Written by: Gordon Jenkins
Alto: Beverly Jenkins
Arranged By: Gordon Jenkins
From the Album: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: December 3, 1979
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(chorus)
[Gonna find me a gypsy and get
my fortune told,]
[I'm gonna find me a gypsy and
get my fortune told.]
[I'm gonna say please, missus gypsy,
tell me what the future will hold.]
(Hurry your deck of cards and
your crystal ball)
(For there you will see that you
will pray for light)
(The future will almost
certainly be whatever you want it to be,)
(But with rockets and picks,
from music and jetsam)
(There's no butt that you can
push, and push,)
(Let your imagination burst into
flame)
(And it will let you do whatever
you damn well to do, do,do).
Given a choice I would choose to
have a magic wand that I could use,
To draw a melody, from that enchanted
blade of grass
And cheese and wood and wind and
sea.
I would stand there, dig a
grave, and quietly say,
Ladies and Gentlemen, play for
me, play for me.
(orchestra plays)