Testi di Were You There - Grant Lee Buffalo

Were You There (originale)

Were you there at the creek
That is called Wounded Knee
Were you there at the creek
There but unseen
In the 7th Calvary
Were you there at the creek
Were you there on the wind
That hammered the plains
Were you there on the wind
To scatter their names
I’ll ask you again
Were you there on the wind
It makes me weep
It makes me weep
It makes me weep
Now how could you be
Were you there in the crowd
When the first shot rang out
Were you there in the crowd
Moving about
Black powder cloud
Were you there in the crowd
Were you there by the Sioux
With the white Flag of Truce
Were you there by the Sioux
'Cause the flag was no use
The bullets all flew
Were you there by the Sioux
It makes me weep
It makes me weep
It makes me weep
Now how could you be
If you choose sides
I know where you were
With soldiers that ride
So stalwart and sure
Not into pride
Into massacre
It makes me weep
It makes me weep
It makes me weep
Now how could you be

(traduzione)

Eri lì al torrente
Questo si chiama ginocchio ferito
Eri lì al torrente
Lì ma invisibile
Nel 7° Calvario
Eri lì al torrente
Eri lì nel vento
Che martellava le pianure
Eri lì nel vento
Per spargere i loro nomi
Te lo chiederò di nuovo
Eri lì nel vento
Mi fa piangere
Mi fa piangere
Mi fa piangere
Ora come potresti essere
Eri lì tra la folla
Quando risuonò il primo sparo
Eri lì tra la folla
Muoversi
Nuvola di polvere nera
Eri lì tra la folla
Eri lì vicino ai Sioux
Con la bandiera bianca della tregua
Eri lì vicino ai Sioux
Perché la bandiera era inutile
I proiettili sono volati tutti
Eri lì vicino ai Sioux
Mi fa piangere
Mi fa piangere
Mi fa piangere
Ora come potresti essere
Se scegli i lati
So dove eri
Con i soldati che cavalcano
Così coraggioso e sicuro
Non per orgoglio
In massacro
Mi fa piangere
Mi fa piangere
Mi fa piangere
Ora come potresti essere