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The Wolves Have Returned
Nahko and Medicine for the People
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I'm cutting the bad fruit off of my tree to
Lighten my load, and grow me tall
Just like my dogma, this fire pit mantra
Covered in ashes, now take me home
Shedding my antlers and making up answers
To the mystery of nature, so reach for the sun
Spruce tips and cedars now free up them rivers
The salmon will run, no dam can hold
United the nations is gonna take some patience
So, unzip your sheep skin, the wolves have returned
The wolves have returned
(Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
I call to the spirit, brother, I hear it
Union of all things, like words on the sky
I've read the totems, my ancestors wrote 'em
Now I sit patience as I wait on the trial
This runs through all things like thunder and lightning
Song everlasting where always I learn
Pull off your old skin, now we are kindred
Open and listen, the wolves have returned
The wolves have returned
(Oh-ooh-ooh-ooh)
Channel the old ones, each waking new sun
Walk with your totem, conditions unsaid
Walk from the mystery, a love we are feeling
Woomera for protection, the spear in your hand
Light of our dreaming, never meant to be easy
Sometimes there'll be water, sometimes it'll be dry
Footprints in tandem, in this ancient sandstone
Grandmothers reside, and I'll be by your side
Oh, I will be by your side
Grandmother
I will be by your side
Oh-oh
All of creation is making a statement
You can't escape it, she's coming for you
It was up to me, I'd teach her that loneliness
Is just part of the courage it takes
Maybe it's the music, it's moving right through us
All of the songs that will outlive me
I'm running the song lines
I'm wrapping my prayer tight
Preserving the old way
My wolf has returned (ooh)
My wolf has returned, ooh
Go on and carry your flag
Carry your flag, I've got your back
Go on and carry your flag
Carry your flag, I've got your back
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Carry your flag
Carry your flag (I got your back now)
Carry your flag (I got your back)
Carry your flag (I got your back now)
(I got your back now) carry your flag
Carry your flag (I got your back now)
Carry your flag (carry your flag)
Carry your flag (I got your back now)
Carry your flag (carry your flag, carry your flag)
Carry your flag (I got your back now, I've got your back now)
Carry your flag (I got your back)
(We've got your back) carry your flag
Carry your flag
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