Sweet Gitchey Rose

Ebony hair Emerald eyes All I could do was stare

Fixed in a trance Her serpent smile Invited me to dance

She took my hand and led me to her lair The smell of gumbo filled the humid air Right then and there I had my share

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I had a plan To steal her heart and be her only man I'd buy her things Find us a home where she could rest her wings

But all an eagle wants to do is fly She doesn't stop or ask the question why One day she leaves With no goodbye

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I wonder, could she ever be my queen? Could loving only me be her own routine? You gotta let a brother dream, oh

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Ahhh-ahhhh, ahh-ahhh Ahhh-ahhhh, ahh-ahhh

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How could I fall for such a tease? Yeah Well, that's my own disease Oh yeah

Sweet Gitchey Rose