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| Title: |
Savage Land |
| Artist: |
Serena Matthews
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| Album: |
Dreams for the Broken |
| Copyright: |
2003 Serena Matthews |
| URL: |
http://www.serenamatthews.com |
| Description: |
a song about the Trail of Tears. acoustic guitar & vocals.
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| Notes: |
This song is about my ancestors who walked the Cherokee "Trail of Tears" after Andrew Jackson demanded that they move westward. Today his face is on the American $20 bill...
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| Lyrics: |
dark wind blowing on me tonight
my feet are broken and my baby just died
Jackson said we're not civilized
so we're move west, he said that's best
for a savage land, for a savage land
cold snow falling on me today
my horse is tired but still she carries me
I want to go back home but they burned it down
I want to go back home but there's no room
for a savage town, for a savage town
not so many moons ago I watched the red bird fly
floating circles round & round beneath a hazeless sky
floating round & round & round in a hazeless sky
above a free land, above a free land
hard rage burning my heart tonight
my horse broke down she died and I'm not going to make it
my blood falls out of me it's red just like the presidents but all he sees is red skin
from a savage land, from a savage land
not so many moons ago I watched the red bird fly
floating circles round & round beneath a hazeless sky
floating circles round & round beneath a hazeless sky
above a free land, above a free land
a free land
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