Prairie Dream

[Intro] |      |      |      |      | [Verse 1] The thunder of the hooves of Indian ponies Wild with running beautiful as light Flash into my dreams along the prairie The hero Sioux the spirits of the night With buffalo who used to roam the mountains Through the canyons through the wind-blown grass Hooves that beat past swiftly running rivers And sounds of centuries like breaking glass [Verse 2] Shot from trains and shot from painted horses Shot down running in their murdered fear Gone before the quarter of the century Leaving nothing but the sound of tears Starving in their trails of blood and sorrow Ancient creatures innocent of crime Manifest in destiny they flounder Like the wandering footsteps of the blind          [Chorus] Sundown Sunrise Sundown Sunrise [Verse 3] All the sainted tribes and missionaries All the wagon trains of yearning hearts Testify to madness and to bloodshed Among the buffalo as time departs Alas for murdering the dreams of warriors Women children sleep in innocence Fires raged across the burning deserts Let the tears of history commence          [Chorus] Sundown Sunrise Sundown Sunrise [Verse 4] May the pioneers plant in their gardens Among the bones of dreamers by the creek Where they somehow found the peace of silence With no maddening secrets they could keep The thunder of the hooves of Indian ponies Wild with running beautiful as light Flash into my dreams along the prairie The hero Sioux Comanches of the night Arapahoe ­­­­the Nez Perce of the night The Cherokee spirits of the night ­­­­­­­­­­­       [Chorus] Sundown Sunrise Sundown Sunrise [Outro] |      |      |      |      |      |