Gypsy & The Rose Lyrics - Russians & Americans - Al Stewart

Torn between the Gypsy and the Rose 

I was led on I suppose 

For the Gypsy was always out of reach 

I crossed her palm with silver just to know 

What the future had to hold 

But she only turned her back on me 

The Gypsy said no man could make her stay 

I followed anyway 

Living only day to day 

I left the rose as quiet as the night 

Whatever she felt then, she kept inside 

Ah, the years they seemed to change my Gypsy's soul 

She grew weary of the road 

Looking round for a better way to live 

She traded in her caravan for gold 

Pretty things to have and hold 

Always wanting more than I could give 

Came the day I just had to go 

She screamed I should have known 

But I never thought Id fall 

I said You're the one who had the crystal ball 

Perhaps you never saw me there at all 

Torn between the Gypsy and the Rose 

It was Romany I chose 

I was only caught up in a dream 

If you see someone wearing Gypsy clothes 

Be wary of the pose 

For she may not be all that she seems 

The Rose moved on, she left here long ago 

For where, nobody knows 

Just to find another life 

I think about her sometimes in the night 

I never knew the red rose from the white 

Torn between the Gypsy and the Rose 

I was torn between the Gypsy and the Rose