Anthem

Song Anthem
Artist Larry Carlton
Artist Terry McMillan
Album The Very Best Of Larry Carlton

Lyrics

[00:09.50] The birds they sang
[00:12.50] at the break of day
[00:16.50] Start again
[00:19.50] I heard them say
[00:24.50] Don't dwell on what
[00:28.50] has passed away
[00:32.50] or what is yet to be.
[00:34.50]
[00:39.50] Ah the wars they will
[00:43.50] be fought again
[00:47.50] The holy dove
[00:50.50] She will be caught again
[00:55.50] bought and sold
[00:59.50] and bought again
[01:01.50] the dove is never free.
[01:05.50]
[01:09.50] Ring the bells that still can ring
[01:17.50] Forget your perfect offering
[01:23.50] There is a crack in everything
[01:32.50] That's how the light gets in.
[01:34.50]
[01:46.50] We asked for signs
[01:49.50] the signs were sent:
[01:53.50] the birth betrayed
[01:57.50] the marriage spent
[02:02.50] Yeah the widowhood
[02:05.50] of every government --
[02:09.50] signs for all to see.
[02:11.50]
[02:15.50] I can't run no more
[02:19.50] with that lawless crowd
[02:24.50] while the killers in high places
[02:27.50] say their prayers out loud.
[02:31.50] But they've summoned, they've summoned up
[02:35.50] a thundercloud
[02:38.50] and they're going to hear from me.
[02:41.50]
[02:46.50] Ring the bells that still can ring
[02:54.50] Forget your perfect offering
[03:01.50] There is a crack in everything
[03:08.50] That's how the light gets in.
[03:11.50]
[03:23.50] You can add up the parts
[03:27.50] but you won't have the sum
[03:31.50] You can strike up the march,
[03:35.50] there is no drum
[03:39.50] Every heart, every heart
[03:43.50] to love will come
[03:46.50] but like a refugee.
[03:49.50]
[03:54.50] Ring the bells that still can ring
[04:01.50] Forget your perfect offering
[04:08.50] There is a crack, a crack in everything
[04:16.50] That's how the light gets in.
[04:19.50]
[04:31.50] Ring the bells that still can ring
[04:39.50] Forget your perfect offering
[04:47.50] There is a crack, a crack in everything
[04:53.50] That's how the light gets in.
[04:56.50] That's how the light gets in.
[05:01.50] That's how the light gets in.
[05:05.50]