The Ranger (A Song for Denethor)
 - Phil Mills, October 2009
TTTO: The Stranger by Billy Joel

Don't we all have a sword
That we thought was lost forever,
That we take outside to wave around
When other hopes are gone?
Sometimes dwarves and sometimes men,
Sometimes elves and sometimes hobbits
Are companions of The Ranger
With no clue what's going on.

	REPEAT:
	Well he may fall in love
	But his tastes keep getting stranger
	With the high-born in the forest
	And shield maidens on the veld.
	Local girls seem surprised
	When forsaken by The Ranger,
	Did they really think to come between
	The Ranger and his elf?

	You're too afraid to try again;
	Everyone goes south
	Every now and then.
	You're done for, let's have
	Someone else.
	You should know by now
	You're not quite yourself.

Then he turned his regard
To the once-great necromancer,
Used a palantir to call him
('Twas the cell phone of its time).
Sauron asked, "Who might be calling?"
But he didn't need an answer;
It was then he knew The Ranger
Like a sharp poke in the eye.

	[REPEAT]

You may never understand
How The Ranger is inspired
By the threat of ancient evil
And corruption of the strong.
Though you burn with good intentions,
You will lose all life's desire
As you climb atop a pyre
When The Ranger comes along.