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Blackhawk Lyrics by Emmylou Harris

Wrecking Ball

1995

Well I work the double shift
In a bookstore on St. Clair
While he pushed the burning ingots
In Dofasco's stinking air
Where the truth bites and stings
I remember just what we were
As the noon bell rings for
Blackhawk and the white winged dove
Hold on to your aching heart
I'll wipe the liquor from your lips
A small town hero never dies
He fades a bit and then he slips
Down into the blast furnace
In the heat of the open hearth
And at the punch clock, he remembers
Blackhawk and the white winged dove
I remember your leather boots
Pointing up into the sky
We fell down to our knees
Over there where the grass grew high
Love hunters in the night
Our faces turned into the wind
Blackhawk, where are you now?
Blackhawk and the white winged dove
We were Blackhawk and the white winged dove
We were Blackhawk and the white winged dove
Do you still have the ring I gave you
On the banks of Lake Black Bear?
Where I felt certain that I knew you
My cool and distant debonair
Now we drink at Liberty Station
Another cup of muscatel
Wrapped in the strong arms of the Union
Raising kids from raising hell
I remember your leather boots
Pointing up into the sky
We fell down to our knees
Over there where the grass grew high
Love hunters in the night
Our faces turned into the wind
Blackhawk, where are you now?
Blackhawk and the white winged dove
We were Blackhawk and the white winged dove
We were Blackhawk and the white winged dove
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Emmylou Harris

Emmylou Harris

About “Blackhawk” by Emmylou Harris

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"Blackhawk" is credited to Emmylou Harris. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Blackhawk" appears on "Wrecking Ball" in 1995.

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