Chimes of Freedom (Live in Manchester, May 14, 2025)

Far between sundown's finish and midnight's broken toll

We ducked inside a doorway as thunder went crashing

As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds

Seemed 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

And for each and every underdog soldier in the night

We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed

Hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting

Electric light still struck like arrows shot by but for the ones

Condemned to drift or else be kept from driftin'

Tolling for the searching ones on their speechless seeking trail

For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale

And for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail

We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Starry-eyed and laughing, I recall when we were caught

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 till 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

We gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing

Ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah, ah