Late Night Madness

So last night, Otis Redding woke me up at 3:00 a.m. and wouldn't let me get back to sleep. Not literally - it's just that I had been listening (and singing along badly) to this great Otis Redding song called Try A Little Tenderness earlier in the evening, while I was doing the dishes. If you've heard the song before, you know it's awesome, and it sort of crescendos into this crazy, staccato, frenetic ending. At least in the version that I was listening to, which was a live recording.

Oh here - I just found the lyrics. Gives you an idea of how intense it gets at the end...

You've got to hold herDon't squeeze herNever leave herYou've got to hold herAnd neverSo you got to try a little tendernessA little tendernessA little tendernessA little tendernessYou've got toGot to got toYou've gotta hold herDon't squeeze herNever leave herYou gotGot got got toNow now nowGot got got toTry a little tendernessYeah yeahTendernessTendernessYou got got gotYou got toHold herSqueeze herNever leave herGot got got got got got gotTendernessOh yeahTendernessLittle tendernesGotta lord you gotta hold herSqueeze herNever leave herSock it sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it sock itTendernessGot toGot toTry a little tendernessA little tendernessA little tendernessA little tendernessYou gotta gotta you gottaYeah gottaOh lordYou gottaHold herSqueezeNever leaveGet to herSock it to herWith a little tendernessLittle tendernessLittle tendernessYou gotta hold herSqueeze herNever leaveTendernessLittle tendernessTenderness

Haha. The way it pasted is exactly how it was going through my head last night. Non-stop. On loop.

So anyway, of course when you wake up in the middle of the night, you start stressing about things that you can't do anything about in the middle of the night so it sort of sucked for about an hour until I finally fell back asleep.