Ralph McTell - Are You Receiving Me? lyrics

I stopped a man the other night
Said, "Isn't it 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
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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

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A little while ago one Saturday night
I was happy and drunk as could be
A policewoman come up and she said
That night that 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"

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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 that 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
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