Andy Dufresne,who crawled through a river of shit…
and came out clean on the other side.{\r}
Andy Dufresne,headed for the Pacific.{\r}
Hadley’s got him by the toes, right?{\r}
And he says, “I believe this boy’s about to have himself an accident.”{\r}
Those of us who knew him best talk about him often.{\r}
I swear, the stuff he pulled…{\r}
These friends of mine could use a couple of beers!”{\r}
-And he got it. -And he got it!{\r}
Sometimes it makes me sad, though,{\r}
Andy being gone.{\r}
I have to remind myself that… some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still… the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone.
I guess I just miss my friend.{\r}
Please sit down. Ellis Boyd Redding.{\r}
Your files say you’ve served 40 years of a life sentence.{\r}
Do you feel you’ve been rehabilitated?{\r}
Rehabilitated?{\r}
Well, now, let me see.{\r}
You know, I don’t have any idea what that means.{\r}
Well, it means you’re ready to rejoin society…{\r}
I know what you think it means, sonny.{\r}
To me, it’s just a made-up word.{\r}
A politician’s word so that… young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie… and have a job.{\r}
What do you really want to know?{\r}
Am I sorry for what I did?{\r}
Well, are you?{\r}
There’s not a day goes by I don’t feel regret.{\r}
Not because I’m in here or because you think I should.{\r}
I look back on the way I was then.{\r}
A young…stupid kid who committed that terrible crime.{\r}
I want to talk to him. I wanna try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are.{\r}
But I can’t.{\r}
That kid’s long gone.{\r}
This old man is all that’s left.{\r}
I gotta live with that.{\r}
Rehabilitated?{\r}
It’s just a bullshit word.{\r}
So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time.{\r}
Because to tell you the truth,I don’t give a shit.{\r}