Lyrics The Legend of Mannyville - Tomas

Here I travel back again to a place with family and friends
On a mountain far, far away
Celebrating special days
From where I'm standing I look around
There's nothing but the sky and ground
As far, far as the eyes can see
Everything so naturally
And then as fast as I've arrived
It seems I've been taken back in time to
Mannyville, Mannyville

I wake up to the sound of drums
Chanting voices here I come
My face is painted dark and red
My clothes are leather my bow is thread
Their words are native but not to me
But what it means "We must be free!"
Up on our horses, off we go
In the thick of night so no one knows
The town is quiet as we arrive
But they're not sleeping as bullets fly from
Mannyville, Mannyville

My arrows fly with lightning speed
Men have fallen women scream
And though we didn't take surprise
My men are strong we'll always rise
I see his bright green eyes aglow
His shoulder back his rifle low
He points his gun, it's aimed at me
I feel the bullet enter me

I grab my bow and my arrow soars
I've fallen now but I hear its course
He curses, he grabs his chest and screams
But it's getting so hard, so hard to breathe (So hard to breath)
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah

I wake up sweating in my cabin room
I hear my mom saying "breakfast soon"
I wash my face and my dreary eyes
That dream I had it was so alive
Down the trail to the Canopy Tree
Where everybody is staring at me
When I entered and I they all stop and stared
At my bloody shirt, and the bullet there
My native tongue I explain with ease
I guess that no one ever really leaves
Mannyville, Mannyville

I said, in my native tongue I tried to explain to them all
I guess that no one really falls far from
Mannyville, Mannyville
Oh in my native tongue I explain with ease
I guess that no one ever really leaves
Mannyville, Mannyville
Oh, oh, oh, whoa oh
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah

Always gonna come back, Mannyville, always come back
I was just here wasn't it just a year ago, April snow
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
People said, "why would you ever leave Mannyville", Mannyville
Oh whoa, whoa, oh

Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
I remember years ago, but it really wasn't that long
And I've only been here once or twice
How do I know those things I know
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
From all those years ago
It's from Mannyville, Mannyville

Anyone can be here any year
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
Wasn't' it yesterday, all those years ago (Listen to me now)
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
All those years ago
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
All those years ago
Back when it snowed here every year
And mom and dad, you're here
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
So is Manny, and we're all so happy and grateful for
Mannyville, Mannyville

Anyone could be here any year
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
Alex and Andres, are here
And Xoch and Melly
And we're all so happy and grateful
Mannyville, Mannyville
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
All those years ago
All those years ago
All his family is here... Mannyville

Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah
We should do it again and again and again
And again and again and again and again
We should, Mannyville, hey, Mannyville

We should do it again, and again, and again...
Oo ya hey ya he ya neh lo hey heya e lah