Name: Eagle on the Hill
Duration: P00H04M07S
Description: This is about Adelaide, my home.

Eagle on the Hill

from The Eagle on the Hill EP by Rhys Howlett

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This is about Adelaide, my home.

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I am the Eagle on the Hill
I am the long lost son of Don Dunstan
I am dark in the suburbs at night
But I'll never forget Colonel William Light
I'm not trying to be cool
When I ask you where you went to school
I am trying to connect
Is it too much to ask for a little respect?
I am all the prettiest girls
I am the best three pubs in the whole damn world
I am your husband, I am your wife
I've never eaten a frog cake in all of my life

And I still don't know which way to go
Every time I'm at the airport I see someone I know

I am a courtesy wave from the car
If it's more than twenty minutes then it's too far
I am not trying to compete
I'm asleep under the statue on Hindley Street
I'm eight hours from the shack
Catching Tommy Ruffs, not throwing them back
I am 3AM at La Sing
I'll bring a plate of pikelets to your wedding

And I still don't know which way to go
Every time I'm at the airport I see someone I know
And I never have to be alone
I am family, I am home

I'm where the hills meet the sea
I'm kicking autumn leaves and between you and me
I am not looking East wondering why
I am the Blazing Sun, I am the Endless Sky

And I still don't know which way to go
Every time I'm at the airport I see someone I know
And I never have to be alone
I am Family, I am Home.

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from The Eagle on the Hill EP, released October 14, 2016
Written and performed by Rhys Howlett

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