i make a really bad umbrella just like i said i would i m full of holes and i do not stay put so don t think i m keeping you dry it just is not raining yet when the clouds come to our sky we ll both be soaking wet i make a really bad clothesline so don t pin your hopes on me do not try to tie me tree to tree i make such a bad clothesline i would not pin nothing on me cause when you come back for it you might find it s gone in the breeze and i don t know i don t know i don t know what else you expected me to say because i know you know i told you long ago that it would always be this way i m not a good lighthouse cause i don t always shine i make a safe shore so hard to find i make a really bad anchor just like i told you so cause i tend to get dragged and then i tend to let go and i make a really good lover when there s a clear path to the door make a really good listener when i can t talk no more i make a really good friend when there s an end in sight i make a really good wrong to your right you say i live like i m on ice skates going down a frozen hill i say baby it has always been like that maybe it always will and when i said that to you i did not mean to cause you pain but you can go ahead and blame me like you blame the weatherman for the rain and i don t know what else you expected me to say because i know you know i told you long ago that it would always be this way i make a really bad umbrella just like i said i would i m full of holes and i do not stay put so don t think i m keeping you dry it just is not raining yet when the clouds come to our sky we ll both be soaking wet