Gypsy
Gordon Lightfoot

Step inside my tent, said she, I'd like to read you palm
Leave the dollar in the jar, this won't take very long
Leave the circus noise behind, close your eyes, relax your mind
I'll tell you, if you should quit now or if you should go on

Then I said, Now what do ya see?
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee
Where'll I go, what'll I be?
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee

She threw some sawdust in the air and her hands began to shake
She told me, the town where I was born, she almost knew the date
She lit a candle with her eyes and then she made the table rise
She took the dollar from the jar and then she guessed my weight

Then I said, Now what do ya see?
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee
You are so old, you are so wise
Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dy

Give me a sign, tell it to me
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee
Then she spoke most quietly
Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee

When you we a child at school they taught you quite a lot
You were told when you should speak and when you should not
You were taught to read and write, to take your lessons home at night
A little knowledge serves you well but the golden rule does not

Then I said, Now what do ya see?
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee
Where'll I go, what'll I be?
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee

Then when I came home that night to lie in bed awake
I thought of that old gypsy and the words that she had said
And now I see with due respect, the more we learn the worse we get
So if you feel you've no regrets, go have your fortune read

Then I said, Now what do ya see?
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee
You are so old, you are so wise
Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dy

Give me a sign, tell it to me
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee
Then she spoke most quietly
Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee

Where'll I go, what'll I be
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee
You are so old, you are so wise

Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dy
Give me a sign, tell it to me
She said, Deedlee-dumb, deedlee-dee


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S. a.   Somewhere U.S.A.   Song for a Winter's Night   Song For A Winter's Night   Songs The Minstrel Sang   Spanish Moss   Spin, Spin   Station Master   Stay Loose   Steel Rail Blues   Stone Cold Sober   Summer Side of Life   Summertime Dream   Sundown   Sweet Guinevere   Talking In Your Sleep   Tattoo   Thank You for The Promises   That Same Old Obsession   The Auctioneer   The Circle Is Small   The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face   The Gypsy   The House You Live In   The Last Time I Saw Her   The List   The Lost Children   The Mountains and Maryann   The Patriot's Dream   The Pony Man   The Soul Is The Rock   The Watchman's Gone   The Way I Feel   The Way I Feel (In Album The Way I Feel)   The Way I Feel [Acoustic]   The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald   Too Late for Prayin'   Too Many Clues In This Room   Too Much to Lose   Triangle   Uncle Toad Said   Unsettled Ways   Waiting For You   Walls   Welcome To Try   Wherefor and Why   Wherefore & Why   Wherefore And Why   Whisper My Name   Whispers of The North   Why Should I Feel Blue   Wild Strawberries   Without You   Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald   You Are What I Am   You Just Gotta Be   You'll Still Be Needing Me   Your Love's Return

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