This song appears on twelve albums, and was first released on the Aerie album, and has also been released on the Greatest Hits Vol 1, Earth Songs, The Very Best of John Denver (Single CD), Voice of America and The Rocky Mountain Collection albums. Live versions also appear on the An Evening With John Denver, Live In London, Thank God I'm A Country Boy, Greatest Hits, Country Classics and Live at the Sydney Opera House albums. 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 of those who see me, 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

I wish I I wish I knew how to live Do not kill Do not kill those I should forgive But there are some desires that I cannot resist I wish I knew how to live Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... I have a hawk I have a hawk who flies above my field She's calling out She's calling out, "Justice be revealed!" She doesn't understand why the old crow steals I have a hawk who flies above my field Mercy is Mercy is the burden of the poor The powerful The powerful keep coming back for more My children seen me struggle But what is harder still Are the days when they go hungry 'Cause I'm fighting for what's real I can see it in the distance But it's something I've never seen Mercy is the burden of the poor Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... (The powerful keep coming back for more) Oh... Oh... Oh... Oh... Mercy is Mercy is the burden of the poor The powerful The powerful keep coming back for more But only love can give what vengeance cannot cure Mercy is the burden of the poor

Intro: Hay Yow! Mr Fassy Cause yuh should be happy to see others happy We gonna start this and sell a million copy Anyway Boo away some battyman nuh waan dem aroun mi Waan see mi dead so dem can get fi moan mi Battyman start come a stage show fi stone wi Mek dem know a di eagle and the hawk dem surround wi Well bwoy like a mi nuh battyman nah guh crown mi Media and the press a try dem best fi drown wi Cancel mi visa but dat still nuh ground mi Mek dem know a di eagle and di hawk dem surround wi 1. Well a nuff time the fassyhole dem try fi clown mi Nuff time mi have it an mi well waan fi soun it Nuff time mi friend dem haffi beg an haffi hol mi Mek dem know a di eagle and di hawk dem surround wi Well, wait deh man Look like a bwoy waan fi shame Which fassyhole mi hear a call up mi name But cool nuh man, dun know a who dem a guh blame (nuh Bounty Killer) Suh mek mi just say it out plain Boo away some battyman nuh waan dem aroun mi Waan see mi dead so dem can get fi moan mi Battyman start come a stage show fi stone wi Mek dem know a di eagle and the hawk dem surround wi Well a guy a try hard like him well waan fi show mi Dem a seen threat like dem waan toe to toe mi Call up mi name an dem nuh really know mi Mek dem know a di eagle and the hawk dem surroun wi A pure hotti hotti hot good gal a own wi Nuff rich gal a come a mi yaad fi bound mi Dun see it say babylon well waan fi own wi Mek dem know a di eagle an di hawk dem surroun wi Swell, nuff a dem waan see di Killer get waste Nuff fassyhole mi see a bawl pon mi case Nuff a dem glad when police raid mi base A hell when wi buck face to face CHO From Top.

I see you You see me Eighteenth floor Across the street Sometimes you dance Sometimes you read TV dinners, fall asleep Do I ever cross your mind Through your window in the sky When you forget to close the blinds So do I I see you Check your phone Wash the dishes Fold the clothes Sometimes you stay up And get stoned But you always sleep alone Do I ever cross your mind Through your window in the sky When you forget to close the blinds So do I

At times I wish you weren't so serious That's when I'd settle for the ones I've missed It's true Nighthawks surround us They're posers But they just don't quit Darling remind me To snap out, out of it At times I wish they weren't so obvious That's when I settle for the one I trust It's you Nighthawks surround us They're posers But they just don't quit Darling remind me To snap out, out of it I gotta snap I gotta snap out of it I gotta snap I gotta snap out of it I gotta snap I gotta snap out of it I gotta snap I gotta snap out of it Nighthawks surround us They're posers But they just don't quit Darling remind me To snap out, out of it

I'll go out walkin' After midnight Out in the moonlight I just hope that you were Somewhere out walkin' After midnight Searching for me I walk for miles Out on the highway Now that's just my way Of saying, "I love you" I go out walkin' After midnight Searchin' for you I stop to see a weepin' willow Crying on his pillow Now, maybe he's cryin' for me And as the sky turns gloomy The night winds whisper to me Well, I'm lonesome as I can be I'll go out walkin' After midnight Out in the starlight I just a-hopin' you were Somewhere out walkin' After midnight Searching for me I stop to see a weepin' willow Crying on his pillow Maybe he's cryin' for me And as the sky turns gloomy The night winds whisper to me Well, I'm lonesome as I can be I'll go out walkin' After midnight Out in the moonlight I just a-hopin' you were Somewhere out walkin' After midnight Searching for me

When you walk through the garden You gotta watch your back I beg your pardon On the straight and narrow track You say you walk with Jesus To save your soul You gotta keep the devil Way down in the hole All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword And they'll shield you with their wings When you're close to the Lord Don't think about temptation Your hands will go cold You gotta keep the devil Way down in the hole When you walk through the garden You gotta watch your back I beg your pardon On the straight and narrow track You say you walk with Jesus To save your soul You gotta keep the devil Way down in the hole Way down in the hole Way down in the hole Way down in the hole