Week Ninety-Six: The Pretenders - "Time the Avenger" - Learning to Crawl

You may remember that for my Holiday Tunes week in 2012, I posted about the song, "2000 Miles", from this album. That's definitely my favorite track from Learning to Crawl. My second favorite, however, is "Time the Avenger", and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Madison from 1st Wave on Sirius satellite radio for frequently playing this one for me on the way to work in the mornings!!!

Two other little gems on this album are "Middle of the Road" and "Back on the Chain Gang"; so I'll include those for you today, as well.

Additionally, Wikipedia included a fun fact about the album title that I will share with you:

"Hynde named the album Learning to Crawl because her daughter, Natalie Rae Hynde, was learning to crawl at the time that Chrissie was trying to determine a name for the album."

Nobody's perfect

Not even a perfect stranger

But oh what a gal

She was such a perfect stranger

And you're the best in your field

In your office with your girls

And desk and leather chair

Thought that time was on your side

But now it's time the avenger

Nobody's permanent

Everything's on loan here

Even your wife and kids

Could be gone next year

And with what you have left

You'll be forever under pressure

To support her

And a lover who looks strangely

Like time the avenger

Time, time, hear the bells chime

Over the harbor and the city

Time, one more vodka and lime

To help paralyze that tiny little tick, tick, tick, tick

Nobody's perfect

Not even a perfect gent

When your property took the a train

I wonder where your manners went

You were standing at the station

In your briefcase

Was your aftershave and underwear

Can you hear the whistle blow?

Sounds like time the avenger

Time, time, hear the bells chime

Over the harbor and the city

Time to kill another bottle of wine

To help paralyze that tiny little tick, tick, tick, tick