You must leave now, take what you want, you think will last Whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast Yonder stands your orphan with his gun He's crying like a fire in the sun Look over there the saints are coming through And it's all over now, Baby Blue The highway is for gamblers, you better use your sense Take what you have gathered from coincidence The empty-handed painter from your streets Is painting crazy patterns on your sheets The sky, too, is falling over you And it's all over now, Baby Blue All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home All your gathered armies, they are blowing home Your lover who just has walked out the door Has taken all the blankets from the floor The carpet, too, is moving under you And it's all over now, Baby Blue