Lyrics to
Gypsy

This version of Gypsy was released by Uriah Heep in 1970.

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I was only seventeen,
I fell in love with a gypsy queen.
She told me – hold on!

Her father was the leading man,
Said “You’re not welcome on our land.”
And then as a foe, he told me to go.

He took me to a little shack
And put a whip across my back
Then told her – leave me.

I was out for quite a time,
Came back with her on my mind.
Sweet little girl – she means all the world.

Though I want my gypsy queen,
Will she still be torn between
Her father and lover?

One day I will go to him
Strong enough to fight and win.
The kind of a man that he’ll understand

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Uriah Heep has released many songs over the years besides Gypsy. Uriah Heep released songs from 1970 to 1998 spanning across albums like Very 'eavy... Very 'umble, Salisbury, Look At Yourself, Demons And Wizards, The Magician's Birthday, Sweet Freedom, Wonderworld, Return To Fantasy, High And Mighty, Firefly, Innocent Victim, Fallen Angel, Conquest, Abominog, Head First, Equator, Raging Silence, Different World, Sea Of Light, and Sonic Origami. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Uriah Heep.

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About Lyrics and Gypsy by Uriah Heep

The lyrics to Gypsy are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Uriah Heep used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to Gypsy have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Uriah Heep and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Gypsy by Uriah Heep. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Gypsy" means the words set to the music of Gypsy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Uriah Heep. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Gypsy and the lyrics to Gypsy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Uriah Heep who came here looking just for the lyrics to Gypsy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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