Where's Ben Black Elk Today? Lyrics - Singles - Buddy Red Bow

Pine trees seem to say "Where's Ben Black Elk Today?" 

Didn't he used to sit here with a smile, take his picture with a child 

While all the while you stole his land 

Chorus: 

Why it seemed just like yesterday that I heard Black Elk say 

These here black hills are our land, stolen by the white man 

Shrine of democracy, land of the free, but not for you or for me 

Shrine of democracy, land of the free, but not for you or for me 

If they wanted to be so fair, on Mount Rushmore, why isn't the Indian up there. 

Sitting Bull, Spotted-Tail, Red Cloud, we'd all be so proud. 

In the most sacred land of the Sioux, four faces carved on granite stone 

In the midst of a home; in the midst of a home. 

Chorus: 

Why it seemed just like yesterday that I heard Black Elk say 

These here black hills are our land, stolen by the white man 

Shrine of democracy, land of the free, but not for you or for me 

Pine trees seem to say, Ben Black Elk is gone. Gone to the great beyond. 

Back to the buffalo. Back to his people; to his home. 

Chorus: 

Why it seemed just like yesterday that I heard Black Elk say 

These here black hills are our land, stolen by the white man 

Shrine of democracy, land of the free, but not for you or for me (Remember that now) 

Pine trees seem to say Ben Black Elk is home today 

See his shadow on the granite stone; Black Elk has come home 

Back to his people; to his land 

People can't you here him say, that he's home to stay 

These here black hills are his land, stolen by the white man 

Shrine of democracy, land of the free, but not for you or for me 

Shrine of democracy, land of the free, but not for you or for me (Remember that now) 

But not for you or for me 

Pine trees seem to say, Ben Black Elk is home to stay