Track 8 of the album Last Light on 40 · 2020
Walk Me Home Beneath Your Umbrella
“Rain on the picture show, one umbrella, and a walk home that took forty minutes for a ten-minute trip. I'd do it again.”
slow rock · romantic rock · slow dance · 4:07
Lyrics
Rain came down on the picture show When the last reel faded out You stood beneath the awning With a worried look and a doubt I'm a tired man, I've had my share of storms But I opened up my coat And I said come on, let's walk a while There's room for two, and a little hope Walk me home beneath your umbrella Let the streetlights guide us slow I've been walking through the weather Longer than you'd ever know Walk me home beneath your umbrella Let the rain play on the leaves I don't need a golden promise Just your shoulder next to me We passed the shuttered hardware store And the barber's twirling pole You told me of your mother's town And the dreams you couldn't hold I said I drove a rig for thirty years And I never once stopped to see How the rain could turn a lonesome street To a place I'd love to be Walk me home beneath your umbrella Let the streetlights guide us slow I've been walking through the weather Longer than you'd ever know Walk me home beneath your umbrella Let the rain play on the leaves I don't need a golden promise Just your shoulder next to me Maybe the good things come in showers Maybe the second chance Maybe it's just a fine small hour And a stranger's hand in my hand Now we're standing at your doorstep And the porch light's burning gold You close the umbrella slowly And you say the night is cold I say I'll see you Friday At the picture show, same seat And you smile and say you'll save me one Right there beside your feet Walk me home beneath your umbrella Let the streetlights guide us slow I've been walking through the weather Longer than you'd ever know Walk me home beneath your umbrella Let the rain play on the leaves I don't need a golden promise Just your shoulder next to me Just your shoulder next to me