Ring them bells he hears them from
The city that dreams
Ring them bells from the sanctuary
Cross the valleys and the streams
For deep in the world
And the world's on its side
And time is runnin' backwards and so is the bride
Ring them bells
Saint Peter where the fore winds blow
Ring them bells when I have
So the people will know
For it's rush hour now
On the wheel and the plow
And the sun is going down on the sacred cow
Ring them bells in the market for the poor man's son
Ring them bells so the world will know that our God is won
For the Shepard is asleep
Where the willows weep
And the mountains are filled with lush trees
Ring them bells for the plan and the death
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Ring them bells for the chosen few
Who will judge the minute
When the game is through
Ring them bells
For the time it flies
For the time it cries
When the innocence dies
Ring them bells
Saint Catherine from the top of the roof
Ring them from the fortress where the lilies bloom
The lines are long
And the fighting is strong
In the breaking of the distance between right and wrong