Ring Them Bells

Ring them bells, ye 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, ring them bells!

Ring them bells, ring them bells!



Ring them bells St. Peter

Where the four winds blow,

You gotta ring them bells with an iron hand

So the people will know

That the rush hour is now

On the wheel and the plow

And the sun is going down

Upon the sacred cow.



Ring them bells, ring them bells!

Ring them bells, ring them bells!



Ring them bells Sweet Martha,

For the poor man's son,

You gotta ring them bells so the world will know

That God is one.

For the shepherd is asleep

Where the willows weep

And the mountains are filled

With little 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 St. Catherine

From the top of the room,

Now ring them bells from the fortress

For the lilies in bloom.

For the lines, they are all long

And the fighting is strong

And they're breaking down the distance

Between right and wrong.



Ring them bells, ring them bells!

Ring them bells, ring them bells!