the current song , which was a little too heavy for my taste , came to an end , and an enthusiastic announcer stepped onto the stage . you want me to act crazy , right ? '' `` you were always going to go after him , '' he told me , his lips so close to mine that i thought at any minute he might close the gap . when they left a few minutes later they made off with twenty-three dollars from the till and the three dollars worth of beer . he almost stopped to question them . 