Indiana

you go into these woods
you may never come out
there’s a whole lot of trouble
just waitin’ around
beasts on your leÓ
war on your right
and it seems like the day
is the darkest of nights
Indiana
this is my home
where the bear and the hawk
and the indians roam
sweet sister moon
and dear brother sun
watch over these forests
and keep them from harm
i’m just an orphan
my parents are gone
i’ve lived in these woods
since the fever took Mom
my brother is fighting
with anthony wayne
and i think i’m in love
with an Indian maid
they’re building a village
there’s smoke in the air
a peddler was murdered
not too far from here
they say a giant of indian blood
was traveling with him
not it’s him they will hunt
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Rain Hawk she says that
when she was a girl
her mother told her
of the hole in the world
the old ones were bear-men
who lived here before
giants of innocence
wisdom and lore
my people they fear
what they don’t understand
and i’ve seen these footprints
too big for a man
we’ll search for the old one
there’s no turning back
we’ll try to protect him
as long as we can
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