Track 7 of the album Evening, Gently · 2023
Lend Me Your Shoulder, Lend Me Your Rain
“A stranger at the bus stop with the rain in his coat. I only wanted to be someone's shoulder for a minute.”
acoustic · romantic folk · rainy-day acoustic · 4:14
Lyrics
A stranger at the bus stop With the rain in his coat Held his umbrella out to me And never said a note We stood there close together While the traffic hissed and gleamed Nobody spoke a word aloud But it felt like something dreamed Lend me your shoulder, lend me your rain Lend me an inch of the dry The world goes by in a silver stream And so do the people, and I Lend me your shoulder, lend me your rain We will be warm in a while The smallest kind of shelter Can hold a mile on mile The bus came round the corner And he said, this one is mine I gave a nod and watched him go Like a light on a long grey line Lend me your shoulder, lend me your rain Lend me an inch of the dry The world goes by in a silver stream And so do the people, and I Lend me your shoulder, lend me your rain We will be warm in a while The smallest kind of shelter Can hold a mile on mile I never learned his name But I will pass it on A little room beneath the sky For someone when I'm gone Lend me your shoulder, lend me your rain Lend me an inch of the dry The world goes by in a silver stream And so do the people, and I Lend me your shoulder, lend me your rain We will be warm in a while The smallest kind of shelter Can hold a mile on mile Lend me your rain Lend me your rain