Gone Are the Bells

Morning light broke quietly Interstate and sky Thousand miles til LA Seventeen, hungry and high Hitching rides like suicides 24th July Sunday mornings In the air I could hear the bells Like a picture of a prayer Everywhere Like magic spells 25 and not a care Everywhere the bells And gone are the interstates Gone are the bells Gone to some other place Gone are the days and the signs The freeways and shrines and time Gone, gone, gone are the bells Gone are the stories that Our mothers tell You are the morning light and I... Gentle whales with purple tails Watercolor skies Sailing ships with paper sails Story lands Are in your eyes Swirling stars and starboard rails Everyone is wise And gone are the story lands Gone are the whales Gone are the stories and Wind and the sails and the ships The stars and the rails and skies Gone, gone, gone are the whales Gone are the lullabies And motheru0027s tales You are the morning light and I...