We Shall Overcome

We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome I remember reading when I was young All those great stories about red Indians I remember watching a lot of films on TV Where the Indians had power and were free How different, how sad it was To see that now it's not like that anymore We shall overcome We shall overcome No more surrender No more reservation No more surrender No more reservation We shall overcome We shall overcome I saw things there that just aren't fair Living in places where there is no work Where the only thing to do is drink and get stoned Thinking about the past, dreaming about better times to come We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome We shall overcome