I WAS BORN
IN THE WAGON
OF A TRAVELING SHOW
MY MAMA USED
TO DANCE
FOR THE MONEY
THEY'D THROW
PAPA WOULD DO
WHATEVER HE COULD
PREACH A LITTLE GOSPEL
SELL A COUPLE OF
BOTTLES
OF DR. GOOD
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
WE'D HEAR IT FROM
THE PEOPLE
OF THE TOWN
THEY'D CALL US
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
BUT EVERY NIGHT
ALL THE MEN
WOULD COME AROUND
AND LAY THEIR MONEY
DOWN
4 BAR
BREAK
PICKED UP A BOY
JUST SOUTH OF MOBILE
GAVE HIM A RIDE
FILLED HIM WITH A
HOT MEAL
I WAS SIXTEEN
HE WAS TWENTY-ONE
RODE WITH US
TO MEMPHIS
AND PAPA WOULD HAVE
SHOT HIM IF HE KNEW
WHAT HE'D DONE
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
WE'D HEAR IT FROM
THE PEOPLE
OF THE TOWN
THEY'D CALL US
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
BUT EVERY NIGHT
ALL THE MEN
WOULD COME AROUND
AND LAY THEIR MONEY
DOWN
NEVER HAD SCHOOLIN'
BUT HE TAUGHT ME
WELL
WITH HIS SMOOTH
SOUTHERN STYLE
THREE MONTHS LATER
I'M A GAL IN TROUBLE
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM
FOR AWHILE UH HUH
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM
FOR AWHILE UH HUH
SHE WAS BORN
IN THE WAGON OF A
TRAVELIN' SHOW
HER MAMA HAD TO
DANCE FOR THE MONEY
THEY'D THROW
GRANDPA'D DO
WHATEVER HE COULD
PREACH A LITTLE GOSPEL
SELL A COUPLE OF
BOTTLES
OF DR. GOOD
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
WE'D HEAR IT FROM
THE PEOPLE
OF THE TOWN
THEY'D CALL US
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
BUT EVERY NIGHT
ALL THE MEN WOULD
COME AROUND
AND LAY THEIR
MONEY DOWN
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
WE'D HEAR IT FROM
THE PEOPLE
OF THE TOWN
THEY'D CALL US
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
BUT EVERY NIGHT
ALL THE MEN WOULD
COME AROUND
AND LAY THEIR
MONEY DOWN
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
WE'D HEAR IT FROM
THE PEOPLE
OF THE TOWN
THEY'D CALL US
GYPSIES TRAMPS
AND THIEVES
BUT EVERY NIGHT
ALL THE MEN
WOULD COME AROUND