Passing Through

I sit here reminiscing 

Of days long in my past

Those years have travelled swiftly  

They've come and gone so fast 

Those times spent round the campfire 

Where flames danced through the night 

Leaving smoldering embers 

As dawn replaced its light 

Those friends who were my brothers

In caravans called home 

They were the closest family 

That this man had ever known 

We'd smoke what nature gave us 

While music filled the air 

What little we all had back then 

We'd find enough to share

We found a place to settle 

A road side with a view 

Beside a rolling river

Like us just passing through 

The hills a welcome shelter

From winters hard to bare

I'd never found a place called home

Like i had found right there 

That fire keeps on burning

It warms my soul and heart

That family still remains with me

However far apart

And like that river passing through

We'll meet again sometime

I'll keep our fire burning 

In this gypsy heart of mine