Anthem

The birds they sing
At the break of day.
Start again,
I heard them say,
Don't dwell on what
Is passed away
Or what is yet to be.

Ah, the wars they will
Be fought again;
The holy dove —
She will be caught again
Bought and sold
And bought again;
The dove is never free.

Ring the bells that still can ring!
Forget your perfect offering —
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

We asked for signs
The signs were sent —
The birth betrayed
The marriage spent
The widowhood
Of every government —
Signs for all to see.

I can't run no more
With that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places
Say their prayers out loud.
And they've summoned,
They've summoned up
A thundercloud
And they're going to hear from me.

Ring the bells that still can ring!
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack, a crack in everything —
That's how the light gets in.

You can add up the parts
But you won't have the sum.
You can strike up the march,
There is no drum.
Every heart, every heart
To love will come —

But like a refugee.
Ring the bells that still can ring!
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack, a crack in everything —

That's how the light gets in.
Oh, ring the bells that still can ring!
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack, a crack in everything —
That's how the light gets in...
That's how the light gets in...
That's how the light gets in...
That's how the light
gets
in.