White Man

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

I'm a simple man

With a simple name

From this soil, my people came

In this soil remain

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

[Verse 2]

And we made us our shoes

And we trod soft on the land

But the immigrant built roads

On our blood and sand

Oh yeah

[Chorus]

White man, white man

Don't you see the light

Behind your blackened skies

(White man, white man)

You took away the sights

To blind my simple eyes, yeah

(White man, white man)

Where you gonna hide

From the hell you've made?

[Verse 3]

Oh, the red man knows war

With his hands and his knives

On the Bible you swore

Fought your battle with lies

Oh yeah

[Verse 4]

Leave my body in shame

Leave my soul in disgrace

But by every God's name

Say your prayers for your race

Oh yeah

[Chorus]

(White man, white man)

Our country was green

And all our rivers wide

White man, white man

You came with a gun

And soon our children died

White man, white man

Don't you give a light

For the blood you've shed?

Uuuh yeah

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

Oh-uh-oh

(White man, white man)

White man

(White man, white man)

Ooh, white man

You fought your battle with lies, yeah

(White man, white man)

On and on, on and on

But we weren't too civilized, yeah

(White man, white man)

Look around you

Take a look around

Every skin and bone

Yeah, I'll getcha, I'll getcha, yeah

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

What is left of your dream?

Just the words on your stone

A man who learned how to teach

Then forgot how to learn

Oh yeah