Last Lonely Eagle

IF YOU GO DOWN WHERE THE LIGHTS

PUSH THE NIGHTTIME

BACK FAR ENOUGH SO YOU CAN’T FEEL THE FEAR

REMEMBER THE BOY WHO YOU LEFT ON THE MOUNTAIN

WHO’S SITTING ALONE WITH THE STARS AND HIS TEARS

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE GAS-POWERED FLATLAND

WHERE MOST OF THE PEOPLE JUST THINK

THAT THEY’RE FREE

REMEMBER THE PEACE THAT YOU HAD

ON THE MOUNTAIN

COME BACK TO THE LOVE THAT YOU HAD HERE WITH ME

AND TAKE A LAST, FLYING LOOK
AT THE LAST LONELY EAGLE
HE’S SOARING THE LENGTH OF THE LAND
SHED A TEAR FOR THE FATE
OF THE LAST LONELY EAGLE
FOR YOU KNOW THAT HE NEVER WILL LAND

John Dawson (New Riders of the Purple Sage)