Joan Baez - Rider, Pass By

(Words and Music by Joan Baez) 



Tell me when you see them 

Gathered at the shore 

Dancing on their broken chains 

Ah, the ladies are no more 

In their blue jeans and their necklaces 

Against an evening sky 

But some of them are weeping 

Crying rider, please pass by 



The ship with all the riders 

Has drifted out to sea 

Compass cracked and stars unnamed 

It's lost to history 

And the riders in captivity 

Watch ancient waves roll high 

And hear the distant voices 

Crying rider, please pass by 



All you men who should have been 

Your fathers beat you down 

Your mothers loved you badly 

Your teachers stole your crowns 

And the wars you fought have taken toll 

The price was far too high 

You've buried all the images 

Of riders passing by 



The horses of the riders 

Have waited at the tide 

But years have passed, they know at last 

Their heroes will not ride 

So the women oh so gracefully 

Mount noble horses high 

Shattering the timelessness 

Of rider, please pass by 



But who can dare to judge us 

The women or the men? 

If freedom's wings shall not be clipped 

We all can love again 

So the choice is not of etiquette 

Or finding lonesome ways to die 

But liberty to ships at sea 

And riders passing by 



But liberty to ships at sea 

And riders passing by 



© 1973 Chandos Music (ASCAP) 

















		
			



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