Ups And Downs
Cherokee Reservation
DON FARDON
They took the whole Cherokee nation
And put us on this reservation
They took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
They took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live
So proud to die
They took the whole Indian nation
Locked us on this reservation
And though I wear a shirt and tie
I still part Redman deep inside
Cherokee people
Cherokee tribe
So proud to live
So proud to die
And some day when they've learned
Cherokee Indian will return
Will return will return
Will return will return
So Good
It sounds like a whisper
It seems like a dream
It breaks and it falls
It tears at the seam
Suppose that it happens
Suppose that it's real
Supposing you're right
Suppose it won't heal forever
And I will get old and tired
And nothing will get to me
No one will want to have me
Longing to be set free
If only the sun would take me
If only the wind was on my side [2x]
I wish I could see you
I'm stuck in a fog
I wish I had patience
A virtue says god
I wish I had wishes
A gold magic charm
I'd wish for more time
I'd wish
It seems like a dream
It breaks and it falls
It tears at the seam
Suppose that it happens
Suppose that it's real
Supposing you're right
Suppose it won't heal forever
And I will get old and tired
And nothing will get to me
No one will want to have me
Longing to be set free
If only the sun would take me
If only the wind was on my side [2x]
I wish I could see you
I'm stuck in a fog
I wish I had patience
A virtue says god
I wish I had wishes
A gold magic charm
I'd wish for more time
I'd wish