Story Behind The Song

that's a secret! you had to be there !! But she 'laid me bare there on the bouncy bed'

Song Description

an epic coming of age narrative that expresses the freedom, wonder, and the sensuousness of a sexual encounter. A musically complex, but ultimately satisfying song.

Lyrics

Gypsy Cinder
copyright Richard Rummery 2001
from the album 'Unsound' by ftprints11 2005

boom boom da de da
boom boom ba de da wowow

vi)
Candles, sandalwood, buddha, cheesecloth shirt
she sat cross-legged on a hempen mat
reading tarot cards, and yarrow sticks in dirt
she spoke softly about this and that

B) I felt a flush from deep inside
there was something about here eyes
I crawled out of my heart
and I loved her...

vii)
Talking, slowly, touching, breathing smoke
I was feeling subtle emotions
gazing, listening to every word she spoke
expanding on the smallest notions

B) I felt a crush from deep inside
A kind of warmth I couldn't describe
I fell out of my selfish heart
and I loved her, only her

Ch:
She's a gypsy, she's a traveller on the road
and I know she'll never stay
like a cinder from a fire
she's my runaway desire
she will blow, she will blow, she will blow away

boom boom da de da
boom boom da de da wowow


viii)
Smiling, laughing, rolling, smoking
she laid me bare there on her bouncy bed
wide-eyed I kissed her, easy gentle stroking
I felt her pants as she held my head

I felt a crush from down below
there was'nt anywhere she wouldn't go
I fell under her powers
and I loved her, only her

Ch:
She's a gypsy, she's a traveller on the road
and I know she'll never stay
like a cinder from a fire
she's my runaway desire
she will blow, she will blow, she will blow away

She's a gypsy, she's a traveller on the road
bum ba da da da, oooooh
and like a cinder from a fire
she's my runaway desire
she will go, she will go, she will float away.