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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Emmylou Harris
Emmylou Harris
Acoustic Guitar
Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois
Electric Guitar
Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois
Songwriter
Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Daniel Lanois
Daniel Lanois
Producer
Malcolm Burn
Malcolm Burn
Mixing Engineer
Mark Howard
Mark Howard
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, I worked a double shift
In a bookstore on St. Clair
While he pushed the burning ingots
In Dofasco's stinking air
[Verse 2]
Where the truth bites and stings
I remember just what we were
As the noon-bell rings for
Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
[Verse 3]
Hold on to your aching heart
I'll wipe the liquor from your lips
A small town hero never dies
He fades a bit and then he slips
[Verse 4]
Down into the blast furnace
In the heat of the open hearth
And at the punch clock he remembers
Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
[Verse 5]
I remember your leather boots
Pointing up into the sky
We fell down to our knees
Over there where the grass grew high
[Verse 6]
Love hunters in the night
Our faces turned into the wind
Blackhawk, where are you now?
Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
We were Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
We were Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
[Verse 7]
Do you still have the ring I gave you
On the banks of Lake Black Bear?
Where I felt certain that I knew you
My cool and distant debonair
[Verse 8]
Now we drink at Liberty Station
Another cup of muscatel
Wrapped in the strong arms of the Union
Raising kids from raising hell
[Verse 9]
I remember your leather boots
Pointing up into the sky
We fell down to our knees
Over there where the grass grew high
[Verse 10]
Love hunters in the night
Our faces turned into the wind
Oh Blackhawk, where are you now?
Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
We were Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
We were Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
We were Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
We were Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
We were Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
We were Blackhawk and the White-Winged Dove
Written by: Daniel Lanois
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