Lyrics It's Time - Elvis Costello, The Attractions

It's Time

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