I was a fool I was so much younger thennThe night she took me by surprisenI should have known all the trouble that I'd be innBut then she hooked me with those eyesnHer drink was gin as she said tonight would never endnBut her love weighed so heavy on my mindnFor she was the live-in lover of a drummer I called my friendnShe weren't nothing but a gypsy in disguisennGypsy woman how'd you do that to menGypsy woman stole my heart and then you set me freenGypsy woman how'd you learn to like thatnGypsy woman come on backnnSpending my wages on rose and winenWe'd ride the days and we'd dance the nightsnThe things we could do in my old VWnThe city lights never seemed so bright from the reservoirnAnd my friends they would warn me saying she's one fickle queennBetter get out while the getting is good my friendnAnd besides her old drummer man is lookingnAnd he's so big and bad and meannBut what I didn't know then is what I know too wellnShe played me like a violinnnSo you tell me that you're leaving me nownAfter all the times that we have been throughnAs your clown how am I gonna ever go homenSomebody tell me what am I gonna donnAnd so it goes I lost my pridenAnd I lost my jobnThis gypsy woman took nearly every thing I called my ownnIt was a big surprisenSo next time she comes dancing prancing through the townnGonna recognize the gypsynI'm gonna recognize the gypsynGonna recognize the gypsy in disguise