Never Forget
Snow capped mountains almost reaching up to the Colorado sky
Colts and fillies grazing down below with their mothers nearby
There in the meadow the Cheyenne say
Is where the sun and earth come to talk each day
They talk of things that use to be
And of a brave people they no longer see
Could this be really paradise
Or only seen through this one's eyes
A lone wolf cries out in the night
While I sit quietly by the fireside
Watching the flames dancing through the wood
Where campfires long ago once stood
Proud and brave these people were then
Their only crime was to love the land they tried to defend
Herded like cattle so far away
What crime was so great that for this they had to pay
I slowly drift off to sleep
With tears falling down my cheeks
My only wish and this I pray
That we respect the land as did they
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