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
Napoleon is weeping in the carnival saloon His invisible fiancée's in the mirror
And the band is going home It's raining hammers, it's raining nails
Yes, it's true, there's nothing left for him done
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 is like a tree
You can see it's getting smaller as it pulls away
And the things you can't remember
Tell her 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 this mama's boys just don't know when to quit
And Matilda asks all the sailors
Are those dreams or are those prayers
So just close your eyes son
Or this won't hurt or bend
And it's time, time, time
And it's time, time, time
And it's time, time, time

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 street
And when they're on the 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 its lips
Till the dish outside the window fills with rain
Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
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
And it's time, time, time that you love
And it's time, time, time