Indian Sunset Lyrics

As he awoke that evening with the smell of wood-smoke clinging
Like a gentle cobweb hangin' upon a painted teepee
He went to see his chieftain with his war lance and his woman
For they told him that the yellow moon would very soon be leaving
"oh, this I can't believe, "he said, "i won't believe our war lord's dead!
He would not leave the chosen ones to the buzzards and the soldiers' guns"

Oh, great father of the iroquois, ever since I was young
I've read the writing of the smoke and breast-fed on the sound of drums
I've learned to hurl the tomahawk and ride a painted pony wild,
To run the gauntlet of the sioux, to make a chieftain's daughter mine

And now you ask that I should watch the red men's race be slowly crushed?
What kind of words are these to hear from yellow dog, whom the white man fears?

I take only what is mine; my pony, my squaw, and my child
I can't stay to see you die, along with my tribe's pride
I go to search for the yellow moon and the fathers of our sons
Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold and the healing waters run

Tramplin' down the prairie rose, leaving hooftracks in the sand
Those who wish to follow me, I welcome with my hand
I heard from pa*sing renegades, geronimo was dead
He'd been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead

Now there seems no reason why I should carry on
In this land that once was my land I can't find a home
It's lonely and it's quiet and the horse soldiers are comin'
And I think it's time I strung my bow and ceased my senseless running
For now I'll find the yellow moon along with my loved ones
Where the buff'loes graze in the clover fields without the sound of guns
And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold
And peace to this young warrior comes with a bullet hole!

Peter Paul & Mary - Solo Recordings: 1971-1972

Nov 2008

1. River Of Jordan
2. Mary Beth
3. Goodbye Josh
4. Take Off Your Mask
5. Wings Of Time
6. Don't Ever Take Away My Freedom
7. Side Road
8. Tall Pine Trees
9. Greenwood
10. Beautiful City
11. Plato's Song
12. Weave Me The Sunshine
13. Gabriel's Mother's Hiway Ballad #16 Blues
14. Been On The Road Too Long
15. Hey Sad Sack
16. Wedding Song [There Is Love]
17. Meanings Will Change
18. Give A Damn
19. Sebastian
20. Lucy
21. Ju Les Ver Negre En Che Ese [Ed's Tune]
22. Tiger
23. Tender Hands
24. John Henry Bosworth
25. The Song Is Love
26. I Guess He'd Rather Be In Colorado
27. Children One And All
28. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
29. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
30. Erika With The Windy Yellow Hair
31. Rhymes And Reasons
32. Follow Me
33. On The Path Of Glory [La Colline Au Whisky]
34. Circus
35. Song For The Asking
36. Indian Sunset