Time

Album: Rain Dogs (1985)
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  • 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
    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

    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 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

    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

    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

    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
    Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
    And pay the fiddler off 'til I come back again

    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
    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 Writer/s: Thomas Alan Waits
    Publisher: JALMA MUSIC
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Comments: 1

  • Benji from BethlehemThis is the most beautiful song ever.
    It means more than the general observations above.
    It is a list of various situations in which the people need to stop and reflect on the real essence of living and hold on to something dear and meaningful.
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