The night is falling on a tiny valley in Peru an indio boy is prayin' to the stars of silver-blue cause's so alone - mummy's gone gone into the land of no return.
Four white sheep and a little dog is all she left behind he's playin' on a wooden pipe all songs he's got in mind songs that mummy sang - bringing back again bringing back the days of love and joy.
Indio boy, you got to learn to know little indio boy, that life is always so let the morning sun shine into your heart and the world's no longer dark - indio boy
Someday when you're grown up you'll get children of your own tell then it ain't no shame just to be a poor man's son with a heart of gold - an honest soul you will stand the evil of the world.
Indio boy, you got to learn to know little indio boy, that life is always so let the morning sun shine into your heart and the world's no longer dark - indio boy