You get on a merry-go-round and think you can get off any old time. But then it starts going too fast.

8 seconds sound clip from the Kiss Me Deadly movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:35:15.665 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- How'd you find me?

- Picked up a thread. Anybody could do it.

- Mind if I sit down while you're making up your mind?

- Christina was my friend.

- The bird in the cage, what happened to it?

- It was a nice bird. Used to eat out of my hand.

- You let it die. Why'd you let it die?

- It reminded me of her every time it sang.

- She was a good kid. She was lots of fun. We worked together, couple of jobs. Till she got sick. That's when I noticed that she started to change.

- You get on a merry-go-round and think you can get off any old time. But then it starts going too fast.

- She was scared. She was more and more scared. She was afraid to go out. She'd go to the movies once in a while, or out for groceries, but never very far.

- Then the police came around. They asked questions, lots of questions. Then they took her away.

- After a while, I had a feeling someone was watching the place. Then those men came.

- What did they want?

- I didn't stick around to find out.

- Why was Christina so afraid? It's all right. You can trust me.

- I don't know.

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