I Am Burning Bear

Intro

Mm

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Verse 1

Fourteen thousand winters I have walked this land

The river knows my name

We reached these shores and then we grew

Roots deep in clay and flame

Chorus

From the land of the Cherokee

Sacred fire still burns in me

Down the line from Yellow Bear

Spent my whole 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

Post-Chorus

Burn burn burn

(Burn burn burn)

On for eternity

(On for eternity)

Verse 2

Eighteen nineteen they drew the lines

Gave the head men ground

Across the nation scattered wide

Our voices still resound

Where Burningtown Creek meets the Tennessee

That is where my people used to be

Pre-Chorus

We wait for the sun to rise

From the dark cold night

We wait for the sun to rise

Red are our warriors

The peaceful all are white

Chorus

From the land of the Cherokee

Sacred fire still burns in me

Down the line from Yellow Bear

Spent my whole 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

Bridge

Stories travel down

Down through blood and bone

Stories travel down

I carry them alone

Chorus

From the land of the Cherokee

Sacred fire still burns in me

Down the line from Yellow Bear

Spent my whole 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

Post-Chorus

Burn burn burn

(Burn burn burn)

Burning on for eternity

(Burning on for eternity)

Yeah

(Yeah)