desperation sinkin in just 17 yrs old all strung out from end to end he needs someone to pick him up but they all just put him down like a lost gypsy in the night as he rolls from town to town rolls from town to town where did he come from and where will he go hes been on his own so d long with no place to call his home he prays for redemption he prays he ll see the light he prays he ll quit this gypsy life well someday he might hes been on his own so long that he can t remember when his momma found a new boyfriend who she thought more of than him so one night while they slept well he left and he robbed them blind jumped on the first bus west to see what he could find see what he could find where did he come from and where will he go hes been on his own so d long with no place to call his home he prays for redemption and he prays he ll see the light he prays he ll quit this gypsy life well someday he might california is a field of dreams so they say hes been livin on the streets of you can find him there today hes livin hand to mouth and hes takin it day by day just wishin he could go back home well someday he ll find a way yeah he ll find a way where did he come from and where will he go hes been on his own so d long with no place to call his home he prays for redemption and he prays he ll see the light he prays he ll quit this gypsy life well someday he might someday he might someday he might