Chimes of Freedom

For between sundown's finish
And midnight's spoken toll
We struck and sat the doorway thunder-crashing
As majestic bells of bolts
Struck shadows in these sounds

Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing

Flashing for the warriors
Whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees
On their unknown road of flight
And for each and every
Underdog soldier in the night

And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Starry-eyed and laughing
As I recall when we were called
Trapped by no track of hours for they hang 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, misused, deckused
Strung-out ones and worse
And for every hung-up person
In the whole wide universe

And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Di-di di-di di-di di-di di-di
Di-di di-di di-di di-di da