Time

The smart money is on Harlow And the moon is in the street And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws You're east of East St. Louis And the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds like a round of applause And Napoleon is weeping In the carnival saloon His invisible fiancé is in the mirror The band is going home It's raining hammers, it's raining nails It's true, there's nothing left for him down here And it's time, time, time And it's time, time, time And it's time, time, time that you love And it's time, time, time Well, they all pretend they're orphans And their memory's like a train You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away The things you can't remember Tell the things you can't forget That history puts a saint in every dream Well, she said she'd stick around Until the bandages came off But these mama boys just don't know when to quit Matilda asks the sailors Are those dreams or are those prayers So close your eyes, son, this won't hurt a bit And it's time, time, time And it's time, time, time And it's time, time, time that you love And it's time, time, time Well, things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl The boys just dive right off the cars And splash into the streets And when they're on a roll She pulls a razor from her boot And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet So put a candle in the window And a kiss upon his lips As the dish outside the window fills with rain And just like a stranger With the weeds in your heart And pay the fiddler off 'til I come back again And it's time, time, time And it's time, time, time And it's time, time, time that you love And it's time, time, time And it's time, time, time And it's time, time, time And it's time, time, time that you love And it's time, time, time