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...town, summer in the city; back o' my neck gettin' dirty and gritty. Been down, isn't it a pity; doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city...
...been getting some attention in the city because of the colorful malediction of his title song. The album's other lyrics, sung to interchangeable tunes, are a standard collection of complaints ("I got pockets full of troubles every payday"; "I can't get over me not gettin' over...
...gettin' straightened out, ain't ya?" man asked. The question carried no hint of or sarcasm. I nodded. "Well, that's fine, ," he said, clapping me on the shoulder. in Montgomery, we ate most of our the College Inn, a Negro cafe owned by young couple who work a 16-hour day. They worship Dr. King and befriended us immediately. One evening we were drinking beer there and discussing the prospective Selma-to-Montgomery freedom march. A middle-aged Negro, who had occupied another table, rose to leave. As he passed our table, he leaned into the conversation and muttered...
...insane asylum run by one Dr. Le Quaque. "Worse'n a real prison," says Annie, after casing the place and discovering that patients, as another strip character puts it, "as sane as anybody but labeled crazy are stuck here in this snake pit with no chance o' gettin...
...First Family of dogdom yapping. "Let's get the dogs," he said. "They-all heard you talkin' and they want to go too." On his fourth lap around the driveway, the President turned the panting beagles over to a Secret Service man, explained, "They're gettin' hot." So were the 60 reporters, but Lyndon loped on, talking about the convention. "John Pastore was just excellent," said Johnson, who had personally phoned the Rhode Island Senator to congratulate him after his keynote address. "My barber told me Pastore's talk stirred him up, made him proud...