Buckskin Boy Songtext
von Al Kooper

He is walking through his land
With tears in his eyes
He is walking through his land
With poison in his skies
He is naked in the mirror
Sad and stripped and put to shame
And people joke about him
But it′s really not the same

To the buckskin boy

They have stormed into his valleys
They have laid his people down
They have robbed him of his culture
And the land that he once found
He is wise in the ways of nature
And tires of the ways of man
He is walking in a vacuum
That will never understand


The buckskin boy

They want to give him half an acre
To live out all his years
And everything that is sacred
Will be sold as souvenirs

And the pipe it has been handed
Down to young ones everywhere
To the warriors of peace
Who simply felt the need to share
The love inside their souls
Just the way that Jesus taught
But the battle's always over
Before it′s even fought


God save the buckskin boy
God save the buckskin boy
God save the buckskin boy
God save the buckskin boy
God save the buckskin boy
God save the buckskin boy