Burningtown Creek

Intro

Oh-oh

Mm-hmm

Fourteen thousand years

Mm

Verse 1

Fourteen thousand years our stories flow

We reached these shores and we grow

Red are our warriors standing tall

The peaceful ones are white through it all

We wait for the sun to rise

Out of the dark and cold night skies

Chorus

The Gituwahgi from the Cherokee land

Sacred fire burns deep in my hand

From Yellow Bear on down the line

Spent my life searching for a sign

I am the Burning Bear

Watch me glow

I am the Burning Bear

Set the fire free now watch me go

Burning on for eternity

Burn burn burn

(Yeah)

Post-Chorus

Burn burn burn

(Yeah yeah)

Burn burn burn

(Watch me go)

Verse 2

Eighteen nineteen they drew the line

Gave the head men land in a different time

Across the nation papers passed around

Where Burningtown Creek meets the Tennessee

That is where my people used to be

Roots still running underneath the ground

Chorus

The Gituwahgi from the Cherokee land

Sacred fire burns deep in my hand

From Yellow Bear on down the line

Spent my life searching for a sign

I am the Burning Bear

Watch me glow

I am the Burning Bear

Set the fire free now watch me go

Burning on for eternity

Burn burn burn

(Yeah)

Post-Chorus

Burn burn burn

(Yeah yeah)

Burn burn burn

(Watch me go)

Bridge

Fire keep me

Fire free me

Fire carry what they took

Fire hold me

Fire show me

Fire write it in the book

Chorus

The Gituwahgi from the Cherokee land

Sacred fire burns deep in my hand

From Yellow Bear on down the line

Spent my life searching for a sign

I am the Burning Bear

Watch me glow

I am the Burning Bear

Set the fire free now watch me go

Burning on for eternity

Burn burn burn

(Yeah)