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Through the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free
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Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be
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He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak
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He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek
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Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a battered book into his hand
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Standing like prophet bold he shouts across the ocean to the shore
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Till he can shout no more
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I have come o'er moor and mountain like a hawk upon the wing
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I was once a shining knight who was the guardian of a king
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I have searched the whole world over, looking for a place to sleep
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I have seen the strong survive and I have seen the lean grow weak
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See the children of the earth who wake to find the table bare
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See the gentry in the country riding off to take the air
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Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a rusty sword into his hand
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Then striking up a knightly pose he shouts across the ocean to the shore
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Till he can shout no more
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See the jailer with his key who locks away all trace of sin
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See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can
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See the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire
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See the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired
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See the man who tips the needle, see the man who buys and sells
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See the one who puts the collar on the ones who dare not tell
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See the drunkard in the tavern stemming gold to make ends meet
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See the youth in ghetto black condemned to life upon the street
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Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a tarnished cross into his hand
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Then standing like a preacher now he shouts across the ocean to the shore
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Then in a blaze of tangled hooves he gallops off across the dusty plain
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In vain to search again, where no one will hear
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Through the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free
D/A A E/A A
Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be
D/A A E/A A
He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak
D/A A E/A A
He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek