Eels

They used to think the swallows

Were living under water

All through the winter

When they were missing from the trees

They used to think the geese

Buried from the branches

Each gentle sunny spring

When they came back again

But the swallows and the geese

They have always heard

The ringing of the bells

That echoed through the earth

The monarch butterflies

In their cloud of orange wings

And all the colder eels

Swimming through the sea

They are following a path

To places never seen

They see the secret map

The moon draws on the sea

The butterflies and eels

They have always heard

The ringing of the bells

That echoed through the earth

But the airplanes over head

Hang heavy in the air

And all the shiny cars

They circle in despair

When might they cry?

Where you were ever

But they will never hear

The bells that ring tonight

The bells that ring tonight