Dan Fogelberg - The Spirit Trail lyrics

The light is long the sun is low

I'm riding fast across this dusty road

But I don't want to be, no I don't want to be

Above the ridge an eagle flies

In lazy circles in the western skies

I want to fly with him I want to walk the spirit trail

I've seen them come I've seen them go

Off to the oilfields and rodeos

To find a better way, they leave their native soil

But I can hear a different song

The drum within my heart is beating strong

I want to follow it, I've got to walk the spirit trail

Let every creature I see be a brother and a friend to me

Let every step that I take leave the footprints of a warrior

Along the spirit trail

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Heya-heya heya hiyo

They took the land, they took control

They robbed my father of his very soul

To be like one of them, to be like one of them

But I was born a native son

And I will never be another one

To give it all away I've got to walk the spirit trail

Let every creature I see be a brother and a friend to me

Let every step that I take leave the footprints of a warrior

Along the spirit trail

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Let every creature I see be a brother and a friend to me

Let every step that I take leave the footprints of a warrior

Along the spirit trail

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Heya-heya heya hiyo

Heya-heya heya hiyo