CHIMES OF FREEDOM
by Bob Dylan
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
.In the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden while the walls were tightening
As the echo of the wedding bells before the blowin' rain
Dissolved into the bells of the lightning
Tolling for the rebel, tolling for the rake
Tolling for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsake
Tolling for the outcast, burnin' constantly at stake
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.
*I wanted to edit this line, but left it out of respect for the author.
Read it as "Whose strength is IN the fight"
Photo: The Long Walk To Freedom
Courtesy of Akaal Singh
