So this is where our story ends
The scene where fate and freewill blend
So roll the credits, clap your hands
There ain’t nobody in the band
Getting out alive

And nobody will make a stir
And nobody will say a word
No deluge unraveled her
No delusion that we were
Getting out alive

Don’t know what I’m going through
So do what you’re gonna do

I can ride it out

When it all comes crashing down
I can ride it out

Deluge

She moved from Ayr to Philly in the fall
In time for freak November hail
In time for a slow post-season failure
 
She got a job at a bagel shop on Broad
And in my suit and on my phone
I gave her blank stares
They made her right at home
 
Dull and dry
’Til she turned inside out
My old, cheap, black umbrella
 
In the spring I took her for a drive
Through the streets of youth misspent
To the frame of the house dad built before mom went
 
We parked the car and smoked a joint outside
I said I never trust something new
She said what’s for you’ll not go by you
 
Dull and dry
’Til she turned inside out
My old, cheap, black umbrella
 
A little time left hanging on the edge
Holding us like formless clouds
And all the big things we want to say aloud
 
Dissipate in anecdotes instead
She whispered as I kissed her hand
Even small talk is sacred in the end
 
Dull and dry
’Til she turned inside out
My old, cheap, black umbrella

Black Umbrella

The night it all began
The field we parked the van
The cop car in the mud
The backyards where we ran
The bar we slipped into
The old bartender who
Served us 'spite our youth
Softly spoke the truth

You'll see love is hard
You'll see love is hard
Crying in the dark
Suitcase in the yard
No matter who you are
No matter how you spar
Take the gift to heart
Wear it like a scar

So the years went by
The apartment in the sky
The townhouse on the hill
The rancher in the rye
Friends who fell away
As babies joined the fray
Babies grown and gone
Fast as you can say

You'll see love is hard
You'll see love is hard
Crying in the dark
Suitcase in the yard
No matter who you are
No matter how you spar
Take the gift to heart
Wear it like
The best is yet to come apart

The tale of you and me
The height of ecstasy
The grind of every day
The depth of misery
Told me long ago
When you know you know
Whatever we become
Know I love you so

The Tale of You and Me (acoustic)

The soft maddening curse
The blanket of fog that held me to Earth
Has broken and lifted away
Broken and lifted away
 
Stones in Hadrian’s Wall
Every mistake
Every last flaw
Perfectly falls into place
Perfectly falls into place

GoldenBoyAndTheLetDowns