I think that Cal.E. is now staying with one of her relatives. She left me this message on my voicemail last night:
Smoked some cigs from three to midnight On the Corpus Christi Bay I'd get off and drink till daylight Sleep the morning away (like I usually do) I had a plan to take my wages (from gambling with Tom the Tabby, but 'Bama lost so badly) I had to lLeave the cigs behind for good (because I could NOT afford them) But that life it is contagious And it gets down in your blood I lived in Corpus with my brother We were always on the run (from The Tuxedo II) We were bad for one another But we were good at having fun We got stoned (on catnip) along the seawall We got drunk and rolled a car We knew the girls at every dance hall Had a tab at every bar If I could live my nine lives all over It wouldn't matter anyway Cause I never could stay sober On the Corpus Christi Bay My brother had a wife and family You know, he gave them a good home But his wife thought we were crazy And one day we found her gone We threw her clothes into the car trunk Her photographs, her rosary We went to the pier and got drunk And threw it all into the sea Now my brother lives in Houston (where I used to live) He married for the second time He got a job with the union And it's keeping him in line He came to Corpus just this weekend It was good to see him here He said he finally gave up drinking Then he ordered me a beer Now my brother lives in Houston He married for the second time He got a job with the union And it's keeping him in line He came to Corpus just this weekend It was good to see him here He said he finally gave up drinking Then he ordered me a beer Now my brother lives in Houston He married for the second time He got a job with the union And it's keeping him in line He came to Corpus just this weekend It was good to see him here He said he finally gave up drinking Then he ordered me a beer
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