Track 2 of the album Umbrella Weather · 2013
Bossa for a Wet Doorway
“We wrote this ducking out of the weather, and it still smells of wet wool to me. Lena's intro is the sound of the sky letting go.”
bossa nova · rainy-night bossa · romantic jazz · 3:50
Lyrics
We ducked into a doorway When the sky let go of the rain Two strangers and a streetlamp And a window full of lights again You laughed and shook your hair out Little diamonds on your sleeve And I forgot where I was going And I didn't want to leave Stay a little in the doorway Let the rain write us a song It's only a passing shower But the evening's moving slow, so long Stay a little in the doorway There's a bossa in the drain And the whole wet street is dancing In the soft and silver rain A cab slides by like a lantern Throwing gold across the stones You say you have a train to catch But you're not moving, not alone I tell you I have nowhere That is better than this stair So we count the drops together Like the notes of a quiet prayer Stay a little in the doorway Let the rain write us a song It's only a passing shower But the evening's moving slow, so long Stay a little in the doorway There's a bossa in the drain And the whole wet street is dancing In the soft and silver rain And when the clouds go drifting And the pavement starts to gleam We'll step into the lamplight Like we're stepping from a dream Maybe you'll go left and I'll go right Maybe we'll walk on together But I'll remember the doorway And the humming of the weather Stay a little in the doorway Let the rain write us a song It's only a passing shower But the evening's moving slow, so long Stay a little in the doorway There's a bossa in the drain And the whole wet street is dancing In the soft and silver rain Stay a little in the doorway Stay a little, stay