Remember when our songs Where just like prayers Like gospel hymns That you called in the air Come down come down sweet reverence Unto my simple house and ring And ring
Ring like silver, ring like gold Ring out those ghosts on the ohio Ring like clear day wedding bells Were we the belly Of the beast or the sword that fell We'll never tell
Come to me clear and cold on some sea Watch the world spinning waves like machine
Now I've been crazy couldn't you tell I threw stones at the stars But the whole sky fell Now I'm covered up in straw Belly up on the table Well I drank and sang And passed in the stable
That tall grass grows high and brown Well I dragged you straight In the muddy ground And you sent me back to where I roam Well I cursed and I cried, but now I know Now I know
And I ran back to that hollow again The moon was just a sliver back then And I ached for my heart like some tin man When it came oh it beat And it boiled and it rang Oh it's ringing
Ring like crazy, ring like hell Turn me back into that wild haired gale Ring like silver, ring like gold Turn these diamonds straight back into coal Turn these diamonds straight back into coal