Take her in Your Arms

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 purest

Now he's frightened and a tourist

If he'd gone and asked his father

Well I'm sure he'd set him right

Saying, take her in your arms, tell her that you love her

Take her in your arms and hold that woman tight

Won't you take her in your arms, 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 pub in San Francisco

And it all could have been different

If he'd seen her in daylight

She was scented, she was painted

She drove your man demented

If he'd gone and asked his father

Well I'm sure he'd set him right

Saying, take her in your arms, tell her that you love her

Take her in your arms and hold that woman tight

Won't you take her in your arms, 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 bevvy

There's a session in the corner

And the craic is grand tonight

But your man who loves his woman

He's still at home lamenting

If he'd gone and asked his father

Well I'm sure he'd set him right

Saying, take her in your arms, tell her that you love her

Take her in your arms and hold that woman tight

Won't you take her in your arms, 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 dangerous

Don't go leaping out of buildings

In the middle of the night

It's not the fall, the landing

Which will alter social standing

If he'd gone and asked his father

Well I'm sure he'd set him right

And here's a health to all true lovers

And their sisters and their brothers