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Me and the Eagle

from Dirt Road Reveries by Handasyd Williams

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Me and the Eagle. (Steve Earle*)

The eagle looked down on the river below.
He wrapped his wings round him and fell like a stone.
The big salmon fought but the talons held true,
and shuddered as his world turned from silver to blue.

I stood there in awe though I've seen it before.
I was born in these mountains and I'll die here for sure.
I've travelled around, and I've seen city lights,
But nothing shines as bright as the big sky at night.

Some mornings you'll find me up above the timberline.
Lonesome don't feel like much once you're this high.
When it's all said and done you usually find,
that me and the eagle are from the same line.

Now when I was young I took me a wife,
but she never took to the high country life.
So now I'm alone, I don't really mind,
But her name echo's down from the canyon sometimes.

Some mornings you'll find me up above the timberline.
Lonesome don't feel like much once you're this high.
When it's all said and done you usually find,
that me and the eagle are from the same line.

In my dreams there's a horse that stands eighteen hands high,
He's as white as the snow and there's fire in his eyes.
He'll bear only me, though others have tried,
And together we'll travel across the divide.

Some mornings you'll find me up above the timberline.
Lonesome don't feel like much once you're this high.
When it's all said and done you usually find,
that me and the eagle are from the same line.

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from Dirt Road Reveries, released May 10, 2014

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