Gun Metal Eyes - Dave Carter, Tracy Grammer

His mama was a cherokee princess, or so it was said

And his daddy was a seminole rebel with a price on his head

And the other kids teased him but I never did see him to cry

Man there was some kind of righteous in the steel of his gun-metal eyes

Run with the wolf, fly like the dove

Mother below, father above

Weep with the earth, sing to the sky

In the steel of your gun-metal eyes

Well he grew up in the washes and the rushes and the rain and the wind

And the creatures of the forest and field were his only real friends

And the lily of the valley and the nettle of the plains taught him well

And the new moon shone on him as he wandered through the gully and the dell

Run with the wolf, fly like the dove

Mother below, father above

Weep with the earth, sing to the sky

In the steel of your gun-metal eyes

It was one misty morning when he heard the big bulldozers groan

And the chainsaws and the fellin' of trees and the breakin' of stone

And the boss-man knew better, but he had an empire to raise

And one lone man before him with a rifle and doom on his face

Run with the wolf, fly like the dove

Mother below, father above

Weep with the earth, sing to the sky

In the steel of your gun-metal eyes

Get on home, cried the owner, cause I hold the deed to this land

And I ain’t got no time to be foolin' with no wild injun man

And he gathered his strong boys around him and he called his police

But there was no lookin' back for the son of a seminole chief

Run with the wolf, fly like the dove

Mother below, father above

Weep with the earth, sing to the sky

In the steel of your gun-metal eyes

Now some say he died in the fightin' and was buried that day

And some say he raged like an angel and he chased 'em away

But the green hills stand silent, and nobody goes there no more

Just the ghosts and the memories and the shadows of a dark forest floor

Run with the wolf, fly like the dove

Mother below, father above

Weep with the earth, sing to the sky

In the steel of your gun-metal eyes

In the steel of your gun-metal eyes