Black Elk Lyrics - Infamous Stringdusters

The memory remains 

They built an iron road to cross the plains 

He was just a child 

and the buffalo still were wild 

He heard the voices in his head 

ancestors are calling you is what they said 

Then the vision did appear 

twelve black horses he was full of fear 

The storms were in his eyes 

Black Elk was on the rise 

He healed his people and he never lost 

the visions in his mind 

He turned east into the sun 

dancing horses beckoned him to come 

gazing from afar 

his eyes glimmered like a daybreak star 

He saw the elders gathered round 

old as the hills rising from the ground 

In their knowledge he'd abide 

upon the black road he would ride 

The storms were in his eyes 

Black Elk was on the rise 

He healed his people and he never lost 

the visions in his mind 

With eagle on the wing 

a thousand voices began to sing 

He struck the blue man in the heart 

then the sky seemed to break apart 

The flames had died 

in gladness all the creatures cried 

Then the rain began to fall 

The drought was broken and the grass grew tall 

The storms were in his eyes 

Black Elk was on the rise 

He healed his people and he never lost 

the visions in his mind