Trail of Tears

By '31 the word had come they had took the Choctaw land
Soon enough they would come for us
And we'd be gun to gun with the white man
They'll arrive to a big surprise when the soldiers show up here
We may fall, but we will not crawl on the trail of tears

We heard the Creek and the Cherokee and the Chickasaw went west
Wounded, scarred, scared and starved on that march of death
Stood our ground, would not back down, in the face of pain and fear
We may fall but we will not crawl on the trail of tears

What do you do when they come for you
And you know you're in the right
Could've walked the trail to a white man's hell
But we chose to fight
You're against the wall
When they use the law
Like a weapon in their hands
When you have no voice then you have no choice
Rise up and take a stand

In '35 the word arrived they'd were comin' up the King's Highway
Dressed in blue but we all knew they would turn blood red that day
We laid in wait with our faces painted for the first ones to appear
We may fall but we will not crawl on the trail of tears

What do you do when they come for you
And you know you're in the right
Could've walked the trail to a white man's hell
But we chose to fight
You're against the wall
When they use the law
Like a weapon in their hands
When you have no voice then you have no choice
Rise up and take a stand
When you have no voice then you have no choice
Rise up and take a stand

We never signed their dotted line, they never drove us from this place
We fight on, proud and strong, deep down in the Everglades
As a matter of fact, if they come back, we'll still be right here
We may fall but we will not crawl on the trail of tears
We may fall but we will not crawl on the trail of tears
We may fall but we will not crawl on the trail of tears