hello…

hey…

you know what time it is…

’bout two o’clock…

in the mornin’ Bill…two o’clock in the mornin’…

yes…it’s stil dark outside…

usually emergencies take place at this time…people callin’ when somethin’ has gone wrong…a car wreck…heart attack…some kind of crime committed…which one is it Bill…

just wanted to talk…

I gotta be up in three and a half hours to get ready for work…don’t ya have any consideration…

I just wanted to hear your voice…couldn’t sleep…thought ya might be tossin’ and turnin’ in bed too…just like me…two kindred spirits…

what makes ya think that…

what’s that…

said what makes ya think that…

just had a feelin’…we used to stay up late in the old days so I figured it was worth a shot…

that was a long time ago Bill…

we’d stay up and polish off a bottle or two…passin’ a joint back and forth…

was ages ago…haven’t been high in a long time…

neither have I…

ya got any sleepin’ pills…

got some Trazadone…makes me feel groggy the next day…only take it sparingly…

could ya take some tonight…I gotta get back to bed…

you’re not in bed now…

know what I mean…sleep…I need sleep…not gonna be worth a flip tomorrow…what is it ya want Bill…ya didn’t just call to hear my voice…

remember that dog we had…Norman…

yeah…

whatever happened to him…

gave him away…

after I left…

yep…

to a good home…

a big farm out in Geauga County…

they got big farms out there huh…

don’t ya remember…we used to go on drives through there when we were…

yeah that’s right…

uh-huh…

well…glad he’s got a good home…

probably dead by now Bill…been a long time…he was already gettin’ old…

yeah…everything dies…

yep…say that again…look…I’m gonna go to sleep now…you take care of yourself…hear…

you too…

alright…goodnight…

goodnight…hey…

what Bill…

ya ever think of me…maybe miss me…

sometimes Bill…sometimes…

me too…

you miss you too huh…

know what I mean…

yes…I know what ya mean…

can I call ya again sometime…

Bill…it’s been a long time…haven’t ya moved on…met some other women…lord knows you were meetin’ ’em while we were together…

‘spose so…I ‘spose so…well…I’ll let ya go…goodnight…

goodnight…