Desert Wind: The Ballad of Lawrence
Richard
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Across the dunes, a tale unfolds
Of one man's daring, brave and bold
A warrior-scholar, desert-bound
Lawrence of Arabia, world-renowned
In sands of gold and skies of blue
A ______ soldier, bold and true
With Arabs riding at his ______
Lawrence of Arabia would ride
Lawrence, Lawrence, desert wind
______ rank, he'd never bend
From Sinai to Damascus' fall
______ legend would outshine them all
No uniform or brass ______ him
He led by wit and desert vim
The ______ he fought with tactics bold
While mocking brass and ______ untold
Guerrilla warfare was his game
The desert knew ______ feared his name
With Bedouin tribes he found his ______
And led them on a victor's race
When war ______ done, he sought no fame
Just peace and quiet, ______ simpler name
But legends never truly fade
His tale ______ books and film was made
On two wheels flying, ______ in his hair
No enemy could catch him there
______ fate, it seems, had other plans
On English roads, ______ final stand
Lawrence, Lawrence, desert wind
Your journey's reached ______ bitter end
From Arabic sands to English shore
Your ______ rides forevermore
The sands of time may shift and ______
But Lawrence's legend continues to grow
In war and peace, he blazed a trail
A desert wind that will ______ fail