Lyrics Are You Receiving Me? - Ralph McTell

Are You Receiving Me?

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
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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
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