Bells Of Harlem - Dave Rawlings Machine

Look at the world, it’s waking up

I couldn’t sleep for dreaming

My weary soul is finally home

I had the strangest feeling

This is the dawn, the break of day

After the midnight parted

These ringing ears have waited years

To hear the bells of Harlem

Far down the streets, I see the sign

The crowd is breathing faster

Some must have walked a hundred blocks

I see the flocks in pastures

Oh, what a time to be alive

Tears of the past forgotten

It’s been a long and lonely night

I hear the bells of Harlem

They ring, they ring, they sing, they sing

The darkest hour has passed

They ring, they ring, they sing, they sing

A little joy at long last

We grind it down to sawdust

We couldn’t stop the freedom train

I hear the bells of Harlem