It's Time - Elvis Costello, The Attractions

The party’s over

Your time is up You’ve had your last pointless teardrop

Washed down in that broken coffee cup

This magic moment concludes when that cigarette ends

Did you get what you wanted?

Well I suppose that depends

Well I suppose that depends

If you go, if you go Where passion is squandered and money is spent

It’s time, it’s time

It’s time, it’s time

It’s time, it’s time, it’s time

You must see it’s time that you went

You must see it’s time that you went

Our brief acquaintance was such a mistake

Now it seems more like a sentence

Or something you always had to fake

This magic moment concludes when they turn out the light

It’s not the days when you leave me But all I fear are the nights

But all I fear are the nights

Chorus

You told the same joke to me too many times

I wish that someone would hit it Just before you reach

Just before you reach

Just before you reach the punchline

The party’s over

Time we broke up It always seemed like a bad dream

One where I finally woke up This magic moment concluding our mutual fate

But if you do have to leave me Who will I have left to hate?

Who will I have left to hate?

Chorus