Umbrella Man
Written by Wes Farrell, Jim Cretecos and Mike Appel
Your world is cloudy, blue skies turned to gray
Raindrops are fallin', but why stop and call it a day?
There'll be no stormy weather as long as you're with me
Our love's so together, Girl, I love ya, you can depend on me
I'll be your Umbrella Man, shower you with all my love
Umbrella Man, shelter you in my lovin' arms
Umbrella Man, Heaven help me, child you know I love you
Love You, Love You, Love You
Too many nights of love have come and gone
That's all behind us, girl, I know we can get it on
Well, I want your love to be always close at hand
You're heaven-sent to me, we can make it, girl, I know we can
I'll be your Umbrella Man, shower you with all my love
Umbrella Man, shelter you in my lovin' arms
Umbrella Man, Heaven help me, child you know I love you
Love You, Love You, Love You
Repeat and fade
As David explains in the following excerpt from the book “C’mon Get Happy…Fear and Loathing on the Partridge Family Bus” by David Cassidy & Chip Deffaa, his voice on the first two of The Partridge Family records, his voice was altered.
“Wes had some problem with the way I naturally sounded. He had me double-track vocals (the way Neil Sedaka had so often done) to give my voice added pop-ness. And by altering the tape speed, he was able to raise the pitch of my voice a half-tone above what it actually was, so that on records I sounded a little younger, lighter than in real life.”
The following two recordings highlight this. The first recording is a small part of the original recording from 1971 LP “Up To Date”. The second recording has been provided by John Gomolka who altered the original track to better reflect David’s true voice.
"Umbrella Man" - Part of original recording
"Umbrella Man" - altered to reflect David’s true voice.
From: Up To Date
