Tom Paxton - Comedians and Angels lyrics
[Tom Paxton - Comedians and Angels lyrics]
Their faces shine for me
The clamor of their singing's
Like some mad calliope
Still ringing through the Lion's Head
Until the morning light
Comedians and angels
I miss my friends tonight
With Jameson's or Bushmills
Or Trotsky on the rocks
The Fenian at the barricade
The batter in the box
A song for every season
A smile in every fight comedians and angels
I miss my friends tonight
When Dave was in his glory
And singing Brecht and Weill
The Clancys hauled a chantey out
And gave us Paddy Doyle
The Mets were either best or worst
And Marx was wrong or right
Comedians and angels
I miss my friends tonight
I wonder where they are now
They could be anywhere
In Hell or California
Or back in Sheridan Square
They left us where they left us
So we put out the light
Comedians and angels
I miss my friends tonight
Each one drained a parting glass
And sailed off to sea
And what a crew of rogues
They made in gleeful anarchy
They sang to the horizon a
Song no pen could write
Comedians and angels
I miss my friends tonight
They sang to the horizon a
Song no pen could write
Comedians and angels
I miss my friends tonight