Kate Bush - Rinfy The Gypsy (Playing Canasta In Cold Rooms) lyrics

I fell in love with Rinfy the gypsy.

He said when I grew up he'd marry me,

Carry me away on his steed.

"Don't worry, my baby!

Don't die, my funny little darling!

I'm going away for a little while,

And shouldn't be gone for very long."

Ooh, then I really fell for Geoffrey, our gardener.

He said he'd marry me, too.

Oh, and I believed him, just like a fool.

"Don't worry, my honey!

Don't die, my funny little doll!

I'm going away for a little while.

Shouldn't be gone for very long."

(Ooh, long, long, long...)

Playing canasta in c-cold rooms,

Playing canasta in cold rooms,

Playing canasta upstairs, downstairs,

And in my lover's...ooh...

I met a boy who took me upstairs,

Then took me in his arms and told me

I comforted him, uh-huh.

"Don't worry, my dear,

Don't cry, you weird little stranger. [ca. 2'29]

I'm going away.

You probably won't ever see me again."

Oh, yes, I know, I'm always falling,

Gazing at hazy goldfish in your swimming eyes.

How could I not lie there with you?

"Don't worry, my darling!

Don't die, my silly little baby!

I'm going away for a little while,

And shouldn't be gone for very long."

(Ooh, long, long, long!)

Playing canasta in c-cold rooms,

Playing canasta in cold rooms,

Playing canasta upstairs, downstairs,

And in my lover's...ooh...