The Bells

Rockabye baby Bethlehem stable
There’s a dog eared bible on the kitchen table
Of a Mississippi morning cotton plantation
And a Tarrytown underground railroad station

Abraham rises on a day decided
All six foot four in a house divided
And he cries cause he knows what the wind is bringing
Now the trees are down but the birds are singing

Muddy waters keep on rollin
And the bells are cracked
But they keep on tollin
Muddy waters keep on rollin
And the bells are cracked
But they keep on tollin

Bus pulls up, Montgomery station
She reads the law like an invitation
Now the oil is low but the lamp is burning
And the wheels are busted but they keep on turning

Break my bread, share my water
Take my hand and call me brother
The kingdom stands but the walls are leaning
At the edge of the water a king is dreaming