A Small Umbrella in the Rain

[Professor Bhaer, spoken]
Jo, we are not at all alike
We have our differences
May I be blunt?

[Jo, spoken]
Be blunt, by all means

[Professor Bhaer, sung]
I think perhaps it looks like rain

[Jo, sung]
The sky gets bluer by the hour

[Professor Bhaer]
The water falls in little drops

[Jo]
That’s why it’s called a sun shower

[Professor Bhaer]
Ah, and now it stops

[Jo, spoken]
You were about to be blunt?

[Professor Bhaer]
If I say rain, then you say sun
If I say yes, then you say no
It seems before we start, we’re done
We even argue at “hello”

If I say, share with me this small umbrella

[Jo]
I say who cares if I get wet?

[Professor Bhaer]
We are as different as the morning and the night

[Jo]
No, we’re as different as the winter and the spring

[Professor Bhaer]
We always seem to fight

[Jo]
We disagree on everything

[Professor Bhaer]
And yet–
You make me smile
You make me laugh
You make me care

How can I explain
Inside my heart I feel a pain
When you’re not there

Though we’re not at all alike
You make me feel alive
If we had that in common
That one small thing in common

Love could be like a small umbrella in the rain

When people discover passion
They’ve come upon something rare
This fervor they have in common
Will shelter them anywhere

Though the rest may be rough
With such passion to share
I think we have more than enough
Enough to make a marriage
If we dare

[Jo, spoken]
You are proposing?

[Professor Bhaer, spoken]
No. Yes! Yes!
I do not mean today, or tomorrow, or even next month
In a year maybe, two years even
I'm a patient man

[Jo, sung]
I won’t be sweet, won’t be demure

[Professor Bhaer, sung]
This I prefer, this I adore

[Jo]
I’ll speak my mind, you can be sure

[Professor Bhaer]
I’ll be enchanted to the core

[Jo]
If I say, "Let me share your small umbrella."

[Professor Bhaer]
I’ll say, "Who cares if we get wet?"

[Jo]
We’ll be as different as a husband and a wife

[Professor Bhaer]
No, we’ll be as different as a woman and a man

[Jo]
We’ll fight our way through life

[Professor Bhaer]
We’ll disagree the best we can

[Jo]
And yet–

[Jo & Professor Bhaer]
You make me smile
You make me laugh
You make me care

How can I explain
Inside my heart I feel a pain
When you’re not there

Though we’re not at all alike
You make me feel alive

[Jo]
Yes, we have that in common

[Professor Bhaer]
That one small thing in common

[Jo & Professor Bhaer]
Our love is like a small umbrella in the rain