Lyrics As Long as the Grass Shall Grow - Live Version - Johnny Cash

Ride this train, ride this train
Around about the turn of 19th century
It was a meeting hell at Independence Hall
Cornplanter, chief of the Seneca
Red Jacket and general George Washington
A map was laid out and the line was drawn
And it was promised that on the Allegheny River here, north, east and west
Shall be Indian land
For as long as the moon shall rise (as long as the moon shall rise)
As long as the rivers flow (as long as the rivers flow)
As long as the sun will shine (as long as the sun will shine)
As long as the grass shall grow (as long as the grass shall grow)
Well, the Seneca is an Indian tribe of the Iroquios nation
On the New York Pennsylvania Line you'll find their reservation
After the US revolution Cornplanter was a chief
He told to his tribe, "These men they could trust", that was his true belief
Well, they went down to Independence Hall and there a treaty signed
That promised peace with the USA and Indian rights combined
George Washington gave his signature, the Government gave its hand
And they said that now and forever more that this is Indian land
As long as the moon shall rise (as long as the moon shall rise)
As long as the rivers flow (as long as the rivers flow)
As long as the sun will shine (as long as the sun will shine)
As long as the grass shall grow (as long as the grass shall grow)
On the Seneca reservation there is much sadness now
Washington's treaty has been broken and there is no hope no how
All across the Allegheny River they're throwing up a dam
It will flood the Indian country, a proud day for Uncle Sam
But it has broke that ancient treaty with a politician's grin
It will flood the Indians graveyards, Cornplanter can you swim?
Earth is mother to the the Senecas so they're trampling sacred ground
Change the mint green earth to black mud flats as honor hobbles down
As long as the moon shall rise, hey brother are you thirsty? (as long as the moon shall rise)
As long as the rivers flow, my brother are you warm? (as long as the rivers flow)
As long as the sun will shine (as long as the sun will shine)
As long as the grass shall grow (as long as the grass shall grow)