No’s Not a Word lyrics
by Richard Thompson
[Verse 1]
I'm gonna 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 gonna pretend you're my squeeze
Arm in arm on the Champs Eleeze
If I keep it up it's the only thing might save me
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
I'm gonna 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 gonna 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
[Pre-Chorus]
You don't need me creeping around, creeping around your door
Like a lovesick Labrador
You don't need a birdbrain from the bottom of the food chain
At the Rory O'More
But it's what you'll get for sure
[Chorus]
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? (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
[Post-Chorus]
I said no's not a word
No's not a word
No's not a word
[Guitar Solo]