Far between sundown's finish
An' midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside
The doorway
Thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts
Struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be
The chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors
Whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees
On the unarmed road of flight
An' for each an' ev'ry underdog
Soldier in the night
An' we gazed upon
The chimes of freedom flashing
Even though a clouds's white curtain
In a far-off corner flashed
An' the hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light 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
An' for each unharmfull
Gentle soul
Misplaced inside a jail
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Starry-eyed an' laughing
As I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours
For they hanged suspended
As we listened one last time
An' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching whose
Wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused
Strung-out ones an' worse
An' for every hung-up person
In the whole wide universe
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing