Rankins Bells
(Jimmy Rankin) If only you would love me Bells would ring And voices silent for a thousand years Suddenly could sing And the heart of a bandit Would surely vanish without a clue Then the world would go on turning My darling, if only you If only you would notice The grass would grow again And all the leaves that have fallen Would blow away in the wind And the sun would shine forever All the flowers would blossom and bloom And then I could face the morning My darling, if only you If the war we've been living Would cease to be, let us live again If the chains that have held us Would break away and set us free Then my heart like an eagle Would fly away into the blue Close the book, quietly disappear My darling, if only you Bells
