"Beating Drum" genre: Folk
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	By Peter Weiss, dedicated to a friend of his.
	MP3.com CD: Flying to Blue - buy it! CD: Flying to Blue   Label: Whimpering Intimates Credits: Peter-lead vocal & electric bass, Anthea-fiddle, Cat-bodhran & vocals, Leah-guitar & vocals, Mike-whistle & vocals
	Lyrics I was in a sun ritual and the pain made me a man Then I did a vision quest for three days did I stand Held up by rocks and the spirit of the hills Now I'm knocked down by whisky and the coming of the mills Up on Tuscarora I used to play my drum Sing out to the raven and watch the thunder come Flake off the edges of black obsidian Fix my braids with feathers to try and get a woman Chorus: My beating drum and I cannot run From the new age of America Well at least I got my pickup truck And I can still ride the rodeo Pastures are green but it ain't what it seems Lakes are being drained Cracked with salt and it ain't my fault That the birds don't stop here now I can get a good job with the framing crews Put up some houses pay the tribal dues I can keep my stick game and drum inside the closet But my parents on the wall they know for sure I lost it In these days of hardship the money's awful tight Some will say the government has put us in this plight That's the same government that gives the handouts Takes away the mortgage but leaves us with self doubt Chorus Lately I've been thinking taht what I have's enough They don't own the wind or the rain or the sagebrush Time marches on we can't reclaim the past The ways of our children are taking over fast I envision beauty beyond these four walls I can hear the silence when television falls A new day is coming as shadow leads to light I can tell you brother it will be worth the fight Chorus

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