April Anne with the red bandanna round her head Pretty Anne with the peacock feathered fan said That the sash around her waist turned to lead And her jingle-jangled faggot friend was dead And the wine he spilled stained her pillow red The midnight cowboys came but quickly fled And the whole thing was bringing her down
Lady Anne, we danced the fandango on your bed Anne, the Gypsy Woman once said: Let an Easy Rider share your bed But you chose a drunken gigolo instead How were you to know he was ill-bred? Then you sat and cried and hung your head and said That the whole thing was bringing you down
April Anne with the red bandanna round her head Pretty Anne with the peacock feathered fan said That the sash around her waist turned to lead And her jingle-jangled faggot friend was dead The midnight cowboys came but quickly fled And the wine he spilled stained her pillow red Oh she let an Easy Rider share her bed But she chose a drunken gigolo instead