BELLS ARE RINGING
(Mary Carpenter / John Jennings)

Mary Chapin Carpenter
recorded 1999


No presents, no candy, no tree,
No stockings hung by the fire,
No parties, no family to greet,
No angels' heavenly choir.

Bells are ringing all over the world,
Bells are ringing, calling the light.
Bells are ringing all over the world,
All over the world tonight.

No doorways, no windows, no walls,
No shelter here on the ground.
No standing, no safe place to fall,
Just the promise of this distant sound.

Bells are ringing all over the world,
Bells are ringing, calling the light.
Bells are ringing all over the world,
All over the world tonight.

Wherever you're walking tonight,
Whoever you're waiting for,
Somehow, by stable's faint light,
Peace in your heart is restored.

Bells are ringing all over the world,
Bells are ringing, calling the light.
Bells are ringing all over the world,
All over the world tonight.

Bells are ringing all over the world,
Bells are ringing, calling the light.
Bells are ringing all over the world,
All over the world tonight.



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2013)