Lyrics Steve Earle

Steve Earle

Me and the Eagle

The eagle looked down on the river below

And he wrapped his wings round him

And he felt like a stone

And the big salmon fought but the talons held true

And he shuttered 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've traveled around I've seen city lights

But nothin' that shined like a 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 form the canyon sometimes

In my dreams there's a horse,

He stands eighteen hands high

He's as whit as the snow and there's fire in his eyes

And he'll bare only me though other have tried

And together we'll travel up across the divide