Track: 4
Title: THERE’S A BELL [rehearsal]
Authorship: Medford
Publishing: BrowBeat Music, BMI
Recording date: 19 March 1985
Recording place: The G-Spot, 503 Frederick Street, San Francisco, CA
A cassette recording made at rehearsal on a portable device.
Remastered by Carl Salbacka & Leslie Medford
Running Time: 03:14
First appeared on: Green Girl
First released 23 April 2017
[via multiple streaming services]
Leslie Medford : vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Sam Babbitt : electric guitar
Terry von Blankers : bass guitar
Ruben Chandler : drums, percussion
lyrics
THERE'S A BELL
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
There’s a bell on your windowsill.
They were like two lovers entwining
On the best carpet in the house.
They burn a fire inside there nightly,
Isn’t that what it’s all about?
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
There’s a bell on your windowsill.
They were like two cakes of friction
Eaten together out of spite.
They thought dessert should have a reason,
They thought their favorite sense was sight!
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
Bell on your windowsill.
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
There’s a bell on your windowsill!
They were like two lovers entwining
On the best carpet in the house.
They burn a fire inside there nightly,
Isn’t that what it’s all about?
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
Bell on your windowsill!
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