Farewell Angelina

Farewell Angelina

the bells on the crown

Are being stolen by bandits

I must follow the sound

The triangle tingles

And the music plays slow

But farewell Angelina

The night is on fire

And I must go

There is use in talking

And there's no need for blame

There is nothing to prove

Everything still is the same

A table stands empty

By the edge of the stream

But farewell Angelina

The sky is changing colors

And I must leave

The jacks and the queens

They foresake the courtyard

Fifty-two gypsies

Now file past the guard

In the space where the deuce

And the ace once ran wild

Farewell Angelina

The sky is folding

I'll see you after a while

See the crosseyed pirates

Sit perched in the sun

Shooting tin cans

With a sawed off shot gun

And the corporals and the neighbors

Clap and cheer with each blast

But farewell Angelina

The sky is trembling

And I must leave fast

King Kong, little elves

And the roof-tops they dance

Valentino-type tangos

While the heroes clean hands

Shut the eyes of the dead

Not to embarass anyone

Farewell Angelina

The sky is flooding over and I must be gone

[Harmonica break]

The camoflaged parrot

He flutters from fear

When something he doesn't know about

Suddenly appears

What cannot be imitated

Perfect must die

Farewell Angelina

The sky is flooding over

And I must go where it is dry

Machine guns are roaring

The puppets heave rocks

At misunderstood visions

And at the faces of clocks

Call me any name you like

I will never deny it

But farewell Angelina

The sky is errupting

And I must go where it is quiet