[00:18.72]hey Charley I'm pregnant
[00:22.89]and living on 9-th street
[00:26.70]right above a dirty bookstore
[00:28.98]off cuclid avenue
[00:34.71]and I stopped taking shit
[00:38.37]and I quit drinking whiskey
[00:42.69]and my old man plays the trombone
[00:45.78]and works out at the track.
[00:51.12]and he says that he loves me
[00:54.84]even though its not his baby
[00:58.89]and he says that he'll raise him up
[01:01.35]like he would his own son
[01:06.75]and he gave me a ring
[01:10.71]that was worn by his mother
[01:15.03]and he takes me out dancin
[01:17.04]every saturday nite.
[01:20.46]and hey Charley I think about you
[01:25.77]everytime I pass a fillin' station
[01:31.02]on account of all the grease
[01:33.63]you used to wear in your hair
[01:39.00]and I still have that record
[01:41.43]of little anthony & the imperials
[01:44.37]but someone stole my record player
[01:50.13]how do you like that?
[01:55.44]hey Charley I almost went crazy
[01:59.64]after mario got busted
[02:03.75]so I went back to omaha to
[02:06.81]live with my folks
[02:11.91]but everyone I used to know
[02:14.73]was either dead or in prison
[02:19.95]so I came back in minneapolis
[02:22.83]this time I think I'm gonna stay.
[02:26.10]hey Charley I think I'm happy
[02:33.00]for the first time since my accident
[02:37.44]and I wish I had all the money
[02:40.32]that we used to spend on shit
[02:45.42]I'd buy me a used car lot
[02:46.80]and I wouldn't sell any of em
[02:52.98]I'd just drive a different car
[02:54.78]every day dependin on how
[02:57.69]I feel.
[03:01.29]hey Charley
[03:02.22]for chrissakes
[03:02.91]do you want to know
[03:06.24]the truth of it?
[03:09.39]I don't have a husband
[03:12.00]he don't play the trombone
[03:17.40]and I need to borrow money
[03:19.41]to pay this lawyer
[03:21.36]and Charley, hey
[03:24.33]I'll be eligible for parole
[03:27.36]come valentines day.

hey Charley I'm pregnant
and living on 9-th street
right above a dirty bookstore
off cuclid avenue
and I stopped taking shit
and I quit drinking whiskey
and my old man plays the trombone
and works out at the track.
and he says that he loves me
even though its not his baby
and he says that he'll raise him up
like he would his own son
and he gave me a ring
that was worn by his mother
and he takes me out dancin
every saturday nite.
and hey Charley I think about you
everytime I pass a fillin' station
on account of all the grease
you used to wear in your hair
and I still have that record
of little anthony & the imperials
but someone stole my record player
how do you like that?
hey Charley I almost went crazy
after mario got busted
so I went back to omaha to
live with my folks
but everyone I used to know
was either dead or in prison
so I came back in minneapolis
this time I think I'm gonna stay.
hey Charley I think I'm happy
for the first time since my accident
and I wish I had all the money
that we used to spend on shit
I'd buy me a used car lot
and I wouldn't sell any of em
I'd just drive a different car
every day dependin on how
I feel.
hey Charley
for chrissakes
do you want to know
the truth of it?
I don't have a husband
he don't play the trombone
and I need to borrow money
to pay this lawyer
and Charley, hey
I'll be eligible for parole
come valentines day.