I Am Burning Bear

Intro

Mm-hmm

Oh-oh

Fourteen thousand years we carry

Mm

Reached these shores and we grow

Chorus

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

(Yeah)

Burn burn burn

(Yeah)

Verse 1

Red are our warriors brave

The peaceful all are white

We wait for the sun to rise

From the dark cold night

We sit by the sacred flame

Pass the story hand to hand

My grandfather spoke of Yellow Bear

And the road across the land

Chorus

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

(Yeah)

Burn burn burn

(Yeah)

Verse 2

Eighteen nineteen they drew a line

Handed plots to head men tall

Where Burningtown Creek meets Tennessee

That is where my people used to be

I spent my whole life searching

For a spirit sign to find

From Yellow Bear on down the line

The fire never leaves my mind

Bridge

Gituwahgi from Cherokee

Sacred fire still burns in me

Gituwahgi from Cherokee

Rising rising rising free

Chorus

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

(Yeah)

Burning on for eternity

Burn burn burn

(Yeah)

Outro

Burn on for eternity

(Watch me glow)

Burn on for eternity

(Yeah)