Chief Seattle
(Meridian Green / Gene Parsons)


Greetings White Man from Chief Seattle
You wish to buy our land
How can you buy or sell the sky
I do not understand

We do not own the freshness of the air
The sparkle on the water
Every part of earth is sacred to my people
Every sandy shore

You must remember the earth is sacred
And teach your children that it's consecrated
The sparkling water it's not just water
The water's murmur is my mother's voice

The sap which courses through the oldest trees
Carry the memories of the red man
White man's dead forget the country of their birth
When they walk among the stars

A few more hours, a few more winters
None of the children of the great tribes
Who once lived on earth in small bands
Will be left to mourn our graves

You must remember the earth is sacred
And teach your children that it's consecrated
The sparkling water it's not just water
The water's murmur is my mother's voice

You must remember
You must remember
You must remember
You must remember

When the red man has vanished from the earth
And his memory
Is just a shadow of a cloud
Moving 'cross the prairie

These shores and forests will still hold
The spirit of my people
How they love the earth as a newborn
Loves it's mother's heartbeat

You must remember the earth is sacred
And teach your children that it's consecrated
The sparkling water it's not just water
The water's murmur is my mother's voice

You must remember the earth is sacred
And teach your children that it's consecrated
The sparkling water it's not just water
The water's murmur is my mother's voice

You must remember the earth is sacred
(You must remember) And teach your children that it's consecrated
(You must remember) The sparkling water it's not just water
The water's murmur is my mother's voice