[Verse 1] Beginning of the Indian summer Gonna go away Gonna sing an Indian rain song Gonna bring some rain And the tears [vocal slide] Filled the years With pain [Verse 2] Running Deer was a young man Could have won his fame He died young, short of life When the soldiers came And the tears Filled the years With pain [Verse 3] Johnny Price was a young man Had to go away Told him now, play soldier well And you will earn your pay It's the same Old game Just a different name [Verse 4] Cheyenne, Kiowa Blackfoot and Sioux Had to go fight a war Against the men in blue Won their fame An Indian name How they played the game [Outro] And the tears Filled the years With pain
