George Jones - Silver Eagle lyrics

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Written by: Gary Church & Freddy Powers<br>

Performed by: George Jones & Merle Haggard<br>

Appears on: A Taste of Yesterday's Wine-Merle Haggard & George Jones-1982<br>

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Well, he rides into town,<br>

On the back of a big Silver Eagle.*<br>

Strapped to his shoulders are<br>

The burden of stayin' on top.<br>

And the lines in his face<br>

Tell the story of an uphill flight.<br>

You can tell how he feels day by day,<br>

By the songs that he writes.<br>

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He's loved by millions,<br>

Somehow, he's their prisoner, as well.<br>

As he rides down the road,<br>

In his 10-wheel aluminum cell.<br>

Now he lives for the day<br>

That the Eagle will carry him home.<br>

'Cause the glamour is over,<br>

Nearly all of his seeds have been sewn.<br>

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Let him go, Silver Eagle.<br>

There must be a better way of life.<br>

For this great, American poet,<br>

Who's singing his songs about,<br>

The every-day, working man's life.<br>

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One night on the road,<br>

Just south of the I-dee-ho** line,<br>

We were smokin' some contracts,<br>

And attempting to alter our minds.<br>

And just before daylight,<br>

Hag pushed back his hat and he said,<br>

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"Are we puttin' too much emphasis on bein' a star?<br>

Can't we do a little bit of livin' instead?"<br>

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Let him go, Silver Eagle.<br>

There must be a better way of life.<br>

For this great, American poet,<br>

Who's singing his songs about,<br>

The every-day, working man's life.<br>

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Let him go, Silver Eagle<br>

There must be a better way of life.<br>

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This great, American poet,<br>

Who's singing...<br>

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