Track 4 of the album Sunlit Porch · 2014
Share the Umbrella
“A bus, a downpour and one umbrella. We wrote it in ten minutes and grinned the whole time.”
folk-pop · playful folk-pop · sixties pop · 2:39
Lyrics
The bus was late, the sky let go The pavement turned to streams I stood beneath the shelter roof With soggy morning dreams A stranger with a yellow coat Held out a faded blue She said, "I'm headed down your road There's plenty room for two" So we share the umbrella Shoulder close and stepping light Puddles in our laughter And the grey turned into bright It's a small thing, it's an easy thing To make a stranger kin Share the umbrella Let the kindness in We talked about our grandmothers And the weather, and the bread The way the rain smells on the earth And things we'd left unsaid She told me of her garden Where the snails grow fat and proud I told her of my tiny pot Of herbs, and she laughed out loud So we share the umbrella Shoulder close and stepping light Puddles in our laughter And the grey turned into bright It's a small thing, it's an easy thing To make a stranger kin Share the umbrella Let the kindness in At the corner where we parted She pressed the handle in my hand Said, "Pass it on to someone When the clouds are in demand" And I watched her yellow coat Go glowing down the street The rain was still a-falling But my whole day felt complete So we share the umbrella Shoulder close and stepping light Puddles in our laughter And the grey turned into bright It's a small thing, it's an easy thing To make a stranger kin Share the umbrella Let the kindness in Pass it on, pass it on Let the kindness in