Our fathers out of India come And stopped where they found water And the gadgo boys with their greedy eyes Coveted our daughters, coveted our daughters. And the moon shone into the seas across the palms with silver There was music that night in the dark campsite And the music made you shiver; to be the gypsy. La, la, la, la, ... Across the deserts our fathers come With dancing boy, and bear, and drum And the gadgo boys with their greedy eyes Coveted our freedom, coveted our freedom. And we fit in your landscape as the sixth to the five senses But the pastures close as the cowboy knows And the world's cut up by fences, to catch the gypsy. La, la, la, la, ... And the colours fade on the caravans And old roads bend in change And the vigilantes move us on But still we do remain, and while we do remain Your ways only keep us on the paths we have chosen. When it's cold at night, and the fire won't light And the children's hands are frozen, and it's hard to be the gypsy. La, la, la, la, ... Oh, the fire that burns, the cage, the key, the dancer of delight, The flame that burns behind your eyes Yet flickers in your sight, flickers in your sight. And you may die of cold because the ways that you have chosen Has warmed your hands, but not your heart and left your poor soul frozen. Let the gypsy dance. La, la, la, la, ... Now if the gypsy cannot dance, in your heart you may discover That the flame needs air to burn, and soon it'll be all over. If the gypsy cannot dance, in your heart you may discover That the flame needs air to burn, and soon it'll be all over. Now if the gypsy cannot dance, in your heart you may discover That the flame needs air to burn, and soon it'll be all over. If the gypsy cannot dance, in your heart you may discover That the flame needs air to burn, and soon it'll be all over. Now if the gypsy cannot dance, in your heart you may discover That the flame needs air to burn, and soon it'll be all over. If the gypsy cannot dance, in your heart you may discover That the flame needs air to burn, and soon it'll be all over.