Title: Chimes Of Freedom
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: Hard To Find Volume 7 (Track #2)
Duration: 04:08
Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Far between sundown's finish an' midnite's broken toll
We ducked into the doorway as thunder went crashin'
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
Seemin' to be the chimes of freedom flashin'.
Flashin' for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashin' for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
An' for each an' every underdog soldier in the night
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'.
Thru the city's melted furnace, unexpectedly we watched
With faces hidden as the walls were tightenin'
As the echo of the weddin' bells before the blowin' rain
Disolved into the bells of the lightnin'
Tollin' for the rebel, tollin for the rake
Tollin' for the luckless, the abandoned an' forsaked
Tollin' for the outcast burnin' constantly at stake
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'.
Thru the mad mystic hammerin' of the wild rippin' hail
The sky cracked its poems in naked wonder
As the clingin' of the church bells blew far into the breeze
Leavin' only bells of lightnin' an' its thunder
Strikin' for the gentle, strikin' for the kind
Strikin' for the guardians an' protectors of the mind
An' the poet an' the painter far behind his rightful time
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'.
In the wild cathedral evenin', the rain unraveled tales
For the disrobed faceless forms of no position
Tollin' for the tongues with no place to bring their thoughts
All down in taken for granted situations
Tollin' for the deaf an' blind, tollin' for the mute
For the mistreated mateless mother, the mistitled prostitute
For the misdemeanor outlaw chained an' cheated by pursuit
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'.
Even tho a cloud's white curtain in a far off corner flared
An' the hypnotic spattered mist slowly liftin'
Electric light still struck like arrows fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from driftin'
Tollin' for the searchin' ones on their speechless seekin' trail
For the lonesome hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An for each unharmful gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'.
Starry eyed an' laughin' as i recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hang suspended
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed till the tollin' ended
Tollin' for the achin' ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung out ones an' worse
An for every hung up person in the whole wide universe
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashin'.
Tracks:
(1) The Lonesome River (w /Ralph Stanley)
(2) Chimes Of Freedom (w /Joan Osborne)
(3) Train Of Love
(4) I'm Not Supposed To Care
(5) Newry Highwayman
(6) The Times We've Known
(7) The White Dove
(8) Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
(9) Handy Dandy
(10)TV-Talking Song
(11)My Blue Eyed Jane
(12)Hallelujah I'm Ready To Go
(13)Be Not A Stranger
(14)Long Black Veil
(15)Viola Lee Blues
(16)Rock Of Ages
(17)Down Along The Cove
(18)I Am The Man Thomas
(19)Dark As A Dungeon
(20)Pass Me Not Oh Gentle Savior
source:
(1) Clinch Mountain Country, Ralph Stanley & Friends
(2) The Sixties TV soundtrack album
(3) Johnny Cash Tribute (Broadcast April 6, 1999)
(4) Pond Of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA May 23, 1998
(5) Belfast, Ireland June 19, 1998
(6) Madison Square Garden, NY, NY Nov.1, 1998
(7) Irving Plaza, NY, NY December 8, 1997
(8) El Rey Theater, LA, CA. December 19, 1997
(9) Under The Red Sky sessions; January 6, 1990
(10) Under The Red Sky sessions; March 1990
(11) Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN May 1994
(12) The Gorge, George, WA. June 13, 1999
(13) VA Memorial Aud. Columbus, OH. Nov. 7, 1997
(14) Capitol Music Hall, Wheeling, WV. April 28, 1997
(15) Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Sapporo, Japan Feb. 24, 1997
(16) Pensacola, FL. February 2, 1999
(17) EMU Ballroom, Eugene, OR. June 14, 1999
(18) Nashville, TN September 1999
(19) Mercury Lounge, Melbourne, Australia Aug. 19, 1998
(20) Mullins Center, Amherst, MA. February 24, 1999