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Roger McGuinn
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Seventeen feet across
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Of the hardest oak to be found
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Cut to the shape of the Sun and the Moon
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Shine the color of ale
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And the knights of the Living Cross
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Gathered all around
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Raise their goblets and drink a toast
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To the search for the Holy Grail
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There was one well known for charity
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And whose voice was gruff
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And one who wielded a deadly sword
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With the finest lace on his cuff
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There was talk about a fearful ghost
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The bastard son if a King
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Who died at the knee of his lordly host
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You could hear his armor ring
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Still hear his armor ring
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Pure in heart and mind,
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The key to all you seek
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Those were the words of the Mighty King
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As he looked deep into their eyes
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The best of you have wined and dined
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You're treacherous when you speak
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You look for a way to seal your faith
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But you find a compromise
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You have raised your voice in vanity
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You have turned your back on the poor
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You have closed your heart to the written word
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You defend the evil-doer
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Now the time is come to clean your minds
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If the good is to prevail
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I offer this emerald to the one who finds
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Our Saviour's Holy Grail
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Our Saviour's Holy Grail
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Banners in the sky, armor gleaming in the sun
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The sounds of the horses, trumpets and drums
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As they marched for the countryside
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And the villagers they rode
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Be were silent everyone
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Frightened mothers closed their shades
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And they made their daughters hide
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And then they came upon a community
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On a quiet Summer's day
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But these travelers to Jerusalem
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Saw nothing in their way
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And before the night fell on that town
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They had crucified the Priest
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They robbed and pillaged and burned it down
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And kept headin' toward the East
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They kept headin' toward the East
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Came to Israel stood shimmering in the sand
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Thirsty men could close their eyes
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And see the milk and honey flow
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The blood of the Infidel
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Still fresh upon their hands
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They knocked the ancient doorway down
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Like the walls of a Jericho
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And they thanked their Christianity
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For the Temple they had seized
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And though no one found the Holy Grail
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The Mighty King was pleased
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For he had changed the face of history
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And a legend had begun
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And little children were taught to see how
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The Good Lord's work is done
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And little children were taught to see how
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The Good Lord's work is done
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And little children were taught to see how
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The Good Lord's work is done
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And little children were taught to see how
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The Good Lord's work is done
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