Little Mysteries Lyrics - Rickie Lee Jones

a gypsy boy came up to you 

with a newspaper spread across his arm 

to hid his fingers in your pocket... 

meanwhile, in another part of town 

i buy a ticket for a game 

and la petite femme, smoking les gitanes 

is writing down my name 

oh, little mysteries, little mysteries 

yeah, little mysteries, little mysteries 

a plane goes down in kc, mo 

in a simple twist of fate 

a trail of lies leads us to orlando 

but we are days too late 

for a certain brother down in florida 

famous for his cake 

and when the boys came over from texas 

they said "we'll take everything we can take..." 

oh, little mysteries, little mysteries 

yeah, little mystereis, little mysteries 

nobody wants to know 

nobody wants to see 

now four years later 

another senator hits the ground 

this time the boys make sure 

that his wife is with him when he goes down 

and while everybody's looking up 

in a race too close to call 

t he election quietly slips into 

the third door down the hall. 

oh, little mysteries, little mysteries. 

yeah, little mysteries, little mystereies 

could be next to you. 

someone you've known for years 

a car parked down by the airport 

at the edge of town.....