Night Hawk Lyrics - C.w. Mccall

(Tom McKeon, Ron Peterson) 

We'd worked ourselves senseless 

Been bustin' down fences 

Drivin' dry cattle, no water in sight 

As we sat 'round the fire 

And cursed the barbed wire 

A stranger broke into our light 

Not knowin' no better 

Some fool went for leather 

But a whispered "I wouldn't" 

Put an end to the fight 

Then he said, "I'm for hire. 

"You need a rider. 

"And I don't mind ridin' at night." 

[Chorus] 

Go light on the Night Hawk 

He don't smile, he don't talk 

To strangers, and seldom to friends 

And you'll do well to listen 

When he asks you to leave him alone 

He won't ask you again 

Though the man is a myst'ry 

The story is hist'ry 

How a range fire came 

Like a thief in the night 

Took his young wife and babies 

His would-bes and maybes 

And burned out the love in his life 

[Chorus] 

Go light on the Night Hawk 

He don't smile, he don't talk 

To strangers, and seldom to friends 

And you'll do well to listen 

When he asks you to leave him alone 

He won't ask you again