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 on it's side

And time

Is running backwards

And so is the bride

Ring them bells Saint Peter

Where the four winds blow

Ring them bells

With an ironhand

So the people will know

Oh it's rush hour now

On the wheel and the plow

And the sun is going down

Upon the sacred cow

Ring them bells

Sweet Martha

For the poor man's son

Ring them bells

So the world will know

That God is one

Oh, the shepherd is asleep

Where the willows weep

And the mountains

Are filled with lost sheep

Ring them bells

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

Saint Catherine

From the top of the room

Ring them from the fortress

For the lilies that bloom

Oh, the lines are long

And the fighting is strong

And they're breaking down

The distance between

Right and wrong