[Lyrics and Melodies by Mark Boals / Music by Tony MacAlpine] [2002 Boalsongs BMI / Eyes on the Prize BMI] From the deserts to the oceanside From the mountains to the plains From two thousand years of peaceful life To only strife and pain Came to move them from ancestral homes Bringing howling winds of war To see the endless sky and earth below Nevermore d**h and destruction Came rolling from all directions Then came the deal makers Selling their lies A forgotten people Forced to wander the earth Never respected Only (neglected) Theirs is the ghost of America Receiving no honor Holding on to their pride Only were cheated Never defeated Theirs is the ghost of America Many generations had come and gone But their land was never changed Life in harmony with nature reigned Until the white men came
Until they said this is our promised land It's our eminent domain Let's destroy all traces of the past Let nothing remain d**h and destruction Came rolling from all directions Then came the deal makers Selling their lies A forgotten people Forced to wander the earth Never respected Only rejected Theirs is the ghost of America Receiving no honor Holding on to their pride Only were cheated Never defeated Theirs is the ghost of America d**h and destruction Came rolling from all directions Then came the deal makers Selling their lies A forgotten people Forced to wander the earth Never respected Only rejected Theirs is the ghost of America Receiving no honor Holding on to their pride Only were cheated Never defeated Theirs is the ghost of America