Time

Tom Waits

1. 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 Saint 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 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

R: And it's time time  time,
   and it's time  time   time
   And it's time  time  time
   that you love

2. 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 don't know when to quit
   And Mathilda asks the sailors "Are those dreams or are those prayers?"

R: Oh it`s time...

   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 'til I come back again

R: Oh it`s time...