Bryan Adams – Native Son Lyrics

Bryan Adams · Into the Fire

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I've seen many moons through these wrinkled eyes
The years have made me old
But they've made me wise

Now the white man lives where our rivers run
For now better days have passed
We walk the streets of broken glass
Our people vanished as snow before the summer sun

Like dogs we were driven from this place
Such injustice, time will not erase
All these changes cannot be undone

When you feel the anger inside of you
Hold your head high, let your aim be true
Though your heart beats like a drum
My native son

Once there was a time my little one
Before the wagons, before the soldiers' guns
When this land was ours as far as the eagle flies

No white flag, no broken truce
With few words one can speak the truth
I don't hear it
Time won't heal it now

With each new day that comes to pass
Will the great spirit free us all at last?
He said we were the chosen ones

For all we had there's nothin' left
We won't forgive, we can't forget
You know that your day will come
My native son

My native son
Oh, oh

With each new day that comes to pass
Will the great spirit free us all at last?
What has happened can never be undone

When I was young, not yet a man
The sun rose and set upon our land
We were the chosen ones
My native son

My native son
Yeah

My native son
Yeah, teah

So your heart beats like a drum
My native son
We were the chosen ones
Oh, oh

Yeah

Comments (1)

Kris Soysa 2021-10-09 22:53:00

I am an immigrant to North America. I loved this song from the first time I heard it in the 80's. I am privileged to be a dual citizen of Canada as well as the United States. Therefore, as an outsider I can see both sides of the history of the Native Peoples of these lands, and those who came here from Europe. Yes, there were terrible things done in settling both Canada and the US. But, I also see another truth, that is, life is never without sorrow. "Man is born into trouble as the sparks of a fire sly upward" says the Bible. Also, in both these great nations, a vast majority of the "White man" has done so much to right the wrongs a few of their ancestors committed! If we forget this, one nation of people will forever feel nothing they do is enough and live in regret and discouragement while the other nation of people will eternally be lost in the past and in remain anger. I pray for the peace of these lands.