OK, I'm just back from an open mic and have had 4 pints of Stella but it doesn't make the question any less valid!

During the course of the evening someone sang "They call the wind Mariah" from "Paint your wagon" if I remember rightly.

The opening lines are "Away out here they have a name for rain and wind and fire. The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe and they call the wind Mariah."

The question is why?

Have you ever called the fire Joe? Or the rain Tess? Or, of course, the wind Mariah?

On a serious note how do people justify such lyrics?

Cheers

DtG