Can You Tighten Me Up

Hello.

Hello, I'm trying to reach uh Lenora.

Uh this is she?

How you doing?

Uh listen, is this the uh are are you the Lenora do y'all have the uh the truck, the eighteen wheeler that that that be outside your house?

Is is this the right place?

Yeah, my husband do.

I don't drive trust my husband drive truck.

Who am I speaking to?

My n I'm sorry, my name is McCoy.

I'm McCoy.

I live uh I live two streets over.

I I see you sometime when I pass by a way better, but I live I live a couple of streets over from y'all.

Oh, okay, yeah, that's my husband's truck.

What can I do for you?

Okay, now I uh I I haven't seen the truck in a while.

I is how often is he is he out?

Uh is he is he is he in town right now?

Well no, my husband, he drive truck, but he drive, he drives all over the state, baby, so he's in and out all the time.

Okay, okay.

Well listen now, you um well what I what I I see you sometime at the supermarket too.

I don't know if you you probably know me when you see me.

And uh when I see you, I don't know.

And you probably you probably done see you you you you'll know me when you see me.

Then what I wanted to ask you, now how long for uh before he get back.

You wanna call him or something?

I can give you a sale number.

Would you like to call him?

No, no, I don't I don't I don't want to call him.

But uh I you know, I just wait till he gets back.

Is he gonna be back anytime soon?

Well he won't be back finally for another week or so.

Oh, okay, okay, okay, a couple weeks there.

All right.

Well, let me let me let me ask you something 'cause I I I know what it's like to to to be lonely and you know, folks, you know, your love won't gone like that 'cause I I I've been through that for myself.

What I was gonna answer is this here, is is when he gone like this sometimes, you you think it'll be all right if if if if if I come by and and and uh

and tighten you up?

Oh what I what in the second how I'm sorry, I I didn't I didn't understand you, baby.

What you say now?

I say, you know, when he be gone like this sometime, do you think it might be all right if I if I come by there sometime and tighten you up?

Oh, what you mean, tighten me up?

You know, uh uh you know, you know, tighten you up, you know, that way you ain't ain't feeling too lonely all the time.

Well, let me just tell you this, but my husband is only somebody that's doing the tightening up.

You know, but I don't I I I just I don't appreciate that.

What the hell you mean tighten me up?

I tell you what you say you live out again.

I I I'm I'm just two streets over from y'all.

Well, I tell you what, I'm gonna send my husband over there and let him come over there and tighten you up.

How'd you like that?

'Cause I don't need you to tighten me up, baby.

My husband tights me up and you're not gonna get out of line with me, but I love the lad and guess what?

He said he gonna hear your quiet.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh okay.

Uh well no, I w I was just I was just, you know, you they say, you know, you don't know if you don't ask.

I I was just trying to reach out to you and see if it was something that you might be in.

You don't need to reach out to me, baby, but I got somebody you can reach out to.

You can reach out to the good Lord, baby.

The good Lord he said he would never leave you, nor will he forsake you.

Oh okay.

How did you get my damn phone number?

Uh uh you my phone number and who told you my name.

I got you I got your name and number from one of the neighbors.

Well, you got the wrong shit about it I don't play them type of game, baby.

I live my husband and I don't land no more.

Like you don't ask nobody nothing like that.

What is wrong with you?

How is your mama?

Why you say you let that again?

I can't believe it.

Okay, but I just I just wanna say this uh uh uh uh and I and I promise I won't call no more, okay?

If if you just let me get this last one out.

Oh, why is it?

I just wanna say this.

This is nephew Tommy from the Steve Harvey morning show.

Your daughter, Cheyenne, got me three phone calls you.

Oh my God.

Lord, amen.

Oh no, baby.

Oh my goodness, Lord, am I

don't get Oh my goodness.

You all right, Miss Diane.

Oh my god.

I'm all right, I'm all right.

Oh my goodness.

I'm gonna get that girl.

You wait till I talk to her.