[ti:time] [ar:tom waits] [00:02.321]The smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street [00:08.322]The shadow boys are breaking all the laws [00:13.820]And you're east of East Saint Louis and the wind is making speeches [00:19.131]And the rain sounds like a round of applause [00:24.506]And Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon [00:30.06]His invisible fiancee's in the mirror [00:35.256]And the band is going home,it's raining hammers,it's raining nails [00:41.69]And it's true there's nothing left for him down here [00:46.694]And it's time time time,it's time time time [00:57.632]And it's time time time that you love [01:03.796]And it's time time time [01:10.46]And they all pretend they're orphans and their memory's like a train [01:14.797]You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away [01:20.422]And the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget [01:26.47]That history puts a saint in every dream [01:31.84]Well she said she'd stick around until the bandages came off [01:36.646]But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit [01:42.86]And Mathilda asks the sailors "Are those dreams or are those prayers?" [01:47.529]So close your eyes,son,and this won't hurt a bit [01:52.402]Oh it's time time time,and it's time time time [02:03.217]And it's time time time that you love [02:08.680]And it's time time time [02:19.369]Well things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl [02:24.930]The boys just dive right off the cars and splash into the street [02:30.743]And when they're on a roll she pulls a razor from her boot [02:35.932]A thousand pigeons fall around her feet [02:41.182]So put a candle in the window ,a kiss upon his lips [02:46.493]As the dish outside the window fills with rain [02:53.164]Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart [02:58.539]And pay the fiddler off 'til I come back again [03:02.227]Oh it's time time time,it's time time time [03:12.854]And it's time time time that you love [03:18.978]And it's time time time [03:24.541]And it's time time time,and it's time time time [03:35.597]It's time time time that you love [03:41.846]And it's time time time