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Indian Land
m.litton

From the far horizon a great thunderhead has sent
Red clouds before the warriors descend
There’s thunder in the valley, there’s lightning in the sky
But they don’t bring no tears to the little boy’s eyes
Cause he ain’s scared of thunder, Lord, no he ain’t scared of storm
He ain’t scared of the Devil with his pitchfork and his horns
Cause late in the evening he’s heard the stories told
About the Plains Indians so brave and bold

(chorus): And it’s Hey-ya, hey-ya, hey-ee-ya-a-aye
You can hear them sing when the wind begins to play
And if you don’t wear s shirt or a glove on your hand
Son, you’ll turn red in this Indian land

When the ol’ potato wagon goes a’rolling o’er the bridge
That’s what makes the thunder sound up overhead
And when the ol’ man makes his great big wagon whip go crack
It sends the lightning crashing on the Devil’s back
He’ll teach me how to fiddle, Lord, he’ll teach me how to ride
Dad’ll take me huntin-fishin with him by and by
And when he tells me something, I always listen good
So I can go way down yonder in the woods
(chorus)

The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting cold
Jack Frost is coming and he’ll bite your nose
The brush of Indian Summer has painted all the leaves
Gotta get a jack-o-lantern cut for Halloween
Now all the leaves are falling, the firewood is stacked
The birds fly south but they’ll soon fly back
Daddy makes a teepee when he stacks the stokes of cane
And we hide there in the middles from the cold wind ‘n rain

Hey-ya, hey-ya, hey-ee-ya-a-aye

Gotta get the pick ‘n shovel, gotta dig a hole real deep
Cause the ol’ dog died last night in his sleep
Daddy says the grave will one day set our spirits free
And we’ll roam in the clouds between the sun and the sea
We’ll ride the high wind over distant hills
Leave these valleys where we’ve toiled ‘n tilled
And there will be no hunger, no worry anymore
As we sail the great storms shore to shore

(chorus): And it’s Hey-ya, hey-ya, hey-ee-ya-a-aye
You can hear them sing when the wind begins to play
And if you don’t wear s shirt or a glove on your hand
Son, you’ll turn red in this Indian land

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from Between the Wars, released September 16, 2020

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I'm a creekbank ghetto boy. Began my singin' near half a century ago in Canada, then hit northeast, down thru Nashville, Austin, out to Colorado and back to Kansas where I started out and will likely remain. My influences are Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, CCR and The Band, while the juices of a hundred others flavor my music, not to mention the devil himself if that's what it takes to make a song... ... more

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