lirik lagu dan master - the trail of tears
[verse 1]
two hundred years ago
longer than any living man remembers
this land was green and gold
with grasses and grain
not a single town and the dirt was brown
and seed grew where it landed
to feed a wanderin’ people
as they roamed their home the plain
[verse 2]
then the white man spoke on paper
in words they’d understand
as long as green grass grows and water flows
this will be your land
but the green grass died
and water dried up
leaving a riverless bed
full of pebbles, stones and the bleached~white bones
of the dying and the dead
of the dying and the dead
[chorus]
well history teaches the trail of tears
ended in 1839
but the trail of tears is a tale of years
that reaches over time
that haunts us over time
[verse 3]
old hickory gave the order
for a death march through the snow
and through a thousand miles of murder
the cherokee did go
through the winter cold, the young, the old, the sick, and the insane
before the blood~wet threat of a bayonet
moved across the frozen plain
and from the open mouths of mothers
steam rose as they wailed
pulled from the bodies of their babies
left beside the frozen trail
beside the frozen trail
[chorus]
well history teaches the trail of tears
ended in 1839
but the trail of tears is a tale of years
that reaches over time
that haunts us over time
[verse 4]
now from claremore, oklahoma
to winslow, arizona
lay broken braves and broken bottles of whiskey and beer
and the trail of tears has now been named a national recreation
with tourist lines and painted signs
saying, “you are here.”
saying, “you are here.”
[chorus]
well history teaches the trail of tears
ended in 1839
but the trail of tears is a tale of years
that reaches over time
that haunts us over time
[verse 5]
over every indian cradle
you can hear these sad words said
tears and mud mixed with cherokee blood
that’s how this dirt turned red
that’s how this dirt turned red
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