Spirit Within Lyrics

They took our people on that train and down that trail of tears

They took the dance and they the land and hoped we'd all just disappear

Yea they hoped we'd go like the buffalo

But by the Spirit Within we are still here

And now in the 7th generation

When the medicine wheel turns towards the east

And they look from the white and search for the light

And they try to run from the beast

And they look to the red man for the right way

For the spirit within, no they can't take that away

Way hey hey way hey hey hey, way hey

You know they took away our grandfathers

Yea they even took away our kids

To a school far away from their families, where their language they forbid

Oh how hard they tried to take our pride

But the spirit within's still deep inside

And now in the 7th generation

When the medicine wheel turns towards the east

And they look from the white and search for the light

And they try to run from the beast

And they look to the red man for the right way

For the spirit within, no they can't take that away

Way hey hey way hey hey hey, way hey hey, way hey hey hey, way hey

And now in the 7th generation

When the medicine wheel turns towards the east

And they look from the white and search for the light

And they try to run from the beast

And they look to the red man for the right way

For the spirit within, no they can't take that away

Way hey hey way hey hey hey, way hey hey, way hey hey hey, way hey