Lyrics to
The Gypsy

This version of The Gypsy was released by Deep Purple in 1974.

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Tell me gypsy can you see me
In your crystal ball
I’m asking you what can I do
My back’s against the wall
And I can’t hold on much longer
So I’ve come to you my friend
For now my life seems at an end

I came to see you once before
One hundred years ago
You took my hand and broke the spell
That should have let me go
But my years have gone so slowly
So I’m here again my friend
For now my life is at an end

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Deep Purple has released many songs over the years besides The Gypsy. Deep Purple released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like The Book Of Taliesyn, Shades Of Deep Purple, Deep Purple, Deep Purple In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Who Do We Think We Are, Burn, Stormbringer, Come Taste The Band, Perfect Strangers, The House Of Blue Light, Slaves And Masters, The Battle Rages On..., Purpendicular, Abandon, Bananas, and Rapture Of The Deep. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Deep Purple.

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About Lyrics and The Gypsy by Deep Purple

The lyrics to The Gypsy are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Deep Purple used when the song was created in 1974. The lyrics to The Gypsy have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Deep Purple 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 The Gypsy by Deep Purple. 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 The Gypsy" means the words set to the music of The Gypsy, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Deep Purple. 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 The Gypsy and the lyrics to The Gypsy are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Deep Purple who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Gypsy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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