Freedom A History Of US - Chimes Of Freedom lyrics

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We 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