The smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street

And the shadow boys are breakin' all the laws

You're east of East St. 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 fiance's in the mirror

The band is goin' home, it's raining hammers, it's raining nails

It's true, there's nothing left for him down here

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

Well, they all pretend they're orphans and their memory's like a train

You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away

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 boys just don't know when to quit

Matilda asks the sailors, "Are those dreams, or are those prayers?"

So close your eyes, son, this won't hurt a bit

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

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 dish outside the window fills with rain

And 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 that you love

And it's time, time, time