James G Barry - East Kill Gypsy Lyrics

Met an East kill Gypsy at a road side show
He Used to walk steel but that was years ago
Singing for his supper now is all he knows
East kill Gypsy at a road side show
Light on the spiders web
See the morning Dew
Open your mind to the truth
Child of the 50s he was taught to believe
In the dreams of beauty, joy, and prosperity
All dreams fade and love can't last
East kill Gypsy grew up fast
Riding the rails chasing his dreams
That Gypsy put his hand in the stream
It's a story that runs through the heart of this land
Bring us your tired and poor we'll give em a hand
74 we were strolling Elysian Fields
Smiling and singing to the zydeco streets
Gypsy told me that love is the only weapon he wields
A deed of kindness a gesture of peace
Light on the spiders web
See the morning Dew
Open your mind to the truth.
Met an East kill Gypsy at a road side show
Used to be a carpenter, not the long ago
Says meditation helps him if he's feeling low
East kill Gypsy at a road side show
We rode on for years; he was my friend
Adventure and whiskey around every bend
He fought fires in the forest and floods in the South
Painted life with his words without opening his mouth
The world can be cruel
It was to my Friend
He died on the road
Never Heard from Again
I Met an East kill Gypsy at a road side show
Now I only see him in shadows and the fire glow