Ballad of L.G. Lyrics

I was poor, boys. I was broken down

I was a desperate man

Don't ask me why

My people's homeland, more precious than gold

They walked in harmony and in Beauty untold

But that was stolen and this is all we have left

The bleeding mountains and this burning forest

I was poor, boys. I was broken down

I was a desperate man

Don't ask me why

When white man moved in he took more than his part

Perhaps he knew that our land is our heart

So broken hearted we have tried to sustain

My soul is hungry as the forest craves the rain

I was poor, boys. I was broken down

I was a desperate man

Don't ask me why

Sadly innocent, I didn't give it much thought

Where there is fire then the fire must be fought

I picked the wrong time, the driest in years

The flames grow higher, though we cry all our tears

I was poor, boys. I was broken down

I was a desperate man

Don't ask me why

The fire burns on sparked by my own hand

Destroying houses on this brave Apache land

My shame surrounds me, below and above

And gone forever is the one thing I loved

I was poor, boys. I was broken down

I was a desperate man

Don't ask me why

A lonely orphan, abandoned at birth

A soul deserted by Father Time and Mother Earth

I sing my story in an attempt to explain

You all may understand, but only I can take the blame

I was poor, boys. I was broken down

I was a desperate man

Don't ask me why