HE'S A GYPSY
(Becky Hobbs)


Zella Lehr - 1982



He's a gypsy
He just happened my way
He's a gypsy
Headed down some highway
He's a gypsy
What's he doin' with a poor girl like me

He tells me stories
Of the knights in armour
God, I love him
He's a dark-eyed charmer
He's a gypsy
What's he doin' with a poor girl like me

He sings me love songs
I guess I can't be shackled
Love is a prison wall
And freedom is all that matters
He's a gypsy
And that's all he'll ever be

He's a gypsy
Mama warned me of him
Said he'd leave me
For to ride the wild wind
He's a gypsy
What's he doin' with a poor girl like me

He's a taker
He took all I gave him
A self-forsaker
The Devil's bound to take him
He's a gypsy
What's he doin' with a poor girl like me

But when he loves me
In the midnight shadows
I am his fallen angel
He is my desperado
He is a gypsy
And that's all he'll ever be

(He's a gypsy)

(He's a gypsy)

But when he loves me
In the midnight shadows
I am his fallen angel
He is my desperado
He is a gypsy
And that's all he'll ever be
And that's all he'll ever be
(He's a gypsy)
And that's all he'll ever be
(He's a gypsy)
All he'll ever be



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2017)