Indians Blood

[Verse 1] They taught us wrong in those dust-chalk rooms Black-and-white frames One side doomed Little kids tracing crooked lines Heroes in hats The other side crimes [Chorus] But that story’s broken That story’s bent Blood on the border ran both ways it went People held land People held sky Not just “cowboys good” and “others die” Turn the page Let the truth ride We were fed one tale Now we see both sides [Verse 2] Names on a map that the book won’t say Families scattered Pushed away They fought to live where their elders prayed Called it a battle Wrote it as hate [Chorus] Yeah that story’s broken That story’s bent Blood on the border ran both ways it went People held land People held sky Not just “cowboys good” and “others die” Turn the page Let the truth ride We were fed one tale Now we see both sides [Bridge] Ask who was hunted Ask who was chained Who lost their language Who kept the flame (oh) [Chorus] ’Cause that story’s broken That story’s bent Blood on the border ran both ways it went People held land People held sky Can’t paint a people as the villained side Turn the page Let the truth ride Make the next book show a fuller light