Lyrics

01 - MOUNTAIN SONG
If faith can move mountains, then why can’t I believe
that my people will protect me, not bring me to my knees
Oh watch over me, watch over me
I give to me people, my blood my breath my pain
I was here in the beginning, I will be here at the end
I’ll watch over you, I’ll watch over you
I’ve been here a million years and I know why you cry
I need you to come to me, There’s a reason we’ve survived, survived
There’s a reason we’ve survived, there’s a reason we’ve survived
(this is the mountain, this is the mountain, this is the mountain song)
I hear these voices deep in my soul (chant)
They are the Spirits who move me, the Spirits of old (chant)
They’re calling me, they’re calling me
I’ve been here a million years and I know why you cry
I need you to come to me, There’s a reason we’ve survived, survived
There’s a reason we’ve survived, there’s a reason we’ve survived
The power of the mind, feel it inside, deep inside
I’ve been here a million years and I know why you cry
I need you to come to me, There’s a reason we’ve survived, survived
There’s a reason we’ve survived, there’s a reason we’ve survived
(this is the mountain, this is the mountain, this is the mountain song)
There’s a reason we’ve survived, there’s a reason we’ve survived
(this is the mountain, this is the mountain, this is the mountain song)
02 - HOW MANY TIMES
How many times has a guitar been played in this room
How many times has a dream been born,
How many seeds have been sown, how many hearts have flown
How many times will my guitar be played in this room
How many times has a woman cried in this room
How many times has a dream been born,
How many seeds have been sown, how many hearts have flown
How many times will a woman cry in this room
I’ve been wondering how a woman gets to a place where she cannot see
The beauty that lives inside of her, the beauty that her Spirit breathes
I heard tonight a young woman say that she was less than I know her to be
And I wonder why we do that, why we paint with shades of ugly
How many times will a woman be born in this room
How many times has a dream been born,
How many seeds have been sown, how many hearts have flown
How many times will a woman be born in this room
I don’t want to change her, I just want her to see the love I feel from across the room when she’s smiling back at me
This woman is your mother, this woman is your aunt
She’s your daughter, your sister, your cousin, and it pains me when she can’t
See the beauty that is all that she is oh she sparkles in the night
Like a star that’s almost ready to burst forth with Creation’s light
How many times will a dream be born
03 - LOVE TOUCH
Too much, too much, too much, Too much, too much, too much
I’m giving you a piece of me not living in the world
The piece of me that doesn’t know how your touch turns me into stone
I taste the blood on my lips where your fingers have left their mark
But you no longer touch the essence of my soul or of my heart
You turn my outside shades of blue
You say you love me and I know it’s true
But you love me too much with your love touch
You say the words I need to hear
So tell me why I’m still living in fear
When you love me too much with your love touch
Too much, too much, too much
I’ve loved you although you, you believe that I’m a child
A child would have learned to run from the touch that hurts so much
I’m running I don’t know where so I can’t stay, can’t stay
My heart bleeds my body bleed but my soul still cries out for you
You turn my outside shades of blue
I know you love me but it’s also true
That I’m leaving you soon and your love touch
You say the words I need to hear
So tell me why I’m still living in fear
When you love me too much with your love touch
You turn my outside shades of blue
I still love you it’s no longer true
Because I love me too much for your love touch
You say the words I need to hear
So tell me why I’m still living in fear
When you love me too much with your love touch
04 - SONG OF HEAVEN
Reg Crow Shoe song introduction
You want to tell me about a time,
You were near to losing your mind
It’s all right, it’s all right
I know it’s a little scary,
I know your heart is full of worry
It’s all right, it’s all right
But you’ve got a story that’s burning in you
You’ve got to let it find the way to its home
I can hear the song of heaven,
It’s there if you stop to listen
Can you feel the angels gather,
You know they’ve come to hear the story
When the student is ready the teacher appears
If it’s you or if it’s me I don’t know
Now let me tell you about the time,
That I finally saw the signs....
It’s all right, it’s all right,
It’s all right, it’s all right
You know I ain’t big on telling tales
And with how it looks from here, you don’t care
But I had a story that was burning in me
And I had to let it go to get clear
I want to thank you for the lesson
I didn’t know that I was learning
It’s all right, it’s all right,
It’s all right, it’s all right
Can you hear the song of heaven…
Reg Crow Shoe’s Honouring Song
05 - MY FATHER’S HOUSE
The stars that light up the night sky are not shining just for me
I know that they’re a sign that’s it my destiny
I need the daylight to light up this town so you know where I’ll be found
When the fog lifts and the sun comes out I will hear those ancient sounds (chant)
My father lives in a big house, my father lives in town
My father lives in every house and he’s always around
So when I feel afraid, when I feel low
That’s where I go, that’s where I go
Don’t tell me the sky is falling when there’s sunshine all around
Don’t tell me your love is calling when there’s no one to be found
I don’t believe in fairy tales and I try to always see
That the truth that lives inside of you is the truth inside of me (chant)
My father lives in a big house, my father lives in town
My father lives in every house and he’s always around
So when I feel afraid, when I feel low
That’s where I go, that’s where I go
Jesus walked on water I just walk on land
I think it’s a miracle to see people holding hands
Don’t tell me the sun is shining when the rain is falling down
I need the daylight to light up this town so you know where I’ll be found
My father lives in a small house, my father lives out of town
My father lives in every house and he’s always around
So when I feel afraid, when I feel low
That’s where I go, that’s where I go
Oh, that’s where I go, Oh, that’s where I go
06 - THE INDIAN IN THE CHILD
6 years old on his first day of school, and emotions are running high
Mom and dad are left home home alone, as he bids his parents goodbye
The shiny white building in a far away place holds promise and a yet unknown fear
The footsteps this young boy will take on his own, should have been taken with family near
The weather here is changing, and dark clouds are closing in
The boy can’t withstand them for long, they remind him his skin is sin
They are sinister like the weather and like a storm that brews within
They wash away childlike innocence trying to kill the Indian in him
They tried to kill the Indian, kill the Indian in the child
They thought he was a savage, thought he was untameable and wild
They could not see the Creator’s plan for him was the same for you and me
We are meant to walk with each other, on the good red road of beauty
Kill the Indian in the child they said and to be sure those teachers tried
No language, no family, no culture, every night he cried
A forced haircut and a cruel bath, bleaching brown skin into white
Though they tried to kill the Indian, the Indian survived
Their methods were born of ignorance, along the way the road got twisted
The boy could not do a single thing right, no matter how hard he listened
The lessons that he learned were not about writing, literature or math
What will it take before graduation for him to discover a welcoming path
They tried to kill the Indian, kill the Indian in the child
They thought he was a savage, thought he was untameable and wild
They could not see the Creator’s plan for him was the same for you and me
We are meant to walk together, on the good red road of beauty
Oh Canada you failed your people , where did you go wrong?
Underneath that National Anthem, You were not true, free or strong
You built a railroad to unite this nation and sent your beautiful children to jail
They were beaten, starved and tortured, and their future was derailed
You get 9 years for rape and drug deals, 9 years for a major crime
Or 9 years in residential school to kill the Indian in the child
Generations have been affected and had to remember how to pray
To rediscover a sacred culture and find forgiveness along the way
For years he spent nights searching for a love he couldn’t find
In the walls within his prison, in the eyes that had gone blind
As he found the path to forgiveness, he could leave the pain behind
The grace he knew would save him was in his heart and not his mind
Once punished for sins like laughing, jailed in chicken coops by powers that were
We are walking again on the good red road, and creating a new future
We thank the Creator for giving us life and reminding us every day
That the enemy who destroyed us once is now the friend with whom we pray
The Indian in that child is the Chief of his People today
He is leading his community, showing them grace along the way
They walk towards a new future, In this country we all share
So that his 6 year old grandchild, will have no reason to be scared
They tried to kill the Indian, kill the Indian in the child
They thought he was a savage, thought he was untameable and wild
They could not see the Creator’s plan for him was the same for you and me
We are meant to walk together, on the good red road of beauty
Thank you Creator, for the grace that allowed the People to survive
You can never kill the Indian, the Indian in the child
Thank you Creator, for the grace that allowed the People to survive
You can never kill the Indian, the Indian in the child
07 - PEACEFUL NATION
When I face the morning sunrise, I give thanks for the water
The water that brings me life
Help me my brothers to keep the water pure
Work with me, Together we’ll find a cure
Do you know that when you look at me
You see not only my history
Do you know that what you see in me
Is a reflection of our eternity
We are a peaceful nation, We are a peaceful nation
When I hear the voice that echoes in a cool mountain stream
I feel inside my Creator’s dream
His voice is a tree swaying soft in the wind
He’s saying peace will reign again
Do you know that when you look at me
You see not only my history
Do you know that what you see in me
Is a reflection of our eternity
We are a peaceful nation, We are a peaceful nation.
My brother is looking for his father, creator
My sister is looking for her mother, earth mother
Do you know that what they feel inside is hunger, hunger
Have you seen the unfed beast show its anger, anger, anger….
Condemnation is not the answer. Love my hungry brother, feed my starving sister
Honour my father, respect my mother
My brother is looking for his father, creator
My sister is looking for her mother, earth mother
Do you know that what they feel inside is hunger, hunger
Have you seen the unfed beast show its anger, anger
We are a peaceful nation, We are a peaceful nation
08 - WHAT DID IT COST YOU?
I haven’t heard much about you lately
But you’ve sure been on my mind
I’ve been wondering what it cost you lady
To never say goodbye
There’ve been a lot who’ve tried to claim you
They say your voice lives on inside
And I guess that’s true in my life too
‘cause you’re so often on my mind
Oh but what did it cost you lady
To never say goodbye
And what did it cost you lady
To never sing another lullabye
I haven’t heard much about you lately
But you’ve sure been on my mind
‘Cause in a week or two I’m gonna be
All the way to twenty nine
Oh but what did it cost you lady
To never say goodbye
And what did it cost you lady
To never sing another lullabye
Oh but what did it cost you lady
To never say goodbye
And what did it cost you lady
To never sing another lullabye
Oh and what did it cost you lady
To feel your dreams and talent die
What did it cost you lady
To be the late great Patsy Cline
What did it cost you lady
To be the late great Patsy Cline
I haven’t heard much about you lately
But you’ve sure been on my mind
09 - REAL
I sit here with the lights down, alone with my guitar
Coyotes in the background, tryin’ to talk to all the stars
And I wonder what God’s plan is as I listen to the screams
Of the loud and lonely sirens, tell me what does all this mean
And I know that I’m a part of what my Creator thinks and feels
But tell me when do I get to be Real
I been thinking about the friends who’ve left me these past few years
I’ve tried not to take death personally I don’t allow the flood of tears
But there’s a hollow space inside me where the night has made His home
I don’t think that’s such a bad thing sometimes we’re better off alone
And I know that they’re all part of what their Creator thinks and feels
But tell me when do they get to be Real
When do they get to be one with eternity,
And tell me when do I get to be me
I sit here with the lights off trying to listen to my heart
Seems it’s trying to remind me of the lessons in the hardest parts
I don’t have to seek the answers as though they were carved in stone
I’ll find them a whole lot easier these times that I spend alone
Yes I know that it’s all part of what my Creator thinks and feels
But tell me when do I get to be Real
Yeah I know that we’re all part of what our Creator thinks and feels
And it’s now that we get to be Real,
Yeah it’s now that I get to be Real
10 - THANK YOU
I remember when you showed me that even grownups cry
and I remember you used to sing me lullabyes
You were always the one to stand right by my side
And I remember, you used to hold my hand with pride
The days turned into years and now I miss those tender moments
I don’t know when and I don’t know how, I only need to show it
I want to thank you thank you thank you
I want to Thank you thank you thank you
I remember how I used to make you smile
And I remember how we laughed once in a while
You were never quick to judge or to condemn
And I love you as much now as I did then
The days turned into years and now I miss those tender moments
I don’t know when and I don’t know why, I only need to show it
I want to thank you thank you thank you I want to Thank you thank you thank you
Thank you for always believing in me,
Mother I thank you, you gave me the freedom to be me
and I know that you were cruel to be kind
Mother I know that you were trying to grow my mind
I’d like to thank you for all the joy and pain
Thank you for all the pleasure
And though it wasn’t always paradise, you gave me hope far beyond measure
You gave me joy far beyond measure, you gave me love far beyond measure
Mother I thank you thank you thank you, I want to Thank you thank you thank you