I Woke Up This Morning

I woke up this morning knowing I was in a dream Near my Indian village beside the running stream My people went about their day like days they did before Not knowing what's to happen, that will fill my heart with sore Although on our reservation, put there by the whites Once again they use their power now witnessed in my sight Lines of marauding blue charge down on the young and old Another day in my short history as another massacre unfolds I lie hidden in the reeds whilst there's carnage all around Hearing through their screams, swords in slicing sound Airborne crimson life now lands and stains our soil How many of us will be left, another tribe left to toil I woke up this morning knowing I was in a dream Near my Indian village beside the running stream I'm one of the few whose left, and I still carry the sores Although I'm now in the future, I'll always remember what went before