Music Video
Music Video
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gordon Lightfoot
Vocals
Red Shea
Classical Guitar
Rick Haynes
Bass Guitar
Terry Clements
Acoustic Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gordon Lightfoot
Songwriter
Bob Thompson
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lee Herschberg
Mastering Engineer
Lenny Waronker
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Through the woodland, through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be?
[Verse 2]
He 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
[Verse 3]
Reaching 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 more
[Verse 4]
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
[Verse 5]
I 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 weak
[Verse 6]
See the children of the earth
Who wake to find the table bare
See the gentry in the country
Riding off to take the air
[Verse 7]
Reaching 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 more
[Verse 8]
See the jailer with his key
Who locks away all trace of sin
See the judge upon the bench
Who tries the case as best he can
[Verse 9]
See the wise and wicked ones
Who feed upon life's sacred fire
See the soldier with his gun
Who must be dead to be admired
[Verse 10]
See 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 tell
[Verse 11]
See the drunkard in the tavern
Stemming gold to make ends meet
See the youth in ghetto black
Condemned to life upon the street
[Verse 12]
Reaching for his saddlebag
He takes a tarnished cross into his hand
Standing like a preacher now
He shouts across the ocean to the shore
[Verse 13]
Then in a blaze of tangled hooves
He gallops off across the dusty plain
In vain to search again
Where no one will hear
[Verse 14]
Through the woodland, through the valley
Comes a horseman wild and free
Tilting at the windmills passing
Who can the brave young horseman be?
[Verse 15]
He 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
Written by: Gordon Lightfoot
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