Nothing But The Truth - Lila Downs

What are the open plans but land to roam and cultivate

Reciprocate trade and share

To give and to take

To respect the Indian way?

I will no longer cry

For what has passed is gone

Like a memory that floats in the air

The song of an eagle feather

Climbing in the wind

On a hot summer day

On a hot summer day

I’ve seen eyes they were crying sadly

Fists ready for the blow

Seen turbulent skies above me

Butterflies in the snow

Saw a war in a mask and a costume

In a jungle of leaders to blame

Seen power in the hands of the wrong men

Will it always be just the same?

Seen boys cross illegal borders

Risk a life to wash a dish

Seen money disguised as the answer

Is that your only wish?

Saw a mother’s smile so hopeful

Seen a man who treasures life

As a woman now able to choose

From a strength that I need to survive

Truth, nothing but the truth

Watch you coming today, watch you coming today

The things you say when you give and you take when you take

And you take and you take

The truth, nothing but the truth

In the name of nature

The choices we make

Is it only me is it only you

Are we only living for today?

Maybe today will be my day

Before it’s over

I’ll make a change

Maybe today will be my day

Before it’s over

I’ll have my say

Nanana…

May the walls on the road be witnesses of the needs of your ticking heart

The words that you love be spoken

At your table and when you part

May your long line of family members be proud of who you’ve become

May your hands and your soul remind you every day that you are around

May the house that is always clean

Be the home to the ones in need

May the dirt on the soles of your boots make a track of the good will you leave

May the words that were used to divide float away far away out of sight

And the mountain we still must climb be the one we will climb to unite

Truth, nothing but the truth

Watch you coming today, watch you coming today

The things you say when you give and you take when you take

And you take and you take

The truth, nothing but the truth

In the name of nature

The choices we make

Is it only me, is it only you

Are we only living for today?

Maybe today will be my day

Before it’s over

I’ll make a change

Maybe today will be my day

Before it’s over

I’ll have my say

Nanana…