Burningtown Creek

Intro

Hoo-ah, hoo-ah

Hoo-ah, hey-yeah

Verse 1

Fourteen thousand years we been walking

Down from the cold into morning

Reached these shores and we grew tall

Red are the warriors standing

White are the peaceful ones

Waiting for the sun to climb

Out of that dark cold night

Chorus

Gituwahgi from Cherokee land

Sacred fire still burning in my hand

From Yellow Bear on down the line

Spent my whole life looking 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

Post-Chorus

Yeah, yeah

Burn it down now

Yeah, yeah

Whoa-oh

Verse 2

Eighteen nineteen they drew the line

Reservation handed to the head men

All across the nation

Where Burningtown Creek meets the Tennessee

That is where my people used to be

Roots run deep in that mountain clay

No paper ever took my name away

Chorus

Gituwahgi from Cherokee land

Sacred fire still burning in my hand

From Yellow Bear on down the line

Spent my whole life looking 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

Bridge

Rise up, rise up

From the ashes and the ember

Rise up, rise up

I remember, I remember

Guitar Solo

Chorus

Gituwahgi from Cherokee land

Sacred fire still burning in my hand

From Yellow Bear on down the line

Spent my whole life looking 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

Hoo-ah, hoo-ah

Watch me go now

Hoo-ah, hoo-ah

Burn, burn, burn