[00:03.51]This part of town is all flatfish tramps[00:10.53]Beautiful women becoming mothers[00:18.75]All night long the piano grins[00:26.79]And I sit drinking sweetheart stout[00:34.92]Hey lonely you, you with the negro face[00:40.53]Say lonely what time does the music start?[00:51.00]Suddenly the actress belly laughs[00:57.93]And I put my hand on hers[01:05.28]Islington John, time you were gone[01:08.40]Look at the clock, it's a quarter to one[01:13.02]And when it strikes the hour[01:18.66]I will steal your poppy flower[01:24.96]I get a nosebleed under the blue lamp[01:32.43]The actress goes up to the ugly man and they kiss[01:41.52]The wind ruffles the polythene[01:43.71]On a woman drunk on powdered milk and gas[01:50.04]Me and the actress meet a crowd walking backwards[01:58.56]Football fans attacking gypsy caravans[02:02.46]Someone hits my head from the back[02:08.58]As I'm peeping at cookery down an extractor stack[02:12.24]Islington John, time you were gone[02:21.09]Look at the clock, it's a quarter to one[02:25.65]And when it strikes the hour[02:29.79]I will steal your poppy flower[02:30.96]Cars beep as we flamenco dance on the pavement[02:46.86]The innards of an old alsatian preserved by frost[02:53.97]Back at her flat the actress gargles[02:59.07]and puts on a record by Juliette Greco[03:03.99]Islington John, time you were gone[03:11.19]Look at the clock, it's a quarter to one[03:15.81]And when it strikes the hour[03:21.57]I will steal your poppy flower[03:22.59]Islington John lifted the nylon[03:31.92]Lay amongst the broken antiques and smiled[03:35.49]Reeking of coffee and piss[03:39.09]Sober enough just to say this:[03:42.66]"I will pay for the fire extinguisher[03:45.69]The sand bucket and case[03:49.17]If you will let me pay for this man's face"[03:58.02]Islington John, time you were gone[04:01.71]Look at the clock, it's a quarter to one[04:05.97]And when it strikes the hour[04:10.14]I will steal your poppy flower[04:17.04]I will steal your poppy flower[04:24.00]I will steal your poppy flower