Time

Song Time
Artist Tom Waits
Album Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years

Lyrics

[00:03.59] Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street
[00:09.02] And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws
[00:14.12] And you're east of East Saint Louis and the wind is making speeches
[00:19.68] And the rain sounds like a round of applause
[00:25.73] And Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon
[00:30.69] His invisible fiancee's in the mirror
[00:36.10] And the band is going home, it's raining hammers, it's raining nails
[00:41.83] And it's true there's nothing left for him down here
[00:45.97][03:25.00] And it's time time time, and it's time time time
[00:57.98][02:03.83][03:13.20][03:35.89] And it's time time time that you love
[01:03.99][02:09.34][03:19.74][03:42.12] And it's time time time
[01:10.24] And they all pretend they're orphans and their memory's like a train
[01:15.36] You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away
[01:20.78] And the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget
[01:26.26] That history puts a saint in every dream
[01:31.49] Well she said she'd stick around until the bandages came off
[01:36.91] But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit
[01:42.33] And Mathilda asks the sailors "Are those dreams or are those prayers?"
[01:47.80] So close your eyes, son, and this won't hurt a bit
[01:52.13][03:02.80] Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time
[02:20.22] Well things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl
[02:25.55] The boys just dive right off the cars and splash into the street
[02:31.13] And when they're on a roll she pulls a razor from her boot
[02:36.47] And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet
[02:41.53] So put a candle in the window and a kiss upon his lips
[02:46.95] As the dish outside the window fills with rain
[02:52.74] Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
[02:58.23] And pay the fiddler off 'til I come back again