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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scarbonac" data-source="post: 2087705" data-attributes="member: 9129">Yow, I am a bloody idiot; here's one from Gordon Lightfoot -- the title says it all:Don QuixoteThrough the woodland, through the valleyComes a horseman wild and freeTilting at the windmills passingWho can the brave young horseman beHe is wild but he is mellowHe is strong but he is weakHe is cruel but he is gentleHe is wise but he is meek Reaching for his saddlebagHe takes a battered book into his handStanding like a prophet boldHe shouts across the ocean to the shoreTill he can shout no more I have come o'er moor and mountainLike the hawk upon the wingI was once a shining knightWho was the guardian of a kingI have searched the whole world overLooking for a place to sleepI have seen the strong surviveAnd I have seen the lean grown weak See the children of the earthWho wake to find the table bareSee the gentry in the countryRiding off to take the air Reaching for his saddlebagHe takes a rusty sword into his handThen striking up a knightly poseHe shouts across the ocean to the shoreTill he can shout no more See the jailor with his keyWho locks away all trace of sinSee the judge upon the benchWho tries the case as best he canSee the wise and wicked onesWho feed upon life's sacred fireSee the soldier with his gunWho must be dead to be admired See the man who tips the needleSee the man who buys and sellsSee the man who puts the collarOn the ones who dare not tellSee the drunkard in the tavernStemming gold to make ends meetSee the youth in ghetto blackCondemned to life upon the street Reaching for his saddlebagHe takes a tarnished cross into his handThen standing like a preacher nowHe shouts across the ocean to the shoreThen in a blaze of tangled hoovesHe gallops off across the dusty plainIn vain to search againWhere no one will hear Through the woodland, through the valleyComes a horseman wild and freeTilting at the windmills passingWho can the brave young horseman beHe is wild but he is mellowHe is strong but he is weakHe is cruel but he is gentleHe is wise but he is meekAnd from Dave Mallet:ArthurDarkness falls, their fires they light pity those who live in fright.mercy upon those who fight for someplace in the sunset.Sounds of war, pistols roar violence walks among the poor. Danger lurksat every door and people's eyes are blinded.Stop and shop, a hotel flop, killers, fools and crazy cops. It all goeson and never stops no love, no rest, no reason.Concrete walls, dingy halls drunk men sleeping where they fall. Livinghard, and dying small and drowned and disillusioned.Dragon queen, street machine, fading fast and feeling mean. An old mansits and eats his beans he know his loves lies resting.And poet's spears, pale but true they all send their love to you. Andthey all know what they must do to purify their senses.And Arthur, where are you now, we need ya?We've been much too long without a leader.Long a go in Days of Old many stories have been toldOf how the Dragons robbed the folds of shepherds who lay sleepingA young man from King Ector's court came to London Town for sportAnd pulled the Sword from out the Stone and gave birth to his kingdomAnd took a fair wife, Guenivere (the fairest in the land, I hear)And learned of courage and of fear from the ancient MerlinA hundred Knights and a Table Round try and keep the Evil downSpread the word throughout the towns and hope throughout the kingdomKnights in shining armor rode - drove the robbers from the roadAnd noblemen and beggars owed their lives to this young chieftanAnd Pellinore, The Wand'ring One, as his life was almost doneBecame the subject of The Once And Future King Of EnglandWas it really as they say? Were you betrayed by those who knew you?All is fair in Love and War, nothins more or less than honor.In my sheltered simple way, I have followed in your footstepsAnd I have seen the changing signs - Now's the time for your Return!Lancelot my trusted friend became my rival in the end......with heavy heart I have to send my soldiers into battle...</blockquote>

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