Текст (слова) песни: Marillion - That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)

(Derek Dick, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley)

At that time of the night
When streetlights throw crosses through window frames
Paranoia roams where the shadows reign
Oh, at that time of the night
At that time of the night
Your senses tangled in some new perfume
Criticism triggers of a loaded room
Oh, at that time of the night

So if you ask me
How do I fell inside
I could honestly tell you
Weve been taken on a very long ride
And if my owners let me
Have some free time some day
With all good intention
I would probably run away
Clutching the short straw

At that time of the night
When questions rally in an open mind
Summon all your answers with an ice cube chime
At that time of the night
At that time of the night
Pretend youre off the hook with the telephone
Your confidence wounded in a free fire zone
Oh, at that time of the night

So if you ask me
Where do I go from here
My next destination
Even isnt really that clear
So if you join me
And get on your knees and prey
Ill show you salvation
Well take the alternative way
Clutching the short straw

If I had enough money
Id buy a round for that boy over-there
A companion in my madness in the mirror
The one with the silvery hair
And if some kind soul
Could please pick up my tab
And while theyre at it
If they could pick up my broken heart

Warm wet circles...
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A Few Words For The Dead
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After Me
Alone Again In The Lap Of Luxury
An Accidental Man
Assassing
Beautiful
Berlin
Berlin (Mushroom Farm Demo)
Between You And Me
Beyond You
Born To Run
Brave
Bridge
Built-in Bastard Radar
Cannibal Surf Babe
Charting The Single
Chelsea Monday
Cinderella Search
Costa Del Slough
Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven)
Deserve
Dry Land
Easter
Emerald Lies
Enlightened
Estonia
Forgotten Sons
Freaks
Fugazi
Garden Party
Gazpacho
Go!
Going Under
Goodbye To All That
Grendel
Hard As Love
He Knows You Know
Holidays In Eden
Holloway Girl
Holloway Girl (Mushroom Farm Demo)
Hooks In You
Hope For The Future
Hotel Hobbies
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Incommunicado
Incubus
Interior Lulu
Jigsaw
Just for the Record
King
Lady Nina
Living With The Big Lie
Made Again
Man Of A Thousand Faces
Map Of The World
Margaret (Live)
Market Square Heroes
Memory Of Water
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Now She Ll Never Know
One Fine Day
Out Of This World
Paper Lies
Punch & Judy
Quartz
Rich
Runaway
Script For A Jester`s Tear
Seasons End
Seasons End (Mushroom Farm Demo)
Separated Out
She Chameleon
Slainte Mhath
Splintering Heart
Sugar Mice
That Time of the Night (The Short Straw)
The Answering Machine
The Bell In The Sea
The Fruit Of The Wild Rose
The Great Escape
The Hollow Man
The King Of Sunset Town
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The Release
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