I was so nervous. This was the first time I sang in public on stage but as I began to touch the microphone stand , I catch a glimpse of the beautiful 2.33ct platinum diamond ring that Ike bought me and remind myself of what he had taught me so far and do the best that I can do . Ike begins to strum his guitar and the crowd begins to go wild as I start to sing .
" Rock me baby, rock me all night long
I said I want you to
Rock me baby, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me like my back ain't got no bones
Roll me daddy like you roll your flour dough
Want you to
Roll me daddy like you roll your flour dough
I want you to roll me till I won't no more
When you see me coming go get your rockin' chair
When you see me coming go get your rockin' chair
I want you to rock me, rock me away from here
Rock me baby, rock me all night long
I said I want you to
Rock me baby, rock me all night long
I want you to rock me like my back ain't got no bones
Roll me daddy like you roll your flour dough
I said I want you to
Roll me daddy like you roll your flour dough
I want you to roll me till I won't no more"
We all ran backstage once we were done and the nervousness that once went away came back again . I sat down in the chair that was facing the vanity mirror in the dressing room and just looked at myself . Ike walks in the room puts his guitar down in its case and then walks over to me . He brushes the hair out of my face and then looks at me for what seemed to be a whole minute . He finally got the courage to talk. " Anna Mae my love . " I turn my head and look at him not saying a word . " You were wonderful out there . I think its time to find you some background singers. Don't you think ?"
" Whats wrong with my voice ? " I ask looking at him . He takes his jacket off and says . "Nothing Anna . It can use a little more edge but overall its beautiful . " He squats down to my level kisses me and I start to brighten up because I thought he was gonna tell me that I sounded horrible . I always hated the sound of my voice and it always made me second guess myself . Breaking the kiss , he gets up , and grabs his guitar . Not knowing what to do , I follow him and he didn't mind . We walk outside and I get in his car . Putting his guitar in the backseat , he begins to hum a song that I never heard before .
"Nice song " I say as he gets in the car.
" Thank you . It just came to me out of nowhere'' He stopped in his tracks and says . " You know what, once I find some words to go with it . I think im gonna sing it to this girl I love . "
Looking down at the ring , I knew he was talking about me . I couldn't help it . Its not a secret that I like him because he likes me .But its the simple fact that I couldn't help myself . He just did something to me and I didn't know what it was . I loved him, I wanted him , in my mind I was his friend . That's why I felt like I needed to stay beside him .
On our way home , Ike would hum the song that he humming , talk to me and then go back to humming the song . His voice was so deep .It reminded me of those 1950s bass singers , It turned me on. I stopped listening to him hum and then thought about him and that guitar of his and how it wasn't that long ago that I was swooning over that fierce duo . "Ikey , I forgot to tell you that you did a phenomenal job on stage ." He takes one hand off of the steering wheel, takes my hand and holds it . "Thank you Annie . "
While brushing a strand of hair out of my face , I tell him "Your Welcome " and smile to myself .
After a long ride, we finally made it home and before I could get out of the car , Ike calls my name and says "I love you , I'm becoming your puppet woman . "
I look at him sincerely and say " I love you too Ike." I didn't know what to do then . I just didn't . I climb out the car and Ike watches me walk in the house with my red bottom heels in my hand . I walk straight to the kitchen to get a bottle of water when Ike walked in the house behind me humming the same song he was humming for almost half an hour . He takes his guitar out of its case grabs a piece of paper and a pencil and starts forming chords. I walk over to the piano and start to follow his chord progressions . After listening to what i was doing he says " I like what youre putting down . " He started playing the chords like his precious life depended on it .
" I love this man and I don't know why . I think ill feel this way till the day i die ."
Ike added some vocals behind mine and sang "Your just a fool , you know your in love ,you've got to face it to live in this world , you take the good along the bad , sometimes your happy and sometimes your sad , you know you love him , you cant understand , why he treats you like he do when hes such a good man .
We spent hours singing the same lines and playing the same chords . He would tell me "You're flat Anna Mae . Don't sing it like that , sing it like this . " He would say "play a G ,then go to C , to C7 ."I looked at him dumbfounded . "How do you play an C7 ?" he stopped playing and gave me a look that scared the mess out of me . "Like this . " He said . I repeated what he did and agreeingly ok, its not that different from a C natural . "
I headed upstairs , took a shower , got in the bed and listened to him play until I fell asleep.
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