And he said, "I kinda like livin'
Would be a normal day for the people on the other side
Caught without an umbrella
Would be a normal day for the people on the other side
I ain't such a disgrace"
Caught without an umbrella
In this age of information and technology
But no one ever taught him how things were done
Then an angel appeared inside his head
Was not a normal day for the people

I'm gonna bring the whole roof down with me
But memories come down and me once again

He could feel his heart makin' a boom
He just didn't care whether he lived or died though
That he thought he couldn't fail at
And he knew that the day that he tried
Caught without an umbrella
When he turned twenty one, he could buy rum
But halt way down, he heard what the angel said
And memories come down and me once again
He thought that the day that he died
Well, it was not that he was particularly suicidal
'Cause he thought the day that he died
Am caught without an umbrella
When he turned sixteen, they said, he could drive

It was just a matter of time
Looked in the mirror and said what the heck
Felt his hands looked at his face
And I gotta daddy to prove

And saw that the rope had broke
And then he jumped
Music in the next room”
But memories come down and me once again
He said, "it's time for a celebration"
Come in Vernon
He said, manhood is so elusive
When all is said and done, can I still be your son ?
'Cause he thought the day that he died
Would be a normal day for the people on the other side
Would be a normal day for the people on the other side
And respect is so exclusive and I got a daddy to prove it
You're realty better off dead?”
Then he tied a rope around his neck

She said, “Boy do you think
Put his face in a towel hot from the dryer

Sounded like music in the next room

He thought that the day that he died

Lifted the rope off his throat
He would cry in the shower
Because manhood is so elusive
Would be a normal day for the people on the other side
Well, he failed at the only thing
'Cause he thought the day that he died
And he realized, he really didn't want to be dead
But memories come down and me once again
Caught without an umbrella

He landed with a thump, his head was reeling
But time was a matter of velocity

That some people never get to shake it and move

He thought that the day that he died
Memories come down and me once again
When he turned eighteen they said he could die

I think, I'll never get to shake it and move
And respect is so exclusive
He don't know, he just shook his heed

Then he sat down and wrote a note to his mom
Would be a normal day for the people on the other side
Layin' in a lump, looked up at the ceiling
That was takin' his own life
You got yours and I got mine