Soldier Blue lyrics

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Tell you a story, and it's a true one,

and I'll tell it like you'll understand,

and I ain't gonna talk like some history man.

I look out and I see a land,

young and lovely, hard and strong.

For fifteen thousand years we've danced her praises,

prayed our thanks and we've just begun, yes, yes, yes.

This is my country,

young and growin' and free and flowin' sea to sea.

Yes, this is my country,

ripe and bearing miracles in every pond and tree.

Her spirit walks the high country,

she's givin' free wild samples and settin' an example how to give.

Yes, this is my country,

retchin' and turnin', she's like a baby learnin' how to live.

I can stand upon a hill at dawn,

look all around me, feel her surround me.

Soldier Blue, can't you see her life has just begun?

It's beating inside us, telling us she's here to guide us.

Ooh, Soldier Blue, Soldier Blue,

can't you see that there's another way to love her?

This is my country,

and I sprang from her and I'm learnin' how to count upon her.

Tall trees and the corn is high country.

Yes, I love her and I'm learnin' how to take care of her.

Whenever the news stories get me down,

I, I take a drink of freedom to think of

North America from toe to crown.

It's never long before I know just why I belong here.

Ooh, Soldier Blue, Soldier Blue,

can't you see that there's another way to love her?

Ooh, Soldier Blue, Soldier Blue,

can't you see that there's another way to love her?

Ooh, Soldier Blue, Soldier Blue,

can't you see that there's another way to love her?

1. This is the soundtrack of the 1970 movie Soldier Blue, in which the Sand Creek Massacre was portrayed for the first time.

In the massacre, in 1864, the US army slaughtered more than a hundred peaceful Native Americans.

The song is about loving one's country, which is expressed by being in harmony with nature and people instead of through fanatic patriotism.

"Soldier Blue" is the nickname of the main character of the movie (US soldiers were called Bluecoats), who grows to appreciate the lifestyle of Native Americans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldier_Blue2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_Creek_massacre