This is definitely one of the better old time radio dramas I have heard.
First Broadcast: December 9, 1951
“The pressures of work and a complicated romance drive a politician to desperation and murder.”
Sometimes I don’t know where
This dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I can’t even see the reason why
I guess I keep a-gamblin’
Lots of booze and lots of ramblin’
It’s easier than just waitin’ around to die
One time, friends, I had a ma
I even had a pa
He beat her with a belt once ’cause she cried
She told him to take care of me
Headed down to Tennessee
It’s easier than just waitin’ around to die
I came of age and I found a girl
In a Tuscaloosa bar
She cleaned me out and hit in on the sly
I tried to kill the pain, bought some wine
And hopped a train
Seemed easier than just waitin’ around to die
A friend said he knew
Where some easy money was
We robbed a man, and brother did we fly
The posse caught up with me
And drug me back to Muskogee
It’s two long years I’ve been waitin’ around to die
Now I’m out of prison
I got me a friend at last
He don’t drink or steal or cheat or lie
His name’s Codine
He’s the nicest thing I’ve seen
Together we’re gonna wait around and die
Together we’re gonna wait around and die
I thought I saw you on the train
I hid behind some men
I had never seen you look so good
I’m glad you’re doing well
I went out for a walk today
To think of things unsaid
Of course I found I’d said too much
So I laid all that to rest
And when the day falls
I guess it was love
And when the day falls
At least it was
You thought of the name to call me
I guess that’s how it goes
I know a few with the same name
Yes, I’m sad I’m one of those
Ungraceful as I am in loving
And leaving I’m the same
It’s way too late to say I’m sorry
But I’ll say it anyway
And when the day forwards
I guess it was love
And when the day forwards
At least it was