Nighthawk Songtext
von Charlie Daniels

We′d worked ourselves senseless out busting fences
And driving dry cattle, no water in sight
As we sat round the fire and cursed the barbed wire
A stranger rode in to the night
Not knowing no better, some fool reached for leather
But a whisper, I would put an end to the fight
He said, "I'm for hire if you need a rider
And I don′t mind ridin' at night"
Go light on the nighthawk
He don't smile and he don′t talk to strangers
And seldom to friends
You′d do well to listen when he asks you
To leave him alone, he won't ask you again
He rode through the shadows where no one would follow
Where the cattle were restless, near crazy with thirst
And the ramrod said, "Listen"
And you could hear a soft whistling And a quiet fell over the herd
Go light on the nighthawk
He don′t smile and he don't talk to strangers
And seldom to friends
You′d do well to listen when he asks you
To leave him alone, he won't ask you again
The man is a mystery, his story is history
How a range fire come ragin′ like a thief in the night
It took his wife and his babies and his would be's and maybe's
And burned out the love in his life
Go light on the nighthawk
He don′t smile and he don′t talk to strangers
And seldom to friends
You'd do well to listen when he asks you
To leave him alone, he won′t ask you again
He won't ask you again