bruce cockburn - indian wars lyrics
out in the desert where the wind never stops
a few simple people try to grow a few crops
trying to maintain a life and a home
on land that was theirs before the romans thought of rome
a few dozen survivors, ragged but proud
with a few woolly sheep, under gathering cloud
it’s never been easy, or free from strife
but the pulse of the land is the pulse of their life
you thought it was over but it’s just like before
will there never be an end to the indian wars?
it’s not breech-loading rifles and wholesale slaughter
it’s kickbacks and thugs and diverted water
treaties get signed and the papers change hands
but they might as well draft these agreements in sand
n-ble savage on the cinema screen
an indian’s good when he cannot be seen
and the so-called white so-called race
digs for itself a pit of disgrace
you thought it was over but it’s just like before
will there never be an end to the indian wars?
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