Excellent Explanation Copyright 2005 Stan Lyness   country, male + female duet	broadband listen
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  So here's what happened:  I was passin'
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        down the sidewalk when I heard your shout.
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you'd found some polecats in your cellar -
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         tell me what kind of a fellow
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        wouldn't rush to help a neighbor out?
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   But when your husband you weren't expectin'
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     arrived, he wasn't buyin' my  account,
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             not even when I swore we was just bangin' on the floor
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         just to try to drive the critters out.

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       It was an excellent explanation,
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         self-consistent, well-proposed.
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           I'd a had your man persuaded
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         if we'd just been wearin' clothes.



        Ya know, I had a problem like that
      when I was out on my deliv'ry round,
    I brought in your employer's order
          then I rolled it into storage
           and I stayed to help you with the count.
   But when your foreman came in the storeroom
            to investigate a funny sound,
        he never did accept my story we was takin' inventory
          in the dark to keep the light bill down.

       It was an excellent explanation,
         self-consistent, well-proposed.
           I'd a had your boss persuaded
         if we'd just been wearin' clothes.


   So say you're makin' an explanation
        and your argument could use some props,
      explainin' absence to your teacher,
           moral lapses to your preacher,
            or inaction to your baffled boss.
       Help your message win acceptance,
       help your tale get your point across,
      Clothes'll cover that tale, while you're closin' the sale,
      clothes'll cover a boatload of faults.

        And your excellent explanation
        won't be wasted, goodness knows,
         if you avoid our miscalculation.
          When explainin', wear some clothes.