Verse
G# Fm C# D# G# Fm
Oh the bells, I carry news that I have got to tell
C# D# G# Fm C# D# G# Fm C# D#
Hold your head out and you can hear, my baby crying
Verse 2
G# Fm C# D# G# Fm
Peter and Paul, stare at the sky and wait for Jesus to fall
C# D# G# Fm C# D# G# Fm C# D#
The only sound that they can hear, is my baby crying
Verse 3
G# Fm C# D# G# Fm
Investors of cash, have only years ‘fore a wallstreet crash
C# D# G# Fm C# D# G# Fm C# D#
Pile up here and throw a big Roman bash in ce-le-bra-tion
Verse 4
G# Fm C# D# G# Fm
Bodies Relax, exhale the smoke of trivial facts
C# D# G# Fm C# D# G# Fm C# D#
Which rises up to smother the sound, of my baby crying
Chorus:
C# G#
Sometimes I feel like a lover in vain
C# G#
I failed to protect her from the forces of pain
A#m D#
That so silently pierce her tender heart
Verse 5
G# Fm C# D# G# Fm
My little makes, is an embarrassment to heads of state
C# D# G# Fm C# D# G# Fm C# D#
In nervous speeches claiming they don’t hear, my baby crying
Verse 6
G# Fm C# D# G# Fm
Rumours are bound, the pedlar went and sold the things that he found
C# D# G# Fm C# D# G# Fm C# D#
To hipster agents who will market the sound, of my baby crying
Chorus:
C# G#
Sometimes I feel like a lover in vain
C# G#
I failed to protect her from the forces of pain
A#m D#
That so silently pierce her tender heart
Verse 7
G# Fm C# D# G# Fm
Bring out the shroud , the rebel prophet just got stoned by the crowd
C# D# G# Fm C# D# G# Fm C# D#
That walked away and laughed out loud, at my baby crying
Verse 8
G# Fm C# D# G# Fm
I’m in despair, I hear like a trumpet everywhere
C# D# G# Fm
How could I tell myself, that I couldn’t care about
C# D# G# Fm
My baby crying x4
(Finish on G)