Have you seen him on the corner? And his lip would reach the pavement He's been hiding from his razor Is he not an awful sight? In love, he was the purist Now he's frightening our tourists If he'd gone and asked his father Oh, I'm sure he'd set him right
Sayin' "Take her in your arms And tell her that you love her Take her in your arms And hold that woman tight Won't you take her in your arms And tell her that you love her If you're going to love a woman Then be sure and do it right"
Now he met her at a disco In a dive in San Francisco And it all might have been different Had he seen her in daylight She was painted, she was scented But she drove your man demented If he'd gone and asked his father Oh, I'm sure he'd set him right
Sayin' "Take her in your arms And tell her that you love her Take her in your arms And hold that woman tight Won't you take her in your arms And tell her that you love her If you're going to love a woman Then be sure and do it right"
Here's a pub with fun and laughter The landlord's buying bevy There's a session in the corner And the craic is grand tonight But your man who's lost his woman He's still at home lamenting If he'd gone and asked his father Oh, I'm sure he'd set him right
Sayin' "Take her in your arms And tell her that you love her Take her in your arms And hold that woman tight Won't you take her in your arms And tell her that you love her If you're going to love a woman Then be sure and do it right"
Now, depression's not a million laughs But suicide's too dang'rous Don't go leapin' out of buildin's In the middle of the night It's not the fall but landin' That'll alter social standin' So go first and ask your father And I'm sure he'll set you right
Sayin' "Take her in your arms And tell her that you love her Take her in your arms And hold that woman tight Won't you take her in your arms And tell her that you love her If you're going to love a woman Then be sure and do it right"
Here's a health to all true lovers Their sisters and their brothers And their uncles and their grannies For this thing is black and white If you're keen to start romancin' With its leppin' and its dancin' Then go first and ask your father And I'm sure he'll set you right
Sayin' "Take her in your arms And tell her that you love her Take her in your arms And hold that woman tight Won't you take her in your arms And tell her that you love her If you're going to love a woman Then be sure and do it right"