[Intro] [rhythmic clicking and tapping begins] [Verse 1] [baritone male vocals, spoken] The headless horseman The headless horseman rides tonight through dark and starless skies Shattering the silence with his otherworldly cries He races through the darkness on his alabaster steed The headless horseman rides tonight wherever the fates would lead [Chorus] And he rides upon the wind tonight, he rides upon the wind Galloping, galloping, galloping on out of the great oblivion Galloping till the night is gone, he rides upon the wind tonight, he rides upon the wind [Verse 2] The headless horseman rides tonight begarbed in robes of black To bear a being from the earth, never to bring him back He is evil's foul embodiment with laughter on his breath The headless horseman rides tonight with the minister of death [Chorus] And he rides upon the wind tonight, he rides upon the wind Galloping, galloping, galloping on out of the great oblivion Galloping till the night is gone, he rides upon the wind tonight, he rides upon the wind [Verse 3] The headless horseman rides tonight, he rides the wind alone Beneath his arm he tightly tucks his head of gleaming bone His voice is harsh and hollow, it is horrible to hear The headless horseman rides tonight to fill the earth with fear [Chorus] And he rides upon the wind tonight, he rides upon the wind Galloping, galloping, galloping on out of the great oblivion Galloping till the night is gone, he rides upon the wind tonight, he rides upon the wind [Verse 4] The headless horseman rides tonight upon his fateful trip With silvery scythe of steely death, his fast and bony grip He sweeps it swiftly forth and back all as over the earth he glides And none of the world is safe tonight for the headless horseman rides [Chorus] And he rides upon the wind tonight, he rides upon the wind Galloping, galloping, galloping on out of the great oblivion Galloping till the night is gone, he rides upon the wind tonight, he rides upon the wind
