They took the whole Indian nation    Put us on this resevation    Took away our way of life    Tomahawk and the prairie-knife.  Took away our native tongue    Taught their English to our young    And all the beads we made by hand  Are nowadays made in Japan.  Cherokee people  Cherokee tribe    So proud you lived  So proud you'll die.    They took the whole Indian nation    Put us on this reservation    Brick built houses by the score    Won't need tepees anymore.  Although they've changed our ways of old    They'll never change our heart and soul    And suddenly when the world has learned    Cherokee Indian will return.  Will return  Will return    Will return  Will return  Will return!