Waits)

Tom Waits - from “Rain Dogs” (1985)



Well, the smart money’s on Harlow



And the moon is in the street



The shadow boys are breaking all the laws



And you’re east of East St. Louis



And the wind is making speeches



And the rain sounds like a round of applause



Napoleon is weeping in the Carnival saloon



His invisible fiance is in the mirror



The band is going home



It’s raining hammers, it’s raining nails



Yes, it’s true, there’s nothing left for him down here



Chorus:



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 mamas boys just don’t know when to quit



And Matilda asks the sailors are those dreams



Or are those prayers



So just close your eyes, son



And this won’t hurt a bit



Chorus



Well, things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl



The boys just dive right off the cars



And splash into the streets



And when she’s 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



Till 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