The Go-betweens - The Clock lyrics

Candles and tambourines shine in the dusk Monkees and spoonful float through the musk Why when you come here Does the rainbow turn black? Spitting and burning, the vision attacks But then the clock turns and its now And its you Ghosts from the river beg to get in Staining my windows with pictures of sin Sometimes the night time steals all your light Then in the morning the birds lift and fly But then the clock turns and its now And its you