Dear Lord I´m standing at your door
Oh please have mercy on my soul
I was a bellringer before
But now for me the bell has tolled

I used to ring with all my might
By holding tightly to the rope
My cassock really was a sight
Unfurled just like the flag of hope

I rang the bell at dusk and dawn
And never missed a single mass
I rang for every newly born
I rang for those who´d gone alas

Oh Lord I really rang those bells
Yes Lord I really rang those bells

I saw them rugged
Saw them smart
I saw them bad
I saw them good
But, when the time came to depart

I saw them in their cloak of wood

I heard them promise, to repent
And pray their soul, be heaven bound
Perhaps their soul to you was sent
The rest is ten feet underground

Oh Lord I really rang those bells
Yes Lord I really rang those bells

I saw them full of joy and tears
On every single wedding day
And then I´d see them through the years
Until I saw them pass away

I rang the bells for all my friends
For those who held me in contempt
In hope that some would make amends

Especially those the devil kept

Oh Lord I really rang those bells
Yes Lord I really rang those bells

I rang the bells the whole year long
And never missed a single day
From far and wide you hear their sound
Inviting all of them to pray

I wish all of they´d come to you
And really prove that they believe
They´d find the comfort real and true
And know that you could not deceive

Dear Lord I´m standing at your door,
Oh please forgive my every sin
Although I´ve not been here before

I feel that I´m your next of kin