gypsy genes

[exohrel]

they're all i can be sure of
that i've gypsy in my genes
cos he's scared and he's silent
he's nowhere to be found
not any power high or mighty can find him
he's a blank face in the crowd

he must have run back to our native land over the seas
fled to another home or place, somewhere away from me
he didn't stick around to meet the seedlings grown up and standing proud
we'll never sit in the same room and say hello to each other aloud
for all the sadness and the pain and the anguish and the longing
has led me back to where i started and where i started i was left hanging

i have no clue what i got from him
or if he'd approve of my life
i haven't amounted to much you see
i've not made anyone a good wife

and now my days are drawing near
my worst fears are coming true
i've done all i can, i searched high and low
but i never could find you

for all the planes and trains and journeys that have led me wide and far
the only search of substance has brought me back here wondering where you are
i'd trade all the adventures just to know you have a name
that we share it not just by blood, but by the outline of your frame

there's not much i can be sure of
we weren't destined to meet at this time
our souls will be lost at sea
and always intertwined.

...

for my father, who i was never destined to know.