Joe Cocker Ring Them Bells lyrics

Ring Them Bells by Joe Cocker

Ring Them Bells lyrics

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 on it's side 
And time 
Is running backwards 
And so is the bride 

Ring them bells Saint Peter 
Where the four winds blow 
Ring them bells 
With an ironhand 
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 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 are long 
And the fighting is strong 
And they're breaking down 
The distance between 
Right and wrong