spirit

Singer: willie nelson

white eagle crossed the big horn river

his pony's piled with furs

snow flower waited with the women of the tribe. too many moons he'd been gone from her. as the sunset led him homeward

he saw clouds of smoke above the trees. he cut his ponies loose

and rode just like the wind. he could smell the white man on the breeze. through the dust he say the ashes

his family and home. sole survivor of the people

whose spirit he must carry on alone. he rides

the horizon. a silhouette painted on the moon-lit-sky. and he cry's for the ones he loves. with an anger in his blood

a pain inside his heart

and a spirit -

that never dies. white eagle watched the fall of custer

he died a hundred times at wounded knee. walked with his homeless brothers

down the trail of tears

on his path - through history. and through the years.he sees the ashes

his family and home. sole survivor of the people

who's spirit he must carry on alone.

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Lyric Context: spirit - willie nelson