Red Hot Chili Peppers
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“American Ghost Dance” is a song by The Red Hot Chili Peppers. It is the third track from their 1985 album, Freaky Styley.
On the remastered Freaky Styley CD, the song does not fade out as it does on the original vinyl. Instead, the main riff is played once more in a different key before the song co...
[Verse 1]
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam
And the death of a race is a game
Where seldom is heard, a peaceable word
From the white trash who killed as they came
Though these words dig deep, they offer no relief
A-God save the queen, I am an Indian chief
There is a secret I keep, it's called the talking leaf
And you better believe that he speaks his beliefs
Like a rock that bleeds a sea of grief
My talking leaf speaks of a wounded knee creek
[Chorus]
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
[Verse 2]
Today a new man who is with old ways
He walks the streets of life, but he's in chains
"I'm alive," he cried, "I can feel the flame
Burning red inside, I am an Indian brave
There is a memory, uh huh, that lives in my blood
Of the brand you laid on all you touched
But the burning flame, it turns to burning pain
Genuine genocide and that's truly insane
So like a wild hurricane, I will dance on the grave
Of my race that died when it should have been saved"
[Chorus]
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
[Verse 1]
Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam
And the death of a race is a game
Where seldom is heard, a peaceable word
From the white trash who killed as they came
Though these words dig deep, they offer no relief
God save the queen, I am an Indian chief
There is a secret I keep, it's called the talking leaf
And you better believe that he speaks his beliefs
Like a rock that bleeds a sea of grief
My talking leaf speaks of a wounded knee creek
[Chorus]
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
[Outro]
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American ghost dance
American Ghost Dance was written by Cliff Martinez & Hillel Slovak & Flea & Anthony Kiedis.
American Ghost Dance was produced by George Clinton.
Red Hot Chili Peppers released American Ghost Dance on Fri Aug 16 1985.