I'm Not There movie - Ring Them Bells lyrics

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Song by Sufjan Stevens<br /><br>

Ring them bells, ye heathen <br>

From the city that dreams, <br>

Ring them bells from the sanctuaries <br>

Cross the valleys and streams, <br>

For they're deep and they're wide <br>

And the world's on its side <br>

And time is running backwards <br>

And so is the bride. <br>

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Ring them bells St. Peter <br>

Where the four winds blow, <br>

Ring them bells with an iron hand <br>

So the people will know. <br>

Oh it's rush hour now <br>

On the wheel and the plow <br>

And the sun is going down <br>

Upon the sacred cow. <br>

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Ring them bells Sweet Martha, <br>

For the poor man's son, <br>

Ring them bells so the world will know <br>

That God is one. <br>

Oh the shepherd is asleep <br>

Where the willows weep <br>

And the mountains are filled <br>

With lost sheep. <br>

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Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf, <br>

Ring them bells for all of us who are left, <br>

Ring them bells for the chosen few <br>

Who will judge the many when the game is through. <br>

Ring them bells, for the time that flies, <br>

For the child that cries <br>

When innocence dies. <br>

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Ring them bells St. Catherine <br>

From the top of the room, <br>

Ring them from the fortress <br>

For the lilies that bloom. <br>

Oh the lines are long <br>

And the fighting is strong <br>

And they're breaking down the distance <br>

Between right and wrong.<br>

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