During her date with Travis, Betsy cites verses from a Kris Kristofferson melody to depict Travis. The melody is "The Pilgrim: Chapter 33" from the 1971 collection The Silver Tongued Devil and I. Betsy cites the verses to the melody effectively however forgets about certain words, and she stirs up their request, so that the "strolling logical inconsistency" state, which is generally essential to her, comes last. From the start apparently Betsy doesn't generally comprehend or acknowledge Travis. Prior in the discussion she disparages his knowledge by accepting that he truly thinks "coordinated" is spelled "organizized." Here, Betsy appears to comprehend Travis impeccably, and her arrangement, as this verse recommends, is abnormal. One may speculate that Schrader, the screenwriter, needed this line to disclose Travis to the crowd.
Travis is a mobile logical inconsistency. He is nauseated by sex and by whores, yet he encircle himself with sexual entertainment and takes whores around in his taxi. He needs to regard his body, yet he continually takes pills and pours schnapps on his morning meal. Betsy, obviously, thinks nothing about these eccentricities. She knows Travis just from the restricted and off-kilter discussion they've had at the burger joint. Maybe she is helped to remember the tune in light of its initial two lines, which she doesn't cite: "See him squandered on the walkway in his coat and his pants, wearin' the previous mishaps like a grin." These verses portray Travis' actual appearance impeccably. The Kristofferson verses give an unordinary look into Travis' character, however Betsy isn't even mindful of the components in Travis' day to day existence that make them especially obvious.