Cherokee

You were wild and you were free
You were sons of destiny
But the white man came and took your land away
You were fire, you were flame
You were blood inside their veins
And we brought you pain the day he came to slay

I hear you howling through the night
The wind blows cold, the moon is like a flame
The cry of sorrow breaks the light
And wakes the vengeance in your heart

Oh, Cherokee, running free
You ride into the sky
Where your spirit lives forever

You were young but you were wise
You were smoke that always rise
How they put you down and spat upon your name
You were snow and you were rain
You were one without a chain
But they chained your life and gave you all the blame

The sound of thunder breaks the ice
Ten thousand riding side by side
The time has come to end the fight
For their freedom, for their right

Oh, Cherokee, running free
You ride into the sky
Where your spirit lives forever
Cherokee, running free
You ride into the sky
Where your freedom lives forever

The fire burns tonight
We all recall the fight
Where blood was shed without a reason
Two hundred years have passed
Since he stood on shore
And raped your land down to the core

Cherokee, running free
You ride into the sky
Where your spirit lives forever
Cherokee, running free
You ride into the sky
Where your spirit lives forever
Cherokee, running free
You ride into the sky
Where your freedom lives forever