Gypsy Queen

Duration

3:32

Genres

Southern/Blues Rock/Rockabilly

Description

Lyrics

Gypsy Queen Chuck Hughes Music ASCAP Down in New Orleans in a shack by the water My future found me in the shadows of the Quarter Fell down an alley off of bourbon St. I was goin' half crazy from the crowds and the heat Could have been the spell of the hurricane When a voice from the dark whispered my name Slipped down a hallway to a dark back room Heard a phantom in the dark sing a gypsy tune Bon ton roule and a voulez vous Life in the quarter could be strange and cruel Bad luck to talk about the things I've seen There's no one meaner than the gypsy queen I laughed out loud when she spoke of luck Reached in my pocket for my tweny bucks I didn't recognize the letters she wrote Round a five sided star and the head of a goat She read my palm and she told me that In my future was the name Lestat Then she finished and I had to go Next stop the grave of Marie Laveaux Went to the graveyard just about midnight I saw somethin flyin' in the pale moonlight Next thing I was wakin' and I felt my neck There were two little lumps that were kind of wet Since that day I live for the night I glide the alleys away from the light There's only one way that I'll ever depart It's when I leave with a stake in my heart