Mary, I want to tell you why I got mad at that guy in the coffee shop last night, and why...
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Zachary Morgan: Mary, I want to tell you why I got mad at that guy in the coffee shop last night, and why I walked away from you after I threw that rock at the lamppost and missed it.
Mary Marshall: I knew there must be some reason, but you don't have to tell me.
Zachary Morgan: Look, I was brought up in a home, an orphan's home.
Mary Marshall: That's nothing to be ashamed of.
Zachary Morgan: I'm not. It's not like being in prison, or anything like that.
Mary Marshall: No.
Zachary Morgan: Well, in the home there was a janitor. This fellow had been in the last war. A young guy. He was a shell shock case. Whenever we could get our hands on any firecrackers, we'd bang them off and laugh at him when he jumped. Well, that fellow in the coffee shop reminded me of the janitor, and they both made me think of myself and what I'd be like in a few years. Only difference is, that now in the hospital, they have a fancy name for it: neuropsychiatric.
Mary Marshall: The doctors must know a lot more about it now than they did during the last war.
Zachary Morgan: Maybe. They don't know something about me that I know. You see, before I became an engineer, I was an athlete, a pretty good one. I know what my timing used to be, they don't, and it's gone, Mary. Before this happened to me, I could have hit that lamppost all day. I don't know why I'm bothering you with all this. Yes, I do. I know why I'm bothering you. Because I feel so much better when I talk to you. I like to be with you
Mary Marshall: I knew there must be some reason, but you don't have to tell me.
Zachary Morgan: Look, I was brought up in a home, an orphan's home.
Mary Marshall: That's nothing to be ashamed of.
Zachary Morgan: I'm not. It's not like being in prison, or anything like that.
Mary Marshall: No.
Zachary Morgan: Well, in the home there was a janitor. This fellow had been in the last war. A young guy. He was a shell shock case. Whenever we could get our hands on any firecrackers, we'd bang them off and laugh at him when he jumped. Well, that fellow in the coffee shop reminded me of the janitor, and they both made me think of myself and what I'd be like in a few years. Only difference is, that now in the hospital, they have a fancy name for it: neuropsychiatric.
Mary Marshall: The doctors must know a lot more about it now than they did during the last war.
Zachary Morgan: Maybe. They don't know something about me that I know. You see, before I became an engineer, I was an athlete, a pretty good one. I know what my timing used to be, they don't, and it's gone, Mary. Before this happened to me, I could have hit that lamppost all day. I don't know why I'm bothering you with all this. Yes, I do. I know why I'm bothering you. Because I feel so much better when I talk to you. I like to be with you
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Mary
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I want to tell you why I got mad at that man in the coffee shop last night
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and why I walked away after I threw that rock at the lamppost and missed it
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I knew there must be some reason but you don't have to tell me
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Look I was brought up in a home an orphan's home
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That's nothing to be ashamed of
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I'm not It's not like being in prison or anything like that
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No
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In the home there was a janitor
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This fellow had been in the last war He was a young guy
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He was a shell shock case
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Whenever we could get our hands on any firecrackers we'd bang them off
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and laugh at him when he jumped
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That fellow in the coffee shop reminded me of the janitor
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They both made me think of myself and what I'd be like in a few years
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Only difference is that now in the hospital they have a fancy name for it
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neuropsychiatric
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The doctors must know more about it now than they did during the last war
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Maybe
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They don't know something about me that I know
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You see
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before I became an engineer
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I was an athlete a pretty good one
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I know what my timing used to be they don't
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And it's gone Mary
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Before this happened to me I could have hit that lamppost all day
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I don't know why I'm bothering you with all this
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Yes I do I know why I'm bothering you
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Because I feel so much better when I talk to you I like to be with you
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I like to be with you too
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Mary I want to talk about you Listen tell me
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What Well
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For instance how did you become a traveling saleslady and what do you sell
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As I told you I started out wanting to be a model
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and after that
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I got a job with a dress manufacturing company
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and now I travel for them
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Where do you travel After your vacation where do you go
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I go back to Dallas and from Dallas I go to New Orleans
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New Orleans I've been there It's a swell town
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You've been to New Orleans
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Have you ever been to Florida No
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I go from New Orleans to Florida
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New Orleans to Florida Palm Beach
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Mary can you make me believe in myself the way you believe in yourself
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What makes you think I do I can tell
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The way you talk the way you walk
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Movie Summary
A soldier suffering from combat fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance.
