There was a virgin land that must have been God's Eden Off the fruits of nature, the people there were eatin' A peaceful land, though full of many nations They lived in harmony with all of God's creations And then the white man came with all his greed and evil And cleared away the land to build his mighty steeple Took their homes away while he was preachin' The love of his God the people he was teachin' And he taught them: Thou shalt not k** or steal or lie Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife Thou shalt not know other gods before Me Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain His laws were good, though we never did live by them His lust for gold destroyed all the good within him Treaties were made, but soon they all were broken And the people became just a picture on his token
He gave the ___ lands to them for reservations He even had a race enslaved on his plantations Because of this, the white men fought each other Blue and gray turned brother against brother. Still he taught them: Thou shalt not k** or steal or lie Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's land Thou shalt not know other gods before Me Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain Hypocrisy became his way of living Taking what he wanted, with no though of giving He placed himself above his mighty steeple Naming himself as savior for all people Progress became his greatest enemy This plentiful land was raped from sea to sea Our children to come must reap the spoils of lust Of the people with the motto: "In God we Trust".....