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FOR SO LONG SHE’S FACED THIS WORLD ALONE
AND EVERY MINUTE OR TWO, SHE CHECKS HER PHONE
HOW TIME STANDS STILL WHEN IT’S DINNER FOR ONE
SHE WAS HOPING HE’D CALL BUT HE’S ON THE RUN
IN HER HEART SHE’S HOPES THERE WILL COME A DAY
WHEN HE CHOOSES HER, AND HE WILL STAY
BUT TILL THEN IT’S DINNER JUST FOR ONE
SHE CLEARS THE PLATE TO ANOTHER SETTING SUN
HER GYPSY MAN WILL COME AND GO
HE GET’S HER HIGH, THEN HE LEAVES HER LOW
AND SHE SPENDS THE DAY LIKE ALL THE REST
COUNTING TEARS WHILE SHE’S DOING HER BEST
TO MAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER DAY
THEN SHE SETS THE TABLE FOR TWO AGAIN
SHE WONDERS JUST HOW LONG IT’S BEEN
SINCE SHE ATE, WITHOUT THE PAIN
AND HER, GYPSY TEARS THEY FALL JUST LIKE RAIN
HER GYPSY MAN HE COLLECTS ANOTHER STAMP
SHE WIPES A TEAR, AND TURNS OFF THE LAMP
ANOTHER CITY, ANOTHER HOTEL ROOM
WHILE BACK AT HOME IT FEELS LIKE A TOMB
SHE FALLS TO HER KNEES TO START EACH DAY
HELP ME LORD TO MAKE HIM STAY
BUT TILL THEN IT’S DINNER JUST FOR ONE
SHE CLEARS THE PLATE TO ANOTHER SETTING SUN
HER GYPSY MAN WILL COME AND GO
HE GET’S HER HIGH, THEN HE LEAVES HER LOW
AND SHE SPENDS THE DAY LIKE ALL THE REST
COUNTING TEARS WHILE SHE’S DOING HER BEST
TO MAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER DAY
THEN SHE SETS THE TABLE FOR TWO AGAIN
SHE WONDERS JUST HOW LONG IT’S BEEN
SINCE SHE ATE, WITHOUT THE PAIN
AND HER, GYPSY TEARS THEY FALL JUST LIKE RAIN