Mr. Relocation

Think of it this way, they come to your door They say you must move and they will prove it That can't happen here you say, this is the USA But it's not the same for those who were here Before Columbus came...they've got to give up their claim In 19 hundred 23 a tribal council came to be To represent the Navajo of the Big Mountain soil The causes of the council's birth Will tell you what the council's worth The council was formed by Standard Oil They came to conquer, possess and destroy Steal land and livestock, livelihood and joy Rape and destruction of the Mother Earth When the water is poisoned, what's it worth? The natural law says to live with the land And keep it for a daughter to hold in her hand To those who fence and confine it Who kill it in order to mine it All I can say is Mr. Relocation, shame on you To help the Indians to help themselves Sounded like a noble goal Until the lawyer for the relocation Turned out to work for Peabody Coal Money-grubbing politicians, they all got ambitions To turn traditions into their opposites Even a commissioner said the relocation Reminded him of a place called Auschwitz To live a life of fear, it is not pretty Think about it Whatever happens here will happen in your city Do not doubt it The land is the answer, the land is the cause You try to break our lives We'll have to break your laws To those who fence and confine it Who kill it in order to mine it All I can say is Mr. Relocation, shame on you