TT 08 A Summer Place

Question 1

You’re playing that for me, right?

Answer 1

She listens. Smiles, kind of sad maybe. Thinking back. Her name is Karen.

Question 2

Her name is Karen.

Answer 2

I was out in the four wheel drive,
going pretty crazy what with not seeing anybody,
it had been about four, five months.
Couldn’t sleep, the only thing I could think of was go for a drive.

Question 3

the only thing I could think of was go for a drive.

Answer 3

There was a tape in I didn’t want to listen to,
I reached over and popped it out.
Leaving the radio on, eh?
Pretty depressing you might say, nothing but that hiss. But I liked it,
I could pretend it was just between stations.

Question 4

I could pretend it was just between stations.

Answer 4

So I drove and drove, forgot about the radio
until I started to realize it was picking something up. The last part of that old baseball game…
Bobby Thomson’s home run.
Real faint.

Question 5

Bobby Thomson’s home run.

Real faint.

Answer 5

In a couple seconds it faded out again.
I stopped the four wheel, slammed it into reverse,
backed up to where I heard it, and there it was.
This announcer, the crowd sounds –

Question 6

Jesus, a crowd, I’m thinking –

Answer 6

And when that’s over, there comes this other voice. That was you.
A live voice, not just somebody on tape, I could tell.
And then you put on… this song.