Columbus made San Salvador in 1492
And the pilgrims sailed for sanctuary
And they arrived there too
They did not fear the Indian,
though the parties would have died
They welcomed the white man and they helped them to survive
Columbus said such peaceful men could not resist or fight
He said a dead one's good and he declared the new land white
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Put the
pieces
back together, let them be
Feed my body to the birds Let them eat my peaceful words,
won't you?
Two thousand of the Indians were self-enslaved
And the men that smiled and gave us corn became our enemy
The Indian and Mexican had fought some time before
So the white man and his lies became extensions to their war
The rickbines where the birds once sang were sited,
cleaned and cleared
Some blood spilled through the canyons of the land we pioneered
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Put the pieces back together,
let them be
Feed my body to the birds Let them eat my peaceful words,
won't you?
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
We don't care for your traditions We don't want your kids and wives
Progress stands beside us We want your land and lives
We've built you reservations You really can't ask for more
And you've got to see it our way That's what the treaty is for
There's room enough for both of us You've got to understand
And you've got to see it our way We have thanked you for your land
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Put the pieces back together,
let them be
Feed my body
to the birds Let them eat my
peaceful words,
won't you?
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
They call me so because they killed them at will I am
the fastest gun in the West There ain't none faster,
I am the best
Colonel
Chivington is my name We moved our men to the Buffalo Plain
Where the trees wouldn't grow Where hunting
was scarce and streams wouldn't flow
And then came film of how the West was won
How the bow and arrow got beat by the gun
Where pilgrim fathers prayed for all
men A nation fair never rose again
I'm Crazy Horse,
Chief of the Sioux You gave us your word and we trusted you