Farewell Angelina - Joan Baez 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 embarrass anyone But farewell Angelina the sky is embarrassed 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