Medicine Man (Live at Focus Hope)

(This is dedicated to the Gates Foundation)

Oh the medicine man he was blue as sky

And he drew my blood as the planes went by

And he sang his song to the big white light

About the Mississippi River and the lead on a tin can

Oh the medicine man he was a natural fighter

He fought that Indian land for the last of the natural water

So all the nice white people could have a backyard party

In the Arizona sunshine watching the planes go by

Oh the medicine man he had a friend in finance

Who had a grocery chain and the keys to the prisons

And he asked that doctor Can I call you Sam?

And he bought him a beer and they watched it all burn

Every time a tower falls and nothing takes its place

But TV cameras and proxy wars and a brand new paper face

Take your medication darling don't you fade away

Just watch the planes go by they will bring you gold someday

Oh the medicine man he turned green as the Jordan

When he saw that face in the deep dark night

Of the living people he'd sent to labor

So he gave them numbers in the morning paper

Oh the medicine man he is blue as sky

And he's drawing my blood as the planes go by

And he's singing his song to the big white light

About the Mississippi River and the lead on a tin can