Caravan Lyrics
I can hear the merry gypsies play
Mama mama look at Emma Rose
She's a-playin with the radio
La, la, la, la...
And the caravan has all my friends
It will stay with me until the end
Gypsy Robin, Sweet Emma Rose
Tell me everything I need to know
La, la, la...
Switch on your electric light
Then we can get down to what is really wrong
I long to hold you tight so I can feel you
Sweet lady of the night I shall reveal you
Turn it up, turn it up, so you know, radio
La, la, la, la...
That means ev'rybody's staying overnight
Barefoot gypsy player round the campfire sing and play
And a woman tells us of her ways
La, la, la, la...
Switch on your electric light
Then we can get down to what is really wrong
I long to hold you tight so I can feel you
Sweet lady of the night I shall reveal you
Turn it up, turn it up, little bit higher, radio
Turn it up, that's enough, so you know it's got soul
Radio, radio turn it up, hum
La, la, la, la...
i loooooove this song. "moondance" is my all-time favorite album. plus, this song is just so damn catchy.
wanna hear something cute? i'm 18...when i was 14, and just starting to get reallllly really into van morrison, my parents adopted a baby from china, and gave me the honor of naming her, as long as i named her well. therefore, my little sister's name is emma-rose.
@red_red_red - That IS great. :)
@red_red_red - That IS great. :)
Listen to this on a summer night- and dance barefoot. It's awesome.
I love the end where he goes.. "turn it up!... that's enough." Hehe.
All the songs on this album are awesome. :)
la la lala la la laaaaaaa, this song is awesome, especially in the Last Waltz when he is doing rock and roll kicks. gotta love Morrison..
this song kicks major ass
Awesome song!!! One of his very best.
The last waltz proformance makes me smile whenever i watch it, it is the only time ive seen van proform live and probably will be the only way i ever will. But its just how i imagined the way he woudl rock, minus the outfit, but you cant have everything.
This song was written in the sixties - it has elements of fantasy - Van listened a lot to the radio and imagined the "barefoot gypsy player round the campfire sing and play"
BTW - he uses the Gaelic pronunciation for Radio - RADDEO - he listened to the Southern-Irish radio from Belfast
I love the Last Waltz version so much...its got undeniable soul. I used to drive around in the minivan I got second-hand from my mom and get high and go to bonfires...such good times come to mind when I hear this
The emphasis I think is on gypsies having soul, that it doesn't necessarily need to be only Christain musicians who have soul, it isn't specific to any religion
I think the The Last Waltz version is frikken ridiculous, he says "do me one more time" and flails his limbs around like a drunken bafoon. And he says 'one more time' like 6 times... can't he count? i still think its good though..