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Volume 5, Number 1 (2002) reprinted by permission of the author EX POST: Eunice & Pablo Sheila Simon* This is the story of Eunice and Pablo, Two lovers living as one. Eunice she showed her love with a knife, Pablo showed his with a gun. Eunice and Pablo were drinking on a Friday afternoon. Eunice said, "Pablo I'm leaving you now." Pablo said, "Whoa, not so soon." Well Eunice and Pablo continued to fight Eunice insists she must leave Pablo says, "Honey, I'll kill you first. Look what I've got up my sleeve." It was a white handled revolver, Loaded and ready to go. He pointed it straight at Eunice's head And fired that near fatal blow. CHORUS: She sings, "I cannot remember If I was shot in the head. And if I once had a memory That bullet killed it dead." Well Eunice she ducked and the bullet glanced off. She gave the Sheriff a ring. But at Pablo's trial, on the witness stand She could not remember a thing. The lawyers kept asking her questions To freshen her memory But she never told them the truth that day She was trying to keep Pablo free. CHORUS Well women, we love too hard And women, we love too long. I just hope for the rest of my days I will never sing Eunice's song. She sings, "I can't remember what my mother told me, Can't remember advice of a friend, And when they let old Pablo out of that jail I know that I'll love him again." Because I cannot remember If I was shot in the head. And If I once had a memory That bullet killed it dead. Yes if I once had a memory . . . that bullet killed it dead. * Sheila Simon is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law at the Southern Illinois University School of Law. The song tells the story of a domestic battery trial she attended. To hear Professor Simon and the other members of Loose Gravel perform Eunice & Pablo, please visit http://www.greenbag.org/eunice_pablo_intro.htm |
