Bells Of Saint James Lyrics - In The Spirit Of Things - Kansas

Her letters gave me purpose, 

Her letters gave me pride 

Armies far across the ocean 

Guns and letters by our side 

It was someone else's homeland 

It was someone else's war 

But at the line of the 38th parallel 

It was her I fought them for 

Her victory garden grew from weeds and from stone 

I smelled those flowers in my sleep 

The day I left as we were standing alone 

She swore to me those dreams would keep 

And the bells of St. James were ringing 

The bells of St. James were ringing down 

Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound 

I don't remember when those words changed 

Like Kansas summer turns to fall 

But she quit talking 'bout the future 

Never mentioned dreams at all 

I don't blame my enemies and I don't blame my wife 

For love fires that fleeted long ago 

But when she wrote me about this change in her life 

There was just one thing I had to know 

And the bells of St. James were ringing 

The bells of St. James were ringing down 

Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound