Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
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Of what faith are you,
Mr. Allison?

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Huh?
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What church did
your parents raise you in?

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Oh, I didn't have no parents.
I was an orphanage kid.

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You mean you never
knew your parents?

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They died when
you were little?

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I mean there I was at the Allison Street
entrance one morning...

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in an empty egg crate.
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Allison Street, Milwaukee.
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I figure I'm a...
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I figure I'm illegitimate.
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Well, what's the difference, I say.
I got born, didn't I?.

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Didn't they give you any religious teaching
in the orphanage?

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Oh, sure.
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Every Sunday, some skinny old crack
used to come around...

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and go on about what cigarettes
will do to your insides and...

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things.
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But I broke out of there
when I was 14.

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The next few years...
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I seen the insides of more
halls of correction and jails...

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than I did churches.
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Then I joined
the marines.

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Now, you look at me,
ma'am.

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What do you see besides
a big, dumb guy?

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I'll tell ya.
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A marine, that's what I am.
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All through me, a marine...
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like you're a nun.
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You got your cross.
I got my globe and anchor.

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Ha ha ha ha ha.
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It took a lot
of working over...

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but they're the ones
could do it.

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My first D.I....
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That's, uh, drill
instructor, ma'am...

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When I was a recruit,
he looks me up and down...

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and he says, " Lad, I'm gonna make
you hate my guts."

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The old peep sight.
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He sure kept his promise.
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There were times I
wanted to commit murder.

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Then I seen the light...
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and I started being a marine.
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Other guys, you know,
most of them...

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they got homes, families.
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Me, I got the corps,
like you got the church.

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Yes, I'm...
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I'm sure they have
many things in common.

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Yeah.
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Yeah!

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