February 22, 2005

• They Call the Wind Mariah

  One of our attendings cracks me up. We had a patient called Mariah, and he asked, “Do you know where the name Mariah comes from?” I immediately responded with a squealy singer’s name. He said, “No, it’s older than that.”

  They Call the Wind Mariah Way out west, they got a name For rain and wind and fire. The rain is Tess, the fire’s Joe and They call the wind Mariah. O no, Mariah blows the stars around, And sends the clouds a-flying. Mariah makes the mountain sounds, Like folks were up there dying. Mariah, They call the wind Mariah. Now before I knew Mariah’s name And heard her wail and whining, I had a girl and she had me And the sun was always shining. O, but then one day I left my girl; I left her far behind me. And now I’m lost, I’m oh so lost; Not even God can find me. Mariah, O, Mariah, They call the wind Mariah. I hear they got a name for rain and wind and fire only. But when you’re lost and all alone there ain’t no words but lonely. And I’m a lost and lonely man, Without a star to guide me. Mariah, blow your love to me. I need my girl beside me. He, Mariah, O, Mariah I’m lonely can’t you see. Mariah, O, Mariah Please blow my love to me. Mariah, blow my love to me.

  I suppose my attending felt the same way as I did when I heard a teenage girl say that Celine Dion wrote “All the Way.”

  Or the same way I felt when my cousin credited “I’m a Believer” to Smashmouth.

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