Gypsies On Parade

We pulled out of Charlotte, the snow is fallin' down

We make our way in this one-eagle sleigh, till we reach another town

Our name is in lights on the billboard signs, in every town we play

But if you may, all it really need say, are gypsies, gypsies on parade

We pull into a diner, folks just stop and stare

You hear 'em say, man, it's a rock 'n' roll band

By the look and the clothes they wear

Then you telephone home 'cause you're feelin' alone

And try to think of somethin' to say

Seems all you get are tears of regret

For being gypsies, gypsies on parade

Gypsies on parade, vagabonds that got it made

They don't know what they've been told

About the diamond rings and fancy things we wear

They don't know what dues we pay for being gypsies, gypsies on parade

Home is where the heart is but the heart is never home

As I count the white lights on the exit signs, it's this guitar is all I ever hold

But the stories we can tell or the stories we tell

Make better all the time spent away

From family and friends, oh, it never ends for gypsies, gypsies on parade

Gypsies on parade, vagabonds that got it made

They don't know what they've been told

About the diamond rings and fancy things we wear

They don't know what dues we pay for being gypsies, gypsies on parade

We pulled out of Charlotte, the snow was fallin' down