Story Behind The Song
I am part Sioux and have always wanted to write a song from an Indian's point of view
Song Description
Song about the American Indian's plight
| Song Length |
4:27 |
Genre |
New Age - Ethnic, Unique - Soundtracks |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Moving, Disturbed |
Subject |
Civil Rights, Race/Ethnicity |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
STILL THE WHITE MAN RIDE©1991 Pat Flanakin
patflanakin@hotmail.com
(615) 361-5458
VERSE Thunder rolled in off the hills
Light?nin? split the sky
Reservations have been filled
And still the white man ride
VERSE A thousand soldiers can?t be stilled
With arrows and a knife
All my people have been killed
And still the white man ride
VERSE Now fact?ries sprang up on my land
The buffalo have died
Progress gave no helpin? hand
And still the white man ride
Oh still the white man ride
BREAK
VERSE Well, all my people?s history
Has vanished overnight
Keep me down with poverty
And still the white man ride
VERSE Spread your freedom eagerly
Teach me how to die
Give me back my ancestry
And still the white man ride
Oh still the white man ride
TAG Yeah, still the white man ride
Oh, still the white man ride