Freedom A History Of US - Chimes Of Freedom lyrics
rate meWe far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll<br />
We ducked inside the doorway thunder crashing<br />
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sound<br />
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom crashing<br />
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Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight<br />
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight<br />
An' for each an' every underdog soldier in the night<br />
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing<br />
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Well, in the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched<br />
With faces hidden while the walls were tightenin'<br />
As the echo of the weddin' bells before the blowin' rain<br />
Dissolved into the wild bells of lightnin'<br />
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We're tollin' for the rebel, we're tollin' for the rake<br />
Tollin' for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked<br />
Hey, tollin' for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake<br />
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing, oh, yeah<br />
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An' even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed<br />
Is the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly liftin'<br />
Where the electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones<br />
Condemned to drift or else be kept from driftin'<br />
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We're tollin' for the searchin' ones, on their speechless, seekin' trail<br />
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale<br />
An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail<br />
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing<br />
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The starry-eyed an' laughin', I recall when we were caught<br />
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended<br />
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look<br />
Spellbound an' swallowed is the tollin' ended<br />
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Yeah, tollin' for the achin' ones whose wounds cannot be nursed<br />
For the countless confused, accused, misused<br />
Strung-out ones an' worse<br />
An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe<br />
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing