מילים לשיר Don Quixote – Gordon Lightfoot

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