Thicker Than Blood (for Billy Joe)/Chief’s Song

Thicker than blood
Through the hole in the sky
Into seasons of travelling light
Beyond the reason of time and why

I have to smile
Remembering how someone
When they first met us
Once told us one of us was strange
And how after we always laughed

Seeing what we saw
Back in those out on the the street days
Thinking pain had no end
Souls free spirit being vaporized
Draining humans for pro-fit systems
Designer glories for the living dead
Submitting to the lie
Ultimate surrender

Mistaken identities cloud futures
With yesterdays broken smiles
Desperate for another chance

But we were wilder than that
We were thicker than blood
Journey we took trying to get away
Watching doors to see who's coming back

Passing the judgment passers
While some hid from God
While some searched for God
Very few could feel the light

Thicker than blood
Through the hole in the sky
Into seasons of travelling light
Beyond the reason of time and why

When we all went through to much
You never surrendered
No give up

At times we dare not speak of what was endured
Back on our feet when we understood
War maker confusing
Torturing the innocent

You never surrendered
During days of show and things to prove
You were rock steady laughing man
Knowing what must be done
You represented what was real
More than rhetoric or
Illusions grandeur
Like a natural head man
From the old days

Thicker than blood
Through the hole in the sky
Into seasons of travelling light
Beyond the reason of time and why