Bell On a Rope by Joseph Huber Lyrics

[Intro]
Two, three, four

[Verse 1]
I've been around
But there's nothing that can keep my body down
Here underground
I got room for my fingers and a voice for crying out loud
Yeah, I've been around
But there's nothing that can keep my body down
Oh, keep my body down

[Verse 2]
I've been around
And there's nothing that can keep my body down
On my back, oh, there's nothing but pitch black
Seems I was sleeping a bit too sound
No light, no heat, but what I'm feeling
Is the [?] or the ceiling
But I've found
[?] nothing keeps my body down
Oh, keep my body down
[Chorus]
I've been sunk down in a cold heap lying
Give 'em a bell on a rope as a hope for the dying
Give 'em a song to sing to keep 'em all trying
Give 'em a bell on a rope as a hope for the dying man

[Verse 3]
Can you hear it, that lonesome ringing
Over fields of polished stone
Can you see it, that last flicker of the sun
Hit that swinging brass above my [bones?]
Won't you listen, the air's trying to tell you something
Well you put us to bed too early now
I'm coming back around
'Cause there's nothing that'll keep my body down
Oh, keep my body down

[Chorus]
I've been sunk down in a cold heap lying
Give 'em a bell on a rope as a hope for the dying
Give 'em a song to sing to keep 'em all trying
Give 'em a bell on a rope as a hope for the dying man

[Verse 4]
I've been around
And there's nothing that can keep my body down
Oh I burst my lungs with the song I sung
And the bell I rung so loud
Well I claw the dirt like [the dead I rise?]
These [?] angels you [knew?] as a child
Their glowing eyes
Oh, and their shiny sword to strike you down
Oh, keep my body down
[Chorus]
I've been sunk down in a cold heap lying
Give 'em a bell on a rope as a hope for the dying
Give 'em a song to sing to keep 'em all trying
Give 'em a bell on a rope as a hope
Yeah, a bell on a rope as a hope
Yeah, a bell on a rope as a hope for the dying man