Lisa Loeb- "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" (Lyrics in Description)

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Cover of Cher's 1971 hit.

I was born in the wagon of a travellin' show,
my mama used to dance for the money they'd throw.
Papa would do whatever he could.
Preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Doctor Good .

CHORUS:
Gypsies, tramps, and thieves,
we'd hear it from the people of the town.
They'd call us Gypsies, tramps, and thieves.
But, every night all the men would come around
and lay their money down.

Picked up a boy just south of Mobile,
gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal.
I was sixteen, he was twenty-one.
Rode with us to Memphis
and papa would've shot him if he knew what he'd done.

CHORUS

I never had schoolin', but, he taught me well
with his smooth Southern style.
Three months later, I'm a gal in trouble
and I haven't seen him for a while, oh, oh.
I haven't seen him for a while, oh, no.

She was born in the wagon of a travellin' show,
her mama had to dance for the money they'd throw.
Grandpa'd do whatever he could.
Preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Doctor Good.

CHORUS\ (3 X's).