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Umbrella winter

from Likely Stories by Brett Robin Wood

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about

I'd moved to big city Sydney from li'l' old Adelaide. I'd never seen so much rain. I wrote this song in one sitting, on a bus from Circular Quay to Bondi Beach, then went home and got out my guitar and worked out how to play what I'd composed in my head. It was a melancholy, beautiful, drizzly-mystical experience.

lyrics

Disposable umbrellas are drowning in the gutters.
The city bins are overflowin’.
Flimsy little creatures, naked in the puddles.
Wire bones and skin of nylon.

And all over town
buses are driving umbrellas and brief cases around.
Brief cases go home
but from umbrellas people just walk away.

There’s Mary Poppins she’s flying above us.
I bet that she’s getting quite wet up there.
It’s umbrella winter the boys have got black ones.
The girls have all kinds of colours.

And all over town
umbrellas are studied and chosen by natural selection.
The strong ones are passed on
and the weak ones are left behind.

It’s umbrella winter my shoes they are squelching.
I should have worn the ones without the holes.
The trains they are resting the buses are empty.
The hour of rushing is over.

And all over town
the rain it is pissing down.
It’s raining in buckets.
It’s lucky I’ve got my umbrella with me.

Cats and dogs…
It’s lucky I’ve got my umbrella with me.

credits

from Likely Stories, released January 1, 2005
Brett Robin Wood Vocals, Acoustic Guitars
Liz Frencham Double Bass
Josh Clarke Trumpet
Caitlin Yeo Piano Accordion

Album produced by Brett Robin Wood
All songs written by Brett Robin Wood
Arranged by Brett Wood & Derek Barg
Engineered & Mixed by Derek Barg at Round Table Studios
Mixed and Mastered by Robin Gist at Tone Master Productions

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