Buffy Sainte-Marie - Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee lyrics

Indian legislation's on the desk of a do-right Congressman Now, he don't know much about the issue So he picks up the phone And he asks advice of the Senator out in Indian country A darling of the energy companies Who are ripping off what's left of the reservations I learned a safety rule, I don't know who to thank Don't stand between the reservation and the corporate bank They'll send in federal tanks, it isn't nice but it's reality Bury my heart at wounded knee deep in the earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at wounded knee They got these energy companies who want the land And theyve got churches by the dozen who want to guide our hands And sign Mother Earth over to pollution, war and greed Bury my heart at wounded knee deep in the earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at wounded knee We got the federal marshals, we got the covert spies We get the liars by the fire and we got the FBI's They lie in court and get nailed and still Peltier goes off to jail Bury my heart at wounded knee, an aid to the reservation Bury my heart at wounded knee, transfered in sequence Bury my heart at wounded knee, to murder an intimidation Bury my heart at wounded knee My girlfriend Annie Mae talked about Uranium Her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped The FBI cut off her hands and told us she'd died of exposure Bury my heart at wounded knee deep in the earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at wounded knee, bury my heart at wounded knee Bury my heart at wounded knee, bury my heart at wounded knee Bury my heart at wounded knee We had the Goldrush Wars, why didn't we learn to crawl? And now our history gets written in a liars scrawl They tell ya, Hey honey, you can still be an Indian D-d-down at the Y on Saturday nights Bury my heart at wounded knee deep in the earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at wounded knee Bury my heart at wounded knee deep in the earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at wounded knee Bury my heart at wounded knee