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Ten Killer Ferry Lake
02:39
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Take me down to the lake
And wash my soul
Take me down to the lake
And wash my soul
And wash my soul
Above the gathering fog
Rise and go
To the mother of earth
Rise and go
Rise oh souls
Break
Rise oh souls
The thunder rolled
And knocked free men down to earth
To walk as ghosts
To walk as ghosts
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2. |
I'm Alive
04:21
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Among the dust and the dreamcatchers
Among the desert trees
Where mother earth and the moon guide me
I’m never lost
Among the ghosts of the great prairies
The canyons and the creeks
I only know what my heart tells me
And it never lies to me
Chorus
Spirits of the past walk beside me
Answers are easy to find
Spirits of the past walk beside me
Answers are easy to find, easy to find
Among the wolf and the wild horses
The raven and the dove
As the eagle and the wild goose it
Where the bones of the buffalo lie
Chorus
Spirits of the past walk beside me
Answers are easy to find
I’m alive, i’m alive
I’m alive
Instrumental break
Chorus
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3. |
Reservations
04:49
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The white man
Brought us to this place
Gave us whisky
And it became our poison
Now all the buffalo are gone
The white man
He destroyed them
Promises were made
And every one was broken
The prairie and the plains are home
Not the reservations
The white man
Wanted everything
The white man
He never listened to us
Now our way of life has gone
And still he
Wants even more from us
Our fathers were betrayed
Their hearts were broken
The prairie and the plains are home
Not the reservations
The white man
Will never go away
The white man
Will always take what he wants
Many things were said
Treaties signed and broken
Our buffalo days are gone, gone
We still sing this song
We still sing this song...
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4. |
Out Here In The Desert
02:51
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Out here in the desert
Coyotes cry
Sun rise is burning
Up where old stars fly
The world turns over
With no sad goodbye
Out here in the desert
Under the golden sky
Out here where the cowboy
Rustles up the dust
Down low in the canyons
Among the creosote bush
When the world turns older
With no sacrafice
Out here in the desert
Red moon in the sky
(in the golden sky)
Na na na na na na na
Beneath the golden sky/red moon sky
Out here in the desert
And all the way to the sea
Where life is the only word
Your will hear from me
When the world turns over
With no sad goodbye
Out here in the desert
Under the golden sky
Na na na na na na na
Beneath the golden sky/red moon sky
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5. |
Daughter of the Sun
03:19
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Mean old snake with a red fork tongue took my baby away
Mean old snake with a red fork tongue
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
No more laughter no more fun
The skies are dark and gray
No more laughter no more fun
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
Cries ring out and the tears will run
The rain won’t stop today
Cries ring out and the tears will run
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
Lay down your bows lay down your guns
These wars won’t stop the pain
Lay down your bows lay down your guns
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
We are brothers we are one
Our blood is all the same
We are brothers we are one
Good bye my daughter of the sun
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
Goodbye goodbye
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
Mean old snake with a red fork tongue took my baby away
Mean old snake with a red fork tongue
Goodbye my daughter of the sun
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6. |
Buffalo Blood
03:15
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broken hearted
cut up carnage
what we started
is now departed
Take us all what you don't want throw back
take us all...
Chorus
I still run like the blood of the buffalo
pouring out on the land of my brothers
i still run like the blood of the buffalo
from the veins of my father’s fathers
walking zombies
fallen red trees
where the trail leads
into disease
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White River
03:59
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Walk along the waters edge
hush now child we’re almost there
to that land promised to us
don’t you cry
now don’t you fret
or mourn with tears the things we left
while they lead us
one by one
ooh can you feel it
underneath the devil’s beating sun
ooh can you hear it
sound of the children coming home
hand in hand
we’ll meet our fate
on this earth
and in this place
when the fire no longer burns
night will come to rest its head
on the souls
left for dead
along the banks
of the white river
ooh can you feel it
underneath the devil’s beating sun
ooh can you hear it
sound of the children coming home
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8. |
Comanche Moon
03:24
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Took away our humanity
They took away my family
This land is for the white man
They don’t want us among them
Took away our humanity
To them we’re all just savages
They destroyed our villages
But they tell a different story
Of honour and glory
To them we’re all just savages
Chorus
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh Comanche Moon
Told us their god would set us free
Then took away our liberty
Now a divided nation
Stuck on this reservation
They told us their god would set us free
Chorus
Now there’s nowhere left to go
No trees, no elk, no buffalo
Just sickness and starvation
A forgotten nation
Nowhere left to go
Chorus
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9. |
Carry The Feather
02:58
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Old world never goes away
Old words in my heart they stay
Ay yay ay yay…
My father died on the prairie
This feather was handed down to me
Ay yay ay yay……..
I still carry the feather
I still carry the feather
Black hills always in my heart
Black hills never be apart
Ay yay ay yay…
I still carry the feather
I still carry the feather
I still carry the feather
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10. |
Ghosts of Wild Horses
02:19
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Instrumental
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11. |
War Among The Nations
02:49
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12. |
Bones
04:05
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How can we live in peace
After war destroyed us
Visions of old friends
Long forgotten warriors
Chorus
Just bones
Washed by the wind and the sun
To the people of this world
I have turned my shadow
My hearts a winding creek
Vanishing and full of
Chorus
Lay me down where tears were cried
Lay me down upon the trail
In the desert light i’ll shine
They took everything
Lay me down there
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13. |
Land of Broken Promises
04:56
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Born on the prairie
Where the wind blows free
No walls around us
Where we were meant to be
Chorus
The land of broken promises
Forgotten vows
It’s a land of broken promises now
From Sand Creek to Bighorn
And Wounded Knee
Custer and Crazy Horse
Defeat and victory
Chorus
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14. |
Buffalo Thunder
02:14
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15. |
Vanishing World
04:53
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The land we loved
Will be no more
Soon to be forgotten
To some distant lore
What we were before
Will never breathe again
Wrapped in the clutches
Of a dead man’s hand
It’s a vanishing world
Screaming to the skies
Screaming to the stars
Is there still a great spirit
In our hearts
What we were before
Will never be again
Howling like the wolves
Into the winter wind
It’s a vanishing world
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Dean Owens Edinburgh, UK
Award winning Scottish singer songwriter, one of UK’s finest troubadours, with fans including Trainspotting author Irvine
Welsh and BBC's "Whispering" Bob Harris.
His latest album, Sinner's Shrine, was recorded with musicians from Calexico.
8 official solo albums (+ 3 unofficial ones, 1 collaboration, 1 Best of.. and 3 with The Felsons)
IRVINE WELSH: Dean's music is the pulse of all our lives
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