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