| Lyrics: | Well, far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway,
thunder crashin'
As majestic bells of boats struck shadows in the sun;
Sayin', it may be
the chimes of freedom flashin'
Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to
fight;
Flashin' for the refugees on their unarmed road of flight.
And for each and every
underdog soldier in the night
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Well, in
the city's melted furnace unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden here while the walls were
tightenin'
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowing rain;
Dissolved into the
wild bales of lightnin'
Yeah, tollin' for the rebel, yeah, tollin' for the raked
Tollin' for the luckless, the abandoned and forsaked.
Yeah, tollin' for the outcasts burnin'
constantly at stakes
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Oh yeah!
(instrumental solo)
And then through a cloud-like curtain in a far off corner
flashed
There's a hypnotic, splattered mist was slowly liftin'
Well, electric light still
struck like arrows
Fired but for the ones condemned to drift or else be kept from driftin'
Well, tollin' for the searching ones on this speechless, secret trail
For the lonesome
haunted lovers with too personal a tale.
And for each young heart for each channeled soul
misplaced inside a jail
Yeah, we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Well,
starry eyed and laughin' i recall when we were caught,
Trapped by an old track of vows for the
hands suspended
As we listened one last time, and we watched with one last look
Spellbound
and swallowed "has the tollin' ended?"
Yeah, tollin' for the achin' ones whose
wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless, confused, accused, misused strung out ones at
worst.
And for every hung out person in the whole wide universe
We gazed upon the chimes
of freedom flashin'
Uh uh uh... (to end) |
