THIS TIME OF NIGHT

Ralph McTell

Thank you for the party
And I thank you for that wine
I think I better get along now
I know it’s time
And maybe you were wrong
And maybe you were right
But I won’t talk about it now
This time of night.

About what happened
Well, what can I say?
‘Cept it was bound to happen
Sometime anyway
And you want me to say I’m sorry
Well, alright, alright, alright
But I won’t ask forgiveness from you now
This time of night.

See, my friend, I been laying it down on the line (?)
About what happened, well I don’t blame the wine.
And if I stuck around much longer
You’d be asking me to fight.
And that would not solve anything
This time of night.

Oh, my friend, I don’t expect you to ? the door
And I don’t suppose you’ll catch me
Coming round here much anymore
And do not feel, do not feel
You have to say good-night
It’s much too late for words like that right now
This time of night.