The Man in the Raincoat

Priscilla Wright with Don Wright and The Septette

Words and Music by Webster



-Source: Original 45 RPM single release: Unique 303



Late in the evening out in the square

A man in a raincoat standing there



We met by the lamp where the newsboy cried

He stole my heart with his laughing eyes



He smiled as we climbed on the old street car

I blushed when he asked are you traveling far



The next time we met the sun shined all day

We walked and we talked 'til the evening was grey



He took me dancing we danced until dawn

No happier couple had ever born



I felt like a queen and he was my king

He borrowed some money to buy me a ring



But I'm still alone the cards are all down

He's taken my money and skipped out of town



Now when I pass the place where we met

I'm wondering if I would forgive and forget



Though fickle is my heart and foolishly proud

I still keep on looking when out in a crowd



For a man in raincoat standing there

With laughing eyes and dark brown hair



Transcribed by Murray Kirch



These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above

and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet

music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.