Caught Without An Umbrella

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 wether 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 

(chorus) 
'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 

(chorus) 

"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. 

(chorus) 

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