Earworms and singin’ dreams

I can’t stand the rain - Ann Peebles’ version

I’m dreaming that I had just had a conversation with Oliver and the new handyman, (who looked just like a handyman should) who were headed down to the basement to build cool music equipment stuff, reminding them that I had needs as well, namely book cases and a looooong shoe rack. As I walked out the back door holding a cat box the cat poop fell on my skirt which used to be my nice GQ, beige, wool, side button one from high school days but now was some cat poopy, rusted, beige, denim, one that I’m not sure where it ever came from.

While I was trying to scrape the poop off, some kids were walking by and asked 2 things: One if they could borrow a “canning planner” and secondly if I’d like to sing Al Green’s “I can’t stand the rain”. I said that I knew a better one which was Ann Peebles’ version and proceeded to sing it, starting it in a good low key and octave so I could maximize the gut bucketing of it and show off a bit. I proceeded to sing the crap outta that tune and it became a bit of a production number in the backyard. Adding a new ending verse of
“ Now that we’ve parted,
My world is so blue
I need you to come back to me
So I can do,
So I can do what you want me to”
At which point Don Cornelius and the Soul Train Gang (who apparently had been watching from the neighbors porch) all cheered wildly.
I turned around and asked those kids “what in the hell is a canning planner?"