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Time

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Time was released on June 16, 1998 by Island Records as a part of the album Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years

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OVERVIEW

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Tom Waits

Vocals

Larry Taylor

Double Bass

William Shimmel

William Shimmel

Accordion

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Tom Waits

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Tom Waits

Producer

Robert Musso

Engineer

Howie Weinberg

Mastering Engineer

Dennis Ferrante

Dennis Ferrante

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Jeff Lippay

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Tony Gonzales

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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 Saint Louis and the wind is making speeches

And the rain sounds like a round of applause

[Verse 2]

And Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon

His invisible fiancee'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

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

And 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 tell the things you can't forget

That history puts a saint in every dream

[Verse 5]

Well, she said she'd stick around until the bandages came off

But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit

And Mathilda asks the sailors, are those dreams or are those prayers?

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

[Verse 6]

Oh, 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

[Verse 7]

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

[Verse 8]

So put a candle in the window and kiss upon his lips

As the dish outside the window fills with rain

Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart

And pay the fiddler off till I come back again

[Verse 9]

Oh, 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

[Verse 10]

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

Written by: Thomas Alan Waits

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