Don Quixote

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