(originally by Bob Dylan)
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Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams
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Ring them bells from the sanctuaries cross the valleys and streams
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For they're deep and they're wide
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And the world on its side
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And time is running backwards
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And so is the bride.
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Ring them bells Saint Peter where the four winds blow
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Ring them bells with an ironhand
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So the people will know
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Oh it's rush hour now
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On the wheel and the plow
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And the sun is going down upon the sacred cow.
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Ring them bells Sweet Martha for the poor man's son
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Ring them bells so the world will know that God is one
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Oh the shepherd is asleep
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Where the willows weep
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And the mountains are filled with lost sheep
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Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
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Ring them bells for all of us who are left
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Ring them bells for the chosen few
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Who will judge the many when the game is through
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Ring them bells for the time that flies
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For the child that cries
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When innocence dies.
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Ring them bells Saint Catherine from the top of the room
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Ring them from the fortress for the lilies that bloom
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Oh the lines are long and the fighting is strong
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And they're breaking down the distance between right and wrong.
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Ring Them Bells
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Joe Cocker |