It is Spring!
Spring has sprung, like a big springy thing. The trees have mainly replaced their little flowers buds with tiny leaves. Room temperature in my apartment went from rather too cold through a brief period of pleasantly chilly and has now reached the beginning of unpleasantly warm. Like a lawnmower we had a few false starts but now I'd say that Spring is (finally) here to stay.
Change is also on the menu at work. At the start of June we lose two people from our team, and we are already a small team. One of them I will miss because he was a hard worker and was cool to talk with about entertainment and culture. The other I will miss because she was a hard worker and I will probably be taking over most of her duties. So I will have some busy days ahead this summer at the office.
I recently uploaded the original Broadway recording of Oklahoma to my MP3 player and I cannot help but think how interesting it would be to live in a time (1943) when singing about being a slut was still cute and rather quaint.
Oklahoma Lyrics - I Cain't Say No Lyrics
Annie:
It ain't so much a question of not knowin' whut to do
I knowed what's right an' wrong since I've been ten.
I heared a lot of stories an' I reckon they're true
About how girls are put upon by men.
I know I mustn't fall into the pit
But when I'm with a feller
I fergit!
I'm just a girl who cain't say 'no'
I'm in a terrible fix!
I always say 'Come on, let's go' just when I aughta say 'Nix.'
When a person tries to kiss a girl
I know she aughta give his face a smack!
But as soon as someone kisses me
I somehow sorta want to kiss him back!
I'm just a fool when lights are low
I cain't be prissy an' quaint
I ain't the type that can faint
How can I be what I ain't?
I cain't say 'no!'
Whatcha gonna do when a feller gets flirty
An' starts to talk purty
Whatcha gonna do?
S'pposin' that he says
That your lips are like cherrys,
Or roses, or berries
Whatcha gonna do?
S'pposin' that he says t
That yer sweeter than cream
and he's gotta have cream or die?
Whatcha gonna do when he talks that way?
Spit in his eye?
I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,
Cain't seem to say it at all
I hate to disserpoint a beau
When he is payin' a call!
Fer a while I ack refined and cool,
A settin on the velveteen setee
Nen I think of thet ol' golden rule,
And do fer him what he would do fer me!
I cain't resist a Romeo
In a sombrero and chaps
Soon as I sit on their laps
Somethin' inside of me snaps
I cain't say no!
[Additional Verse]
I'm jist a girl who cain't say 'no'
Kissin's my favorite food!
With or without the mistletoe
I'm in a holiday mood!
Other girls are coy an' hard to catch
But other girls ain't havin' any fun!
Ev'ry time I lose a wrastlin' match
I have a funny feelin' that I won!
Though I can feel the undertoe
I never make a complaint
'Till it's too late for restraint
Then when I want to I cain't
I cain't say 'no!'