Bruce Springsteen - Chimes of Freedom lyrics
[Bruce Springsteen - Chimes of Freedom lyrics]
Well far between sundown's finish
And midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway thunder crashin'
As majestic bells of boats struck
Shadows in the sun sayin' it may be the
Chimes of freedom flashin'
Flashin' for the warriors whose strength
Is not to fight
Flashin' for the refugees on their
Unarmed road of flight
And for each and every underdog
Soldier in the night
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Well in the city's melted
Furnace unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden here while
The walls were tightenin'
As the echo of the wedding
Bells before the blowing rain
Dissolved into the wild bales of lightnin'
Yeah tollin' for the rebel yeah
Tollin' for the raked
Tollin' for the luckless the
Abandoned and forsaked
Yeah tollin' for the outcasts
Burnin' constantly at stakes
And we gazed upon the
Chimes of freedom flashin'
And then through a cloud-like curtain in
A far off corner flashed
There's a hypnotic splattered mist
Was slowly liftin'
Well electric light still struck like arrows
Fired but for the ones condemned to drift
Or else be kept from driftin'
Well tollin' for the searching ones
On this speechless secret trail
For the lonesome haunted lovers with
Too personal a tale
And for each young heart for each
Channeled soul misplaced inside a jail
Yeah we gazed upon the
Chimes of freedom flashin'
Well starry eyed and laughin' I
Recall when we were caught
Trapped by an old track of
Vows for the hands suspended
As we listened one last time and
We watched with one last look
Spellbound and swallowed "Has
The tollin' ended?"
Yeah tollin' for the achin' ones
Whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused accused misused
Strung out ones at worst
And for every hung out person
In the whole wide universe
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
And midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway thunder crashin'
As majestic bells of boats struck
Shadows in the sun sayin' it may be the
Chimes of freedom flashin'
Flashin' for the warriors whose strength
Is not to fight
Flashin' for the refugees on their
Unarmed road of flight
And for each and every underdog
Soldier in the night
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'
Well in the city's melted
Furnace unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden here while
The walls were tightenin'
As the echo of the wedding
Bells before the blowing rain
Dissolved into the wild bales of lightnin'
Yeah tollin' for the rebel yeah
Tollin' for the raked
Tollin' for the luckless the
Abandoned and forsaked
Yeah tollin' for the outcasts
Burnin' constantly at stakes
And we gazed upon the
Chimes of freedom flashin'
And then through a cloud-like curtain in
A far off corner flashed
There's a hypnotic splattered mist
Was slowly liftin'
Well electric light still struck like arrows
Fired but for the ones condemned to drift
Or else be kept from driftin'
Well tollin' for the searching ones
On this speechless secret trail
For the lonesome haunted lovers with
Too personal a tale
And for each young heart for each
Channeled soul misplaced inside a jail
Yeah we gazed upon the
Chimes of freedom flashin'
Well starry eyed and laughin' I
Recall when we were caught
Trapped by an old track of
Vows for the hands suspended
As we listened one last time and
We watched with one last look
Spellbound and swallowed "Has
The tollin' ended?"
Yeah tollin' for the achin' ones
Whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused accused misused
Strung out ones at worst
And for every hung out person
In the whole wide universe
We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'