Gypsy Tree - Ryan O'Reilly

Her yellow dress was torn

Her shoes were tired and worn

She took shelter from my storm

Beneath the Gypsy Tree

She carried other people’s cares

In the tears that soaked her hair

Climb the Gypsy Tree

Stay with me

Remain with me

Stay with me

Tonight

As the lights they flashed on by

A thick black smoke filled the sky

I could stop this if I try

If you showed me how

With a Bible on her knee

She smiled and said to me

This is a love song, can’t you see?

And I know that now

Stay with me

Remain with me

Stay with me

Tonight

And I stand at Hammersmith Station

Waiting for the beating to begin

It’s Summer in the sunshine

And Autumn in the wind

As the sunshine warmed her skin

She refused to let it in

Night-time burned her with it’s sin

Beneath the Gypsy Tree

Like the cockerel when it crew

It’s all over yes I knew

And I wept bitterly for you

Beneath a Gypsy Tree

And I stand at Hammersmith Station

Waiting for the beating to begin

It’s Summer in the sunshine

And Autumn in the wind