AMBUSH
Mark Lindsay


You thundered in -- all your sabers were blazing 
Fired your guns in a mighty barrage 
Under a full moon I fell by the water 
As you rode away with your cold entourage 

I cried for peace but your eyes filled with venom 
A drop fell between us -- it drove us apart 
I was racing the wind singing songs with my brothers 
Your Winchester bullet went straight through my heart 

Chorus: Oh... oh... -- take me to my hunting ground 
Oh... oh... -- wheel is turning 'round
Oh... oh... -- waiting for the buffalo 
Pounding like drums on the ground 

It's been so long since I swam Crooked River
Running the banks chasing clouds in the sky 
Watching the salmon charge up through the rapids 
Fighting to spawn and to die 
The prairies are gone and the forests have fallen 
A river of tears flows away to the sea
I lie with my pony 'neath ground that God gave me 
An arrowhead marker for all eyes to see 

(Repeat chorus) 

Fish cannot fly over dams in the river 
Ravens are dark in the sky 

Oh... oh... -- take me to my hunting ground 
Wheel of weeping slowly turns around 
Now I'm sleeping waiting for the buffalo 
Pounding like drums on the ground 

(Repeat chorus)