Ring Them Bells

Ring them bells you heathen
From the city that dreams
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
'Cross the valleys and streams
For they're deep and they're wide
And the world's on its side
And time is running backwards
And so is the bride

Ring them bells Saint Peter
Where the four winds blow
Ring them bells with an iron hand
So the people will know
Oh, it's rush hour now
On the wheel and the plow
And the sun is going down upon the sacred cow

Ring them bells sweet Martha
For the poor man's son
Ring them bells
So the world will know that God is one
Oh, the shepherd is asleep
Where the willows weep
And the mountains are filled with lost sheep

Ring them bells
For the blind and the deaf
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Ring them bells for the chosen few
Who will judge the many when the game is through

Ring them bells
For the time that flies
For the child that cries
When innocence dies

Ring them bells saint Catherine
From the top of the room
Ring them from the fortress
For the lilies that bloom
For the lines they are long
And the fighting is strong
And they're breaking down the distance between
Right and wrong