The Spirit Trail

Album: The Wild Places (1990)
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  • The light is long
    The sun is low
    I'm riding fast across this dusty road
    But I don't want to be
    No, I don't want to be
    Above the ridge an eagle flies
    In lazy circles in the western skies
    I want to fly with him
    I want to walk the spirit trail

    I've seen them come
    I've seen them go
    Off to the oilfields and rodeos
    To find a better way
    They leave their native soil
    But I can hear a different song
    The drum within my heart is beating strong
    I want to follow it
    I've got to walk the spirit trail

    Let every creature I see
    Be a brother and a friend to me
    Let every step that I take
    Leave the footprints of a warrior
    Along the spirit trail

    Heya-heya heya hiyo
    Heya-heya heya hiyo
    Heya-heya heya hiyo

    The took the land
    They took control
    They robbed my father of his very soul
    To be like one of them
    To be like one of them
    But I was born a native son
    And I will never be another one
    To give it all away
    I've got to walk the spirit trail

    Let every creature I see
    Be a brother and a friend to me
    Let every step that I take
    Leave the footprints of a warrior
    Along the spirit trail

    Heya-heya heya hiyo
    Heya-heya heya hiyo
    Heya-heya heya hiyo

    Let every creature I see
    Be a brother and a friend to me
    Let every step that I take
    Leave the footprints of a warrior
    Along the spirit trail Writer/s: DAN FOGELBERG
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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