It’s Been A Great 3 Or 4 Years

Hi Jim, this is your

Uh, favoritest cousin on the Quaid side of the family

Um, it's about time

Hm, twenty to nine

Approximately twenty to nine, Shelbyville time

And I was just callin' to wish myself a safe trip and a good time

And uh hope you're safe and

Uh, don't get kidnapped by any Iranian terrorists or uh Colombian

Nicaraguan

Nica, Nicaraguans or anything like that

So anyway, um I appreciate it, thanks for thinking of me

And um, tell Tom and Jennifer thanks for

Going out to eat with us the other night

That was real nice of them

So anyway man uh, you guys get to practicing

And I will, uh uh, have a good time

And you guys have a good time

And uh oh, have fun in Chicago

Have fun at Mike Baker's

Get that record done

I'm pulling for you

Can't wait

If it's not done when I get back

Then I'll be very uh perturbed

So be good

And tell Dave Trombone I said hi

And take care of yourself

It's been a great three or four years with the band

I, I really had the best times of my life with you guys

And I feel lucky to have been a part of it and these opportunities

And thanks for making me feel included

Why don't you do your American Visa board speech now

Uh, I'll call back again

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Received January, twentieth at eight forty-seven PM

So anyway Jim, um like I said

It's been great and I cannot wait to get back in town

And do the following support tour for the new record and the Bloomington show

It's all coming together and I, I, I'm really excited about it

And I appreciate the time off for the nine days

To get my kinda thoughts together and collect myself

And hope that I come back refreshed and ready to play those old hits again

The Bear

Heartbreakin' Man

Evelyn

I think we all know those

So anyway it's gonna be great

I mean me coming back

And playin' and uh

No, I'm just kidding

So you guys be good

Have fun

If anything should happen, milk it baby, milk it

Sob it up, you know what I mean?

Make it look real sad and pathetic

Sell those records

And if I don't, I'm sorry, but uh

I did get the loft done

And I did the best I could, humanly, that I could do

And it's gonna be a little tight squeeze getting up in there

Up in that piece, but I figure me and Tom

Will be spending the most time up in there anyway

So it's pretty cozy for us

I got a couple little bitty knickknacks to do to it

And I'm gonna build a little gate or a little door across the back

So don't freak out if I'm not done with it totally

But give it a, give it a look-at and see what you think

So I will see you when I get back

Nine days, the twenty-ninth

I'll be home in Chicago