Far between sundown's finish
And midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway
Thunder crashin'
As majestic bells of bolts
Struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashin'

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 flashin'

Even though a cloud's white curtain
In a far off corner flashed
And the hypnotic splatter of mist
Was slowly lifting

Electric lights 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 flashin'
Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee da

Starry eyed and laughin'
As I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours
'Fore 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 flashin'

Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee da