YOUNG WOLF song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

deep in the heart of the
Great Smoky Mountains
lived a young Iroquois

born and bred to be
chief of Cherokee
from a babe to a boy

raised to be a great
noble warrior
taught the ways of the old

to be leader of
all his people
brave and fearless and bold

down
in the bottomland
runs a young
wolf

tracks
in the river sand
of a young
wolf

run
run run run while you can
running young
wolf

don't
try to understand
the young
wolf

to the valley came
the white conquerers
both to save and enslave

come to change their name
change their way life
digging their grave

killing many chiefs
filling many hearts
with their black fears

took their homes away
sent them all away
on a trail of tears

down
in the bottomland
runs a young
wolf

tracks
in the river sand
of a young
wolf

run
run run run while you can
running young
wolf

don't
try to understand
the young
wolf

many years have passed
now Young Wolf is last
of the old native ones

Oklahoma has
become home to them
all their Gods are undone

still in dreams he flies
like the eagles do
up into the red sun

and his heart wants to
race the sky again
where the endless wind runs

down
in the bottomland
runs a young
wolf

tracks
in the river sand
of a young
wolf

run
run run run while you can
running young
wolf

don't
try to understand
the young
wolf

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