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I Went to See the Gypsy

from Return of the Ulysses by Simon Mas

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Knowing a bit of palm reading, I have always been fascinated by seeing how the lines of my hands change in time. When I moved to Budapest, I decided to write a song about a gypsy fortune teller. I'm afraid the gypsy in this song seems to have more than a passing professional interest in her customer, though.

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I went to see the gypsy
when darkness fell outside her tent
I went to see the gypsy
about the troubled nights I had.

I gave her my money
every penny I had left
I sat down beside her
my future in her hands.

I went to see the gypsy
when candles lit up in her tent
I went to see the gypsy
to tell her of my nightmares.

I was weary of my visions
sleeping was a concern
I couldn’t even close my eyes
I thought I was going mad.

She took her head looking at my hand
she took her cards and slowly went through them
“My dear young man, you’ve been cursed” she said
“I’m your only hope, trust in me, I’m your friend.”

“Take off your shoes, take off your clothes
stand on your feet, shake up and dance
lift up your soul with no regrets
live for the day, wake up and sing!”

©2011 Simon Mas. All rights reserved.

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from Return of the Ulysses, released December 6, 2011

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Composer, arranger, musician... Simon is a tongue in cheek fellow living in Italy, that finds that 400 characters are too little to write a bio. Maybe he can interest you in visiting his website should you be intersted to discover more? Only the future will tell! (Thank you for listening, by the way! :) ) ... more

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