But I can't help bein' confused

John Moe's Pop-Song Correspodences at McSweeney's are indeed great. Stereogum linked to his latest -- Notes on "Sweet Child O' Mine," as Delivered to Axl Rose by His Editor -- but I think the best is still "Marvin Gaye Explains What He Heard Through The Grapevine":

Baby,

By now you've returned home to discover all my clothing, housewares, and other worldly possessions gone forever. And also me. But you've found this note and are reading it. You are probably surprised to find me not here (or "there" in my case, because at the moment I am not where you and the note both are). You are surprised, I bet, because you didn't think I knew about your plans to break up with me. How, you're thinking, did Marvin learn of my plans to make him blue?

I'll tell you how: I talked to the grapes.

Read the rest.