| Song | Melissa |
| Artist | The Allman Brothers Band |
| Album | An Evening with the Allman Brothers Band: First Set [live] |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| The gypsy flies from coast to coast | |
| Knowing many, loving none, | |
| Bearing sorrow havin' fun, | |
| But back home he'll always run | |
| To sweet melissa... mmm... | |
| Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same. | |
| And no one knows the gypsy's name | |
| No one hears his lonely sigh, | |
| There are no blankets where he lies. | |
| In all his deepest dreams the gypsy flies | |
| With sweet melissa... mmm... | |
| Again the morning's come, | |
| Again he's on the run, | |
| Sunbeams shining through his hair, | |
| Appearing not to have a care. | |
| Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on, roll on. | |
| Crossroads, will you ever let him go? (lord, lord) | |
| Will you hide the dead man's ghost, | |
| Or will he lie, beneath the clay, | |
| Or will his spirit roll away? | |
| But i know that he won't stay without melissa. | |
| Yes i know that he won't stay without melissa. |
| The gypsy flies from coast to coast | |
| Knowing many, loving none, | |
| Bearing sorrow havin' fun, | |
| But back home he' ll always run | |
| To sweet melissa... mmm... | |
| Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same. | |
| And no one knows the gypsy' s name | |
| No one hears his lonely sigh, | |
| There are no blankets where he lies. | |
| In all his deepest dreams the gypsy flies | |
| With sweet melissa... mmm... | |
| Again the morning' s come, | |
| Again he' s on the run, | |
| Sunbeams shining through his hair, | |
| Appearing not to have a care. | |
| Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on, roll on. | |
| Crossroads, will you ever let him go? lord, lord | |
| Will you hide the dead man' s ghost, | |
| Or will he lie, beneath the clay, | |
| Or will his spirit roll away? | |
| But i know that he won' t stay without melissa. | |
| Yes i know that he won' t stay without melissa. |
| The gypsy flies from coast to coast | |
| Knowing many, loving none, | |
| Bearing sorrow havin' fun, | |
| But back home he' ll always run | |
| To sweet melissa... mmm... | |
| Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same. | |
| And no one knows the gypsy' s name | |
| No one hears his lonely sigh, | |
| There are no blankets where he lies. | |
| In all his deepest dreams the gypsy flies | |
| With sweet melissa... mmm... | |
| Again the morning' s come, | |
| Again he' s on the run, | |
| Sunbeams shining through his hair, | |
| Appearing not to have a care. | |
| Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on, roll on. | |
| Crossroads, will you ever let him go? lord, lord | |
| Will you hide the dead man' s ghost, | |
| Or will he lie, beneath the clay, | |
| Or will his spirit roll away? | |
| But i know that he won' t stay without melissa. | |
| Yes i know that he won' t stay without melissa. |