Neil Young - Broken Arrow lyrics

The lights turned on

and the curtain fell down,

And when it was over

it felt like a dream,

They stood at the stage door

and begged for a scream,

The agents had paid

for the black limousine

That waited outside in the rain.

Did you see them,

did you see them?

Did you see them in the river?

They were there to wave to you.

Could you tell that

the empty quivered,

Brown skinned Indian on the banks

That were crowded and narrow,

Held a broken arrow?

Eighteen years of American dream,

He saw that his brother

had sworn on the wall.

He hung up his eyelids

and ran down the hall,

His mother had told him

a trip was a fall,

And don't mention babies at all.

Did you see him, did you see him?

Did you see him in the river?

He were there to wave to you.

Could you tell that

the empty quivered,

Brown skinned Indian on the banks

That were crowded and narrow,

Held a broken arrow?

The streets were lined

for the wedding parade,

The Queen wore the white gloves,

the county of song,

The black covered caisson

her horses had drawn

Protected her King

from the sun rays of dawn.

They married for peace

and were gone.

Did you see them,

did you see them?

Did you see them in the river?

They were there to wave to you.

Could you tell that

the empty quivered,

Brown skinned Indian on the banks

That were crowded and narrow,

Held a broken arrow?