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Lyrics: Hawks And Doves

Other non-Album songs from this period:

      
     LITTLE WING 
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     All her friends call her Little Wing 
     But she flies rings around them all 
     She comes to town when the children sing 
     And leaves them feather as if they fall 
     She leaves her feathers as if they fall 
      
     Little Wing, don't fly away 
     When the summer turns to fall 
     Don't you know some people say 
     The winter is the best time of them all 
     Winter is the best of all. 
      
      
     THE OLD HOMESTEAD 
     ----------------- 
     Up and down the old homestead 
     The naked rider gallops through his head 
     And although the moon isn't full 
     He still feels the pull. 
      
     Out on the floor where the cowboys dance 
     Approaching slowly at a glance 
     Here comes the shadow of his stance 
     The reins are fallin' from his hands. 
      
     Why do you ride that crazy horse? 
     Inquires the shadow with little remorse 
     Just then a priest comes down the stairs 
     With a sack of dreams and old nightmares. 
      
     Who are you, the rider says 
     You dress in black but you talk like a Fed 
     You spout ideas from books that you read 
     Don't you care about this guy's head? 
      
     Just then the sound of hoofbeats was heard 
     And the sky was darkened by a prehistoric bird 
     Who flew between the unfulfilled moon 
     And the naked rider, to a telephone booth. 
      
     We'll call the moon and see what's up 
     I've got some change in this little tin cup 
     We'll say that the shadow is growin' dim 
     And we need some light to get back to him 
     Just one call should do it all 
     I'll carve this number on the wall 
     With my beak. 
      
     Flying feathers were all around 
     The air was filled with a ringing sound. 
     Two more birds, the second and the third 
     Came down from the sky to deliver the word. 
      
     Where have you been, they said to the first 
     Get back to the clouds, we're dying of thirst 
     There's not enough time to make that call 
     Let's ditch this rider, shadow and all. 
      
     The sky was filled with the beautiful birds 
     Still on the ground some crying was heard 
     With his dime in his hand and his hand on the dial 
     His ears were sweating as he forced a smile. 
      
     Hoofbeats beating across the range 
     He rode through the night with his cup of change 
     Tired and beaten he fell into slumber 
     But up in the sky they still had his number. 
      
     Up and down the old homestead 
     The naked rider gallops through his head 
     And although the moon isn't full 
     He still feels the pull, 
     Still feels the pull. 
      
      
     LOST IN SPACE 
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     Live with me, live with me 
     Live with me, live with me 
     Live with me. 
      
     Lost in space 
     I heard you were lost in space 
     That's such a lonely place for you to be. 
      
     Out of control 
     Singin' with too much soul 
     I heard you got out on parole 
     Workin' for the queen. 
      
     Gardening again 
     Landscape again 
     Keepin' all the grounds around her clean 
     Workin' for the queen. 
      
     Don't take out the magic pen 
     Don't draw on the infinity board 
     Your buildings, if they rise again 
     Would do much better on the ocean floor 
     They'll never feel the way they did before 
     They did before. 
      
     Out on the ocean floor, out on the ocean floor 
     What could be stranger than the unknown danger 
     That lies on the ocean floor? 
      
     Breakers crash on the beach 
     I count them like lambs in my sleep 
     They come at me steady 
     They know I'm not ready 
     They pound on my mattress door 
     Have they got a big one in store. 
      
     Losing you 
     I heard I was losing you 
     That's not the only thing that I got to lose 
     I got to lose 
     The deep see blues 
     Look at these blues 
     The deep see blues 
      
     Live with me, live with me. 
      
      
     CAPTAIN KENNEDY 
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     I am a young mariner headed to war 
     I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for 
     There's water on the wood and the sails feel good 
     And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good. 
      
     My father was a sailor named Captain Kennedy 
     He lost his wooden schooner to the Germans on the sea 
     Exploded on the water for everyone to see 
     And humiliate that American Captain Kennedy. 
      
     I saw him in Nassau in 1971 
     His strength was failin' but he still ran a run 
     He worked 'til his fingers wore to the bone 
     To buy that wooden schooner and sail on his own. 
      
     He was known in the islands as hundred foot iron 
     That steel hull freighter was passin' its time 
     And time flew by faster with life on the sea 
     And the days grew shorter for Captain Kennedy. 
      
     I am a young mariner headed to war 
     I'm thinkin' 'bout my family and what it was for 
     There's water on the wood and the sails feel good 
     And when I get to shore I hope that I can kill good. 
      
      
     STAYIN' POWER 
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     Our love, baby, feels so right 
     When you're smilin' in the morning light 
     I ain't leavin' no way 
      
     'Cause we got stayin' power 
     You and I 
     Stayin' power through thick and thin. 
      
     Stayin' power 
     You and I 
     Stayin' power through thick and thin. 
      
     Gold and diamonds say you're mine 
     But true love opens the gates of time 
     And as we go on our way 
      
     We got stayin' power 
     You and I 
     Stayin' power through thick and thin 
      
     Stayin' power 
     You and I 
     Stayin' power through thick and thin. 
      
      
     COASTLINE 
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     Down on the coastline, Highway One 
     People headin' out for the sun 
     That's where I found you, long time ago. 
      
     You're my angel, you're my queen 
     You're my best friends in between 
     We don't back down from no trouble 
     We do get up in the mornin'. 
      
     Oooweee, baby, what a night 
     That old moon sure is shinin' bright 
     We'll be dancin' 'til the mornin' comes. 
      
     High on the mountain top above the clouds 
     No wonder we get a little loud 
     We don't back down from no trouble 
     We do get up in the mornin'. 
      
      
     UNION MAN 
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     I'm proud to a union man 
     I make those meetings when I can, yeah 
     I pay my dues ahead of time 
     When the benefits come I'm last in line, yeah. 
      
     I'm proud to be a union man. 
      
     Every fourth Friday at 10 am 
     There's a local meeting of the A F of M, yeah! 
      
     This meeting will now come to order 
     Is there any new business? 
      
     Yeah, I think 'Live music are better' 
     Bumper stickers should be issued. 
      
      What was that? 
      
     'Live music is better' bumper stickers 
     Should be issued 
      
     The gentleman says 
     'Live music is better' bumper stickers 
     Should be issued 
     All in favor of what he said 
     Signify by sayin' "ay" 
      
     Ay! 
      
     If, however, you are opposed 
     Signify by saying "no". 
      
     I'm proud to be a union man. 
      
      
     COMIN' APART AT EVERY NAIL 
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     It's awful hard to find a job 
     On one side the government, the other the mob 
     Hey, hey ain't that right 
     The workin' man's in for a hell of a fight. 
      
     Oh, this country sure looks good to me 
     But these fences are comin' apart at every nail. 
      
     Way up on the old dew line 
     Some of the boys were feelin' fine 
     A big light flashed across the sky 
     But somethin' else went slippin' by 
     Meanwhile at the Pentagon 
     The brass was a wonderin' what went wrong. 
      
     Oh, this country sure looks good to me 
     But these fences are comin' apart at every nail. 
      
     Hey hey, ain't that right 
     The workin' man's in for a hell of a fight. 
      
     Oh, this country sure looks good to me 
     But these fences are comin' apart at every nail. 
      
      
     HAWKS & DOVES 
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     Ain't getting old, ain't getting younger though 
     Just getting used to the lay of the land 
     I ain't tongue-tied, just don't got nothin' to say 
     I'm proud to be livin' in the U.S.A. 
      
     Ready to go, willin' to stay and pay 
     U.S.A., U.S.A. 
     So my sweet love can dance another free day 
     U.S.A., U.S.A. 
      
     In history we painted pictures grim 
     The devil knows we might feel that way again 
     The big wind blows, so the tall grass bends 
     But for you don't push too hard my friend. 
      
     Ready to go, willin' to stay and pay 
     U.S.A., U.S.A. 
     So my sweet wife can dance another free day 
     U.S.A., U.S.A. 
      
     Got people here down on their knees and prayin' 
     Hawks and doves are circlin' in the rain 
     Got rock and roll, got country music playin' 
     If you hate us, you just don't know what you're sayin'. 
      
     Ready to go, willin' to stay and pay 
     U.S.A., U.S.A. 
     So my sweet love can dance another free day 
     U.S.A., U.S.A. 
      
      
     TURBINE 
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     The summer ends and the winter winds 
     Begin to holler all around the bend. 
     We will smile and sail away 
     This won't be no sadness day 
     When the winter winds greet the trees back there. 
      
     We can watch the turbine turning in the wind 
     Up on the ridge line, before the fog rolls in. 
     Falling leaves in the autumn air 
     People feeling good everywhere 
     When the winter winds greet the trees back there. 
      
     We can watch the turbine blowing in the wind 
     Up on the ridge line, before the fog rolls in. 
     We will smile and sail away. 
     This won't be no sadness day 
     When the winter winds greet the trees back there. 
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