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 the time is running backwards
And so is the bride

Ring them bells, Saint Peter
Where the four winds blow
Ring them bells with the nine hens
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 our God is one
Oh, the shepherd is asleep
Where the willows weep
And the mountains are filled
With 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, Saint Catherine
From the top of the room
Ring them from the fortress
For the lilies that bloom
Oh, the lines they are long
And the fighting is strong
And they're breaking down the distance
Between right and wrong