Are You Receiving Me

Ralph McTell

I stopped a man the other night

Saying isn't a beautiful sky

And although he agreed it was just to please me

I could tell that by the look in his eye

And his look got bolder looking over his shoulder

At me as he quickened his step

So I didn't take his hand as I had planned

I threw a stone instead.

And went la, la, la, la, la,

la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,

There's a house I know where roses grow

I was there the other day.

And I seen this chick coming down the road

She was coming my way

So I picked a rose and stuck it under her nose

She said, "What about my hay fever".

Then this man came out and he started to shout

He wasn't very happy either.

La, la, la, la, la,

la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,

A little while ago one Saturday night

I was happy and drunk as could be.

A policewoman come up and she said

That night the cells would sober me

I said I ain't be in bars I got drunk on the stars

You can't pin nothing on me

Then she smiled and I said "Oh, kiss me instead".

She said "I can't I'm on duty".

La, la, la, la, la,

la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,

I was in the park, it was just before dark

And there grows a tree of mine.

And I see this girl she was walking her dog

Around the football pitch line.

I said "You see this tree well it belongs to me

I'd like to give it to you".

And then she said "Cheers although it's been mine for years

It was a very nice thing to do".

I went la, la, la, la, la,

la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.