Thinking About Rain

It seems like it’s been raining endlessly here in Starkville.  There is literally water standing everywhere, even across the road in some places.  Although I’m trying not to let it dampen (hee hee) my Christmas spirit, I am, at the very least, tired of the gray monotony.  Perhaps Little Drummer Boy said it best in our “good morning prayer” this morning:

Dear God
I pray the rain will stop.
And rain next week…

Hence, my lunchtime doodle above.  The gallery showing of dotted raindrops on my window against bare branches outside and the percussion concert put on by morning showers on my office’s metal roof have made for a visual and audio celebration of rain, despite the gray sky. Rain is such a dichotomy.  We blame it for the flood of gloom and dreariness that invades our spirits, but we are also thankful for the refreshing nourishment it provides in places where growth has become dry.  Both literal and spiritual rain are double-edged. I’ve been procrastinating and letting my mind trickle here and there this morning, somehow puddling around the idea of rain.  Here is a brainstorm of the first 10 rainy song references to pop in my head today:

1.  ”I’m just a little black rain cloud
hovering under the honey tree
only a little black rain cloud
pay no attention to me”
~ Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, 1966

2.  ”It’s raining, it’s pouring
the old man is snoring
jumped in bed and bumped his head
and couldn’t get up in the morning.”
~ Wikipedia’d to find it’s about a meteorologist named John Dalton.  Who knew?

3.  ”Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion…”
~ Eurythmics, 1984

4.  ”Rainy days and Mondays always get me down”
~ The Carpenters, 1971

5.  ”Singin’ in the rain,
just singin’ in th rain
what a glorious feeling
I’m happy again”
~ Singin’ in the Rain, 1952

6.  ”Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away”
~ Bruce Hornsby,  1986

7.  ”Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head
and just like the guy who’s feet are too big for his bed
nothing seems to fit, oh …
~ Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969

8. “It’s raining again
Oh no, my love’s at an end
Oh no, it’s raining again
Too bad I’m losing a friend.”
~ Supertramp, 1982

9. “Human kindness, it’s overflowing
And I think it’s gonna rain today.”
~ Randy Newman

10. “Drip drip drop little April shower
beating a tune as you fall all around
Drip drip drop little April shower
what can compare to your beautiful sound”
~ Bambi, 1942

Bonus Track:
“The sun’ll come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow
There’ll be sun”
~ the musical Annie, 1982

Let me just consult Mr. Weather Channel, and we’ll see!