Clock Of St. James Lyrics - Singles - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan

The clock of St James lookin' down through the rain at the city blackened with time 

Alleys and the doorways are grim, the street lights dimmed from the soot and the grime 

The pitiful scream from the Second Street bridge 

Was drowned by the three o'clock chime 

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 

Seein' my weakness, seein' my shame, where can I hide from Clock of St James 

The Clock of St James lookin' down through the rain lookin' at a grim pantomime 

The body that falls from the Second Street bridge, the splash in the watery slime 

The lights of the bridge never touchin' the hand clutchin' a dollar and dime 

But the Clock of St James looking down through the rain knows I committed a crime 

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I run through the city, I run through the shadows of the buildings all blackened with time 

The alleys and the doorways are grim, my hand still clutchin' the dollar and dime 

The pitiful scream from the Second Street bridge was drowned by the three o'clock chime 

But the clock of St James looking down through the rain knows I committed a crime 

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