Ain't Too Proud To Beg

One of the many things I really hate about melanoma is its effect on my enjoyment of the great outdoors. Thanks to the effects of treatments that eradicated a lot of the melanin cells in my body, my old hide is extremely sun-sensitive and reacts badly to even a few minutes of unprotected sun exposure. So last week when I was lolling around a beach hotel under the triple-redundant cover of sunscreen AND clothing AND umbrella, I found myself observing bronzed hotel guests with an odd mix of envy and concern for their health. Most of the guests were, to put it charitably, on the north end of boomerhood, and their degree of risk for incurring melanoma was probably locked in several decades ago. But a few of the more aggressive tanners were still young enough to reduce their risk of a permanent check in at the Hotel Melanoma—and for those youngsters I offer a new version of a classic from The Temptations…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRQ8EbC011g


I know you wanna tan thee,
But I refuse to let you go
If I have to beg and plead that you’ll listen please,
I don't mind coz' you mean that much to me

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin’
Please stay tan-free girl, don't you glow
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't grieve me, girl, don't you glow

Now I heard a cryin' man,
Is half a man with no sense of pride
But if I have to cry to ‘screen you,
I don't mind weepin' if it'll keep you pale outside

Ain't to proud to beg, sweet darlin’
Please don't grieve me girl, don't you glow
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't grieve me girl, don't you glow

If I have to sleep on your doorstep
All night and day just to keep you from tannin’ today
Let your friends laugh, even this I can stand
Because I want to ‘screen you any way I can

Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darlin'
Please don't grieve me girl, don't you glow
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't grieve me girl, don't you glow

Now I've gotta blog that speaks from the pit of my heart
And each day it grows more and more
I'm not ashamed to come and plead to you baby
If pleadin' keeps you from walkin' in this door

Ain't too proud to beg, you know it sweet darlin'
Please don't grieve me girl, don't you glow
Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby
Please don't grieve me girl, don't you glow
Baby, baby, baby, baby (sweet darling)