Lyrics Ballet for a Rainy Day - Andy Partridge

Orange and lemon
Raincoats roll and tumble
Together, just liked fruit tipped from a tray
Pineapple wet heads
Watch new hairdos crumble
As scenery sunlight shifts away

Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of actors in a rainy play

Apples and cherries
Are varnished in water
Despite, striped awnings out to play
I push my paintbrush
To conjure a new world
While this one is slowly washed away

Ballet for a rainy day
Silent film of actors in a rainy play
Dancing out there through my window
To the backdrop of a slow descending grey

When it rains it rains
All the colors in my paintbox
When it rains it rains
Tickets for the ringside seats
Up on the rooftops

Orange and lemon
Raincoats roll and tumble
Apples and cherries
Together, just liked fruit tipped from a tray

Ballet for a rainy day
Silent actors in a rainy play
Dancing out there through my window
To a backdrop of silver falling
Ballet for a rainy day
Silent actors in a rainy play
Dancing out there through my window
To the backdrop of a slow descending grey