Ranger Song

from With Hope Or Without... by Riders of Rohan

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I am just a Ranger, lonesome on the trail
The starry night, campfire light, and the howling winds wail
The horizons call from strange and distant lands
And I must follow if I can

I am just a Ranger, lonesome on the trail
Farther from the one I love every day
The nights we spent together, in fair Lothlórien
Oh I wonder, will we ever meet again?

Still got somewhere left to be
Still got some tricks up my sleeve
My fate awaits me far away
And whither then I cannot say

I used to ride the border, Thorongil was my name
Oh lord, I was so much younger then
Now a widow-maker no more, a heart-breaker done breaking up?
When did the Company I keep turn Grey from red-hot?

Still got some wear left in me
Still got some tricks up my sleeve
To go as far as I can go
And whither then I do not know

Namarïe, mellon-nín, dream of me when we’re apart
Perched in the dark, eyes full of stars, wondrin’ where you are
When you wake I will be gone
Gotta keep on keeping on

We both knew how this would end
A little lovin’ is a dangerous game

Still got places left to see
Still got some tricks up my sleeve
Across the edge and back again
Southaway and whither then?
My road-worn heart must wander free
A Ranger’s life is the life of me

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from With Hope Or Without..., released February 24, 2024
Music by P. Lynott and B. Downey, lyrics by Riders of Rohan. Harmonica by Per Jensen, backing vocals and guitars by Marcus Ferreira Larsen.

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