Prideful Susan hated losin’
So she never played the game
She sat at home eating provolone
Each day played out the same.
Until one day when the rain pitter patter
Summoned her curiosity with its clatter
She wanted to run out and didn’t’ worry
About getting soaked so she ran in a hurray
She jumped into puddles
She danced in the mud
She slip sloppy slided into some unknown crud
She started to sing to the rain with bravado
She sang deep and slow, she sang high with staccato
She sang out without fear
Applauded by the vast falling crowd
Of little rain droplets
All of whom were wowed.
They oohed and they ahhed
Slish sloshing in her ears
She really loved this rain singing
She loved the wet watery cheers
That’s when Molly, her neighbor
Came out to join in
And prideful Susan saw
She had a joyful let’s-sing-together grin
Susan was frozen there in the rain with fear
She didn’t know what to do!
What if Molly was the best singer in the world!
What if she’s better than you!
But before Susan could run away
Before she could make her mad dash
Molly grabbed her hand and started to sing
And their voices did the opposite of clash!
The two it seems could harmonize
And suddenly they’d made up a special song
The rain was truly overjoyed
At how the two girls got along!
And Susan could barely remember
The last time that she’d gone out
She was so much more accustomed
To her sitting on the sidelines safe-from-losin pout.
But her smile was taking over
Cause it was far more FUN to play
Than to stay dry inside eating cheese
Thinking you know the better way.
That day Susan met her very best friend
She learned she loved to sing
She learned that sometimes you gotta play in the rain
To know what life can bring!
Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain
i love love love the rain.
