Cherokee Wisdom
We tried to get along, signed the treaties
shared our language, our home, our practices, our food
But the greatest trust of all had been broken
then the empty white world promises had to do
We walked on frozen ground winter season
We know it's not the time of year to move
The young and old, the sick, the lame, the healthy
We carried in our hearts everything we knew
We trusted our feet on the ground, our Earth Mother
We looked to Father Sky for some sweet sound
Sister Tree standing tall and Mountain Brother
They couldn't lift the clouds; our Souls crying out-loud
We watched each other fall and stumble
We held each other tight in the cold
We laid to rest and honored those who perished
And we wept for all the land and the life we had known
Oh... oh... oh...
Peace pipe, drumming, dance of life
We still carry Cherokee pride
Our spirits they live on all around you
We are the glints of light on fallen snow
We're in the coyote's howl, the red-tailed hawk that circles
We will remember our tears and from them we will grow
We trusted our feet on the ground, our Earth Mother
We looked to Father Sky for some sweet sound
Sister Tree standing tall and Mountain Brother
Great Spirit lifted the clouds. We're here again somehow
Oh... oh... oh...
shared our language, our home, our practices, our food
But the greatest trust of all had been broken
then the empty white world promises had to do
We walked on frozen ground winter season
We know it's not the time of year to move
The young and old, the sick, the lame, the healthy
We carried in our hearts everything we knew
We trusted our feet on the ground, our Earth Mother
We looked to Father Sky for some sweet sound
Sister Tree standing tall and Mountain Brother
They couldn't lift the clouds; our Souls crying out-loud
We watched each other fall and stumble
We held each other tight in the cold
We laid to rest and honored those who perished
And we wept for all the land and the life we had known
Oh... oh... oh...
Peace pipe, drumming, dance of life
We still carry Cherokee pride
Our spirits they live on all around you
We are the glints of light on fallen snow
We're in the coyote's howl, the red-tailed hawk that circles
We will remember our tears and from them we will grow
We trusted our feet on the ground, our Earth Mother
We looked to Father Sky for some sweet sound
Sister Tree standing tall and Mountain Brother
Great Spirit lifted the clouds. We're here again somehow
Oh... oh... oh...
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Writer(s): Janie Worm
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