No's Not A Word - Richard Thompson

I’m going to pretend you like me too

All of my messages come from you

If I keep it up it might even drive you crazy

I’m going to pretend you’re my squeeze

Arm in arm on the Champs Elysee

If I keep it up it’s the only thing might save me

All of my life is a ritual dance, a ritual dance around you

And the worship hurts to pieces

Touch me here, touch me here on the precious jewel

I wear in my head for you

That only your hand releases

Let me steal your thunder, won’t you

Let me be your boy wonder, won’t you

Let me thrill you, will you, won’t you

And no’s not a word we use around here

No’s not a word we use around here

No’s not a word we use around here

I’m going to pretend you’re head over heels

Sending me flowers, cooking me meals

If I keep it up it might even drive you crazy

I’m going to pretend we don’t even sleep

Bending the bedsprings, dogs on heat

If I keep it up it’s the only thing that might save me

You don’t need me creeping around, creeping around your door

Like a lovesick labrador

You don’t need a bird-brain from the bottom of the food chain

At the Rory O’More

But it’s what you’ll get for sure

Oh let me steal your thunder, won’t you

Let me be your boy wonder, won’t you

Let me thrill you, will you, won’t you

And no’s not a word we use around here

No’s not a word we use around here

No’s not a word we use around here

Oh no’s not a word we use around here

No’s not a word we use around here

No’s not a word we use around here

I said no’s not a word

No’s not a word

No’s not a word