The USA Is A Monster - George Catlin and the Mandan Chief lyrics

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The USA Is A Monster - George Catlin and the Mandan Chief lyrics

An artist came To capture What could not remain Mandan's village On the upper Missouri Earthen wigwams With the gra**es all around Hunter warriors So long as bison could be found And some had blue eyes And long silver hair Glowing twilight Of this ancient way of life Te Ho Pe Ne Wah She The likeness of the Mandan's chief Was recognized with disbelief Excited curiosity Of the entire village at once The markings of the brush and hand They could not understand A powerful new medicine Awe and fear of the unknown dangerous The women made a tremolo To mourn the partial d**h of their chief For in their minds the painting Was a living part of the man Captured by the magician Te Ho Pe Ne Wah She A man who can make a living person Simply by staring at them Could perhaps destroy this life In the same way The likeness of the Mandan's chief Was recognized with disbelief Captured by the magician Te Ho Pe Ne Wah She Mandans as your life was taken Visions how it used to be Mandans driven to extinction Paintings for our eyes to see