by the sides of the road Cm crashing into the aerials
Gm tangled in the laundery line
Cm and gathered in a field Bb - Gm - Cm they were burned in a feathering pyre D with a cold black eye
Gm when the swallows fell from the eaves
and the gulls from the spires Cm and starlings in the millions Gm will feed on the ground where they lie
Cm the ambulance men said there's Bb - Gm - Cm nowhere to flee for your life D so we stayed inside Bb and we'll sleep until Gm the world of man is paralyzed
Gm Oh the falconer awakes Bb to the sound of the bells Cm overhead and southbound D they are leaving his life
Gm and each empty cage just rings Bb in his heart like a bell Cm underneath these cold stars D and his trembling night Bb and he cries of man D "let the kingdom come to nigh Gm let this dream be realized"