A Pocketful of Dreams

In our last episode, the guys escaped from the late 1960s. Twice.

Cook and DeWyze [singing]: I had shackles on my feet.

In a shiny, chartreuse enamel kitchen, a woman is playing "Worried Man Blues" on a guitar, using the odd method of playing the melody on the bass strings with her thumb while strumming the harmony with her other fingers.

Woman, Cook, and DeWyze [all singing]: Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg. Twenty-nine links of chain around my leg, and on each link an initial of my name.

Woman: That's very nice, boys. Can I interest you in some pie?

Cook: My trainer-- [Tiemann kicks him under the table] Yes, ma'am. Thank you, ma'am. Mmmmm... pie.

Woman: You've been working on the railroad?

DeWyze: All the live-long day--

Tiemann [interrupting]: That's the Carter Scratch. Don't tell me you're Maybelle Carter.

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