Crazy Horse - Josh Joffen
He looks up at the mountain in the stillness of the morning
And framed there by the treetops and the sky
The image of an indian riding on a warhorse
Begins to form within the Dreamer's eye
[Chorus]
Crazy Horse, I want to see you riding high upon the mountain
Looking to the sunrise, pointing out to the horizon
If a time should come to pass that our kind is gone at last
You will stand as a reminder to the spirit of a man
When the Sacred Lands were trampled, when the treaties were all torn up
He led his people's fight against the tide
Till the Sioux were finally broken, then betrayed unto the White Man
He was fighting for his freedom when he died
Now a sculptor from the cities has come west to carve a statue
A memorial to that warrior of fame
And the people down in Custer, they don't like to be reminded
Of the way it was before the White Man came.
[Repeat Chorus]
A man carves a man out of a mountain
And the mountaIn draws a mountain from the man
Day by day, clay working clay, you understand
He understands
Thirty years are but a moment when they're set against a mountain
But it's different when they're measured by a man
Though he's happy with his bargain, he's feeling just like Moses
'Cause he knows he'll never reach his Promised Land
Crazy Horse, I want to see you riding high upon the mountain
I have poured my life into you, you'll be here when I'm forgotten
If a time should come to pass that our kind is gone at last
You will stand as a reminder to the spirit of a man
© 1981 by Josh Joffen