Rain on the avenue, heavy and gray
Your window by the corner, gone away
I heard your heels in the puddles last night
Then the whole block folded into the night
I stood at the curb with my hands in my coat
Watched that old bus leave and I lost my hope
Your name in my throat like a match in the cold
Still I keep it alive, still I hold on
Borrowed umbrella, where did you go?
Borrowed umbrella, out in the cold
I kept the handle, I kept the rain
But I can't keep you back again
Borrowed umbrella, where did you go?
Borrowed umbrella, I need to know
Taxi horns cried from the grocery stop
Steam from the grates rose up and stopped
A red scarf drifted on the flooded street
Looked too much like the one you gave to me
I walked past the diner, past the boarded-up bar
Past that broken window with the bent-up star
Every drop on my face said the same old line
You were here, you were mine, now you're gone this time
Borrowed umbrella, where did you go?
Borrowed umbrella, out in the cold
I kept the handle, I kept the rain
But I can't keep you back again
Borrowed umbrella, where did you go?
Borrowed umbrella, I need to know
If you see me walking by the river door
Don't say you never loved me anymore
Just leave me one soft lie to carry home
Something warm to hold when the night's too long
Borrowed umbrella, where did you go?
Borrowed umbrella, out in the cold
I kept the handle, I kept the rain
But I can't keep you back again
Borrowed umbrella, where did you go?
Borrowed umbrella, I need to know
