I've been waiting and watching and it won't be long
i've been living and learning and it won't be long
i have come to my senses and it won't be long
brace yourself companeiro's the road is long
I've been waiting and watching and it won't be long
i've been living and learning and it won't be long
i have come to my senses and it won't be long
brace yourself companeiro's the road is long,
we must be strong
*note: the following part is an excerpt from a dee brown book titled "burry my heart at wounded knee"
In a short time a group of commissioners arrived to
begin organization of a new indian agency in the valley.
one of them mentioned the advantages of schools for
(indian chief) joseph's people.joseph replied that the
nez perces did not want the white man's schools.
"why do you not want schools"? the commissioner asked.
"they will teach us to have churches," joseph answered.
"do you not want churches?"
"no, we do not want churches."
"why do you not want churches?"
"they will teach us to quarrel about god," joseph said.
Time has come for those to pay
i've been waiting and watching and it won't be long
i've been living and learning and it won't be long
i have come to my senses and it won't be long
brace yourself companeiro's the road is long
Softly, i'm empty
softly, i'm fading away
