Last Great Men Lyrics - Singles - Ceramony

(Chorus sung in Cree) 

Grandfather I want to walk where you have walked Grandfather I want to see where you hunted Grandmother I want to sleep where you made a home Grandmother I want to know how to live my life 

(Verse: Cree) 

Grandfathers and Ancestors I will speak briefly so lend me your ear I will tell you of the talk about the Youth that isn't the truth That we don't care about the Cree culture 

That we don't care about the hunt That we don't care about the Cree values And that we don't care about the Cree way of life We are sent down south to get an education With the expectance that we will help our communities And become fighters and protect the Cree land But it's being destroyed before we can come home Where will we be able to hunt so that we can be the true Cree that we were meant to be 

(Verse: English) 

Everything that we as a Cree people are today 

Is in the hands of a generation that is passing away 

All of our legends, our stories and traditional ways 

Are threatened by the arrival of the modern day 

What will we then become when we've lost touch with our roots 

When the last of our great rivers has a fatal rendezvous 

And the trees that once spoke are silenced once and for all When the spirits that led us here bear witness to our great fall 

How will we define ourselves to our children and grandchildren If the legends of greatness become stories of loss and regrets If ceremonies become a thing of the past The dreams we try to hold onto will not last But the day will come for the drums to be played The songs of our elders will be sung and their memories will stay strong 

And speak to us in dreams showing us the way to believe 

So we will have a chance to be like them 

As the descendants of the last great men 

(Chorus Cree)