Name: Hawks
Duration: P00H04M28S
Description: I lived on a farm where red-tailed hawks circled overhead, and I watched them a lot. (Written April-May 1993.)

Hawks

from There's Gotta Be a Road by Charlie Monterey

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I lived on a farm where red-tailed hawks circled overhead, and I watched them a lot. (Written April-May 1993.)

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Circling high above the field
The hawks used to watch me watch them fly
The closest I could ever get
Was wishing I could join them in the sky
My hopes and dreams they flew then too
Borne aloft on strong brown wings
I didn't know that they could fall
Lay on the ground like broken things

But hawks don't know from hopes and dreams
Flying's just a thing they have to do
But maybe somewhere in the air
They find a little joy there too

We have been known to try to fly
Spread our wings we just cut loose
The tether's tight and stops us short
We fall and flutter back to roost
Back on the ground we wonder why
Blame the sky because it called
Yearn for keys to set us free
And curse the hawks when they don't fall

But hawks don't know from hopes and dreams
Flying's just a thing they have to do
But maybe somewhere in the air
They find a little joy there too

You can't catch a rabbit in a tree
A hungry hawk just has to fly
Take the air and build up speed
And when the chance comes you have to try

I don't fly much anymore
My dreams they stay close to the ground
But if there's joy I'll find it somewhere
And if I happen to be airborne
I won't look down

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from There's Gotta Be a Road, released January 20, 2001
Charlie: Guitar and vocals.

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Charlie Monterey Warren, Michigan

Singer/songwriter and guitarist from metro Detroit, Michigan. Generally mellow sort of folkish songs, relatively minimal arrangements.

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