Chimes Of Freedom Lyrics

Far between sundown's finish,
And midnight's broken toll,
We ducked inside the doorway,
Thunder crashing.

As majestic bells of bolts,
Struck shadows in the sounds,
Seeming to be,
The chimes of freedom flashing.

Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight,
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight,
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night,
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Even though a cloud's white curtain,
In a far off corner flashed,
And the hypnotic splatter,
Of mist was slowly lifting.

Electric light still struck like arrows,
Fired but for the ones,
Condemned to drift,
Or else be kept from drifting.

Tolling for the searching ones on their speechless seeking trail,
For the lonesome hearted lovers with too personal a tale,
And for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail,
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Starry eyed and laughing, as I recall when we were caught,
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended,
As we listened one last time and we watched with one last look,
Spellbound and swallowed 'til the tolling ended.

Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed,
For the countless confused, accused, misused strung out ones and worse,
And for every hung up person in the whole wide universe,
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.