indian man

indian man

they took your home

they took your land

left you on the run for all of these years

indian man

you didn't fit the white man's plan

so he herded you off down the trail of tears

but there was a time when the land was free

when the seminole and the cherokee

stood proud

from the rio grande to the midnight sun

the navajo rode and the blackfeet drums beat loud

from the east they came

with the cavalry soldiers and the wagon train

with a treaty of peace and rifle in their hands

and then the west was won

with the broken promise and the gatling gun

and nobody never even tried to understand

but the bible got read and the church bells rung

and they talk about peace with a forked tongue

in vain

while blackfeet starved and the cheyennes froze

and the sioux blood stained the coldest snows

in shame

and the tracks went down

on the huntin' land and the sacred ground

pickin' up all the drifters along the way

and then the trains rolled in

with the buffalo skinners and the greedy men

and the world got a little bit smaller every day

but there was a time when the land was free

when the seminole and the cherokee

stood tall

your head was up but your hopes were down

though your heart was on the ground

you stood it all

and you're a better man than i am

indian man