I've got something I'd like to tell you   Something that happend to me   I'd been feelin' thoroughly lowdown   So I went to see the gypsy      She sat me down by her candle   She said she had the powers that be   And she looked me in the eye and took my hand   And this is what she said to me      Chorus:   She said, now you're flying high   Tomorrow you might be low   The same thing that makes your baby cry   Might make him get up and go      She said this would be all for now   But that you might come back   If you find it hard to understand   Simple little words like that      So I gave her all of my money   And took off for Singapore   But I couldn't unravel those words of hers   So I went back to the gypsy for more      Chorus      Well, just about this time my luck changed   And fortune did roll in   Well I learned the meaning of happiness   And the value of a friend      I met a fine young gentleman   As fine as a man can be   But I never forgot that gypsy girl   And what she said to me      Chorus