Lyrics

[Intro] Indian legislations on the desk of a do-right Congressman Now, he don't know much about the issue So he picks up the phone And he asks advice from the senator out in Indian country A darling of the energy companies Who are ripping off what's left of the reservations, huh [Verse 1] I learned a safety rule I don't know who to thank Don't stand between the reservation and the corporate bank They'll send in federal tanks It isn't nice but it's reality [Chorus] Bury my heart at Wounded Knee Deep in the Earth Cover me with pretty lies Bury my heart at Wounded Knee [Verse 2] They got these energy companies who want the land And they've got churches by the dozens, want to guide our hands And sign our Mother Earth over to pollution, war and greed (Get rich, get rich quick) [Chorus] Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Deep in the Earth (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Cover me with pretty lies (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) [Verse 3] Huh, we get the federal marshals, we get the covert spies We get the liars by the fire and we get the FBIs They lie in court and get naile and still Peltier goes off to jail (The bullets don't match the gun) [Bridge] Bury my heart at Wounded Knee An eighth of the reservations (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Was transferred in secret (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) The murder and intimidation (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) [Verse 4] Huh, and my girlfriend Annie Mae talked about uranium Her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped The FBI cut off her hands and told us she'd died of exposure [Chorus] Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Deep in the Earth (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Cover me with pretty lies (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) [Post-Chorus] Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) [Verse 5] We had the Gold Rush Wars, ah, didn't we learn to crawl And now our history gets written in a liar's scrawl They tell ya "Ayy, honey, you can still be an Indian D-d-down at the Y on Saturday nights", no [Chorus] Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Deep in the Earth (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Cover me with pretty lies (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Deep in the Earth (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Cover me with pretty lies (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) [Outro] (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee) (Bury my heart at Wounded Knee)