Night of The Hawks - Hawkwind

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Night Of The Hawk

In all official circles

Across this big wide world

Between the radio stations

A coded message heard

No one knew the meaning

All our efforts seem to fail

But if they catch you listening

Then they’ll lock you up in jail

So we found ourselves a place we did not know

Tension in the air and a strange earthly glow

Then amidst the noise of a thousand people’s talk

There came a cry «It's The Night of The Hawk!»

The wind was raging, and the stars were black

We all knew there was no turning back

The gates of Hell stared in our face

Nowhere to hide in this wasted place

The curious folk who chanced to stray across this downland way

Heard the music blast apart

The games that politicians start

On English land the people dance

Like moths caught in a lamp

Where tribes of wanton peacocks strut

All waiting to encamp

So we found ourselves a place we did not know

Tension in the air and a strange earthly glow

Then amidst the noise of a thousand people’s talk

There came a cry «It's The Night of The Hawk!