Wild Texas Rose

I left my baby on a cold dark night
I fell in with a gypsy girl
She gave me love she gave me sex
Then she cursed me with a gypsy hex
She said taste every flower
You can take a brand new bride
‘Till you’re layin’ cold in the ground
You will never be satisfied
Wild Texas Rose
She was born to cut you with her thorns
No one knows where she comes
Or where she goes
She’s a ghost in the wind
Sometimes curse sometimes friend
Everyone knows … Wild Texas Rose
Thought I heard her gypsy song
Coyote howl in the whispering wind
Felt a chill way down inside
When I heard her words again
Darkness falls and the moon is bright
Shadows dance in the firelight
A cowboys dreams turn to love
And the gypsy queen he’s dreamin’ of …

Painting by Ros Webb
Lyrics by Michael Benfield

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