Great Spirit-George McAnthony

[ti:Great Spirit] [ar:George McAnthony] [al:Great Spirit] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Great Spirit - George McAnthony [00:07.52]Where I used to live [00:11.51]Under Southern Dakota skies [00:16.38]With a prayer on my lips and a tear in my eyes [00:25.43]Was struggling hard to lead my tribe into the future [00:33.55] [00:34.68]Cloudy skies could not impede our dance of life [00:43.18] [00:43.93]Way back in 1854 I was made the big chief of our tribe [00:53.24]Taking over this heavy task shortly after my father died [01:01.73] [01:02.29]We had to leave our sacred lands in Minnesota [01:09.81] [01:11.87]Forced to move into reservations way up north [01:19.23] [01:21.31]Heyoh Great Spirit help us through this time [01:26.24]We don't know how to carry on [01:31.10]Wakan Tanka talk to me let me see your light [01:34.91]Let it shine oh let me find your Grand Design [01:43.46] [01:44.02]Tell me where has the buffalo gone [01:48.62]Where's the harvest of fields of green [01:53.30]As the famine has struck our lives I was only about seventeen [02:02.48]But I was brave and wise I let my people not surrender [02:10.59] [02:11.84]May the peacekeeping visions and Red Indian values never die [02:20.07] [02:58.33]Heyoh Great Spirit help us through this time [03:03.02]We don't know how to carry on [03:08.13]Wakan Tanka talk to me let me see your light [03:11.69]Let it shine oh let me find your Grand Design [03:19.80] [03:48.99]May the peacekeeping visions and Red Indian values never die [03:57.56] [04:16.35]May the peacekeeping visions and Red Indian values never die