Lightning Strikes Maybe Once, Maybe Twice

Gypsy
Fleetwood Mac (1982)

Mirage was released by Fleetwood Mac 38 years ago today.  Gypsy was the second single released from the album, and it's my favorite song that the band ever recorded.  It's one of my dad's favorite songs too, so I heard it many times throughout my childhood.  In the years that followed, it has come to represent bittersweet memories of people from a time in my life that had to end, but that I am thankful for nevertheless.

Gypsy went on reach #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and it's video had the highest budget of all time for a music video at the time it was filmed.  It was also the first song with a music video that had it's world premier on MTV.

Gypsy
Fleetwood Mac (1982)

So I'm back to the velvet underground

Back to the floor that I love

To a room with some lace and paper flowers

Back to the gypsy that I was

To the gypsy that I was

And it all comes down to you

Well you know that it does

And lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice

And it lights up the night

And you see your gypsy

You see your gypsy

To the gypsy that remains

Faces freedom with a little fear

I have no fear, I have only love

And if I was a child

And the child was enough

Enough for me to love

Enough to love

She is dancing away from me now

She was just a wish

She was just a wish

And a memory is all that is left for you now

You see your gypsy

You see your gypsy

Lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice

And it all comes down to you

I still see your bright eyes, bright eyes

And it all comes down to you