I was a fool I was so much younger then   The night she took me by surprise   I should have known all the trouble that I'd be in   But then she hooked me with those eyes      Her drink was gin as she said "Tonight would never gonna end"   But her love weighed so heavy on my mind   For she was the live in lover of a drummer I called my friend   She weren't nothing but a gypsy in disguise      Hey gypsy woman how'd you do that to me   Gypsy woman stole my heart and then you set me free   Gypsy woman how'd you learn to lie like that   Gypsy woman come on back      Spending my wages on roses and on wine   We'd ride the days and we'd dance the nights   All the things we could do in my old V W   The city lights never seemed so bright from the reservoir      And my friends they would warn me   Saying she's one fickle queen   You better get out while the getting is good my friend   And besides her old drummer man is looking      And he's so big and bad and mean   But what I didn't know then   Is what I know too well   She played me like a violin      Hey gypsy woman how'd you do that to me   Gypsy woman stole my heart and then you set me free   Gypsy woman how'd you learn to love like that   Gypsy woman come on back      So you tell me that you're leaving me now   After all the times that we have been through   As your clown how am I gonna ever go home   Somebody tell me what am I gonna do baby oh baby      And so it goes I've lost my pride and lost my job   This gypsy woman took nearly every thing I called my own   It was a big surprise so next time she comes dancing   Prancing through the town, gonna recognize the gypsy   I'm gonna recognize the gipsy, gonna recognize the gypsy in disguise