Let Me Dance

Let Me Dance
by Johnny Rustywire
I walk this land
let me sing a new song
let me dance across the plains
let me dance across mountains
let me dance across low valleys
let me dance so that it makes me sing

I am so tired
sleep can not find me
I go lost between earth and sky
The sound of coyotes and owls fill my heart
I say to myself where are you going
the ribbon of my life travels slow
Slipping and sliding I go
I am so tired

I walk this land
let me sing a new song
let me dance across the plains
let me dance across mountains
let me dance across low valleys
let me dance so that it makes me sing

I am so tired
there is no laughing road
Dawn Boy can not find me
hard days and cold nights
the trail ruts deep and hard
what is it I hear
I am so tired

I walk this land
let me sing a new song
let me dance across the plains
let me dance across mountains
let me dance across low valleys
let me dance so that it makes me sing

oh, just a word
just a word is good to hear
it is a song to my poor soul
you count and what you do matters
you have a good heart
these things we long to hear

I walk this land
let me sing a new song
let me dance across the plains
let me dance across mountains
let me dance across low valleys
let me dance so that it makes me sing

I am a man
I am more than an Indian
I am more than a native
I am a person
yo, come dance with me
the songs come from our hearts
these are my places
and let us travel this way together
let our hearts sing
let us dance across the earth
let us dance across the sky
let us sing
let us dance
it is good
it is good
so we go

rustywire