Far From Home

Use the track to create a distorted sample hook for the song, I want a sad Native American chant with a clean YOUNG BOY vocal ONLY, NO ADULT VOICES, I want the voice to sound like a child singing a sad prayer, Atmospheric native soundscapes, Only a child's voice throughout, not adult voices!

[Instrumental Native Chant Intro]

Grandfather said remember who you are
Even when the road takes you far
So I carry our stories inside of me
And send this prayer across the prairie

[Verse 1]

They came for the land then they came for the herd
Buffalo vanished and the rifles were heard
Soldiers pushed nations from the open Plains
Reservation lines put our home in chains
Now reformers say we must live their way
Leave our old life and learn new names
The train pulls east as the daylight dies
I hold back tears beneath foreign skies

[Chorus]

Great Spirit be compassionate to me
I've been sent from where I want to be
Far from home all alone
I want to see my family
Guard my name guard my ways
Keep their voices close to me
Though they change the clothes I wear
Do not let them change my memory

[Verse 2]

Carlisle walls and a cold school bell
Rows of strange faces with stories to tell
They cut our hair and they changed our clothes
Told us to bury the language we know
New words new rules every hour of the day
Training our hands for a different way
They call it progress but I feel what it costs
Teaching us to live like our old world is lost

[Chorus]

[Verse 3]

Dawes Act passed in eighteen eighty seven
Broke reservation land into sections
One plot per person and farming their plan
They wanted private property across Native lands
Some raised cattle and some worked the soil
Many lacked training for that kind of toil
Plots were too small so the debts grew strong
Families sold what had been theirs so long

[Bridge]

They can break up the land
They can fence every mile
They can change what I wear
They can change how I write
But the stories still breathe
And the old names remain
I will carry them home
When I ride west again

[Final Chorus]

Great Spirit carry this prayer
Through the night and across the air
Tell my people I still know
Every story they taught me at home

[Outro]

I am more than the name on their page
More than the uniform they made me wear
The train took me far from my family
But it could not take my family from me

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[Instrumental Native Chant Intro] Grandfather said remember who you are Even when the road takes you far So I carry our stories inside of me And send this prayer across the prairie [Verse 1] They came for the land then they came for the herd Buffalo vanished and the rifles were heard Soldiers pushed nations from the open Plains Reservation lines put our home in chains Now reformers say we must live their way Leave our old life and learn new names The train pulls east as the daylight dies I hold back tears beneath foreign skies [Chorus] Great Spirit be compassionate to me I've been sent from where I want to be Far from home all alone I want to see my family Guard my name guard my ways Keep their voices close to me Though they change the clothes I wear Do not let them change my memory [Verse 2] Carlisle walls and a cold school bell Rows of strange faces with stories to tell They cut our hair and they changed our clothes Told us to bury the language we know New words new rules every hour of the day Training our hands for a different way They call it progress but I feel what it costs Teaching us to live like our old world is lost [Chorus] Great Spirit be compassionate to me I've been sent from where I want to be Far from home all alone I want to see my family Guard my name guard my ways Keep their voices close to me Though they change the clothes I wear Do not let them change my memory [Verse 3] Dawes Act passed in eighteen eighty seven Broke reservation land into sections One plot per person and farming their plan They wanted private property across Native lands Some raised cattle and some worked the soil Many lacked training for that kind of toil Plots were too small so the debts grew strong Families sold what had been theirs so long [Bridge] They can break up the land They can fence every mile They can change what I wear They can change how I write But the stories still breathe And the old names remain I will carry them home When I ride west again [Final Chorus] Great Spirit be compassionate to me I've been sent from where I want to be Far from home all alone I want to see my family Guard my name guard my ways Keep their voices close to me Though they change the clothes I wear Do not let them change my memory Great Spirit carry this prayer Through the night and across the air Tell my people I still know Every story they taught me at home [Outro] I am more than the name on their page More than the uniform they made me wear The train took me far from my family But it could not take my family from me

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