When I went to the movies alone
I could weep in the darkness
when they put Ol’ Yeller down
or when the little blonde kid
wailed Shane! Shane! while Shane
rode off into the credits
When I went to the movies alone
it was holy like being in church
worshipping creation on the screen
(the creation of someone accessible)
each film being another chapter
in a Bible even I could read
When I went to the movies alone
it was like being in school
only a real school that only taught Life 101
all the stuff you really wanted to know
but were afraid to ask
the stuff they never had the guts to tell you
When I went to the movies alone
I learned how to go out in a blaze of glory
when to ride off into the sunset
that you put girls on pedestals
and how to get Natalie Wood to fall for me
by the end of the show—
Oh sure, I’d sit with my brother when he went…
or Freddie, my cousin… Jerry or Steve…
but it was always so much more
spiritual
when I did that
when I went to the movies alone...
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