Lyrics

VALLEY OF THE CHIEFS -CARY MORIN

I’M A GRANDMOTHER NOW
BUT IN MY SIXTEENTH YEAR
I PLAYED WITH FRIENDS ON THE PRAIRIE
IF PROGRESS WOULD ALLOW WE’D LIVE FOREVER
IN THE VALLEY OF THE CHIEFS

WE TRAVELED THE TRAIL IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY
HORSES APPROACHING
I THOUGHT I HEARD
FIVE MEN APPEARED AND THEY TOOK US AWAY
WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE LONG BEAKED BIRD

TRAVELING AS CAPTIVES INTO THE NIGHT
TAKEN FAR FROM THE VALLEY
NO TEARS WERE CRIED
TOWARD THE EASTERN LIGHT
BECAUSE FIVE MEN WOULD DIE

OUR CAPTORS SLEPT AND THE NIGHT WATCH TOO
FIVE MEN WERE SURPRISED WHEN WE COUNTED COUP
WE TOOK THEIR HORSES INTO THE NIGHT
BACK TO THE VALLEY OF THE CHIEFS