Farewell Angelina Lyrics

Farewell, Angelina, the bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits, I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles and the trumpets play slow
Farewell, Angelina, the sky is on fire and I must go

There's no need for anger, there's no need for blame
There's nothing to prove, everything's still the same
Just a table standing empty by the edge of the sea
Means farewell, Angelina, the sky is trembling and I must leave

The jacks and queens have forsaked the courtyard
Fifty-two gypsies, now file past the guards
In the space where the deuce and the ace once ran wild
Farewell, Angelina, the sky is changing color, I'll see you in a while

See the cross-eyed pirates sitting perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans with a sawed-off shotgun
And the neighbors they clap and they cheer with each blast
But farewell, Angelina, the sky's changing color and I must leave fast

King Kong, little elves on the rooftops they dance
Valentino-type tangos while the make-up man's hands
Shut the eyes of the dead not to embarra*s anyone
But farewell, Angelina, the sky is embarra*sed and I must be gone

The machine guns are roaring, the puppets heave rocks
The fiends nail time bombs to the hands of the clocks
Call me any name you like, I will never deny it
But farewell, Angelina, the sky is erupting, I must go where it's quiet

Joan Baez - Bowery Songs

Sep 2005

1. Finlandia
2. Rexroth's Daughter
3. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
4. Joe Hill
5. Christmas In Washington
6. Farewell Angelina
7. Motherland
8. Carrickfergus
9. Jackaroe
10. Seven Curses
11. Dink's Song
12. Silver Dagger
13. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
14. Jerusalem