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Used all my options, worked off my dues.

Played all the cards, now there's nothing to lose.

Don't want tomorrow to be like today.

That's why I'm breaking away.

Not trying to run, not trying to hide.

What can I win if I'm losing my pride?

Won't let tomorrow be like today.

Why, I'm breaking away.

Ooh, breaking away.

Got to find a better way.

Until the good times roll around again.

I'll be today.

Early bird, Liv.

I thought we were going to get an early start.

I thought that was the general idea.

It was last night, wasn't it, when the bevy were being sucked?

In the cold light of day, however, it's a different matter, isn't it?

You don't think they're going to go off the idea, do you? I'm just saying it'll

be midday, won't it, before they sleep off last night's binge?

It'd be typical of that lot to change their minds.

Typical. I'm still going.

Nice and online.

See, I promised to meet an old mate of mine in the old stads. Yeah, he's coming

over from Cravefield.

Well, I'm definitely going.

Yeah. Give the bike a run.

Take it out in the country like, you know.

We were supposed to pick up the car first thing.

Yeah.

Use your razor because I need a new blade and I can't, you know.

All right. Way to go. Oh, great.

I hate shaving more than anything else. Do you know that?

Well, go up yet?

I think I'll shave one.

Why not?

Well, I never thought I had the right shaved face, really.

I had a moustache once, though. Yeah, it was like a big, big droopy one, you

know, like one of Crosby, Stills and Ashton Young like.

But the girl I was with at the time made me shave it off.

So it looks like a pillock.

Elaine Surtees.

What? That's her name, Elaine Surtees.

She worked for a seed merchant just outside Droitwich.

I think it's going back to you, isn't it?

The door was obviously broken open.

All week, everybody's been so keen.

Yeah, let's get away for the weekend.

Let's get out to Dusseldorf.

Get some fresh air. Let's do something different.

Let's go fishing.

I might have known.

I might have known.

Leave it out, Nev.

They cried off. They're just asleep, aren't they?

Ah, nah, then.

Here we go.

Fetch us some milk, will you?

It's not worth getting in such a state about, mate.

Well, not that you didn't.

You didn't want to go in the bird's den.

Well, I don't like the country, do I?

And I know naff all about fishing, so why should I go naffing fishing in a

naffing country, eh?

You could.

No, I wouldn't.

I'll tell you what would do me good, though.

It's getting my evil way with that little Erica, what works the post

That'd do me the power of good, that would.

Oh, this milk's so... Who forgot to get fresh milk?

Each time I go down there, always joins the queue for her window.

Even if it's the longest, you know.

She knows.

She don't mind either, eh?

Tell you another thing, Nev.

My infatuation for this little frowline ain't half increased my letter writing.

See, cos posting them's the only excuse I've got to see her, innit?

My old mum can't believe her luck.

I've even started writing to me sister, mate.

I can't stand her.

If you're going down there this afternoon, can you post the one for me?

Sure can, sir.

And while you're sitting by some river with a fishing rod in your hand, you can

think of me and that young morsel doing unspeakable things together, son.

Oh, that's just where they get you.

That's your tea, not sugar. Bloody row!

It's Saturday, Bomber!

And I want my tip, don't I?

Well, we're supposed to be going away, remember?

Hey, hey, it's only ten past eight, mate.

Early start, it was all agreed.

Ah, see what we did?

Ah, somebody forgot to get fresh milk.

Well, that surprised me.

Nobody sticks to the manifesto booth to do what and when.

Oh, someone turned it off, eh?

Your, er, your age is on your bed now.

Didn't use it.

Can I give it a go?

What? I'm growing a beard.

What's that funny one?

Did I laugh? Yes, you did.

I don't see why my growing a beard should cause an alarm attack.

What's he making all the racket?

Tame, is it?

I would go and done it, though it.

Fetch us a cup of tea, son, then, will you? No, milk!

I can't be anything.

Right.

What did we drink last night?

It was the quantity, Sam, not the quality.

I can't believe my head.

We're supposed to be going away, remember?

To the country.

Aye, aye, right, right. It's just we said we'd pick up the car early.

Right, right. I think we're still going.

Just a minute, will you?

There you go, Dennis.

I'm going to bed.

Aye, very good, buddy.

I'll inform the press.

Canny little car, that, eh? Aye, no great. Remember, it's only me and you

insured to drive this, right? So, no matter how legless we get, nobody lets

get the end of the wheel. Right.

Look, I'm not going, and that's final.

Well, you were full of it last night.

Ah, well, that was last night. I'm not well, man.

Typical. It makes no difference.

Be good for the rest of us.

How's that like?

What do you mean?

What I mean is, we all deserve a break from you.

Think about that, lads, eh? Two odds, three nights.

Away from the smell of his feet.

I wouldn't want to go with you lot anyway.

You're always getting in my way. A break from yours, that's what I need. It'll

do me a world of good. Well, everybody's happy then, aren't they?

Yeah, Barry's pulling his later on his bike, so you'd better throw him on the

map then.

Right.

Healthy signs, sweaty feet anyway.

Means you're healthy.

Like a dog's wet nose.

You know, when a dog's nose is wet, it means it's been good, innit?

Oh, well, you must be fighting for it, mate.

Your nose has been running about since you got here.

Right, you take this main autobahn to Cologne, right? Right. Then you bypass

Cologne and follow the signs over Rathveil, OK? Then you hit this road

right? You can only go left or right. You go left, right? The Sagan, OK?

Straight down there, then you hit that road there. You go straight on

Eldenbrook, right?

Right, that all seems quite straightforward.

How will I know when to find you? How will I get there?

Well, it's just a village, man.

Just go to the bar that's got the most noise coming from it.

I thought you said I wasn't going.

I heard there was thieves here last night. Broken the storage up.

What on earth? There's a little pinch here, eh? Probably vandals.

They may strike again.

Oz, I'm sure you'll be safe.

Aye, don't let them paint the names of German football teams all over the hut.

Miss Boyle, I love you.

I'm not trying anything when I'm here, man.

I'll tell you what it is, but sleep safe now and you're in charge.

And sound it without his feet.

You sure you don't want to come on? I'll manage, man. Don't you worry.

They get it over, take any day.

Sooner or later, there's something to pay.

Might as well have a laugh on the way. We're breaking away.

Ooh, breaking away.

Gotta find a better way.

Till the good times roll around again.

Real country now, never?

Aye.

You can see how everybody else appreciates it.

Well, we did knock the field back last night, didn't we?

I've just found a roof of my mouth, man.

Do I? A chiker?

Be a bit of a squeak.

There's not much traffic on this little road, man. Oh, yeah, let's give him a

ride, eh?

Ah!

Why don't we stop?

Good Samaritans, aren't we?

Eh? Hitchhiker.

Hey, it's a bloke.

No room for a bloke.

Swedish girl, maybe. We can fit her in, but... But not a bloke.

Thank you.

Er, fitter?

Where you go?

You go east?

You English?

Yeah, you?

Yeah. Oh, hop in, bonnie lad.

Cheers.

You on holiday, are you?

Yeah.

Took you a while to get a lift, did it?

Where are you headed?

This way.

It's a bit of a back road, this, isn't it, if you're hitching?

Well, you can't hitchhike on the autobahns, can you?

No, no, no, I suppose not.

Well, hey, we're just headed to the back end of nowhere here, mate.

Anywhere's fine by me.

You've no place in mind there.

No, I was heading south.

I know this girl in Munich.

Is that the way to Munich, this?

Well, I'm in no hurry.

I thought I'd see a bit of the countryside, Phil.

Well... I'm a student.

I'm, er... just seeing a bit of the countryside.

Troubles with education in itself, isn't it?

Oh, tell her to take it. Tell her to take it.

I'm Barbara. This is Mark. This is Dennis and Neville.

I'm Neville.

Eat dinner?

I'm Colin.

Listen, what are you lads doing?

Best not to ask.

Wanted by Interpol in eight countries we are.

Right. Do you want to come in for something to eat? Want a drink?

No, I'll be all right.

Like you could do with a bite?

No, I'll be all right. All right, suit yourself.

Good luck, son.

Take care, Colin. Have a nice trip, eh? See you.

Right, who's on with it?

Moxie. No, he's not.

He's tired, eh? I've got the gas.

You off then?

No. Here, there's still room for one on the back, you know. I've told you I

don't want to go.

All right.

Looks like rain anyway.

Do you reckon?

Definite. I'd put the muckers on this weekend, wouldn't I?

Letters need posting.

Any what?

Letters. I'm off to the post office, aren't I? No, no. I sent some money home

two weeks ago.

How's your plan to get Swift off later?

Well, depends what happens down at the post office, doesn't it, son?

Yeah.

Here.

I hope you're not just going to sit there and lust over that all day.

I've got plenty of things to do.

Like what?

Never mind.

Call her the vandal, son.

Might be a reward.

Look, I'll manage, London. Thank you very much. All right? It suits me fine.

Everybody gone.

OK. So long as you're all right, mate.

I'll see you later.

Shut up.

Suits me fine. Everybody gone.

You'll be selling these cup of tea.

That's how you do it. It's that simple. Have a go yourself.

Take the right hand, right?

Right.

Now, with the fly rod, you can only reel in. You can't reel out.

Because if you fly fishing, the line doesn't sink. It has to float on the

surface.

Pull the line out with the left hand.

Go on, pull out an arm's length, as far as you can.

Right. Now, whip the rod back over the shoulder. Go on, whip it back. Keep the

line tight.

Like that.

Right. Now, bring it back. Pull out another arm's length.

Pull tomorrow.

Paul.

Snap.

Paul.

Snap.

How do you know this place then, Ben?

Well, last time I was working in Germany, I was in Koblenz.

And these Erics brought me out here to this wedding.

Made me feel so welcome, you know. It was the nicest time I've ever had here.

Just like being at home, you know.

Pitch a lot back home, do you? Yeah, yeah. I've got a mate who lives in

That's in Northumberland, like, you know.

I go up there on weekends to the Tyne Valley.

It's great up there, man. It's so quiet and peaceful.

Yeah, you wouldn't believe it, Moxie. It's magic, man. Pull.

Snap.

Pull.

Snap.

Right. You've enough slack out.

Now hit your mark.

Yeah!

The river near where I live would have to be as good a stretch of sand to fish

in as any.

But I'm allowed to fish in.

Oh, we're all the right.

That doesn't stop Omar.

I'm glad we came on you. I'm glad I got here, mate.

I only took the wrong route, sir.

It's just so, I don't know, different.

It's like I'm seeing the real Germany.

Right, well, you know, if we're going to broaden our horizons, we've got to

escape from the confines of our professional situation.

That's what I'm always saying.

Well, words to that effect.

I saw this problem you're seeing there. He's got no desire to educate himself,

has he?

Or acquire a knowledge of the outside world. All right.

The line 38 was just the same.

Who? The girl I was telling you about, you know.

Oh, the joint witch with the moustache. Right, right, that's the same.

Do you know, part of her ambition level was a semi in cod saw, right?

And two weeks in the year in Magaluf.

She would have stifled me, Neville.

I'll bet.

There's no time for fishing where I come from, you know.

I fished the canal once, though.

I caught a plimstole and a couple of contraceptives.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I'll have a pill.

I must get another... Crates! Crates, mate. Crates.

Crates. Crates. Crates.

Crates. Crates. Crates. Crates. Crates.

Crates.

I can't be sold out.

Gentlemen,

I think someone tried to steal your motorbike.

What? Did you see who it was? No, he disappeared.

You never left a key in it, did you, Boris?

Yeah.

I didn't think there'd be any trouble like that around here, did I?

More? No, no, that's it. I'm going.

Where are your friends?

Friends? I've got no friends. Me, man.

You are very... Good night.

Oh, I wish.

All dressed up and nowhere to go, eh?

Well, I'll see you soon.

Good night.

Okay.

Hey, that's real fresh air, that, Neville. Yeah, isn't it? I'll need that

the last night of beer.

I'd be OK for a tub of everything, Dennis.

A tub?

Yeah.

You know, share all expenses, don't we?

Even Stevens, like hotel bills, hire the rods, grow up, you know.

Just like that.

But it do ever leave off, eh?

Look, Dennis, somebody's got to think of these things in the absence of an

elected lady, you know, haven't they? Oh.

Phew.

Morning. Morning.

You still here, lad?

I couldn't get a lift, so I kept down.

Why didn't you stay with us? You could have stayed in the village.

I've been camping, you see.

Your bedroll don't take up much room, do it.

You've been sleeping rough, haven't you?

Just last night, that's all.

Where did you last eat?

I'll be honest, I'm all right. It's freezing, Zed.

Listen, we're staying in a place in the village.

Yeah, I know where. Right, look, there's my room key, right? Get yourself back

there, have a hot bath, get yourself something to eat, then have a good kip.

Are you sure? Go on, before you catch pneumonia.

Cheers.

Thanks very much.

Come on, lads, we've got some fishing to do.

Steady, lad. No, I can feel it, Mount Bomber. I can feel it. Now, ruddy, calm

down, will you? It's not a very great wave. Well, what do I do?

Reel it in, you pranis.

Come on, that's it.

Hey, look!

Well done, mate.

Well done, mate.

I know one thing.

Aunt Colin's no stool.

You don't know where he's going, and he ain't camping because he's got no gear.

Got three things.

Jed, step me up, will you?

Aye, dear, Dennis.

Ah, as it sprites your cynical exterior, Dennis, you give

your fellow man the benefit of the doubt, don't you?

What again, buddy?

Hey, you trust Pray for your dad?

Oh, you've got to, haven't you?

Why shouldn't I?

No, I'm not disputing it's an admirable attitude.

No, no, no.

I was just thinking, you know.

Thinking what?

I was thinking that maybe it was misplaced.

You know, your trust line.

Why? Well, consider that Colin, right?

Now, you must admit, he does look a bit desperate.

I think he ain't safe in a few days, is he? Well, nor have you. It's because I'm

going to bed. Maybe he is.

Well, he's not a student, right?

There's bombers so rightly surmises.

Nothing else, buddy -man.

Oh, hear him out. Let him make his point.

Oh, there's a point to all this. Yeah, my point is this.

If he's not a student, right, and he was hanging around last night, maybe it's

him who tried to steal my bike.

Maybe at this very minute, maybe, he's going for all our things, right, prior

pissing off the destinations or no.

Of course, this is a hypothetical speculation, not taking into account

which Dennis put so much store in.

Come on.

What's the word then?

Bloody long queue at the post office, was it?

Ah, short one, son.

Short but sweet.

Yeah. I'll get it up there to her window, all right? Buys me two airmen,

registered letter.

Then I lays it on her.

In English, you know, because she speaks a fair bit.

Well, we've got to her instant work in the post office.

Did you bring the English papers?

No, yesterday.

What, no football results?

Leave it out, I'm trying to tell you a tale, aren't I?

Well, much a waste of time bringing studies, papers, man.

I suppose you're finished at one, aren't you?

Free for the weekend, I imagine.

Yes, she says.

With a delectable hint of a German accent.

Well, I steamed in, didn't I?

Apart the protest of some old ratbag in the queue behind me with an air freight

to Canada.

Anyway, cut a long story short, which I wish you wouldn't. Listen, listen, I

made arrangements for a rendezvous, didn't I?

Yeah, movie, drink, et cetera, et cetera. Back to her place.

She's only got her own flat, ain't she?

Well, it's feet under the table by six, by ten o 'clock. Well, look, the rest is

history, son.

You didn't think they'd bring any milk in, were you, did you?

You ain't listened to a word I've said, have you?

No, not really.

Hey, it's vandals again last night, eh?

Sort of paint job.

Yeah, I nearly got them.

Yeah? Yeah, instead all I got was red paint all over me blue suit. It's

Yeah, well, what paint ain't on your suit, mate?

It's on one of the walls.

Slogans, like.

Something about the British Army getting out of Germany.

Yeah, well, thinking about getting off the ship.

What you on about?

Sick of it, yeah.

Nothing to do. Me mate's doing like us.

You are?

Well, they're all away, aren't they?

Yeah, but you were asked.

You didn't want to go, did you? Well, what do I want to go fishing for? OK,

you were asked, weren't you?

Look, it's the way that they ask that counts.

What you on about, Oz?

Huh?

What you talking about, son? Look, the fact that I was asked to go is not the

point, is it? No, it's not the point at all. All right, then what is?

What is, what is the point is that they were none too keen on me going with them

in the first place, were they? No, I made remarks about getting away from me

me feet.

I didn't go away just to get away from your feet.

Yeah, well, you stopped out all night, didn't you? Yeah, but I told you why,

didn't I? If you'd listened.

Yeah, well, I don't like it here. I don't like the Germans, and they don't

me. And neither do the lads. Oh, Sam.

Oh, look, man, I can tell, man, I can tell.

I was getting at me.

I was taking a piss.

I mean, I thought we'd have a good laugh when we first came here.

I thought that was the whole point.

You know, have a few berries, a bit crack, a bit laugh.

I mean, without that, what's the point in being here?

Now? Now?

I want to go out on trips and meet Germans and go to museums.

I mean, where's the fun in that, eh?

Look, you have to stay, Oz.

I mean, you need to go.

Besides which, the lads won't let you go. Hey, hey, listen, don't you say

anything to the lads, right?

I'll just slip away.

Nobody will know that I'm gone.

Oz, you've got to stay, son.

I mean, there's reasons why I brought you here.

More to do with finance and fun.

You can't just... desert men.

You've got to go the distance.

I'll manage.

I always have.

I don't know how much of a story this is.

It was this German girl. She lives in Heinsberg.

It's near Munich.

We got engaged at Christmas.

I was going to stay in Germany. If I couldn't get a job, go back to the UK.

Didn't last week.

She breaks it off just like that.

It's tough.

It happens though, doesn't it?

And there's, um, like, no possibility of a reconciliation, I suppose.

It's finished.

You should have told us this yesterday and then you wouldn't have had to keep

in the field.

Yeah.

Thanks for the meal and everything.

Much appreciated.

Where are you headed then?

South. I'm going south.

Geneva. I thought I might get a job there as a waiter or something like

Hey, you could come back with us. Why not?

You'd have to shovel. No.

No, I couldn't do your bloke's sort of work. Yeah, you could shovel for your

labourer.

Could I?

Of course you could.

Couldn't he, Dan?

Look, don't ask me.

It's up to the lad.

You ready for more? Yeah.

Yeah, it's all totally different over here.

See, in Germany, us brickies have to do our own labouring.

Why? There's just one overall boss, Krunvald, and his sidekick, Ulrich.

the only two you've got to watch out for, right?

How do you get them out of Germany?

They're just canny lads, mostly, like the rest of us.

Only smarter.

Where can we start?

Well, you know, I'd better turn out.

You see, the Brits are really scruffy. They wear jeans and sneakers, that kind

of thing.

And they never wear their hard hats.

The Erics, they're more military.

Yeah, top of the line, will you?

Hey, Ned, what do you call a German's Erics for?

Well,

we want to talk about one of them in front of them, mate.

We'll call him Eric, and that way the Germans think we're talking about some

float world, Eric. Good, innit? Yeah.

Yeah, then there's a lot of Turks over here and all. A couple of Dutch.

Turks mainly live in the hut next to ours.

Some Greeks, but not many of them, like.

What's the matter?

Eh?

The beard?

Oh, yeah.

Very fetching, Squire.

It's an off -hitch.

That'd be worth it.

Do you reckon?

Yeah. Give the boat racing definition, wouldn't it?

Compensate for your lack of bone structure.

Create the impression of an enigmatic persona.

Enigmatic? That also covers up your acne.

Well, you do have spots, don't you, you know?

I mean, the complexion ain't exactly your best feature, is it? These spots

just temporary, though.

You know, it's the changing water that's doing it.

Shaving in different water life.

Well, look, now you ain't shaving, they'll disappear, won't they?

Only no -one will notice, cos you ain't shaving.

Pity.

You don't bother.

You all right, Oz?

What do you mean?

Nothing. Just asking if you're all right.

You haven't said anything, have you? Of course not. I was just asking, man.

What's up with him? Nothing.

He's a bit uptight, eh? Just forget it, right?

All right.

Don't skin off my nose.

Missed you at the weekend, though. Aye, I'll bet.

Well, I guess, eh?

Good luck to you, mate.

No, well, that's not what everybody thinks, is it?

Hey, Ben.

Huh?

Did something just happen?

What, Oz has shook hands with a German?

No, man, seriously.

What? You know, I've been working with that Colin lad. Yeah.

Where these two policemen just turned up with a ruck. I don't know.

Probably about the vandalism.

Anyway, when Colin seen them, he turned white as a sheet, did a runner. What?

Aye, he's gone.

Vanished. I've searched the whole site. There's no sign of him. Has the police

gone after him?

No, man. Look, see, the coppers were here about the break -ins, right? Yeah,

yeah. But the point is, he obviously thought they were after him.

Colin did. Oh, I see.

Aye, he didn't seem too sure of his story, did he? Right.

Aye.

Oh, I don't know, though. He seemed such a canny lad, but...

I can't imagine him in trouble with the law.

You can't tell these days, man.

I tell you what, we'll just get back to work, right? If he shows up, we'll have

it out with him, right?

I hope you've worked things out, Oz.

The army means middle, then.

Look, in a situation like ours, everyone living on top of each other, it's bound

to be problems.

People fall out, friendships change, don't need to have a tip.

It's like being in the army, living in that hut, you know?

Well, all things considered, we're not doing too bad, are we? No, well, I came

out here with Dennis and Neville, but I just don't think I'm in it anymore.

Oh, come on, man. They missed you at the weekend. I was very... No, was this

what I broke?

Colin, there's no problem.

I mean, we hardly know him, anyhow. No, but nevertheless... Nevertheless what?

You're an exasperating geezer, you are, Oz.

I mean, I can't work you out. I really can't work you out.

Well, nobody's asking you to try.

Put it down.

Any sign of Colin?

Hey,

he's

not running from the law.

What's that your problem? He's in the army. Look, Latham Colin, Lance

right? Born June the 14th, 1960.

Ike, 5 '8", Ike Brown.

I have a distinguishing mark, scar on left shoulder.

It's a frigging diverter, isn't it?

She was lovely. I mean, she was saying... She was great.

I couldn't understand what she was saying. That's her trouble, isn't it?

Well, there you go.

Hang on a minute. Just going for a leak. Oh, all right.

Hey, Moxie. Moxie. What is it?

Oh, sorry.

Somebody went into that storage house over there.

So what?

It could have been those kids or somebody's been messing around, couldn't

You sure?

I'm positive somebody went into one of those bloody cabins.

OK.

Let's get him.

Well, I'll get the lads first, eh?

Right.

Oh, eight Mondays.

No money.

All week ahead of us.

Where did you get them?

Brendan made them for us.

Go on, then.

Just hold on.

Just be quiet.

Keep your voice down.

Where? What's happening?

It's hard if anything.

There's definitely somebody over there. You're right.

Now, just where, mate?

Just keep your voices down, OK?

Right, Buddy, Moxie, you go left. Right.

Bower, Nibble, go round this side, along the drainage channel, OK? What about

us? Just go straight on.

You feel like a commando, don't you? No.

I've still got me slippers on.

Why don't you bang a snare to him, eh?

Bloody hell, there's not even a foot of water in here.

Well, nobody's made a run for it. What's your comment on this one? This one?

Are you sure? Positive.

All right, we know you're in there, so come on, let's have you.

Look, there's more of us than you, so just come out now and nobody will get

hurt, right?

My job is to say it's in German, Denny.

Come on, man, let's just get in there, man, get stuck in it.

I can't see anything.

All right, Oz.

All right,

I've got him. Okay, lads, we've got him.

It's Colin.

You keep it tight.

Right?

Yeah.

Does it hurt?

Mine hurts like hell, but nobody gives a toss about me.

You've got yourself in the right mess, haven't you?

Yeah.

I don't mean your clothes.

Look, man, you should have told us the truth, you know, then we might have been

able to help you out.

How long you been in the army, then, eh?

Oh, you know that?

Found his ID, whatever they call it.

So you're on the lam from the army?

Isn't that bad?

Since I've been in Germany, it is, yeah.

Do you have a lads in my billet?

We don't get on. They don't get on with me.

Always getting at me, taking a mick.

I couldn't take no more. I got a bit choked. I had to get away.

Well, doesn't seem a very good reason for desertin'.

You've got to learn to get on with people, haven't you?

I mean, look at us lot in here.

We're just like the army, aren't we? All crammed into this little hut. Yeah, we

drive each other loony, mate.

But at least we all stick together, don't we, eh?

It's not just that.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Get it off your chest.

I was in Ireland for a time.

London, Derry.

Then Belfast.

Can't have been no picnic, does it? I'm a scared witness.

So would I have been. Or anyone.

Anyone wouldn't have cracked up, though, would they?

I did.

How many of those bastards have seen their two best friends blown in half,

None. Not one of them.

Well, I did.

And I just want to forget about it.

They put me in hospital for a time.

Auntie Homey were very good about that.

Then they posted me out here.

The other lads found out.

I just want to forget about it.

They won't let me forget about it.

Yeah, see, but if you keep running away like that, you're just running away from

yourself, you know?

And if you bottle it out and stick in, I mean, those lads will end up respecting

you for it in the end.

He's done his bit, hasn't he?

So what's he supposed to do?

Spend the rest of his life on the run?

Well, that's the way he spends his life, isn't it? I mean, he don't know no

different.

I think he's got to go back.

There's no question about it. Definitely.

When did you leave?

Thursday night.

I had a 72 -hour leave passed. Well, you're only a day late, aren't you?

Yeah, you're not a deserter, are you?

You know, what do you call it?

That guy.

I mean, it's not going to be the firing squad, is it? Just a couple of weeks,

you know, cleaning out the shitholes.

Can I be back there by tomorrow afternoon?

Yeah, could you?

So you're going, eh?

Great. Listen, Barry can give you a lift on his bike, can't you, Barry? Where is

Barry? I mean, for better or worse, you've got to get on with your mates,

haven't you? Hey, I'm bleeding to death here. Nobody gives a toss.

Oh, shut up, Osman.

Well, Buzz, still set on leaving, then, eh?

No, no, I'm not going.

Aye, eh? What changed your mind, then?

Well, I suppose it was that crap with Colin last night, you know? I mean, by

ironic coincidence, I realised me and him's both got a lot in common.

You know, the blokes we're in love with don't want we're there.

So? You can hang around and earn your respect for the lads, eh? I admire that,

mate. I really do.

Hang around, bollocks.

If you think I'm shipping out to please any, you can think again, mate. I'm

stopping. I'm here for good.

I always said your heart was in the right place, Oz.

Hey, you up?

Well, see you around then.

Yeah, thank you. Try and get over one night, eh?

Nice to see you.

Remember what I said, kid?

What is it? Give and drop your dottle on the prongy mat.

Don't worry too much, you know. It's only the army.

It's OK, Sam.

Oh, hello, mate.

Oh, look!

There's a bearded lady.

How have you been?

Bloody police, that's no night of night. You what?

Oh, to know they'd come and verify me. Bloody terrified I was, now I could

English. How come you ended up down there?

Said, I met me last night, thought I was breaking in, didn't I?

Said, um...

Sort of look like a derelict because he's riding shy for three days.

Working on the site from morning till night. That's living all right.

That's living all right. Then a pint with the boys in a buffalo noise.

That's living all right. That's living all right.

Working all day.

But you don't ask their names That's living alright Working in the

sun That's living alright In the night

in the town Spreading it around That's living alright

Working all day For a packet of pay I send a

little back to the wife Still you keep a little

just to keep you in

That's me.