Sleeping Indian ♪ Sleeping Indian The sun rise opened my eyes To take shape with A new purpose new workers Make haste with Grade-A tip arrows Dipped and lay waiting The feathers in my hair done switched Can't erase it Now we gotta run for our lives Besides chasing The dream Kings and Queens Better equip to make it Terrified women dodge bullets And skip skate quick Clutching the babies running naked It's sick sacred Trying to escape hatred They're just basic A new slave ship They're pursued by pale faces Whatever they see, they take it Just trace it As if the island needed a face lift Just face it My families fleeing the scene Canoes signaling Had to leave everything behind The truth lingering I built a teepee in a tree The view brilliant A giant in the midst of confusion Sleeping Indian ♪ Sleeping Indian ♪ Sleeping Indian