Martin Sexton – Gypsy Woman
I was a fool, I was so much younger then —
The night she took me by surprise.
I should have known all the trouble that I’d be in,
But then she hooked me with those eyes.
Her drink was gin as she said tonight was never going to end,
But her love weighed so heavy on my mind,
For she was the live-in lover of a drummer I called my friend
She weren’t nothing but a gypsy in disguise.
Gypsy woman, how’d you do that to me?
Gypsy woman, stole my heart and then you set me free
Gypsy woman, how’d you learn to lie that?
Gypsy woman, come on back.
Spending my wages on roses and on wine,
We’d ride the days and we’d dance the nights.
Oh, the things we could do in my old VW
The city lights never seemed so bright from the reservoir.
And my friends they would warn me saying, “she’s one fickle queen
Better get out while the getting is good, my friend.
And besides her old drummer man is looking,
And he’s so big and bad and mean.”
But what I didn’t know then is what I know too well:
She played me like a violin
Gypsy woman, how’d you do that to me?
Gypsy woman, stole my heart and then you set me free
Gypsy woman, how’d you learn to lie that?
Gypsy woman, come on back.
So you tell me that you’re leaving me now
After all the times that we have been through.
As your clown, how am I gonna ever go home?
Somebody tell me what am I gonna do, baby?
Oh, baby…
And so it goes, I lost my pride,
And I lost my job.
This gypsy woman took nearly every thing I called my own
It was a big surprise.
So, next time she comes dancing prancing through the town…
Gonna recognize the gypsy.
I’m gonna recognize the gypsy.
Gonna recognize the gypsy in disguise.