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