[Verse 1] I found a paper umbrella in the cup by the door Stamped with a blue hibiscus from a shop near the shore You said, "Take it, keep it" like it weighed nothing at all Now it lives in my backpack small enough to forget, hard to recall [Pre-Chorus] Then it rains on the sidewalk and the whole day bends I open up that tiny thing and you come back again [Chorus] Paper umbrella, hold me up Paper umbrella, fill my cup When the gray sky leans on me You turn the rain to memory Paper umbrella, don't let go Paper umbrella, nice and slow One small thing, one bright sign And I can make it through the ride [Verse 2] At the corner bakery there's a dent in the glass Same old yellow pennies and the line moves past I tear off a corner for the note I meant to send But I keep your little umbrella like a message with no end [Pre-Chorus] Then the wind gets louder and the trees start to sway I hear your laugh in my pocket like you never went away [Chorus] Paper umbrella, hold me up Paper umbrella, fill my cup When the gray sky leans on me You turn the rain to memory Paper umbrella, don't let go Paper umbrella, nice and slow One small thing, one bright sign And I can make it through the ride [Bridge] Maybe that's how it works small hands, big weather Something light can carry what I can't say better So I walk through the water with your color overhead And the whole wide street feels softer when I hear what you said [Final Chorus] Paper umbrella, hold me up Paper umbrella, fill my cup When the gray sky leans on me You turn the rain to memory Paper umbrella, don't let go Paper umbrella, nice and slow One small thing, one bright sign And I can make it through the ride Paper umbrella, hold me up Paper umbrella, fill my cup
