You must leave now,
take what you need,
you think will last
But whatever you
wish to keep,
you better
grab it fast
Yonder stands your
orphan with his gun
Crying like a fire
in the sun
Look out the saints
are comin' through
And it's all over now,
Baby Blue
The highway
is for gamblers,
better use your sense
Take what you
have gathered
from coincidence
The empty-handed
painter from
your streets
Is drawing
crazy patterns
on your sheets
This sky, too
is folding under you
And it's all over
now, Baby Blue
All your seasick sailors,
they are rowing home
Your empty
handed armies
are all going home
Your lover who just
walked out your door
Has taken all
his blankets
from the floor
The carpet, too
is moving under you
And it's all over
now, Baby Blue
Leave your stepping
stones behind now
something calls for you
Forget the dead
you've left, they will
not follow you
The vagabond who's
rapping at your door
Is standing in
the clothes that
you once wore
Strike another match,
go start anew
And it's all over
now, Baby Blue