The smart money's
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 a carnival saloon
His invisible fiance's
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
Mm time time
Well 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 his lips
as the dish
outside the window
fills with rain
just like a stranger
with the weeds
in your heart
And 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
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