Time

The smart money's on Harlow
And the moon is in the street
And the shadow boys are breakin' all the laws
Oh and it's east of East St. Louis
And the wind is making speeches
And the rain sounds like a round of applause

And Napolean is weeping
In a carnival saloon
His invisible fiancee is in the mirror
And the band is goin' home
It's raining hammers
It's raining nails
Its 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

And they all pretend they're orphans
And their memory's like a train
You can see them getting smaller as they pull away
And the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget
That history puts a saint in every dream

She said she'd stick around
Till the bandages came off
But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit
And Matilda asks the sailors
Are those dreams or are those prayers
Close your eyes son and 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

Oh and things are pretty lousy
For a calendar girl
The boys just dive right off the cars
And splash into the street
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 my lips
As the dish outside the window fills with rain
Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
Pay the fiddler off till 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