GYPSY DAYS

i track every road i travel one mile marker at a time
every lonesome highway, fayetteville to anaheim
beat-up gibson riding shotgun in a beat-up chevrolet
sharing a front seat view of my gypsy days

pour my soul out in a song, a little truth in every line
shooting straight from the heart, every word genuine
some might not understand...you're born to it or you ain't
so i don't try to explain these gypsy days

this is who i am, a travellin' troubadour
livin' one song at a time, my curse and my reward
nights in half-filled dives as long as there's a stage
and a beer sign to light the way through my gypsy days

   i'll stop moving i'll stop singing when my resting place is dug
   music is my mistress...the journey, my drug

i warned her not to fall for a ramblin' music man
promised i'd come 'round often as i can
she sits waiting for that call, but what would i say
i live for those neon nights and these gypsy days

i live for those neon nights and these gypsy days

© 2015 Tim Keesee and floyd jane.
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