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It Is A Good Day To Die Lyrics

The general rode for sixteen days

 The horses were thirsty and tired

 On the trail of a renegade chief

 One he'd come to admire

 The soldiers hid behind the hills

 That surrounded the village

 And he rode down to warn the chief

 They'd come to conquer and pillage

 

 Lay down your arms

 Lay down your spear

 The chief's eyes were sad

 But showed no sign of fear

 

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 It is a good day to die

 Oh my children dry your eyes

 It is a good day to die

 

 He spoke of the days before the white man came

 With his guns and whisky

 He told of a time a long time ago

 Before what you call history

 The general couldn't believe his words

 Nor the look on his face

 But he knew these people would rather die

 Then have to live in this disgrace

 

 What law have i broken

 What wrong have i done

 That makes you want to bury me

 Upon this trail of blood

 

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 We cared for the land and the land cared for us

 And that's the way it's always been

 Never asked for more never asked too much

 And now you tell me this is the end

 

 I laid down my weapon

 Laid down my bow

 Now you want to drive me out

 With no place left to go

 

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 And he turned to his people and said dry your eyes

 We've been blessed and we are thankful

 Raise your voices to the sky

 It is a good day to die