68 bpm 2/4 | | Got me a postcard and a twenty dollar bill I told you I'd meet you in Memphis if you'd bring me those pills | ) | And I got high, and I got drunk, for far too long And the gypsy train to Houston, is gonna take me along | ) | | | they call me the wild card, and they called me their fool I told them I'd bring 'em their money if they'd get me back to you | ) | And I got cash, and I got robbed for all I own And the gypsy train to Houston is gonna take me back home | | Solo | | x2 | ) | | | So I got cleaning, I got a steady job No longer was I runnin' from the emblems of law | ) | And I got clean, and I got mean to the bone And the gypsy train to Houston, won't leave me alone | | | | x2 | | And the gypsy train to Houston, won't leave me alone! | Ehold