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      CHORUS   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      CHORUS      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      CHORUS