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 the St. Louis yellow wind is making speeches
And the rain sounds like a round of applause
Napoleon is weeping in his carnival saloon
His invisible fiance'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
It is time, time, time
It's time, time, time
It is time, time that you love
It is time, time, time
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 tells the things you can't forget
That history puts a saint in every dream
Well she said she'd stick around till the bandages come off
But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit
And Matilda asks the sailors are those dreams or are those prayers
Close your eyes son and it won't hurt a bit
It is time, time, time
It's time, time, time
It is time, time that you love
It is 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 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 ditch outside the window fills with rain
Just like a stranger with a weight in your heart
And pay the fiddler off till I come back again
It is time, time, time
Time, time, time
It is time, time that you love
It is time, time, time
It is time, time, time