All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
All the rain on thames-side
Couldn't stop shining through

I dreamt of you last night
Lying next to me in blue
All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you

Run to the window and call out my name
We'll meet where the sun goes to hide from the rain
From the rain
From the rain

All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you
When everyone else is hiding
Rainy sundays drunk at two

You'll whisper sweet lies to me
And one of them will be true

All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you

The gloom of the city at evening is still
You whisper come to me
And I always will
Always will
Always will

All the rain in this town
And still the sky is blue
Saint james square is teeming with doves
And that's what set me free

Across the darkening city
To an attic room for two

All the umbrellas in london
Couldn't hide my love for you

I counted all the lights
They don't shine as bright
They don't pierce the night
Like you do
Like you do
Like you do
Like you do


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    I'm surprised theres not a single comment on this song! This song is simply uplifting.

    The actual song meaning is rather apparent, so need for analysis, but I did like the verse "You'll whisper sweet lies to me And one of them will be true"

    She would tell him many exaggerrated promises, expressions but in the end, when she tells him that she loves him, that would be the most truest "lie" she's come to say.

    BlissXon September 29, 2007   Link

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