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



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