Look at these rocks
They can tell you a story
Look at those clouds
There's a song I sing to them
Look at the Deer over there
They know what I'm thinking
They come around to see how I'm doing
These dreams I'm holding
You can call them a painting
These visions I've worked
They're just pieces of wood
There are all kinds of words to explain what this means
But until I can dance
This is the song that I sing
Give me back my religion
It’s the only way that I can be a warrior
Give me back my religion
It's as much a part of me as the air I breathe
Give me back my religion
It's not something you can buy or sell
Give me back my religion
It's the path I walk in this crazy world
I walk to the mountain top and smoke some tobacco
I sing a song and say a prayer
I go down to the river and ask a question
I come back home and sit for a while
I work at my paintings, carve some wood
I weld some metal and drum sometimes
I keep a garden in the summer and have a wood fire
for warmth in the winter
This simple life doesn't cost a lot
I drive an old pick-up truck
I wear blue jeans most of the time
No, I don't have a lot of money, but I got something
money can't buy
I got the hummingbird in the summer
I got the crow in the autumn
I got that ol' hoot owl in the winter
I got a red tailed hawk in the spring
They come and sing to me
I hear their music every day
That is something money can't buy
This is my religion: I use feathers when I pray
This is my religion: I offer smoke with my prayers
This is my religion: I see the Great Mystery in everything
This is my religion: I dance while I still can
Ho!
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