angela, put down the hammer

seamus o'bannion

okay, angela, gaw head, smash the t.v., take the hammer and smash the damn thing, see if i care - i don't give a damn, angela, i don't give a damn if you smash the t.v., i don't give a damn what you do, so smash it, gaw head....ya know what i'm gonna do, angela, if you smash the t.v.? i'm gonna go over bobby's house, or down the bar, an i'll watch the knicks play down there. an i'll watch the yankees an the giants an the rangers an the islanders an the devils an the jets an the mets an the olympics an goddamn championship bowling too! an i'll watch golf an tennis an boxin an wrestlin! ya know why, angela? because i'm not gonna let you run my goddamn life! because its my life, angela, my life, an if i wanna watch t.v., you're not gonna stop me! one goddamn harmless pastime i got, one lousy pastime, an i can't have it! is that what you want, angela, to drive me outa the goddamn house? is that what you want?

if you smash that t.v., angela, you're smashin up our marriage, you're smashin this relationship, you're smashin up ten good years! is that what you want, to smash our relationship, to throw away ten good years? to throw everythin we worked hard for all these years in the trash? is that what you want, angela, is it? well all right, then, smash it, gaw head, smash it, take the hammer and smash the damn thing!...

oh jesus, angela, whudja hafta do that for? do you know what that set cost me? do you know how hard i hafta work for that kinda money? i even got the service contract with the goddamn thing....what about the news, angela? you like the news, dontcha? the movies? the sitcoms? the christmas specials? what're ya gonna do with your life, angela, become a moron? what're ya gonna do, take up basket weavin? solitaire? ya think i want you talkin at me five hours every night? is that what you think is gonna happen - what you call conversation, when you do all the talkin an i hafta do all the listnin? is that what you think is gonna happen? you got nothin ta say, angela, you got nothin ta say that i wanna listen to....

angela? put down the hammer. put down the hammer, angela. what are ya doin? angela? put down the hammer. come on. put down...