The Eagle and the Hawk - Magpie

Out across the prairie, cloud shadows on the run

Miles away I see them chased by wind and cast by sun

The spirit on this mountain, today and yesterday

Is a song you feel within you that the wind and trees do play

Crying in this holy place, eyes open through the night

That I might see what you can only see in darkest night

One thing I see for certain in the light of stars above

If we love this land we walk upon we’ve got to hold on to what we love

To what we love

So high above the prairie that you can barely see

Soars a spotted eagle, so easy and so free

In an ever-rising spiral, ever closer to the sun

To soar so high so easily, she is the only one

Dancing in this holy place…

But what’s this now I’m seeing, just a speck against the blue

A red-tailed hawk is following, he wants to go there too

But for him it’s not so easy to ride the currents high

He soars and falls and beats again, struggling to fly

Praying in this holy place…

To make this mountain journey it is no easy climb

You have to stop and rest yourself, it takes a long, long time

I know I’m bound to stumble as I struggle here today

But with those who’ve gone before me, I’m walking on this way

Crying in this holy place…

Crying in this holy place…