BORN ON THE RESERVATION ABANDONED AS A CHILD FRIGHTENED AND CONFUSED FOR YEARS SEARCHING FOR A SMILE DANCING WITH THE SUN AND MOON I WAS JUST SIXTEEN AND I GAVE MY HEART TO THE SACRED TREE EAGLE BEAR WAS PROUD OF ME
AND I HAD A DREAM, INSIDE THE CRYSTAL CAVE YOU CAME TO ME AND BLACK ELK SANG THIS SONG TO ME THUNDERBIRD OVERHEAD I SEE AND THE EAGLE BONE WAS WHISTLING THRU THE NIGHT HE SAPA, HE SAPA
CHORUS I'M A BLACK HILLS DREAMER I'M A BLACK HILLS DREAMER I'M A BLACK HILLS DREAMER GOING HOME, GOING HOME
IT MAKES MY HEART FEEL GOOD SEEING PEOPLE ON THIS OLD RED ROAD GOING BACK TO MOTHER EARTH AGAIN AND WITH THE CHILDREN I WILL MAKE MY STAND THE BLACK HILLS ARE THE SACRED GROUND "WE'LL ALWAYS LOVE THIS LAND"
AND I HAD A DREAM STANDING ON THIS MOUNTAIN I COULD SEE THE ELDERS LOOKING BACK ON ME HORSES IN THE SKY I SEE FLAMING SPEARS ARE FALLING DOWN ON ME.
CHORUS
BUDDY PRAYS IN LAKOTA: "On GREAT SPIRIT AND GRANDMOTHER EARTH. ON THIS NIGHT WE CAME TO PRAY. WE WANT OUR PEOPLE TO LIVE, THAT is WHY WE'RE PRAYING. THE THUNDERBIRDS THAT ARE FLYING OVER us TONIGHT, THEY ARE WATCHING OVER us. THE LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WILL LIVE. THAT'S WHAT I PRAY FOR. HEAR us.