Bells

[Verse 1]

I'm writing this to say goodbye

To what you never should reply

That all of the lords and demons that you leave

I stand entirely alone

That is to say, your loving me

Would be your only crime

[Chorus]

And isn't it a pity

You can see your duty clearly

In the midst of some great city

In the midst of all this love

[Verse 2]

Many men have loved the bells

You fastened to the rein

And everyone who wanted you

Found what she would always want again

And I'd have been the dust for you

And I'd have been the grass for you

[Chorus]

But you tell me with your beauty

You can see your duty clearly

In the midst of New York City

In the midst of all my love

[Verse 3]

Your body like a searchlight

In the prison of my need

Oh, I would share your loneliness

And I demand your greed

And everything depends upon

How near you sleep to me

[Chorus]

And isn't it a pity

You can see your duty clearly

In the midst of New York City

In the midst of all our love

[Verse 4]

I will be writing this

When you are so very young again

That the forests that you burned away

And then sailed away are truly, truly gone

I will be waiting where a starfish is your hand

And the jewels for your shoulders

Fall through the walls of sand

Fall through the walls of sand