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

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

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

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

I wonder, could she ever be my queen?

Could loving only me be her own routine?

You gotta let a brother dream, oh

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Ahhh-ahhhh, ahh-ahhh

Ahhh-ahhhh, ahh-ahhh

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

Sweet Gitchey Rose

How could I fall for such a tease?

Yeah

Well, that's my own disease

Oh yeah

Sweet Gitchey Rose