1000 Umbrellas (Remastered 2001)

1000 Umbrellas (2001 Digital Remaster) - XTC

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 road map

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 billion 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

And

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