Hawk Lyrics

Hawk was just seventeen when he flew away for war
Lied a little when he applied, but what is his lying for
Training in Arizona in the year of '42
They all called him Hawk for the way that he flew

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It's been sixty years and most he's been up in the air
He spends his days now flying a dusty old armchair
That might be just a bore but he became my friend
For what is a story that he ever been

Hawk, how you could fly
There's finally a road Hawk couldn't be in
I told him all the things you will never do again
And his mind stayed sharp as a plane
Through the tales of his glory days

Hawk, how you could fly
Rolling thunder through the sky
If there's a war to win
I hope you will take to the sky again

Mourners a few as they laid him in the ground
Decorated soldiers gathered around
They folded the flag and placed it in my hand
Said, 'Hawk is in a place where he'll never had to land'
And that's the full measure of a life of a man

Hawk, how you could fly
Rolling thunder through the sky
You found a war to win
You will never leave the sky again