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 colder 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, la. 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 come 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, la. 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 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". La, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. 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 that tree Well it belongs to me I'd like to give it to you". And then she said "Cheers Though 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, la. La, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.