[Intro: flanged guitar, pounding floor toms, chorused bass] [Verse 1] Two a.m. in Pittsburgh, caller nine, we only wanted concert seats The DJ said, you're second prize, four nights in Miami Beach Lenore packed seven black dresses and a parasol of lace I packed a tub of factor fifty and a veil to hide my face Ninety seven on the tarmac and the palm trees looked like knives Lenore said, darling, it's so bright, I said, I know, I can't see your eyes [Pre-Chorus] Everybody's golden, everybody's glowing Turning on the deck chairs like a rotisserie, slow We're two shadows under one umbrella Praying for the sky to close [Chorus] Overcast, overcast Send us one gray sky Overcast, overcast Hang a black cloud high Everybody wants the sun to stay We flew a thousand miles to beg the sky for one bad day Overcast [Verse 2] Day two, there's a foam party at noon and a man in a thong on the mic Lenore beneath three beach towels like a ghost who missed her flight The drinks come in a coconut, the wristband's neon peach I've got a fishnet sunburn on my arms, the saddest man on the beach The waiter in a parrot shirt says, smile, you two, it's paradise Lenore says, this is smiling, and she orders coffee black with ice [Pre-Chorus] Everybody's golden, everybody's glowing Turning on the deck chairs like a rotisserie, slow We're two shadows under one umbrella Praying for the sky to close [Chorus] Overcast, overcast Send us one gray sky Overcast, overcast Hang a black cloud high Everybody wants the sun to stay We flew a thousand miles to beg the sky for one bad day Overcast [Bridge: drums drop to toms, thunder rolls in] Day three at four o'clock, the sky went the gray of home The lifeguard blew his whistle and the beach was ours alone The bar shut down, the foam went flat, the DJ ran inside Lenore stood up and took my hand, and we walked out with the tide [Spoken: female, deadpan] Finally. [Breakdown: thunder, toms, chorused bass, group chant] Rain on the lace (rain on the lace) Rain on the lace (rain on the lace) Lightning on the water and the eyeliner running down my face Rain on the lace (rain on the lace) [Final Chorus: everything in] Overcast, overcast We got our gray sky Overcast, overcast Black clouds hanging high Everybody's at the window while we waltz across the sand Eyeliner to our elbows and the lightning in our hands Overcast [Outro: flanged guitar, last tom hits, spoken female deadpan] Five stars It rained
