Lyrics to
The Eagle And The Hawk

This version of The Eagle And The Hawk was released by John Denver in 1972.

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I am the eagle, I live in high country in rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky.
I am the hawk, and there’s blood on my feathers.
But time is still turning, they soon will be dry.
And all those who see me, and all who believe in me
share in the freedom I feel when I fly.

Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops.
Sail o’er the canyons and up to the stars.
And reach for the heavens and hope for the future
and all that we can be, and not what we are.

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About Lyrics and The Eagle And The Hawk by John Denver

The lyrics for The Eagle And The Hawk are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by John Denver. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to The Eagle And The Hawk 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 The Eagle And The Hawk - John Denver and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to The Eagle And The Hawk by John Denver in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to The Eagle And The Hawk" means the words set to the music of The Eagle And The Hawk, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to The Eagle And The Hawk and the lyrics to The Eagle And The Hawk are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Eagle And The Hawk, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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