Gypsy, Joe And Me

Album: My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (1969)
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  • (Dolly Parton)

    We might have slept in a rail yard or camped by the river bank
    We fed ourselves from the fruit of the land
    And quenched our thirst with rain
    We never did allow no roots to grow beneath our feet
    Life just had no pattern for Gypsy Joe and me
    All we had was each other and the rags upon our back
    The closest thing to a home we new was some abandoned shack
    But we had all we needed and the rest we didn't need
    Life was free and simple for Gypsy Joe and me
    Now Gypsy was my little dog, I found by the road in a ditch
    And so I named him Gypsy, cause that name just seemed to fit
    Oh and Joe he was my man, the flower of my soul
    Thou he never said he loved me, I just always seemed to know
    While standing by the highway, thumbin' for a ride
    The speeding wheels of a passing car, took Gypsy's life
    I lost him where I found him and his loss was misery
    Now there's no more Gypsy, there's just Joe and me

    Well the winter came and the snow did fall
    And the night was cold and still
    And the rags we wore were not enough
    And Joe he caught the chill
    And he told me how he loved me
    And in my arms he went to sleep
    Now there's no more Gypsy, no more Joe, there's just me

    While standin' here on the edge of this bridge
    Lookin' down I see
    The face of Joe and Gypsy, lookin' back at me
    And somewhere in the distance I can hear them callin' me
    Tonight we'll be together again
    Gypsy, Joe and me

    Writer/s: DOLLY PARTON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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