Pocahontas

Johnny Cash

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    Aurora borealis, the icy sky at night,
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    paddles cut the water in a long and hurried flight,
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    from the white man       to the fields of green,
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    in the homeland          we've never seen.

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   They killed us in our tepee, they cut our women down,
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    they might have left some babies cryin' on the ground,
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    but the firesticks        and the wagons come,
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    and the night falls        on the setting sun.

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    They massacred the buffalo, Kitty corner from the bank,
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    taxis run across my feet and my eyes have turned to blanks,
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    in my little box         at the top of the stairs,
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    with my Indian rug        and a pipe to share.

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    I wish I was a trapper, I would give a thousand pelts
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    to sleep with Pocahontas and find out how she felt,
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    in the mornin'          on the fields of green,
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    in the homeland        we've never seen.

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    And maybe Marlon Brando will be there by the fire,
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    we'll sit and talk about Hollywood and the good things there for hire,
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    like the Astrodome        and the first tepee,
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    Marlon Brando,           Pocahontas and me,
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    Marlon Brando,           Pocahontas and me.
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    Pocahontas.