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Mad Dogs Dancing in the Rain

from Shaker Chair by Rob Siegel

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My life with Maire Anne in what I thought then was "middle age." I was probably barely 40 when I wrote it.

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you and I
we threw things at the sky
we never told a lie
we laughed in a pig’s eye
oh what delight
all that groping in the night
all that love and sex and rhyme
all that energy and time

we closed bars
we made love in cars
we broke strings on guitars
a love that knew no shame
was it a dream
was it really you and me
mad dogs dancing in the rain

you and I
watch these years go by
we’ve seen some old friends die
but oh what fun
child number one
one and three look just like me
two looks like you

we don’t get out much
we’re too tired end of day
I’ll go and rent a move
how’s that sound
a foreign film
may by Luis Bunuel
with mad dogs dancing in the rain

and so I can control
these wanderings of my heart
but life explodes as art
and art exposes pain
I don’t recall the ticket
that I bought to ride this train
with mad dogs dancing in the rain

you and me
make a cup of tea
maybe watch some bad TV
god we’re such bores
but you still play your drums
while I read about mutual funds
because we don’t want to be
standard or poor

when I can’t sleep
I pour a drink and watch your face
your perfect female form
ecstasy and grace
tonight it’s cloudy
crack of thunder in the air
baby I’ll be Fred Astaire
you can just be you

but wear that pretty cotton dress
that made me learn your name
we’ll burn every red light out
south of memory lane
I hated gardening
but now I can’t complain
mad dogs dancing in the rain

credits

from Shaker Chair, released June 1, 1999
Piano: Rudy Borkowski

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Rob Siegel Boston, Massachusetts

Rob Siegel is well-known in Boston folk music circles as an innovative songwriter who draws from his idyllic yet stressed- out middle-class suburban existence and produces memorable, intelligent, well-crafted songs.

His first new CD in 14 years, "A Landscape of Ghosts," will be out in April, with a CD release show at Club Passim on Monday April 30th. ... more

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