What Will Your Brown Eyes Say
What will your brown eyes say
As I lay on the battlefield
While my blood stains the rocky soil
And my spirit rises to join the eagles
My spotted pony flees with fright
The soldiers take my feathered dress
With the wind I look and see your eyes
Though afar you seem to sense distress
I try to reach to hold our daughter
My body lies still and feels no pain
And now her face in the window
Brings my tears in a gentle rain
I fought the soldiers far from home
For you not to hear the rifles' shot
Nor the red canyons' shrill echoes
Of dying men and wounded mounts
What will your brown eyes say
When my pony walks home without me
I fought for our dance and songs to the stars
And I fought to keep our baby free
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