Changing the lyrics; new words to popular songs.

[Shard Of Ronin]

I have a habit of messing with song lyrics, tailoring them to my own mentality. There's a wide range of music here, you may not like all the songs, or any of them, but then again maybe you will.  

[Shard Of Ronin]

The Swordsman, to Simon and Garfunkel's The Boxer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqdZ4AWSaI&feature=related

I’m nothing but an outlaw and my story’s seldom told
I have given my obedience to a cause of dust and shadows, such are promises
All lies and jest, yet the people hear what they want to hear
And disregard the rest, hmmmm

When I left my family homestead, I was no more than a boy
In a company of sellswords
In the silence of a carter’s station, cold and scared
Laying low, seeking out the hidden places, where the desperate people go
Looking for the sanctuary only they could know

Li la li...

Asking only footman’s wages, I came looking for a job, found no friendly offers,
Just a come-on from the whores along the promenade
I do declare, there was a time I was so lonesome that
I sought some comfort there

Optional verse: Now the years are rolling by me, on the road to Calvary
I am older than I once was and I’ve seen more than I should have on the battlefield
No, it isn’t strange, after honour and allegiance, we are more or less the same
Before a sharpened steel we are all one and the same

Li la li...

So I’m laying down my armour and I’m wishing I was warm, going home
Where the spark of life still flourishes and heals those who repent of war
Safe at home

In the clearing stands a swordsman, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries a reminder from every blade that marked his flesh or hacked him
till he cried out in his anger and his pain
I am leaving, I am leaving, yet the warrior remains
Yet the swordsman still remains

Li la li...  

[Shard Of Ronin]

The Harlequin Swordsman, to Ini Kamoze's Here Comes the Hotstepper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS8UHOFk-KI

Note: I've messed with a lot of the timing here, too.

Nah, na na na nah, na na na nah, na na nah, na na nah, na na na nah
Smite this.
Nah, na na na nah, na na na nah, na na nah, na na nah, na na na nah

Returns the prodigal fighter, warrior
I’m the harlequin swordsman, warrior
Cut a swathe through the area, warrior
Gonna save the world, one person at a time.

Cut me, yes I bleed.
Break me, yes I fall
But I will always return, always the quest.
Blade with which I have lived
Blade with which I shall die
Bring once more the judgement
Ha-ta-ta-hya!

Onwards the wandering fighter, warrior
I’m the harlequin swordsman, warrior
Fool and a godless paladin, warrior
Gonna change the world, one person at a time.

Preternaturally
Muse extraordinary
Money grows on trees if I say it can
Play to lose, is me
Fight to win, is me
Come dance with me, the last waltz, only one leaves alive

Goes the everborn fighter, warrior
I’m the harlequin swordsman, warrior
Singing hymns in the alehouse, warrior
Sing of godless fools, and bearers of the flame

Nah, na na na nah, na na na nah, na na nah, na na nah, na na na nah
The road’s there for walking
Nah, na na na nah, na na na nah, na na nah, na na nah, na na na nah

Sing like a Greek siren
Bring the crowds’ attention
Let the music flow on out to every man
I’m the skald of the gods godless,
Dancing fool of the last lost world
Never gonna make me lose my mind, I already have.

Warrior
I’m the harlequin swordsman, warrior
Forgotten soul, broken destiny, warrior
Always the quest, warrior

Let us dance, here and now
Don’t be shy, I’ll show you how
I’ll conduct the timeless beauty with the path of my blade
Every breath we take together
Is another verse of the song
Sing well, and the curtain never falls.
Ka-ka-ka-HYA!
Bring the joy of tragedy, warrior
I’m the harlequin swordsman, warrior
Laugh out loud at eternity, warrior
Laugh out loud at the curse, warrior

Nah, na na na nah, na na na nah, na na nah, na na nah, na na na nah,
Eternity weeps
Nah, na na na nah, na na na nah, na na nah, na na nah, na na na nah,

Walk through the high hellfire, warrior
I’m the harlequin swordsman, warrior
Tread side with kings and generals, warrior
Seen them rise and fall, warrior

Walk a lost path for eternity, warrior
I’m the harlequin swordsman, warrior
Fulfil the broken destiny, warrior
And bring the people some laughs, warrior

Quoth the everborn hero
I’m the harlequin swordsman
Sing of life and eternity
And the power of love

And
Shakka wa wah
Shakka wa wah
Shakka wa wah