Freddie McGregor Follow

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
Your empty handed painter from the streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets
This light it is folding under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue

All your seasick sailors, they are all rowing home
All your reindeer armies, they are all going home
Your broken hearted lover out the 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, 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

But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun