Lyrics

Oh, Gypsy River won’t you carry me home
They say I was a sinner, I don’t know what I did wrong
Momma left me and daddy straight after I was born
Oh, how he wrestled with demons and struggled with thorns

Oh, Gypsy River, carry me home

Growin’ up, times were hard, but not as hard as they’d come
I learned that the hard way when I married me a drunk
All it took was countless bruises, other women, and my child
To push him in the water and let the river reconcile

Oh, Gypsy River, carry me home

I’ll sing and be grateful for every day I have lived
I’ll blow a kiss to the blue sky and the sun that smiles on me
I’ll, I’ll keep givin’ from the little I have left to give
And I’ll pray that ole river someday greets the sea

Yes, life dealt a hard hand, but I played it to the end
And I followed that Gypsy River back to where it began

Oh, Gypsy River, won’t you carry me home
Oh, Gypsy River, Gypsy River, Gypsy River, won’t you carry me home
Sing to me sweet river, all the way home
While you carry me home
Carry me home
Won’t you carry me home
Carry me home
Carry me home