Key: G
Introduction: G
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Lancelot rode on a swayback mare
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He won in a card game up north somewhere
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He was bottom-out lonesome, he was too tired to care
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Keeping one step ahead of the rain
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Well, he blew into Broken Bow late last year
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Talking up the vision of his lost Guinevere
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But he couldn't tell a grail from a glass of beer
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So he settled for Lady Elaine
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He sang, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
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Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
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But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
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And I'll wash the years from your bed
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With all the salt tears I have shed", Lancelot said
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Well, morning came sleepy and morning came slow
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And the mirror revealed a face she didn't know
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And the last autumn robin was packing to go
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As another year slipped by the way
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So she rose and she dressed and she pushed back the night
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She put up her hair by the dawn's early light
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And the man in her bed was an eagle in flight
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And a crooked old crow in the hay
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He sang, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
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Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
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But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
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And I'll stain the lavenders red
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With all of this good blood I shed", Lancelot said
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So, bugles blow golden and banners fly blue
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But these days the castle's just drywall and glue
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And tilting at windmills is the best you can do
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With the black knight of time on your lawn
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So I wouldn't know if he left or he stayed
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Prospered or starved by the promise he made
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Or maybe he straggled and maybe he strayed
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While the bright world went barrelling on
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Singing, "Yodelayhee", "I ain't no untarnished Galahad
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Down from Arcadia like a dream in your head
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But gentle lady, lend me the true heart I never had
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And I'll bring you roses and bread
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And we'll fashion gold out of lead
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With all the illusions we shed", Lancelot said
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