF KAREN FINDS OUT I
HAVE THIS, SHE'LL KILL ME.

-PAUL AND I DECIDED

THAT THE BEST WAY TO PREPARE
FOR JUNIOR-HIGH-SCHOOL GIRLS

WAS TO LOOK AT THEM NAKED.

-PAUL, YOUR MOTHER CALLED.

- SHE WANTS YOU
TO COME HOME RIGHT AWAY.
- OKAY.

-♪ BETTER GET READY ♪

♪ GONNA SEE THE LIGHT ♪

-WELL, I GUESS I'LL SEE
YOU AT THE BUS STOP.

-YEAH.

-♪ LOVE IS THE ANSWER ♪

-LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM

THAT WHEN I GOT TO SCHOOL, I
REALIZED I HAD NO CLOTHES ON.

-IF YOU'RE NAKED WHEN
YOU GET TO THE BUS STOP,

I'LL TELL YOU.

-THANKS.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GONNA WEAR?

-PAUL, I HAVE NO IDEA.

-ACTUALLY, I'D BEEN PLANNING MY
WARDROBE FOR ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

-YOU'RE NOT GONNA WEAR
THAT TO SCHOOL, ARE YOU?

-NO, MOM. I GOT A
JOB AS A MALE MODEL.

-DON'T WORRY ABOUT
IT. YOU LOOK FINE.

-LET ME SEE OUR CLASS
SCHEDULE ONE MORE TIME.

-NO!

-HE WAS GONNA HAVE
TO GET A GRIP ON HIMSELF.

THIS WAS THE
JUNIOR-HIGH BUS STOP,

AND IF WE WERE GONNA HOLD
OUR OWN WITH THE OLDER KIDS,

WE WERE GONNA
HAVE TO ACT MATURE.

-MNH! MNH-MNH!

-WE SEEMED TO HAVE SOMETHING
OF A HEIGHT DISADVANTAGE,

BUT WE DID OUR BEST TO FIT IN.

WHO'S THAT?

HUH?

-WHAT AN INCREDIBLE
STROKE OF LUCK...

A NEW KID, A HELPLESS WAIF

WHO WOULD BE EVEN
MORE LOST THAN WE WERE,

A HELPLESS WAIF IN FISHNET
TIGHTS AND GO-GO BOOTS.

-HI, KEVIN. HI, PAUL.

-WINNIE COOPER?!

-GWENDOLYN.

I DON'T WANT TO BE
CALLED "WINNIE" ANYMORE.

MY REAL NAME IS GWENDOLYN.

-WELL, THERE WAS
NO QUESTION NOW.

WE WERE ENTERING
UNCHARTED TERRITORY.

EVEN THE FAMILIAR WAS CLOAKED
IN THE VESTMENTS OF THE DEVIL.

JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAS
A WHOLE NEW BALL OF WAX.

LIKE ABOUT HALF THE SCHOOLS
IN THE COUNTRY THAT YEAR,

MY SCHOOL WAS BEING RENAMED
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JUNIOR HIGH.

AS WE APPROACHED THOSE
DOORS FOR THE FIRST TIME,

WE FELT WE WERE APPROACHING
THE PORTALS OF MANHOOD.

HOMEROOM.

I SAT BETWEEN ERIC
ANTONIO AND GAIL ASLAYNIAN.

THEY HAD MET ON THE BUS

AND HAD TAKEN A
LIKING TO EACH OTHER.

-I LOVE YOU.

-I LOVE YOU, TOO.

-AND I-I LOVE YOU BOTH,

BUT I'M HAVING A LITTLE
TROUBLE BREATHING HERE.

-I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE MY
FIRST SEXUAL EXPERIENCE.

AND I WASN'T EVEN ONE
OF THE PRINCIPAL PLAYERS.

-KEVIN ARNOLD.

YOU'RE WAYNE'S
BROTHER, AREN'T YOU?

-WELL... WELL, ACCORDING
TO MY MOTHER, YES,

BUT MY OWN THEORY IS...

-YOU'VE GOT A TOUGH
ROW TO HOE, YOUNG MAN...

A TOUGH ROW TO HOE.

-Yes.

-FIRST MAJOR ACCESSORY OF
ADULTHOOD... OUR OWN LOCKERS.

I COULDN'T BELIEVE
MY GOOD FORTUNE.

TWO LOCKERS DOWN FROM
MINE WAS DEBBIE ACKERMAN,

ONE OF THE PRIME
KNOCKOUTS OF THE 7th GRADE.

THERE WAS ONLY ONE PROBLEM.

CHARLES MANSON HAD
THE LOCKER BETWEEN US.

A 7th-GRADER WITH A BEARD?

THIS WASN'T JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL. IT WAS A FREAK SHOW.

I HOPED NONE OF THE
GIRLS WOULD HAVE BEARDS.

-WHAT'S YOUR LOCKER COMBINATION?

-WELL, I, UH...

I APPRECIATE YOUR ASKING,
BUT, ACTUALLY, THEY TOLD US

WE WEREN'T SUPPOSED
TO TELL ANYONE EL...

HERE YOU GO.

-ANYBODY FINDS
OUT ABOUT THESE...

AND I KNOW WHO TOLD 'EM.

-WHO?

-IT WAS MY ONLY SHOT.

I THOUGHT MAYBE
I COULD TRICK HIM.

-YOU! YOU! THAT'S WHO!

-OH, RIGHT.

-IN ONE OF THOSE
QUIRKS OF SCHEDULING,

MY FIRST CLASS WAS GYM.

THIS MEANT THAT I HAD TO
WAKE UP IN THE MORNING,

SHOWER, GET
DRESSED, GO TO SCHOOL,

GET UNDRESSED, RUN AROUND,
SHOWER, AND GET DRESSED

ALL IN THE SPACE
OF ABOUT 45 MINUTES.

-WELL, PEOPLE.

A LOT OF YOU PROBABLY
THINK THIS IS GYM CLASS, HUH?

-I WAS OVERWHELMED
BY A SUDDEN PANIC.

THINGS HADN'T BEEN
GOING THAT WELL SO FAR,

BUT IF THIS WASN'T GYM CLASS,

I WAS IN BIGGER
TROUBLE THAN I THOUGHT.

-WELL, IT'S NOT.

PEOPLE, IT'S PHYSICAL
EDUCATION CLASS.

THROUGH THOSE DOORS,
THEY EDUCATE YOUR MINDS.

IN HERE... I EDUCATE
YOUR BODIES.

I'M AN EDUCATOR, OKAY?

A BODY EDUCATOR.

-OF COURSE, WE DIDN'T
REALIZE IT AT THE TIME,

BUT THIS GUY HAD THE
BIGGEST INFERIORITY COMPLEX

SINCE NAPOLEON.

-PEOPLE, WHEN YOU
LEAVE THIS CLASS,

YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE SMART BODIES...

SMART... SMART BODIES.

-HE WENT ON EDUCATING OUR BODIES

FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.

BY THE TIME HE FINISHED,

I WAS READY TO LET MY
LEG TAKE A MATH TEST.

-ONE MORE THING, PEOPLE,
BEFORE YOU DO YOUR LAPS.

THE JOCKSTRAP.

"A," WHAT IS IT,

AND, "B," WHAT
CAN IT DO FOR YOU?

ARNOLD.

-THIS WAS IT.

I FELT LIKE A FIGHTER PILOT
UNDER HEAVY ENEMY FIRE.

WELL, THE JOCKSTRAP...

SIR...

IS A PARTICULAR... TYPE OF STRAP

THAT'S CONSTRUCTED

OF A STRAP-TYPE MATERIAL

WHICH IS UTILIZED EXCLUSIVELY

FOR THE PURPOSES... OF...

JOCKS.

LUNCH...

AT LAST, SOMETHING I FIGURED
EVEN I COULDN'T SCREW UP.

-WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SIT?

-ANYWHERE. LET'S JUST SIT HERE.

-A SUBURBAN
JUNIOR-HIGH-SCHOOL CAFETERIA

IS LIKE A MICROCOSM
OF THE WORLD.

THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT YOURSELF,

AND SAFETY COMES IN GROUPS.

YOU HAVE YOUR COOL KIDS...

YOU HAVE YOUR SMART KIDS...

YOU HAVE YOUR GREASERS...

AND IN THOSE DAYS, OF
COURSE, YOU HAD YOUR HIPPIES.

-RIGHT ON!

-IN EFFECT, IN
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL,

WHO YOU ARE IS DEFINED
LESS BY WHO YOU ARE

THAN BY WHO'S THE
PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU.

-A SOBERING THOUGHT.

-TRY TO LOOK LIKE
YOU'RE HAVING FUN.

-HI.

DO YOU GUYS MIND
IF I SIT WITH YOU?

-SURE, WINNIE.

-WE WERE ON OUR WAY.
OUR GROUP WAS FORMING.

AND WINNIE... I
MEAN GWENDOLYN...

WAS NOT CHOPPED LIVER.

WHO KNOWS?

MAYBE WE EVEN HAD
AN OUTSIDE CHANCE

TO BECOME THE
COOL 7th-GRADE GROUP

IF WE COULD JUST
REMAIN INCONSPICUOUS

UNTIL WE PICKED UP
A FEW MORE MEMBERS.

HEY, STEVE!

IT LOOKS LIKE MY BABY
BROTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND

HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER.

-SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND.

-HE THINKS YOU ARE SO-O-O CUTE.

-I DON'T THINK SHE'S CUTE.

-HE WANTS TO GIVE
YOU A BIG... WET...

KISS.

HE TOLD ME.

-YOU LIAR. I NEVER SAID THAT!

I DON'T WANT TO KISS
HER! I DON'T EVEN LIKE HER!

-YOUNG MAN.

WHAT DOES THAT SIGN SAY?

HMM?

YOU TAKE THAT APPLE
THROUGH THAT DOOR,

AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR DETENTION.

YOUNG MAN!

I THINK WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

-HE WAS RIGHT...
THERE WAS A PROBLEM.

-OH, YEAH. THE APPLE.

-THAT'S RIGHT. THE APPLE.

-YOU WANTED IT
INSIDE THE CAFETERIA.

-THAT'S RIGHT.

-AND NOW IT'S
OUTSIDE THE CAFETERIA.

-THAT'S RIGHT.

-THE CONVERSATION
WAS GETTING STALE.

I ASKED MYSELF,

"NOW, WHAT WOULD A
GUY LIKE BRIAN COOPER DO

IN THIS SITUATION?"

-UM...

UH...

IF... IF YOU WANT,
I COULD, UH...

I COULD...

GET THAT.

-WELL, KEVIN,

PERHAPS WE SHOULD START
BY ASKING YOU TO EXPLAIN

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME MOVED
YOU TO DO WHAT YOU DID.

-I WANTED TO TELL THEM THAT
WAYNE HAD EMBARRASSED ME,

THAT THE OTHER
KIDS WERE LAUGHING,

THAT MR. DIPERNA HAD
PLAYED POWER GAMES WITH ME,

THAT WINNIE HAD
SEEN THE WHOLE THING

AND THAT SHE'D BEEN WEARING
PINK FISHNETS AND GO-GO BOOTS.

-I DON'T KNOW.

- "I DON'T KNOW"? THAT'S
ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY?

"I DON'T KNOW"?

-KEVIN...

THE QUESTION IS, WHAT
DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE

BY THROWING AN
APPLE INTO A CAFETERIA?

NO, BUTTHEAD.

THE QUESTION IS,

WHY DO YOU HAVE A BRAIN
THE SIZE OF A BABY PEA?

-KEVIN, MR. DIPERNA JUST
ASKED YOU A QUESTION.

WHAT DID YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE

BY THROWING THAT
APPLE INTO THE CAFETERIA?

WORLD PEACE.

-KEVIN!

-NOTHING.

-WELL, KEVIN, THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT YOU DID ACHIEVE...

NOTHING.

NOW, I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO

WITHOUT ANY FURTHER PUNISHMENT.

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT I'LL BE KEEPING
MY EYE ON YOU.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

-KEVIN, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?

-YES.

-I'D LIKE TO TAKE HIM HOME NOW.

-IN MY 12 1/2 YEARS, MY
FATHER HAD NEVER STRUCK ME,

BUT HE'D GIVEN WAYNE
A BEATING... TWICE...

AND I RECOGNIZED THAT
GLAZED LOOK IN HIS EYES.

BESIDES, MAYBE I DESERVED IT.

THERE REALLY IS NO GOOD EXCUSE

FOR HURLING FOOD
AROUND THE CAFETERIA.

HE PROBABLY FIGURED THAT
IF HE LAID DOWN THE LAW NOW,

I'D STAY IN LINE, AND
HE WAS PROBABLY RIGHT.

ANYWAY, I COULD TAKE THE PAIN.

I DECIDED I'D JUST SHUT MY
EYES AND IMAGINE IT WAS WAYNE.

-COME ON. INSIDE.

-AND THEN IT HAPPENED.

I THINK WE WERE ABOUT
HALFWAY TO THE FRONT PORCH.

-BRIAN COOPER WAS KILLED.

-OH, MY GOD.

WHEN DID THEY FIND OUT?

I'M GONNA GO CALL EVELYN

AND SEE IF THERE'S
ANYTHING I CAN DO.

OH, MY GOD. POOR
EVELYN. POOR JIM.

-THAT NIGHT, I DECIDED
TO GO FOR A WALK.

THE DAYS WERE STILL
LONG, AND BACK THEN,

KIDS COULD STILL GO
FOR WALKS AT DUSK

WITHOUT THE FEAR OF
ENDING UP ON A MILK CARTON.

I WENT DOWN TO THE BIG
CLIMBING TREE IN HARPER'S WOODS.

I DIDN'T ADMIT IT TO
MYSELF UNTIL YEARS LATER,

BUT IN MY MIND WAS THE
SHADOW OF A THOUGHT

THAT WINNIE MIGHT BE THERE.

SHE WAS SORT OF HUGGING HERSELF

AND ROCKING SLOWLY
BACK AND FORTH.

THERE WAS A BIT
OF A CHILL IN THE AIR,

AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE A SWEATER.

FOR A MINUTE, I WAS
SCARED TO APPROACH HER.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I
HAD THE STRANGEST FEELING.

IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
FOR ME TO BELIEVE.

BRIAN WAS DEAD.

-I'M SORRY.

ABOUT BRIAN.

AND I'M SORRY...

ABOUT WHAT I SAID TODAY.

IT WASN'T TRUE.

-I KNOW.

-♪ WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN ♪

♪ CAN'T KEEP HIS MIND
ON NOTHING ELSE ♪

-IT WAS THE FIRST
KISS FOR BOTH OF US.

WE NEVER REALLY TALKED
ABOUT IT AFTERWARD.

BUT I THINK ABOUT THE EVENTS
OF THAT DAY AGAIN AND AGAIN,

AND SOMEHOW I KNOW
THAT WINNIE DOES, TOO,

WHENEVER SOME
BLOWHARD STARTS TALKING

ABOUT THE ANONYMITY
OF THE SUBURBS

OR THE MINDLESSNESS
OF THE TV GENERATION,

BECAUSE WE KNOW

THAT INSIDE EACH ONE
OF THOSE IDENTICAL BOXES,

WITH ITS DODGE PARKED OUT FRONT

AND ITS WHITE BREAD ON THE TABLE

AND ITS TV SET GLOWING
BLUE IN THE FALLING DUSK,

THERE WERE PEOPLE WITH STORIES.

THERE WERE FAMILIES
BOUND TOGETHER

IN THE PAIN AND THE
STRUGGLE OF LOVE.

THERE WERE MOMENTS THAT
MADE US CRY WITH LAUGHTER,

AND THERE WERE MOMENTS, LIKE
THAT ONE, OF SORROW AND WONDER.

-♪ WELL, THIS MAN
LOVES YOU, WOMAN ♪