he used to play mouth organ 
in a folk club they called 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 the blues and hard luck 
someday soon I`m gonna break away

he used to listen to the bells of st marys 
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 and roll troubador 
and threw the mouth organ far away 

and so he listens to the bells of st marys 
and so their echo haunts him every day 
so clear that he could reach out and touch them 
although they`re but a thousand miles away 
although they`re but a thousand miles away