Lyrics: Time

Well, the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street
And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws
And 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 fiancee's in the mirror
And the band is going home
It's raining hammers, it's raining nails
And, it's true, there's nothing left for him down here

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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 it getting smaller as it pulls away
And 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's boys just didn't know when to quit
And Matilda asks the sailors "Are those dreams
Or are those prayers?"
"So close your eyes, son
And this won't hurt a bit"

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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
There's the dish outside the window filled with rain
Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
And pay the fiddler off till I come back again

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