Lyrics to
Fly Like An Eagle

This version of Fly Like An Eagle was released by The Marshall Tucker Band in 1977.

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I’m gonna take me a ride on a riverboat
Down to New Orleans
Gotta pocket full o’money and a liquor bottle
Gonna drink away my dreams

Don’t really wanna leave
Sure I can’t stay
I’m gonna get on that riverboat
And gamble my life away

Makes me fly like an eagle
Higher and higher every day
Cause in my mind and in my dreams
I can’t get her away

Gonna sit down at the poker table
Five card stud’s my game
Gonna try and forget that crazy woman
Gonna try and forget her name

I don’t know how I’ll make it
But I’ll forget her some way
This is the time and the only time
She ain’t gonna get away

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About Lyrics and Fly Like An Eagle by The Marshall Tucker Band

The lyrics for Fly Like An Eagle are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by The Marshall Tucker Band. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Fly Like An Eagle have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Fly Like An Eagle - The Marshall Tucker Band and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

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