Cherokee Wisdom Lyrics

We tried to get along, signed the treaties

shared our language, our home, our practices, our food

But the greatest trust of all had been broken

then the empty white world promises had to do

We walked on frozen ground winter season

We know it's not the time of year to move

The young and old, the sick, the lame, the healthy

We carried in our hearts everything we knew

We trusted our feet on the ground, our Earth Mother

We looked to Father Sky for some sweet sound

Sister Tree standing tall and Mountain Brother

They couldn't lift the clouds; our Souls crying out-loud

We watched each other fall and stumble

We held each other tight in the cold

We laid to rest and honored those who perished

And we wept for all the land and the life we had known

Oh... oh... oh...

Peace pipe, drumming, dance of life

We still carry Cherokee pride

Our spirits they live on all around you

We are the glints of light on fallen snow

We're in the coyote's howl, the red-tailed hawk that circles

We will remember our tears and from them we will grow

We trusted our feet on the ground, our Earth Mother

We looked to Father Sky for some sweet sound

Sister Tree standing tall and Mountain Brother

Great Spirit lifted the clouds. We're here again somehow

Oh... oh... oh...