The Red Umbrella

Beyond the railing
There lived a lady plain
(With a bitter man in her way)

She dreamed in colors
Her isolation gray
(Sure to carry her to the grave)

Is she gonna pull herself together?
Is she gonna weather him today?
(Is she gonna weather?
Is she gonna weather?
Is she gonna weather him today?)
Who's she gonna follow?
Is she gonna grovel in her sorrow?

But tomorrow
Will be a brighter day
When the bell rings
To take her little blues away
They’ve been waiting
Congregating

All the people sayin'
"Hey, okay
If you want to break away
Would you follow the red umbrella?
When you can't take another lonely day
Another day
And you want to run away
Follow the red umbrella
The red umbrella in the rain"

(Hey hey)

She leaves the stable
They make her angel face
(Put a ruby into her lace)

No competition
Nobody left to race
(In a party you know your place)

Pushing through the
Unassuming masses
Selling bloody passes to the play
(Selling bloody passes
Selling bloody passes
Selling bloody passes to the play)
Are they gonna follow?
Are they gonna see the new tomorrow?

And the arrows
Go shooting through the rain
And the gallows
Are hardly twenty steps away
An eraser to replace her

All the people sayin’
"Hey, okay
If you want to break away
Would you follow the red umbrella?
When you can't take another lonely day
Another day
If you want to run away
Follow the red umbrella
The red umbrella in the rain"

"Hey, okay
If you want to break away
Follow the red umbrella
Another day
If you want to run away
Follow the red umbrella
Red umbrella in the rain"

Umbrella in the rain
Umbrella in the rain
Umbrella in the rain
Umbrella in the rain
Umbrella in the rain
Umbrella in the rain