Among The Americans Lyrics - 10,000 Maniacs

dance to the sun 

a kiss to the earth 

embrace a stone 

come the small black book 

come the brandy cask 

one strange disease 

the well worded paper 

signed by the drunken 

hands of thieves 

and suddenly 

they were told to leave 

as the snake uncoiled on a road 

the length was eighty miles 

wagons' weary horses 

lead the feverish exiles 

barefoot in the early snow 

on a ridge 

where they beheld their home 

coarse and barren 

not the haven 

promised by the Father 

Jaksa Chula Harjo 

Jaksa Chula Harjo 

Jaksa Chula Harjo (* 

the Red Sticks first and 

the Dancing Ghosts were 

pierced with arms of fire 

and the weeping widows 

left could not avenge 

so the Western Star manifest its will 

drove them clear into the Pacific O 

gone the way of flesh 

turned pale and died 

by your god's decree 

for he hated me 

(* Cherokee name for Andrew Jackson 

the 7th president of the U.S.A. )