The Bells Were Ringing

Someone said the bells were ringing for me Every hour I could hear what it meant to be The savior being worshipped for a fee And that was me The bells tolled the town That was me The Holy Ghost looking down Someone said the bells were ringing for you To have you sing every hymn you knew That cursed the devil and blamed the Jews That was you The bells tolled the town That was you The ghost of Abraham hanging around Someone said the bells were ringing for us To pick out one commandment we trust But not the one about having too much lust That was us The bells tolled the town That was us Turning on the souls glory bound Someone said the bells were ringing for them Reading their King James Bible again and again About riding that donkey into Jerusalem That was them Those bells tolled the town That was them Paying Judas when that preacher was found Someone said those bells were ringing for him That baby boy that got born up in Bethlehem On the day he was born he was condemned That was him The bells tolled the town That was him Wearing some bloody thorns as a crown Someone said the bells done stopped ringing Them Mormon choirs have all stopped singing The piercings Jesus got have stopped stinging The ringing is over The bells tell the town The ringing is over Somebody crawl up there and cut that boy down