Don Quixote

by Gordon Lightfoot

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