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The Hollies
Written by Graham Gouldman; released as a single with "Don't Run And Hide"
as the B-side
Intro:
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Verse:
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Bus stop, wet day, she's there, I say:
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Please share my umb - rel - la.
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Bus stop, bus goes, she stays, love grows
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un - der my umb - rel - la
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All that summer we en - joyed it,
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wind and rain and shine, And
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that umb - rella, we em - ployed it, by
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Au - gust she was mine.
Bridge:
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Eve - ry mor - ning I would see her wai-
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ting at the stop, some - times she'd
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shop, and she would show me what she bought.
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All the peo - ple stare as if we were
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both quite in - sane, some day my name
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and hers are going to be the same.
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Verse:
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That's the way the whole thing star - ted,
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silly but it's true. I'm
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thin - king of a sweet ro - mance be-
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ginning in the queue.
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Came the Sun, the ice was mel ting,
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no more shelte - ring now.
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