American Ghost Dance

Give me a home Where the buffalo roam And the death Of a race is a game Where seldom is heard A peaceable word From the white trash Who killed as they came Though these words dig deep They offer no relief God save the queen I am an Indian Chief There is a secret I keep It's called 'The Talking Leaf' And you better believe That he speaks his beliefs Like a rock that bleeds In a sea of grief My talking leaf speaks Of a wounded knee creek American ghost dance American ghost dance American ghost dance American ghost dance Today a new man Who is with old ways He walks the streets of life But he's in chains ? I'm alive?, he cried I can feel the flame Burning red inside I am an Indian brave There is a memory That lives in my blood Of the brand you laid On all you touched But the burning flame It turns to burning pain A genuine genocide And that's truly insane So like a wild hurricane I will dance on the grave Of my race that died When it should have been saved American ghost dance American ghost dance American ghost dance American ghost dance Give me a home Where the buffalo roam And the death Of a race is a game Where seldom is heard A peaceable word From the white trash Who killed as they came Though these words dig deep They offer no relief God save the queen I am an Indian chief There is a secret I keep It's called 'The Talking Leaf' And you better believe That he speaks his beliefs Like a rock that bleeds In a sea of grief My talking leaf speaks Of a wounded knee creek American ghost dance American ghost dance American ghost dance American ghost dance American ghost dance American ghost dance American ghost dance