Caught Without An Umbrella Lyrics - Home - Spearhead

Memories come down and me once again 

Caught without an umbrella 

Memories come down and me once again 

Caught without an umbrella 

Well, it was not that he was particularly suicidal 

He just didn't care whether he lived or died though 

It was just a matter of time 

You got yours and I got mine 

When he turned sixteen, they said, he could drive 

When he turned eighteen they said he could die 

When he turned twenty one, he could buy rum 

But no one ever taught him how things were done 

Then an angel appeared inside his head 

She said, Boy do you think 

You're realty better off dead? 

He don't know, he just shook his heed 

'Cause he thought the day that he died 

Would be a normal day for the people on the other side 

He thought that the day that he died 

Would be a normal day for the people on the other side 

But memories come down and me once again 

Caught without an umbrella 

But time was a matter of velocity 

In this age of information and technology 

He would cry in the shower 

Put his face in a towel hot from the dryer 

Then he sat down and wrote a note to his mom 

When all is said and done, can I still be your son ? 

Because manhood is so elusive 

And respect is so exclusive and I got a daddy to prove it 

I think, I'll never get to shake it and move 

Then he tied a rope around his neck 

Looked in the mirror and said what the heck 

I'm gonna bring the whole roof down with me 

And then he jumped 

'Cause he thought the day that he died 

Would be a normal day for the people on the other side 

He thought that the day that he died 

Would be a normal day for the people on the other side 

But memories come down and me once again 

Caught without an umbrella 

Come in Vernon 

But halt way down, he heard what the angel said 

And he realized, he really didn't want to be dead 

He landed with a thump, his head was reeling 

Layin' in a lump, looked up at the ceiling 

And saw that the rope had broke 

Well, he failed at the only thing 

That he thought he couldn't fail at 

That was takin' his own life 

And he said, "I kinda like livin' 

He could feel his heart makin' a boom 

Sounded like music in the next room 

Music in the next room 

He said, "it's time for a celebration" 

Felt his hands looked at his face 

Lifted the rope off his throat 

I ain't such a disgrace" 

He said, manhood is so elusive 

And respect is so exclusive 

And I gotta daddy to prove 

That some people never get to shake it and move 

'Cause he thought the day that he died 

Would be a normal day for the people on the other side 

He thought that the day that he died 

Would be a normal day for the people on the other side 

But memories come down and me once again 

Caught without an umbrella 

And he knew that the day that he tried 

Was not a normal day for the people 

And memories come down and me once again 

Am caught without an umbrella