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Where Have You Gone?
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The tale of a Native American boy captured by whites for an assimilation program during the period of US Westward expansion.
banter dan sheehan boston
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BANTER is a band which combines modern and classic rock sounds in most refreshing ways.
Banter rocked the clubs and airwaves of the Northeast United States from 1996-2004 with a catalog of songs infusing everything from folk and punk and Arabian drones into a unique brand of rock that defies classification (OK, fine, call them alt rock if you must). Their lyrics range from musical paintings of places that have affected their lives (and ours), as found in songs like "The Fort," "Springtime in February" and "Three Weeks," to themes of angst and paranoia as tackled in "Lowered" and "Farewell." Their CDs, which include the highly acclaimed EP and their full-length album , brought the group international attention with reviews in places as remote as Bryansk, Russia and chart success in France. BANTER has performed throughout the Northeast United States from New York to New Hampshire and has championed the New England media from magazines to TV.
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Rock General
Charts
Peak #1,279
Peak in subgenre #141
Author
Dan Sheehan
Rights
2002 Daniel Sheehan
Uploaded
November 23, 2002
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MP3 5.0 MB • 128 kbps • 5:24
Story behind the song
I saw a PBS special about how during the period of Westward expansion in the U.S. in the mid-1800s, the Bureau of Indian Affairs decided to assimilate the Native American population into Euro-American culture by snagging the young from their homes and placing them in bording schools run by the whites. This inspired the song.
Lyrics
A child lays down in bed of straw He dreams of running with the fox From all the stories he's been told The stories passed down come alive Within his dreams They speak of ancestors brave and wise and bold The child rises with the morning Sun The day has come to him Bringing the fruits of yesterday His father teaches him the ways of life As his father taught him The boy awaits the games they play Racing freely through the forest Leaping up into the laughing wind To catch the eagle in the sky Dancing 'round the fire at the great feasts When the moon was full and bright The moments radiate with life Men filled with confidence To know what's best decide for others The way that they were meant to live To foreign lands they go Bestowing wisdom on the young they take Convincing themselves that they give Rememb'ring times of running through the forest Leaping up into the wind To catch the eagle in the sky Dancing 'round the fire at the great feasts When the moon was full and bright The mem'ries fade as years go by Somewhere not far away Another day a mother cries out, "Where have you gone my only son?" 'Though it's been so long now Her hope she just cannot let go of "Where have you gone my darling one?" The boy is grateful to be here Amongst the foreign minds Who took him in when his parents were gone But there will come a day When mem'ries long supressed will haunt him "Where have you gone my darling one?"
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