With my legs around my tail
And an ill wind in my sail
I was out before the daylight to the caravan
I could have said goodbye
But I didn't even try
I've always been a solitary man
What I think I'm trying to say
Is that I'd like to change my ways
And I only dare to say it cos it's true
So I'm asking, in my way
Is it okay if I stay?
That's not something I just say out of the blue
You are the reason, it's true
I didn't have much to do with it
I'm blaming you, wae'aye
Oh you are the reason, it's true
I didn't have much to do with it
I'm blaming you.
Why aye oh you.
I've been drinking every night
I've been ending up in fights
Causing trouble left and right like I used to do
Any Tom or Dick or Dave
I'd send them to an early grave
If they ever dared behave that way to you
What I think I'm trying to say
Is I'll get out of your way...
and you only need to say the word, I'm gone
Out from underneath your feet
I'll be quiet and discreet
I'll be labelled obsolete before too long.
(chorus)
I'm still brash and I'm still bold
I still don't do as I'm told
I'm just getting far too old to be a bachelor
I've got fewer friends around
They've mostly died or settled down
It's about time that I found my better half
(bridge)
(chorus)