New lands justice lyrics2/21/2023 ![]() ![]() Kids were sent from heaven inside to lead you to the future My Dad said to me, “Daughter, they ought to leave that moon alone,” and I never forgot it, and it showed up in this song amidst a cast of characters that also includes Idle No More, Mother Earth and even those darn bankers. I wrote this when NASA was sending the guy to the moon and I was trying to get to the Rosebud Sioux reservation. The pros and cons of Indigenous wonders are beyond what the merchants are trying to sell and the bankers are trying to steal. I live on a farm in the middle of nowhere I found this song in my head when I was just fooling around with my guitar. ***Wakontanka means Great Spirit in Lakota **Kitchimanitou means Great Spirit in Cree *Ke sakihitin awasis means I love you Baby in Cree. It’s the fifth generation the young and the old are as one On some reservation your purification’s begun Oh it was about Wolf and Coyote and Eagle and Kitchimanitou** He knew it too it was about Earth and about Sun and about Sky He reminds you of a legend that you had known as a child He was beaded and feathered from his head to his moccasined feet The kind of a face that you’d see on the edge of a dream He’s not like a stranger he’s more like a vision you’d seen Title is in the Cree language and it means “I love you, Baby.” I dedicate it to all the generations of Indigenous people who keep Native America alive in our hearts, in our cultures, and in our actions towards our most sacred mother, Nature. Making every connection between the linesĪ lullaby and a love song for Native America. I got planes in my head, they’re flying off everywhere Looking like I don’t care and trying not to show I’ve just got to stand and stare so far as you’re concernedĮvery time I let you go it’s just an illusion ![]() I’m thinking up love charms cause I can’t say a word I’m so in love I’m resorting to magic – even in airports – to keep you close to me. Love for you is a matter of no deposit and no return To remind me that you’re not the lovin kind Singing hard like this is only possible with a great band, and we took the feel from my original recording with Norbert Putnam and his Area Code 615 players, and Glen Spreen’s horn arrangement. You’re incapable of love, and I’m not going to worry about it. There’s military interest, GMOs in paradiseĪnd you never see a uniform on Wall Street When that call it comes I will say no no no to war There is power in the blood, justice in the soul When that call it comes, I will say no no no to war Real estate assassins exploiting our predicamentĮverything depends upon it being in their interests Nothing but another drug, a license they can buy and sellīut when that call it comes I will say no no no to warįrom television anchor men desperate for an incident Weaponizing pesticides poison in my groceries Strange: we seem so different musically and personally, but we’re mutual fans and I love the cross-pollination in the song.Ĭorporation government selling me some cover-up I re-wrote some of the words, turned it into an anti-war song. I wrote new words to the Alabama3 classic, and they lent me samples from their original recording. The wisdoms inherent in our own DNA are our real power, and we won’t be goaded into war by feudal system racketeers who can outgun us. You’re bound for glory all on your own one day. I’ve got my own prayers I’ve got my own fears I’ve got my own world I’ve got my own strife I’ve got my own plan that only I can know I’ve got my own peace I’ve got my own wrath The years I’ve known and the life I’ve grown In this world of drones and robots and corporate jobs, people don’t get much encouragement to be the something new that only each one of us can be. The song still works and the message of finding your own uniqueness and being your own mutation is still relevant. It got me named Billboard’s Best New Artist in 1964 – the year the Beatles came to America. It’s My Way was the title song of my first album – fifty years ago. Kids – enjoy the adventure of being your own star. ![]()
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