The Tatty Truth - Manifest Destiny

In the distance they kicked up a cloud of thick dust
In an instant life changed as a treaty was crushed
The fletching of arrows streaked across the red sky
And a baby lay sleeping in a papoose nearby

At the end of the day the campfire was out
A culture left gasping like the earth in a drought
Leonard Peltier left sitting in a cold prison cell
And generations condemned to the hot flames of hell

Its manifest destiny
All over again
Assimilate Obliterate
Give me everything
You'll go down in infamy
You and your men
For taking what doesn't belong to you
As your play thing

Like Custer before you, on the 25th June
You underestimated your enemy
And you attacked too soon
We'll fight to the death to protect our own
And we'll mutilate your body while your troops still moan

Its manifest destiny
All over again
Assimilate Obliterate
Give me everything
You'll go down in infamy
You and your men
For taking what doesn't belong to you
As your play thing

You can bury my heart at Wounded Knee
I won't blend into what you want me to be
Like the sun on a bright warm summer's day
The future is long and we will have our day

Its manifest destiny
All over again
Assimilate Obliterate
Give me everything
You'll go down in infamy
You and your men
For taking what doesn't belong to you
As your play thing

Its manifest destiny
All over again
Assimilate Obliterate
Give me everything
You'll go down in infamy
You and your men
For taking what doesn't belong to you
As your play thing

Written by:
Des Ryan

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