Intro
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[Verse]
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Gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem
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Cannot hold you to its heat
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Your temperature’s too hot for taming
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Your flaming feet are burning up the street
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I am homeless, come and take me
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Into reach of your rattling drums
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Let me know, babe, about my fortune
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Down along my restless palms
[Interlude] (2x)
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[Verse]
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Gypsy gal, you got me swallowed
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I have fallen far beneath
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Your pearly eyes, so fast an’ slashing
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An’ your flashing diamond teeth
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The night is pitch black, come an’ make my
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Pale face fit into place, ah, please!
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Let me know, babe, I’m nearly drowning
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If it’s you my lifelines trace
[Interlude] + [Interlude] VARIATION
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[Verse]
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I been wond’rin’ all about me
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Ever since I seen you there
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On the cliffs of your wildcat charms I’m riding
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I know I’m ’round you but I don’t know where
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You have slayed me, you have made me
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I got to laugh halfways off my heels
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I got to know, babe, will you surround me?
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So I can know if I’m really real
[Coda]
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