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The Real Rainy-Season Tree Frog
A yellow umbrella, a tiny tree frog resting on a child’s palm, mountains all around — even now grown up, the heart keeps finding its way back to that rainy path.
Lyrics
It was a rainy day
and suddenly it comes back to me
I was just a little kid
whichever way I turned and looked
nothing but mountains all around
Holding up a yellow umbrella
on the way to school
a bright green tree frog
resting on the palm of my hand
I could feel every tiny breath
Pre-Chorus
Thinking back on it now
there was so much, wasn’t there
all those small little worlds
the warmth cupped in my hands
still so clear
Chorus
The yellow umbrella path
I just can’t forget it
the yellow umbrella path
that beautiful day
even now that I’ve grown up
my heart keeps going back there
Verse 2
Even on these tiny fern-bud hands
it still seemed small
how impossibly cute it was
the smell of wet earth
a water drop on the tip of a green leaf
Whenever I look back, it’s always there
mountains and rain and laughter
staying without a word
one season that has passed
is still alive inside me
Pre-Chorus
Thinking back on it now
there was so much, wasn’t there
all those small little worlds
the warmth cupped in my hands
still so clear
Chorus
The yellow umbrella path
I just can’t forget it
the yellow umbrella path
that beautiful day
even now that I’ve grown up
my heart keeps going back there
Bridge
Sometimes at the end of a tired day
when I close my eyes I see it
one little tree frog
on a path blurred yellow
calling me back again
Final Chorus
The yellow umbrella path
I just can’t forget it
the yellow umbrella path
that beautiful day
even now that I’ve grown up
my heart keeps going back there
the yellow umbrella path
it’s still right there