7th track from 'This Is A Test', to be released on The Path Less Traveled Records
features alternate lyric sheet insert
lyrics
Like blades of grass in spring
When summer is coming on
Like snow on the side of the hill
Where the Sun is warm
Still beats the defiant heart
Makhpiya Luta. Oglala Lakota.
Spirit of the native red people:
Red Cloud, you couldn’t save your great nation
From melting like the snow on the hills
Where the sun’s rays shine
Warm
Like blades of grass in spring
When summer is coming on
Like snow on the side of the hill
Where the Sun is warm
Oh Makhpiya Luta,
Our people are like blades of grass, &
Your great nation is melting
Like snow on the side of the hill
Where the sun is warm
Melting your great culture
Diluting the great name
Your people emulate
When the sun screams through the clouds:
Die
Makhpiya Luta.
Proud Oglala Lakota.
Warrior Red Cloud
With your prophetic proclamation:
Your people are like blades of grass in spring when summer comes on
credits
from This is a Test,
released June 20, 2011
music/words: Man Will Destroy Himself