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Gypsy Gal

from Eastward + Onward by audio/rocketry

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Gypsy Gal

My gypsy girl
Roamed into my world
As I traveled afar
I stumbled into her arms

Although they warned me never to trust a gal
Who dwells in a caravan
But who am I to judge
When I’m one of them ramblin’ men

We both had left a trail
Of broken hearts from town to town
It was poetically just in the end
We had to break apart in order to mend

We were two or a kind; one of those
Vagrants distant for the unknown
We hustled, tumbled, rambled, and roamed
Then gambled in love but still drifted alone

I bumped into her at the campsite
I was drawn by her curls in the wind
I was lonely as the ghost town
We were settling in

I said, “girly come sit near the fire
While the coals still a-brightly glow”
She nodded, “I will providing
You sing ‘til you break the canyon wall’s echo”

We shared in songs and homebrew
And tales of foreign lancin’
Around and around the bonfire
We were a-laughin’ and a-dancin’

As the last of the firewood smoldered
Surrendering to the dark
I curled up tightly next to
A thief who looted my heart

And I didn’t even have the chance
To kiss her good-bye
She left without a trace
Before sunrise

And they said, “if that’s all she
Stole, boy, you are lucky”
But she took her love away
And that’s all I ever wanted

Yet I’ve heard if you ain’t got nothing
You ain’t got nothing to lose
I embarked on a quest to recapture my ticker
And tried to win her heart over too

Away, again, a-hustlin’, tumblin’, and roamin’
I was hollerin’ my blues until the early hours of the morning
With all my lung capacity I sang until the canyon walls collapsed
And when they did, she appeared at last

My gypsy queen where have you been?
It was foreseen I had to be gone she said
For our hearts to break before
They’d fit as one

So darling, take my hand
We’ll roam side by side across near and far lands

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from Eastward + Onward, released March 5, 2010

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audio/rocketry Edmonton, Alberta

Friendship has been a pillar of audio/rocketry’s blistering rally cry from the start, with the core duo of Joe Vickers and Matthew Murphy expanding to accommodate a rotating crew of some of Edmonton’s hardest working musicians. After a decade of touring the continent, the band finds itself distilled to its strongest bonds and purest sound with the addition of Blair Drover and Jerome Tovillo. ... more

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