I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang1932

Jim:
The Army changes a fellow. It kinda makes you think different. I don't want to be spending the rest of my life answering a factory whistle instead of a bugle call. I'll be cooped up in a shipping room all day. I want to do something worthwhile.

Rev. Allen:
After a good night's sleep, you'll be ready to take up where you left off at the factory. A soldier of peace instead of a soldier of war.

Jim:
I don't want to be a soldier of anything. You see, Mom. I want to get out, away from routine. I had enough of that in the Army...I've been doing engineering work in the Army and that's the kind of work I want to do now. A man's job where he can accomplish things, where he can build, construct, create, do things.

Rev. Allen:
That sounds very nice, but after all, a job in the hand's worth two in the bush.