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Track 17 HOMELESS IN AMERICA: Twenty-One Songs of Social Conscience for the 21st Century
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Top Nashville musicians and vocalists perform 21 songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-
Top Nashville musicians and session vocalists perform songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-war, poverty, health, taxation, immigration, environmental, social security privatization, gun control, negative effects of neo-con and religious 'right' agendas, etc. Genres include country, blues, rock, folk, R&B soul, pop, Native USA, bluegrass, Americana, Southern Rock, Rock-a-Billy and alternative.
Song Info
Genre
Alternative • Other Alternative
Charts
Peak #208
Peak in subgenre #41
Author
Richard Aberdeen
Rights
2005 Freedom Tracks Music
Uploaded
August 30, 2005
Track Files
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MP3 3.0 MB • 128 kbps • 3:13
Lyrics
AMERICAN

I am the master of Sequoyah, Spirit friend of American Nations
Eternal Logos of wisdom's sages, infinity cosmic universal ages
I am the author of peace and love but my right hand holds
the thunder
Those who deceive and oppress my people
My white horse soon will trample under. . .

We all bow to Big Chief
Great Spirit of Oglala Sioux sky
Who makes his rain fall on the evil and good
And hears the oppressed when they cry
We believe in helping a stranger in need
And believe in brotherhood
The avarice way of the savage light hand
We've never really quite understood

We all bow to Big Chief
Our Father of American nations
Never killing or planting more than we need
We have reverence for all his creations
For 12,000 years we hunted in peace
Gathered food and planted his seed
We seldom knew more than minor warfare
And never heard of such insatiable greed

We all bow to Big Chief
Great God of the natural flow
We like to share all things in common
And offer half when supplies are low
They called us sub-human and savage
For refusing to buy and sell land
And repaid our kindness with evil
When we offered them a helping hand

There's a drum beat sounding in the distance
The Trail Of Tears continues to grow
As they rape the home of our children's future
And ignore the true path that we know
Misery and destruction follow their feet
The Law Of Peace they have not known
And as sure as mighty rivers flow to the sea
They will reap what they have sown

"Vengeance is mine" says Big Chief
And though our tears flow down like rain
We know that someday we will prevail
And be one with the eagle again
Now whether our lot be good or bad
And no matter which way the wind blows
We all bow to Big Chief
'Cause we know his will is what goes
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