Buffy Sainte Marie - "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"

Buffy Sainte Marie's ''Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee'' Lyrics

Indian legislations on the desk of a do-right Congressman
Now, he don't know much about the issue
So he picks up the phone and he asks advice from the
Senator out in Indian country
A darling of the energy companies who are
Ripping off what's left of the reservations. HUH.

I learned a safety rule
I don't know who to thank
Don't stand between the reservation
And the corporate bank
They'll send in federal tanks
It isn't nice but it's reality

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Deep in the Earth
Cover me with pretty lies
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh.

They got these energy companies who want the land
And they've got churches by the dozens
Want to guide our hands
And sign Mother Earth over to pollution, war and greed
Get rich... get rich quick.

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Deep in the Earth
Cover me with pretty lies
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee. Huh.

We get the federal marshals
We get the covert spies
We get the liars by the fire
And we get the FBIs
They lie in court and get nailed
And still Peltier goes off to jail

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (eighth of the reservation)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (transferred it secret)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (of murder and intimidation)
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

My girlfriend Annie Mae talked about uranium
Her head was filled with bullets and her body dumped
The FBI cut off her hands and told us she'd died of exposure
Loo loo loo loo loo

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Deep in the Earth
Cover me with pretty lies
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

We had the Goldrush Wars
Aw, didn't we learn to crawl
And now our history gets written in a liar's scrawl
They tell 'ya Honey, you can still be an Indian
D-d-down at the 'Y'
On Saturday nights

Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Deep in the Earth
Cover me with pretty lies
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee.
Deep in the Earth
Cover me with pretty lies
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

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[204moneychic]

when the heck was this song made?

[NativeAmerican4Life]

@204moneychic 1996, I believe, with the album.

[RavenShadowcast]

@NativeAmerican4Life Earlier than that. It was on a cassette called "In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse" that came out in 1992.

[NativeAmerican4Life]

@RavenShadowcast Thanks! :)

[xsuecatwomanx]

Why are all you awful people having racist rants under a beautiful song about peace and tragedy...go take your redneck hate somewhere else.

[HellsVixen]

NO OFFENCE to anyone I am part native american and I love the lessons that I have learned at pow wows and ceremonies I wouldn't be the person I am today I know that the lands were native first and what was done was wrong but I teach my children RESPECT all even the man that gave me my death sentence I did not ask for what has happened but I can not change it and if he was laying down dieing I would help I have learned strength from every where and the woman that sings this song shows strength

[maxjj61]

What can I say ! ! ! Bury My heart next next to Buffy's.......

[steverulezd00d]

Native Pride.

[sleepytimegalz]

THANK YOU NA4 LIFE,.........

[Fochit]

@bookteafun Maybe pre columbus, but not pre-french or pre-viking for that matter. We all know that Columbus wasn't the first one to get here from Europe.

[EagleTalon1970]

She told the world what has happend here,bless her for that.

A true warrior...

[CUMSLUTSINC]

buffy is so badass! LOVE HER!

[Bearlookinthemirror]

Phew, what a voice and strength. Beautiful woman too at that!

[windstorm1000]

Americans please read the book "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee"--should compulsory reading for all high school students, their parents and politicians. And listen to this song. Americans know next to nothing about Native Peoples--the land they have their houses on. ITs time to change that--abuses against Native people continue--albeit on a subltler level.

[doUcare4music]

Me too... But My wounded knee is Ireland.

[daleshane]

i am cree!