every prophet in his house

Why say that? It's a pretty swell song.

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Don't think I have.

[ Because he's like... 10 years old in Ben's time. ]

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Guess anything can sound bad once you hear it too many times.

[ Someone who actually knows this song?!]

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[Thinking about Star Spangled Man]

Yeah, that's true too. Sorry, hi, I'm Steve Rogers.

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Ruth Etting's got this way of singing. Uses her nose, 'stead of her mouth.

[ His shoddy attempt at a joke... ]

Ben Hawkins.

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I think it's lovely.

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[A bit of a laugh]

But she's famous.

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Famous don't mean a damn thing.

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You're familiar?

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It means people want to hear it, doesn't it?

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No, I've never heard it before. Well, that's not entirely true, it sounds a little like what's played at the Blue Light sometimes.

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That says more 'bout the folks who are all up and goo-goo eyed.

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Blue Light?

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It isn't that bad.

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It's a club here, they play a lot of jazz.

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Guess that depends on what we're talking about.

[ And Ben is referring to something completely different. ]

Just a song.

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Isn't that what we're talking about?

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Yeah.

Surprised you know it.

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Why? It was really popular when I was a kid.

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Kinda like the Cotton Club? Must be pretty swank.

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What time you from, Steve?

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1943.

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Well, it ain't the 30s, but it's pretty close.

1934.

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That's kind of a relief.

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I don't know any Cotton Club.

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But you know jazz.

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Yes, like I said, they play it at the Blue Light.

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I'm guessing they don't got any of that stuff in your world.

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[ You can hear him grinning, oh so slightly, through his words. ]

Thought I'd be the only one here. You know. Old.

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Not as such, there's music and some of it is similar to jazz.

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So many damn worlds.

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Hard to keep them separate, is it?

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If they're even separate. Could be that we're all connected like one giant spiderweb. Maybe we ain't.

Don't make sense either way.

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Do you think about it often?

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Nah.

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