I Must Go Where It's Quiet

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
farewell Angelina
the sky is trembling
and i must leave

the jacks and the 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 folding
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
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 makeup man’s hands
shut the eyes of the dead
not to embarrass anyone
farewell Angelina
the sky is embarrassed
and i must be gone

the machine guns are roaring
the puppets heave rocks
and fiends nail time bombs
to the hands of the clocks
call me any name you like
i will never deny it
farewell Angelina
the sky is erupting
i must go where it’s quiet

--Bob Dylan
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outside Indian Garden
fuzzy bighorns below Horseshoe Mesa
Nickel Creek and Friends*: "Farewell Angelina"
Buddha Temple and friends
Wheeler Point
Cottonwood Canyon
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*with Tim O'Brian, Gillian Welch, David Rawlings,
Benmont Tench and Bela Fleck
Ryman Theater, Nashville, Tn. 11/29/07