The clock of St James lookin' down through the rain at the city blackened with time
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Alleys and the doorways are grim, the street lights dimmed from the soot and the grime
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The pitiful scream from the Second Street bridge
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Was drowned by the three o'clock chime
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But the Clock of St James lookin' down through the rain knows I committed a crime
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Clock of St James, Clock of St James like an eye in the sky lookin' deep in my brain
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Seein' my weakness, seein' my shame, where can I hide from Clock of St James
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The Clock of St James lookin' down through the rain lookin' at a grim pantomime
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The body that falls from the Second Street bridge, the splash in the watery slime
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The lights of the bridge never touchin' the hand clutchin' a dollar and dime
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But the Clock of St James looking down through the rain knows I committed a crime
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CHORUS
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I run through the city, I run through the shadows of the buildings all blackened with time
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The alleys and the doorways are grim, my hand still clutchin' the dollar and dime
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The pitiful scream from the Second Street bridge was drowned by the three o'clock chime
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But the clock of St James looking down through the rain knows I committed a crime
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CHORUS
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Clock Of St. James
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Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan |