STAND BY ME

STAND BY ME   

Writer:   I was twelve going on thirteen first time I saw a dead human being.

       It happened in the summer of nineteen-fifty-nine. A long time ago.

       But only if you measure in terms of years.

       I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were

       only 1281 people, but to me it was the whole world.

Radio:    Hey it's the bossman Bob Cormier here. It's a beautiful Friday

       morning in Portland! It's 90 K.L.A.M degrees and getting hotter! Up

       the ladder with another platter! It's Bobbie Day with 'Rocking Robin'!

       It's boss!
 

Chris:    Hey, how do you know a Frenchman's been in your backyard?

Teddy:    Hey, I'm french, okay.

Chris:    Your garbage cans are empty and your dog's pregnant.

Teddy:    Didn't I just say I was french?

Chris:    I knock.

Teddy:    Shit.

Chris:    Twenty-nine.

Teddy:    Twenty-two.

Gordie:   Piss up a rope!

Teddy:    Gordie's out. Oh Gordie just bit the bag and stepped out the door!

Chris:    Come on, man, deal.

Writer:   Teddy Duchamp was the craziest guy we hung around with. He didn't

       have much of a chance in life. His dad was given fits of a rage. One

       time he held Teddy's ear to a stove and almost burned it off.

Teddy:    I knock.

Chris:    You foureyed pile of shit!

Teddy:    That pile of shit has a thousand eyes! What? What's so funny? Come

       on, I've got thirty, what have you got?

Chris:    Sixteen.

Teddy     Go ahead, keep laughing. I'd turn you right down.

Writer:   Chris Chambers was the leader of our gang and my best friend. He came

       from a bad family and everyone just knew, he'd turn out bad.

       Including Chris.

Gordie:   Knock the secret knock!

Vern:     I forget the secret knock, let me in!

G,C,T:    Vern!

Vern:     Come on you guys, open up! Oh man, you guys are not gonna

       believe this. This is so boss. Oh man, wait'll you hear this,

       wait'll you hear this. You won't believe it. It's unbelievable. Let

       me catch my breath. I ran all the way from my house.

G,C,T:    I ran all the way home. Just to say I'm sorry, sorry oh ... can't..

Vern:     Come on, guys, listen to me. Guys, come on! Okay, forget it. I'll

       tell you nothing.

Chris:    Alright, guys, alright. What is it, man?

Vern:     Okay, great, you won't believe this sincerely.

G,C,T:    I ran all the way home!

Vern:     Screw you guys!

Chris:    What is it?

Vern:     Can you guys camp out tonight? I mean if you tell your folks, we're

       gonna tent onmy backfield?

C,G:      Yeah.

Chris:    I think so. Said my dad's kind of on a mean streak. You know, he's

       been drinking a lot lately.

Vern:     You got to man, sincerely! You won't believe this! Can you, Gordie?

Gordie:   Yeah, probably.

Teddy:    So what are you pissin' and moaning about, Verno?

Chris:    I knock.

Teddy:    What! You liar, you ain't got no pat-hand. You didn't deal yourself

       no pat-hand!

Chris:    Make your draw, shitheap.

Vern:     You guys wanna go see a dead body? Well I was under the porch,

       digging, you know..