Goodfellas Scene 2 lyrics

[UNFREEZE and DISSOLVE TO: HENRY - AS A CHILD looking out his bedroom window.]

[TITLE - EAST NEW YORK: BROOKLYN. 1955.]

HENRY *V.O.*: To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States.

[EXT. CABSTAND - NIGHT]

[HENRY'S POV - A GRIMY ONE-STORY CABSTAND with faded "Pitkin Avenue Cabs" sign above the door. Its after midnight. WE SEE A HALF-DOZEN, immaculately-dressed]

[HOODS wearing diamond pinky rings and silk shirts, lounging around the cabstand talking and sipping coffee.

HENRY *V.O.*: Even before I first wandered into the cabstand for an after-school job, I knew I wanted to be a part of them. It was there I belonged.

[HENRY'S POV]

[WE SEE a Cadillac pull up to the cabstand. WEE SEE the car rise slightly when TWO huge, dapper HOODS get out.]

[On HOOD #1 WE SEE large diamond pinky ring on a sausage- thick finger.]

[On HOOD #2 WE SEE a broken-nosed hood's tie hanging loosely across his monogrammed shirt like a silk bandolier.]

HENRY *V.O.*: To me it meant being somebody in a neighborhood full of nobodies.

[On the sidewalk WE SEE the TWO HOODS who just got out of the car hug and playfully shove TUDDY VARIO, the sloppily-dressed, solidly-built HOOD who runs the cabstand.]