The Bull

You saw through the promises

The government would say,

Treaties made in the morning

And broken in the day,

So you rode through the bullets

With a spear and a knife,

You knew you had nothing

To lose, but your life.

First you sat like a bull

When they came for your land,

And they ordered you to move

With the rest of your band,

Then the lightning would flash

And the thunder would roar,

And they all knew the bull

Wasn't sitting anymore.

We knew of your bravery

There on the battleground,

Like that time on the mountain

When bullets danced around,

But you sat in the open

Like you had not a care,

And calmly blew pipe-fulls

Of smoke in the air.

First you sat like a bull

When they came for your land,

And they ordered you to move

With the rest of your band,

Then they saw the lightning flash

And they heard the thunder roar,

And they all knew the bull

Wasn't sitting anymore

The blood of a warrior

Was flowing in your veins,

While the blood of your brothers

Was spilling 'cross the plains,

So before you surrendered

And came down from your land,

You gave Mister Custer

A last place to stand.

First you sat like a bull

When they came for your land,

And they ordered you to move

With the rest of your band,

Then they saw the lightning flash

And they heard the thunder roar,

And they all knew the bull

Wasn't sitting anymore

Bluegrass / Western Lyric by Dennis Goodwin - copyright 2007 e-mail: ezywriter47@hotmail.com