Mercy Of The Fallen Lyrics - Many Great Companions - Dar Williams

Oh, my fair North Star 

I have held to you dearly 

I had asked you to steer me 

'Til one cloud scattered night 

I got lost in my travels 

I met Leo the lion 

Met a king and met a giant 

With their errant knight 

There's the wind and the rain 

And the mercy of the fallen 

Who say they have no claim 

To know what's right 

There's the weak and the strong 

And the beds that have no answers 

And that's where I may rest my head tonight 

I saw all the bright people 

In imposing flocks they landed 

And they got what they demanded 

And they scratched at the ground 

Then they flew, and the field 

Grew as sweetly for the flightless 

Who had longing yet despite this 

They could hear every sound 

There's the wind and the rain 

And the mercy of the fallen 

Who say they have no claim 

To know what's right 

If your sister or your brother 

Were stumbling on their last mile 

In a self-inflicted exile 

We'd wish for them a humble friend 

And I hope someday 

That the best of Falstaff's planners 

Give me seven half-filled manors 

Where half-dreams may dream without end 

There's the wind and the rain 

And the mercy of the fallen 

Who say, "Hey, it's not my place 

To know what's right" 

There's the weak and the strong 

And the many stars that guide us 

We have some of them inside us