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