Lyrics

Rivers Of Stone

[Intro]
[low chant
Distant drum]
Hey-ya hey-ya hey
Hey-ya hey-ya ho
Voices in the smoke
Ancient embers glow (ohh)

[Verse 1]
Old man draws in the dust
Circle
Line
Broken sun
Says
"Grandson
Open your eyes
Dreams are already begun"
I see rivers made of stone
Iron horses never rest
Thunder rolling on and on
Across your mother's chest

[Chorus]
Rivers of stone
They cut the land
Rolling forever where the buffalo ran
We had a home
We had a name
Wind took the story
Fire took the flame
But remember this when the world moves on
The song of the people is never gone

[Verse 2]
Tents pulled up by the roots
Trails of tears in the sand
Names traded in for numbers
Lines carved across the land
I saw children taught to hide
Old words locked in their throat
But a drum still beats inside
Each forgotten note

[Chorus]
Rivers of stone
They cut the land
Rolling forever where the buffalo ran
We had a home
We had a name
Wind took the story
Fire took the flame
But remember this when the world moves on
The song of the people is never gone

[Bridge]
(hey!) Stamp your feet on the ground
(hey!) Call the elders’ names out loud
Clap your hands
Shake the dust
Turn that sorrow into trust
Flute will carry what we know
Over iron
Over stone

[Chorus]
Rivers of stone
They cut the land
Rolling forever where the buffalo ran
We had a home
We had a name
Wind took the story
Fire took the flame
But remember this when the world moves on
The heart of the people is beating strong

[Outro]
[drums soften
Voices close]
Hey-ya hey-ya hey
We are the prayer and the drum today
Hey-ya hey-ya ho
We are the roots that still grow
Rivers of stone may take our ground
But they cannot steal our sound