Gypsy Hands

I heard the story on a cold autumn day
It smelled like the rain had befriended my pain
Oh I never believed in those whose tears
Are blinding their minds and frightening their eyes

But now the world has shown chess pieces are blown
And prestigious awards are no longer my own
So I guess I'll go with a couple of friends
We're gonna try to find that old gypsy again

Oh gypsy where have you been
Can't your deck of cards still pretend
Oh gypsy weren't we friends
Turn the odds in my favour with these gypsy hands
Gypsy hands

Satin sheets, pearls and numbers
Nailed upon her varnished lumber
While I slumbered to the scent of her words
Reminding me I was the king of the world

Ah how I feared these paintings and dreams
Would break upon her shoreline and pierce me with a spear
Ah but now I know as I'm drowning below
Screaming "friend be a man don't fear that black crow"

Oh gypsy where have you been
Can't your deck of cards still pretend
Oh gypsy weren't we friends
Turn the odds in my favour with these gypsy hands
Gypsy hands

Entitlement, greed and vice
Corruption, destruction pollution & rhymes
Oh these were all part of her life
But she never warned me they might be in mine

And for you my friends, who still don't understand
Listen closely to these words I penned
"For Solitude was her last name,
Ever since we wed on that autumn day"

Oh gypsy where have you been
Can't your deck of cards still pretend
Oh gypsy weren't we friends
Turn the odds in my favour with these gypsy hands
Gypsy hands

Oh gypsy where have you been
Can't your deck of cards still pretend
Oh gypsy weren't we friends
Turn the odds in my favour with these gypsy hands