THE LAST CRYSTAL BALL Lyrics

Mahala came from very old stock from across the ocean wide

From a time when the Romani were on the run looking for a place to hide

This land is full of fortune tellers a dime a dozen for most of them all

But Mahala she was the real deal the last one left with the last real crystal ball

Things she could see always came about as time faded away

Some were scared of her and they called her a witch for the things she'd say

It wasn't always the kind of readings they all wanted to hear

She hadn't aged much in over thirty years but she knew her time was near

And then she told me she said

Takes time to learn what to see and what to ignore

In a few days they'll find me in my trailer cold and dead on the floor

They'll dump my body in some field just before the carnival leaves town

Some randomly selected mortician will lose money putting me in the ground

My things will go to some flea market mostly not worth anything

A pawn shop will get my jewels except for my favorite ring

She put that ring right on my finger then she went behind the front wall

The box she brought out and entrusted only to me held the last real crystal ball