[Verse 1]
Far between the sundown’s finish and the midnight’s broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
Those majestic bells and bolts struck shadows in the sound
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing
Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the war-torn countryside
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

[Verse 2]
Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-out corner flashed
The hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, firеd but for the ones
Condemnеd to drift or else be kept on drifting
Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the war-torn countryside
And for each and every underdog soldier in the night
And we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

[Verse 3]
Starry-eyed and laughing as I recall when we were caught
Can't find the tracks of hours we hanged suspended
As I listened one last time and I watched with one last look
Spellbound and swallowed ’til the tolling ended
Tolling for the aching 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 flashing