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The eagle looked down on the river below |
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And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell like a stone |
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And the big salmon fought but the talons held true |
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And he shuddered as the world turned from silver to blue |
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I stood there in awe though I'd seen it before |
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I was born in these mountains and I'll die here for sure |
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I've traveled around I've seen city lights |
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But nothin' that shined like the big sky at night |
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CHORUS: |
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Some mornings will find me up above the timberline |
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Lonesome don't seem like much once you're this high |
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When it's all said and done I usually find |
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Me and the eagle are of the same mind |
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Now when I was young I took me a wife |
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But she never took to the high country life |
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So now I'm alone I don't really mind |
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But her name echoes down from the canyon sometimes |
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REPEAT CHORUS |
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In my dreams there's a horse, he stands eighteen hands high |
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He's as white as the snow and there's fire in his eyes |
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And he'll bare only me though others have tried |
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And together we'll travel up across the divide |
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REPEAT CHORUS |
