GORDON LIGHTFOOT - Don Quixote lyrics

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