Gypsy Fire (Disc4​-​Dream)

from Bare Bones by The Gothic Cowboy (aka Melvin Litton)

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1) Gypsy Fire - m.litton

When the sun goes down ‘n the moon comes up
Come gather ye around my flame
I’m the Gypsy fire, a poor man’s home
I can tell ya some tales, I can ease your pain
Of ancient wars and troubadours
Of women, gods and slaves
Of falling men and foaming tides
Of endless hymns and vintage age
So get your fiddle there young man
And let the bow scream wild
And get the wine to wet your lips
For wine is a brother to the child

If you’ve ridden in the saddle all day
And long for your sorrow to sing
Come listen to the sad fiddle play
It was born of the heart of a dying queen
We’ll sing cruel sins in harmony
Our prayers and our grief
We’ll sing the wine barrel to emptiness
And ballad widows to their sleep
So rest your leather in the evening
And lead your beast to water
Unclothe your day to the woman dream
To the night, to the naked father

And if you need fermented drink
To warm your shadowed nights
Yes, if your days have brought you low
You can laugh again if you drink the wine
And we’ll dream of women in Egypt, oh
And through their dark veiled hair
We’ll scent the jewels of their flesh
You can dream of heaven even if you dare
So get your fiddle there young man
And let the bow scream wild
And get the wine to wet your lips
For wine is a brother to the child

Cry no more my pretty one
We’ll soon enough be gone
Warm your flesh here next to mine
We’ll join our hearts in song…

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from Bare Bones, released October 2, 2020

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The Gothic Cowboy/The Border Band Lawrence, Kansas

I'm a creekbank ghetto boy. Began my singin' near half a century ago in Canada, then hit northeast, down thru Nashville, Austin, out to Colorado and back to Kansas where I started out and will likely remain. My influences are Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, CCR and The Band, while the juices of a hundred others flavor my music, not to mention the devil himself if that's what it takes to make a song... ... more

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