Trail of Tears

Driven by force out of the southlands
Hills, forests, rivers and streams
Dropped into a desert nightmare
Death of all our dreams
A long long way to walk in chains
The soldiers got to ride
So many never made it
Left behind to die
Left on the trailside to die

Facing the unknown and the fear
The trail of tears
Facing the unknown and the fear
The trail of tears
The trail of tears
The Trail of tears

Carolina, the glades and the bayou
We heard the tolling bell
No mercy, drove us to Oklahoma
Animals marched into hell
We had no choice but obeying
They held all the guns
Jackson called us savages
But savage is as savage does
Savage is as savage does

Trail’s end a promise was waiting
A world that we would own
But all the promises were broken
We lost what we’d loved and known
All we’d loved and known