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He’s in the damn restraint room

And you just know he’s chewing the padding out of the walls making himself a nice little nest

All right

Let’s go get the damn mouse

Boss

Saw me a mouse go by

Can’t put anything over on you

Just watch your toes

Watch your toes

You let him get past you

No, I did not I been here all the time

Then where the hell is he

Well, I don’t know

Three grown men

Outsmarted by a mouse

Well, bright side is, all this commotion probably scared him off for good

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, that’s the last we’ll see of him

You little son of a bitch

Well, I’ll be damned

There he is, big as Billy-be-frigged I thought Brutal was pulling my leg

That’s a goddamn mouse

Brute said he was in here last night

begging for food

He come right on up to the desk

Give him some room, Percy

See what he does

All right

He’s a brave little bastard

Gotta give him that

Damn

You little scurvy

Damn

Percy, are you crazy, you little son of a bitch

I’m gonna kill you

I’m gonna take you out

Percy

You little vermin I’m gonna stomp your life out

It’s just a little mouse, dumb merde

You ugly little piece of sh

Are you listening to me

Fuck

Percy

I’m gonna rip your diseased head off

you little piece of shit

Percy met your mouse

It’s in here somewhere I’m gonna squish the little son of a bitch

Percy, we already tried that

What’d you say

I said that we

Knock yourself out Hope you nail the bastard

Oh, yeah

Gosh He ain’t in there, huh

Don’t that beat the mousy band

Percy

You wanna think about what you were doing

I was trying to get the mouse

Are you blind

You also scared the living crap out of me and Bill

not to mention the inmates

So what

They aren’t in cradle school, in case you didn’t notice

Although you treat them that way

We don’t scare them any more than we have to, Percy

They’re under enough strain as it is

Men under strain can snap

Hurt themselves and hurt others

That’s why our job is talking not yelling

You’d do better to think of this place like an intensive care ward

I think of it as a bucket of piss to drown rats in

That’s all

Anybody doesn’t like it

You can kiss my ass

Yeah, you try it

Try it

You’ll be on the bread lines before the week is out

Okay, Brutal

We all know who your connections are

You ever threaten a man on this block again, we all gonna have a go

Job be damned

You done

Get all this shit back in the room You are cluttering up my Mile

Arlen

your daughter and her family are here

Let’s move I want at least two rehearsals before he gets back

Sitting down, sitting down

Rehearsing now

Everybody settle

Arlen Bitterbuck, step forward

Stepping forward, stepping forward, stepping forward

Is his head properly shaved

Nope It’s all dandruffy, and it smells

I will take that as a yes

Let’s go, Arlen

Walking the Mile, walking the Mile

walking the Mile, walking the Mile, walking the Mile

walking the Mile

I’m getting to my knees I’m praying, praying

Lord is my shepherd and so forth and so on

I’m sorry for all the bad shit I’ve done and people I’ve tramped on

And I hope they forgive me and I’ll never do it again, that’s for sure

Paul, we’re not gonna have some Cherokee medicine man in here hollering and shaking his dick, are we

Well, actually

Still praying, still praying

Getting right with Jesus

Do it quietly

You old gink

As I was saying, I don’t believe they actually shake their dicks

Mr Bitterbuck is a Christian, so Reverend Schuster’s coming in

He’s good He’s fast too

Doesn’t get them all worked up

On your feet.

Come on, Toot You prayed enough for one day

Getting to my feet Walking the Mile

walking the Mile, walking the Mile, walking the Green Mile

Walking the Mile

Walking in the Mile

Sitting down now

Sitting down I’m taking a seat in Old Sparky

What do I do

Watch and learn

Watch and learn

Getting strapped

Getting clamped

Getting wired

All right

Getting all electrode

Roll on one

“Roll on one” means I turn the generator up full

The lights go brighter in half the prison

Arlen Bitterbuck you’ve been condemned to die by a jury sentence imposed by a judge in good standing in this state

Anything to say before your sentence is carried out

Yeah

I want fried chicken with gravy on the taters, and I want to shit in your hat

I got to have Mae West sit on my face because I’m one horny motherfucker

You bastard

That’s a good one

Quiet

Quiet Shut up

Shut up

Sorry, boss

Toot, one more remark like that, I’ll have Van Hay roll on two for real

And I’ll have one less crazy old trustee

It was pretty funny

That’s why I don’t like it We’ll be doing this for real tomorrow night

I don’t want anybody remembering a stupid joke and getting going again

Ever try not to laugh in church when something funny gets stuck in your head

I’m sorry, Paul

You’re right

Let’s keep going

Harry

Soak the sponge

Putting on the black hood

And putting on my cap

Why’s he putting that sponge on his head

Conducts electricity to the brain fast like a bullet

You don’t ever throw the switch on a man without that

Hush up there, Toot

Getting screwed

I’m getting the cap

Arlen Bitterbuck

electricity shall be passed through your body until you are dead

in accordance with state law

God have mercy on your soul

Amen

Roll on two

And that’s that

I’m frying I’m frying

I’m a done tom turkey

This is a shocking experience

One of the witnesses showed up a day early

Let’s do it again, and let’s get it right this time

Get that idiot out of the chair