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Current version of Elton John Lyrics Indian Sunset (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/e/elton-john/indian-sunset/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 2 of Elton John Lyrics Indian Sunset (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/e/elton-john/indian-sunset/v2.html) Version 2 of the lyrics | |||||||||||
| As I awoke this evening | As I awoke this evening | |||||||||||
| With the smell of wood smoke clinging | With the smell of wood smoke clinging | |||||||||||
| 1 | Like a gentle cobweb hanging | Like the gentle cobweb hanging | 1 | |||||||||
| Upon a painted tepee | Upon a painted tepee | |||||||||||
| Oh, I went to see my chieftain | Oh, I went to see my chieftain | |||||||||||
| With my warlance and my woman | With my warlance and my woman | |||||||||||
| For he told us that the Yellow Moon | For he told us that the Yellow Moon | |||||||||||
| Would very soon be leaving | Would very soon be leaving | |||||||||||
| 2 | "This I can't believe", I said | "This I can't believe," I said. | 2 | |||||||||
| "I can't believe our warlord's dead | "I can't believe our warlord's dead | |||||||||||
| Oh, he would not leave the chosen ones | Oh, he would not leave the chosen ones | |||||||||||
| 3 | To the buzzards and the soldiers' guns" | To the buzzards and the soldiers' guns!" | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Oh, Great Father of the Iroquois | "Oh, Great Father of the Iroquois | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | Ever since, I was young | Ever since I was young | 5 | |||||||||
| I've read the writing of the smoke | I've read the writing of the smoke | |||||||||||
| 6 | And breastfed on the sound of drums | And breastfed on the sound of drums." | 6 | |||||||||
| 7 | I've learned to hurl the tomahawk | "I've learned to hurl the tomahawk | 7 | |||||||||
| And ride a painted pony wild | And ride a painted pony wild | |||||||||||
| 8 | To run the gantlet of the Sioux | To run the gauntlet of the Sioux | 8 | |||||||||
| 9 | To make a chieftain's daughter mine | To make a chieftain's daughter mine." | 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | And now you ask that I should watch | "And now you ask that I should watch | 10 | |||||||||
| The red man's race be slowly crushed | The red man's race be slowly crushed | |||||||||||
| What kind of words are these to hear | What kind of words are these to hear | |||||||||||
| 11 | From Yellow Dog whom a white man fears? | From Yellow Dog whom a white man fears?" | 11 | |||||||||
| I take only what is mine, Lord | I take only what is mine, Lord | |||||||||||
| My pony, my squaw, and my child | My pony, my squaw, and my child | |||||||||||
| Oh, I can't stay here to see you die | Oh, I can't stay here to see you die | |||||||||||
| Along with my tribe's pride | Along with my tribe's pride | |||||||||||
| I go to search for the Yellow Moon | I go to search for the Yellow Moon | |||||||||||
| And the fathers of our sons | And the fathers of our sons | |||||||||||
| Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold | Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold | |||||||||||
| 12 | And the healin' waters run | And the healing waters run | 12 | |||||||||
| Tramplin' down the prairie rose | Tramplin' down the prairie rose | |||||||||||
| Leavin' hoof tracks in the sand | Leavin' hoof tracks in the sand | |||||||||||
| Those who wish to follow me | Those who wish to follow me | |||||||||||
| I welcome with my hands | I welcome with my hands | |||||||||||
| 13 | I heard from passin' renegades | I heard from passing renegades | 13 | |||||||||
| Geronimo was dead | Geronimo was dead | |||||||||||
| He'd been layin' down his weapons | He'd been layin' down his weapons | |||||||||||
| When they filled him full of lead | When they filled him full of lead | |||||||||||
| Now there seems no reason | Now there seems no reason | |||||||||||
| Why I should carry on | Why I should carry on | |||||||||||
| In this land that once was my land | In this land that once was my land | |||||||||||
| I can't find a home | I can't find a home | |||||||||||
| It's lonely and it's quiet | It's lonely and it's quiet | |||||||||||
| And the horse soldiers are comin' | And the horse soldiers are comin' | |||||||||||
| And I think it's time I strung my bow | And I think it's time I strung my bow | |||||||||||
| And ceased my senseless running | And ceased my senseless running | |||||||||||
| For soon I'll find the Yellow Moon | For soon I'll find the Yellow Moon | |||||||||||
| Along with my loved ones | Along with my loved ones | |||||||||||
| Where the buffaloes graze in clover fields | Where the buffaloes graze in clover fields | |||||||||||
| Without the sound of guns | Without the sound of guns | |||||||||||
| And the red sun sinks at last | And the red sun sinks at last | |||||||||||
| Into the hills of gold | Into the hills of gold | |||||||||||
| And peace to this young warrior | And peace to this young warrior | |||||||||||
| Comes with a bullet hole | Comes with a bullet hole | |||||||||||
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