THEY TOOK THE WHOLE
CHEROKEE NATION
PUT US ON THIS
RESERVATION
TOOK AWAY
OUR WAYS OF LIFE
THE TOMAHAWK
AND THE BOW AND KNIFE
TOOK AWAY
OUR NATIVE TONGUE
AND TAUGHT
THEIR ENGLISH
TO OUR YOUNG
AND ALL THE BEADS
WE MADE BY HAND
ARE NOWADAYS
MADE IN JAPAN
CHEROKEE PEOPLE
CHEROKEE TRIBE
SO PROUD YOU LIVED
SO PROUD YOU DIED
THEY TOOK THE WHOLE
INDIAN NATION
LOCKED US ON
THIS RESERVATION
THOUGH I WEAR
A SHIRT AND TIE
I'M STILL PART RED MAN
DEEP INSIDE
CHEROKEE PEOPLE
CHEROKEE TRIBE
SO PROUD YOU LIVED
SO PROUD YOU DIED
BUT MAYBE SOMEDAY
WHEN THEY'VE LEARNED
CHEROKEE NATION
WILL RETURN
WILL RETURN
WILL RETURN
WILL RETURN
WILL RETURN