The Bells of St. Marys

He used to play mouth organ In a folk club, in a pub they call the Lady Jane All the sounds as his friends and he would holler Songs of love and songs of pain There wasn't much that he could use his time for So he used to practice everyday And play the mouth organ, blues and hard luck Someday soon I'm gonna break away He used to listen to the bells of St Mary's As they would echo through those early days And sometimes even now he thinks that he still hears them Although they're but a thousand miles away And so he came into this crazy business And do you know the stars all fell his way And he became another rock [incomprehensible] rock and roll troubadour And threw the mouth organ far away And so he listens to the bells of St Mary's And so their echo haunts him every day So clear he could reach out and touch them Although they're but a thousand miles away Although they're but a thousand miles away