Lyrics

THE GYPSY TOLD ME

[Verse]
My last moments with my grandma
Are moments I’ll never forget
The tale she left me with
Was filled with regret
Through closed eyes she saw it all again
And began to tell me of
A room with heavy curtains
And smoke that hung above

She told me of a dark-eyed gypsy
In dark threads so bare
The gypsy raised her eyes
And asked why she was there
She told the gypsy of her love
And how she'd gone astray
She told her nothing else
But Grandma's eyes gave her away

[Instrumental]

My grandfather had passed
Many years before
It wasn’t him she spoke of
She had loved another man more

[Chorus]
And I said
Sleeeeeep in peace
No one else needs to know
Of the love that got away
In those days so long ago

And I said
Sleeeeeep in peace
No one else needs to know
Of the love that got away
In those days so long ago

[Verse]
As her light faded
I believed it all
The gypsy, the tale,
And even the crystal ball
I wish I could have known you then
I said soft and low
It seems you could have used a friend
In those days so long ago

[Instrumental]

[Verse]
Her voice grew weaker
And her eyes were cloudy now
I know you understand, she said
And you want to keep your vows
I loved your grandpa
But this love was a force
The gypsy said I was too late
My love was mine no more

[Chorus]
And I said
Sleeeeeep in peace
No one else needs to know
Of the love that got away
In those days so long ago
And as her light went out
I believed it all
The gypsy, the tale,
And even the crystal ball
I wish I could have known you then
I said soft and low
It seems you could have used a friend
In those days so long ago

[Outro]
And I said
Sleeeeeep in peace
No one else needs to know
Of the love that got away
In those days so long ago

Sleeeeeep in peace
Sleeeeeep in peace
Sleeeeeep in peace
With those days from long ago