From the recording Tiny Town

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Lyrics

VALLEY OF THE CHIEFS







I AM A GRANDMOTHER NOW
BUT IN MY 16th YEAR
I PLAYED WITH FRIENDS
ON THE PRAIRIE
IF PROGRESS WOULD ALOW
WE WOULD LIVE FOREVER
IN THE VALLEY OF THE CHIEFS

WE TRAVELED A TRAIL IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY
HORSES APPROACHING I THOUGHT I HEARD
5 MEN APPEARED AND TOOK US AWAY
WE WERE CHILDREN OF THE LONG BEAKED BIRD

TRAVELING AS CAPTIVES INTO THE NIGHT
TAKEN FAR FROM THE VALLEY
NO TEARS WERE CRIED
TOWARD THE EASTERN LIGHT
5 MEN WOULD DIE

OUR CAPTORS SLEPT
THE NIGHT WATCH TOO
5 MEN WERE SUPRISED
WE COUNTED COUP
WE TOOK THEIR HORSES
INTO THE NIGHT
TO THE VALLEY OF THE CHIEFS