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Well he rides into town on the back of a big silver eagle
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Strapped to his shoulders are the burdens of staying on top
                                                      D
And the lines in his face tell the story of an uphill flight
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You can tell how he feels day by day by the songs that he writes

                                                      D
He's loved by millions somehow he's their prisoner as well
      E7                                              A
As he rides down the road in his ten wheeled aluminum cell
                                                       D
Now he lives for the day that the eagle will carry him home
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'Cause the glamour is over nearly all of his seeds have been sown

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Let him go silver eagle there must be a better way to fly
                        D          E7
For this great American poet who's singing his songs
                                 A
About the everyday working man's life

                                              D
One night on the road just south of the Idyho line
        E7                                               A
We were smoking some comtrex and attempting to alter our minds
                                                          D
Then just before daylight Hag pushed back his hat and he said
          E7
"Ah we're puttin too much emphasis on bein' a star
                                   A
Can't we do a little bit of living instead"

               D           E7                      A
Let him go silver eagle there must be a better way to fly
                        D          E7
For this great American poet who's singing his songs
                                 A
About the everyday working man's life

              D           E7                      A
Let him go silver eagle there must be a better way to fly
                        D          E7
For this great American poet who's singing his songs
                                 A
About the everyday working man's life