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| album: |
Skylarking |
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| year: |
1986 |
| written
by: |
Andy Partridge |
| length: |
3 minutes 41 seconds |
1,000 Umbrellas
One thousand umbrellas
Upturned couldn't catch all the rain
That drained out of my head
When you said we were
Over and over I cried
'Til I floated downstream
 To
a town they call
Misery oh oh misery
Misery oh oh misery.
And one million teacups
I bet couldn't hold all the wet
That fell out of my eyes
When you fell out with me
Now I'm crawling the wallpaper
That's looking more like a roadmap
To misery oh oh misery.
How can you smile and forecast,
"Weather's getting better
And you'll soon forget her
If you let the sunshine come through"?
How can you smile and forecast,
"Weather's getting better"
If you never let a girl rain all over you?
And just when I thought that my vista was golden
in hue,
One thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view.
One million salt seas
Recalled from school atlas,
Alas, would be filled to the brim.
Sunny Jim couldn't jump it.
How can I be pleased,
When I'm handed the keys
To a town they call Misery?
Oh oh Misery
So with a mop and a bucket
I'll just say forget her
And carry on sweeping up
Where I've been weeping.
The Jesters will creep in
To strike down the newly crowned
Monarch Of Misery oh oh Misery.
How can you smile and forecast,
"Weather's getting better
And you'll soon forget her
If you let the sunshine come through"?
How can you smile and forecast,
"Weather's getting better
If you never let a girl rain all over you"?
Just when I thought that my skies were a June July
blue,
One thousand umbrellas opened -
Two thousand umbrellas opened -
Ten thousand umbrellas opened to spoil the view.
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Muse