capo 3rd fret
when the rooks were laid in piles by the sides of the road
crashing into the aerials tangled in the laundry lines
and gathered in a field they were burned in a feathering pyre
their cold black eyes
when the swallows fell from the eaves and the gulls from the spires
the starlings in millions would feed on the ground where they lie
and the ambulance men said "there's nowhere to flee for your life"
so we stay inside
and we'll sleep until the world of man is paralyzed
(Same chords as verse for trumpet solo)
Oh the falconer awakes to the sound of the bells
overhead and southbound
they're leaving his life
and each empty cage just rings
in his heart like a bell
underneath these cold stars
in their trembling light
and he cries "amen,
let their kingdom come tonight,
let this dream be realized."
And end on Gmin