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Rain King



"Real World" by Matchbox 20


I wonder what it's like to be the rainmaker 
I wonder what it's like to know that I make the rain 
I'd store it in boxes with little yellow tags on everyone 
And you can come see them when I'm...done, when I'm 
Done 
I wonder what it's like to be a super hero 
I wonder where I'd go if I could fly around downtown 
From some other planet, I get this funky high on yellow 
Sun 
Boy I bet my friends will all be...stunned, they're stunned 

[chorus]

Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here 
If I were someone else, would this all fall apart 
Strange, where were you, when we started this gig, 
I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me 

I wonder what it's like to be the head honcho 
I wonder what I'd do if they all did just what I said 
I'd shout out an order, I think we're out of this man get 
me some 
Boy don't make me wanna change my...tone, my tone 

[chorus]

Please don't change, please don't break 
The only thing that seems to work at all is you 
Please don't change, at all from me 
To you, and you to me 

[chorus]



Tonight I was dreading going to golf.  It had rained all day, and the ground was saturated.  I pictured mosquitoes hovering around me as I stood in puddles of water hitting my pink ball too many times through standing water.  Alas, playing golf tonight was actually a delight.  Although I bought an extra pair of socks (at an exuberant price), I did not need them because my feet stayed dry.  When we took a break, the guys promised me there would not be any rain if we continued to play.  We continued to play, and it rained.  It, however, was more of a sprinkle and only lasted one (maybe part of the next) hole.  A couple of ducks were actually hanging out in a puddle between the two (really 1.5) rain holes. Not only did I take time to get their photo, I also captured some other waterfowl.  It seemed fitting.  Driving home with a few sprinkles, I was trying to combine the lyrics of Rain King by The Counting Crows and Real World by Matchbox 20.  This rain could drive a girl crazy!


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