The Hawk-Albert Collins

[ti:The Hawk] [ar:Albert Collins] [al:Iceman] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Hawk - Albert Collins [00:08.42]I remember when I was snowed in and up at old Shire town [00:10.74] [00:11.97]I'm sure the next tour take me right back through that town [00:14.64] [00:15.63]Snow was up to your shoulders man and that ain't no lie [00:18.30] [00:19.23]Chicago wasn't so coldit would make a polar bear cry [00:21.86] [00:22.91]Now when you hear the people talk about their bird called the hawk [00:25.88] [00:26.61]Now I'm gonna tell ya somethin' that'll make you let out a squawk [00:29.40] [00:30.13]Now where I live the weather's mostly warm [00:32.02] [00:33.83]We don't have to worry about no snow or if we have a storm [00:36.38] [00:37.48]But Shire town sits on the shores of a lake [00:39.64] [00:40.78]And when that hawk flaps his wings it make you shiver an' shake [00:44.09] [00:44.72]Now when you hear the people talk about their bird called the hawk [00:47.24] [00:48.27]Man I'm tellin' ya one thing they just let out a squawk [00:50.86] [01:27.64]But man you should a been there in the winter of '78 [01:29.65] [01:31.32]You couldn't catch a cab down on State and Lake [01:33.29] [01:34.47]Now you know that's bad 'cause that's right in the heart of town [01:37.60] [01:38.26]And it was so bad the mayor had to close the whole town down [01:40.88] [01:41.81]Now when you hear the people talk about their bird called the hawk [01:44.32] [01:45.41]Oh man I tell you tell you let out a squawk