Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

[Intro]
Indian legislation's on the desk of a do right Congressman
And he don't know much about the issues
So he picks up the phone
And asks the advice of the Senator out in Indian country
A darling of the energy companies
Ripping off what's left of the reservation

[Verse 1]
I learned the safety rule
I don't know who to thank
Don't stand between the reservation
And the corporate bank
They're sending federal tanks
It isn't nice but it's reality

[Chorus]
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
I said deep in the earth
Won't you cover me with pretty lies?
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

[Verse 2]
We got these energy companies
Who want to take the land
And we got churches by the dozens
Trying to guide our hands
And turn our mother earth
Over to pollution war and greed
No no

[Chorus]
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
I said deep in the earth
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Won't you cover me with pretty lies?
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

[Verse 3]
We got the federal marshals
We got the covert spies
We got the liars by the fire
And the FBI
They lie in court and get nailed
And still Leonard Peltier goes off to jail
(The bullets don't match the gun)

[Chorus]
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
An eighth of the reservation
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
It was transferred in secret
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
We got your murder and intimidation
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

[Verse 4]
My girlfriend Anna May
Talked about uranium
Her head was full of bullets
And her body dumped
The FBI cut off her hands
And told us she died of exposure

[Chorus]
So bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
I said deep in the earth
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Won't you cover me with your pretty lies?
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Talking 'bout a revolution
They stole my land
They won't steal my soul

[Verse 5]
We had the gold rush wars
Why didn't we learn to crawl?
And now our history gets written in a liar's scrawl
They tell me "Don't be so uptight
I mean honey you can still be an Indian
Down at the Y on Saturday night"

[Chorus]
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
I said deep in the earth
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Won't you cover me with your pretty lies?
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee
Bury my heart at Wounded Knee

[Outro]
Bury my heart
It was an eighth of the reservation
Bury my heart
Yeah it was transferred in secret
Bury my heart
Got your murder, murder, murder and intimidation
Bury my heart
Bury me, bury me, bury me
Bury my heart
Bury my heart
Bury my heart
Bury my heart