Can you remember the times That you have held your head high And told all your friends of your Indian claim Proud good lady and proud good man Your great-great grandfather from Indian blood sprang And you feel in your heart for these ones Oh it's written in books and in song That we've been mistreated and wronged Well over and over I hear the same words From you good lady and you good man Well listen to me if you care where we stand And you feel you're a part of these ones When a war between nations is lost The loser, we know, pays the cost But even when Germany fell to your hands Consider dear lady, consider dear man You left them their pride and you left them their land And what have you done to these ones Has a change come about Uncle Sam Or are you still taking our lands A treaty forever George Washington signed He did dear lady, he did dear man And the treaty's being broken by Kinzua Dam And what will you do for these ones Oh, it's all in the past you can say But it's still going on here today The government now want the Iroquois land That of the Senaca and the Cheyenne It's here and it's now you can help us dear man Now that the buffalo's gone.

About R.E.M.

R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...

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Added 9 Oct 2026