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Gypsy Time (Part 1)
He sat in the park
Preoccupied by the wall
No opinion ‘bout this or that
Or some banker’s call
So we grabbed a cab
Just to give it a stab
Shake the tree
Find out if it was worth the fall
In gypsy time
Before he could see
The part played straight
And told us what it should be
There was no road home
Where they’d leave us alone
In gypsy time
Before we knew how to breathe
He slept in the park
Preoccupied by the street
Felt something was wrong
And someone should catch some heat
So we wheeled and dealed
See what we could feel
Close the loop, find all the ways to cheat
In gypsy time
Before he could heal
It all went sideways
All messed up in the deal
And there was no place safe
And nothing safe to say
In gypsy time
Before we knew it was real
In that nomad life
In the no man’s land
On the knife edge of what could be
When the myth blew down
Out of the land of the free
Then the cops came down
To retake the town
For the front runner’s speaking fee
That cold grey rain
Made him want to moan “Why me?”
He came back to the park
Now occupied by the facts
Something needed to break
To get some sanity back
So he blamed the game
Gave it all a new name
Tear it down
Put it on a new track
In gypsy time
Before we could bleed
In gypsy style
We did the deed
And the way to play
Matched the state of the day
In gypsy time
Before we could bleed
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