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- Why don't you go home to your dad?
- I can't.
- Why not?
- He don't want me. He never wanted me. He never even lived with me and Mom.
- Never?
- Uh-uh.

12 seconds sound clip from the Rocky Fortune - Pint-Sized Payroll Bandit (Ep. 4) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:12:22 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Sounds like a boarding school.

- Yeah.

- Sometimes I used to lay in bed wanting to cry so bad I thought I'd bust wide open.

- That's how I feel sometimes.

- So I ran away, too, just like you. Only it didn't help. I was twice as lonely and there was nobody to cry to.

- I've been running all my life. Get restless, quit a job. Get restless, take a job. It adds up to a big fat goose egg.

- I don't care. I'm gonna be tough.

- Sure, you live in the jungle, you gotta be tough. But running away, that ain't tough, kid.

- Why don't you go home to your dad?

- I can't.

- Why not?

- He don't want me. He never wanted me. He never even lived with me and Mom.

- Never?

- Uh-uh.

- After Mom died, I lived with my Aunt Annie, Mom's sister.

- But then she and Dad had a big fight and he sent me away to boarding school.

- You like your Aunt?

- Yeah, she's okay.

- Yeah, that's how she looked to me.

- Well, suppose we call her.

- No, Dad would just come and get me again. He ain't much good, Rocky.

- I hate to hear you say that, but I guess maybe you're right, kid.

[...]

Rocky Fortune Sound Clip

Rocky FortuneExplore memorable Rocky Fortune quotes & audio clips! Revisit Sinatra's captivating role in this vintage radio drama from the early 50s.

Actors: Frank Sinatra (Rocky Fortune)

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