Kansas Bells Of Saint James Lyrics

Bells Of Saint James Lyrics

Her letters gave me purpose,

Her letters gave me pride

Armies far across
the ocean

Guns and letters by our side

It was someone else's
homeland

It was someone else's war

But at the line of the 38th
parallel

It was her I fought them for



Her victory garden grew from
weeds and from stone

I smelled those flowers in my sleep

The day I left
as we were standing alone

She swore to me those dreams would
keep



And the bells of St. James were ringing

The bells of St.
James were ringing down

Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound



I
don't remember when those words changed

Like Kansas summer turns to
fall

But she quit talking 'bout the future

Never mentioned dreams at
all



I don't blame my enemies and I don't blame my wife

For love
fires that fleeted long ago

But when she wrote me about this change in her
life

There was just one thing I had to know



And the bells of St.
James were ringing

The bells of St. James were ringing down

Lifting the
eyes of those homeward bound