David Rose · Spirit of Grandfather
Buffalo Prayer for the Children - David Rose
Lyrics by:David Rose
Composed by:David Rose
Produced by:David Rose
Hoooooo
Huu yeah
Huu yeah
Hooooo ho yah
Little ones come sit close by the fire
Long before these fences rose
The buffalo shaped our lives
One step fed a village
One hide kept us warm
We followed their wandering hearts
Like stars across the dawn
Buffalo pray for the children
Hey yah hey yah
Remember every gift you take
Walk soft on the earth beneath you
Give something back for every brave
Buffalo prayer for the children
Ho yah ho yah
Be grateful with every breath
Honor the ones who came before you
So nothing living dies in waste
Ho yah
I tell you this
We hunted with open hands
Spoke thanks over every life
And shared what the buffalo planned
Bones turned into needles
Sin you into thread
Nothing left forgotten we honored even the dead
Buffalo pray for the children
Hey yah hey yah
Remember every gift you take
Walk soft on the earth beneath you
Give something back for every brave
Buffalo prayer for the children
Ho yah ho yah
Be grateful with every breath
Honor the ones who came before you
So nothing living dies in waste
Now the roads run far and wide
Screens glow late at night
But the old ones still are watching
In the rivers in the light
So when you throw away your food
Or forget to say grace
Think of how one buffalo
Could feed a whole camp's face
Buffalo pray for the children
Hey yah hey yah
Remember every gift you take
Walk soft on the earth beneath you
Give something back for every brave
Buffalo prayer for the children
Ho yah ho yah
Be grateful with every breath
Honor the ones who came before you
So nothing living dies in waste
Oh little ones carry this in your song
Live like the buffalo taught us
Take only what makes you strong