The smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street
And the shadow boys are breaking 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 the Carnival saloon
His invisible fiance is 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

Well, 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 boys just don't know when to quit
And Matilda asks the sailors all those dreams or all 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 streets
And when they're on a roll she pulls a razor from her boots 
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

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