Gypsy woman

Come inside now

And take a load off your feet

You've been pounding the pavement

Ain't told a fortune in weeks

She spends here money on tequila

She says it keeps her warm

They call her many things but her name's cecilia

Now don't you know now don't you know

Hey hey hey hey cecilia

Don't you know the streets will kill ya

Don't you know your mama misses ya

Don't you know don't you know

Gypsy woman

Say she don't need ya

And asks for a ride to the liquor store

She kills the bottle

Gives praise to jesus

Then passes out on your living room floor

She tells the story of a shotgun wedding

And a birth of a stillborn child

She was only 13 and her little body wasn't ready

Babies watching babies die

Hey hey hey hey cecilia

Don't you know the streets will kill ya

Don't you know your mama misses ya

Don't you know don't you know

Hey hey hey hey cecilia

I have seen the beauty in ya

Don't you know you're one in a million

Don't you know don't you know

Hey hey hey hey cecilia

Don't you know the streets will kill ya

Don't you know your mama misses ya

Don't you know don't you know

Hey hey hey hey cecilia

I have seen the beauty in ya

Don't you know you're one in a million

Don't you know don't you know

Cecilia

Cecilia