Steve Earle - Me and the Eagle lyrics
[Steve Earle - Me and the Eagle lyrics]
The eagle looked down on the river below
And he wrapped his wings around him
And he fell like a stone
And the big salmon fought
But the talons held true
He shuddered as the world turned
From silver to blue
I stood there in awe
Though I'd seen it before
I was born in these mountains and
I'll die here for sure
I have traveled around, I've seen city lights
But nothin' that shined like the
Big sky at night
Some mornings will find me
Up above the timberline
Lonesome don't seem like much
Once you're this high
When it's all said and done, I usually find
Me and the eagle are of the same mind
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 echoes down
From the canyon sometimes
Some mornings will find me
Up above the timberline
Lonesome don't seem like much
Once you're this high
But when it's all said and done
I usually find
That me and the eagle are of the same mind
In my dreams, there's a horse
He stands eighteen hands high
He's as white as the snow and
There's fire in his eyes
And he'll bare only me
Though others have tried
And together we'll travel up
Across the divide
Some mornings will find me
Up above the timberline
Lonesome don't seem like much
Once you're this high
When it's all said and done, I usually find
That me and the eagle are of the same mind
And he wrapped his wings around him
And he fell like a stone
And the big salmon fought
But the talons held true
He shuddered as the world turned
From silver to blue
I stood there in awe
Though I'd seen it before
I was born in these mountains and
I'll die here for sure
I have traveled around, I've seen city lights
But nothin' that shined like the
Big sky at night
Some mornings will find me
Up above the timberline
Lonesome don't seem like much
Once you're this high
When it's all said and done, I usually find
Me and the eagle are of the same mind
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 echoes down
From the canyon sometimes
Some mornings will find me
Up above the timberline
Lonesome don't seem like much
Once you're this high
But when it's all said and done
I usually find
That me and the eagle are of the same mind
In my dreams, there's a horse
He stands eighteen hands high
He's as white as the snow and
There's fire in his eyes
And he'll bare only me
Though others have tried
And together we'll travel up
Across the divide
Some mornings will find me
Up above the timberline
Lonesome don't seem like much
Once you're this high
When it's all said and done, I usually find
That me and the eagle are of the same mind