Joybells

Joybells keep ringin’
In my heart, in my heart
Joybells keep ringin’
In my heart, in my heart
Voices keep singin’
To my heart, to my heart
Voices keep singin’
To my heart, to my heart

When I see thousands of names
Carved in stone –
Names of fallen soldiers
Fightin’ for freedom –
That’s what we told ‘em
Now they’re gone
With their names carved in stone

I think: where are the names
Of the ones hung from a branch
Who never had a chance – naw, naw –
While the crowd smiled at the camera
While the smilin’ crowd
Looked into the camera

Joybells keep ringin’
In my heart, in my heart
Joybells keep ringin’
In my heart, in my heart
Voices keep singin’
To my heart, to my heart
Voices keep singin’
To my heart, to my heart

Owen Wright, Mark Woodford,
Ben Evans, Daniel, McBride,
Dave Benson, Bill King,
Squire Smith, Shade Thompson,
Albert Brooks, Henry Ivy,
Jack Turner, Leonard Coker,
John Brooks, Samuel Lewis,
George Ware…
Kyle Walker, Wesley Brown,
Louis Houston, Joe Robertson,
Andy Burke, George Ward,
Alexander Reed, John Hart,
John Davis, Oscar Coker,
Theodore Calloway, Calvin Moody,
Frank Stone..

Can you imagine the terror they felt
Not just the thousands of doomed brothers
But their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers
Wives, daughters, sons, neighbors
Who, somehow, carried on…

Voices keep singin’
To my heart, to my heart
Voices keep singin’
To my heart, to my heart

George Meadows, John Sleet,
Bud Wilson, Robert Mosley,
Frank Griffin, Tobe Williams,
Jim Tate, Henry Smith,
John Dances, Elrod Hudson,
Jeff Densman, Zachariah
Monroe Waters, Jeff Thomas,
Mack Brown, Jesse Underwood,
Brade Porter, James Sims,
John Brown, Harry Hinton,
John Johnson, William Webb,
Berry Roden, Jim Roden,
Will Carter,
Jim Packard,
John Packard,
Moses Johnson…