white man came across the sea
brought us pain and misery
killed our tribes killed our creed
took our game for his own need

we fought him hard we fought him well
out on the plains we gave him hell
but many came too much for cree
oh will we ever be set free?

riding through dustclouds and barren wastes
galloping hard on the plains
chasing the redskins back to their holes
fighting them at their own game
murder for freedom a stab in the back
women and children and cowards attack

run to the hills run for your lives
run to the hills run for your lives

soldier blue on the barren wastes
hunting and killing their game
raping the women and wasting the men
the only good indians are tame
selling them whisky and taking their gold
enslaving the young and destroying the old

run to the hills run for your lives
				

he's walking like a small child
but watch his eyes burn you away
black holes in his golden stare
god knows he wants to go home
children of the damned(repeat another 3 times)

he's walking like a dead man
if he had lived he would have crucified us all
now he's standing on the last step
he thought oblivion well it beckons us all
children of the damned
(repeat another 3 times)

now it burns his hand he's turning to laugh
smiles as the flame sears his flesh
melting his face screaming in pain
peeling the skin from his eyes
watch him die according to plan
he's dust on the ground what did we learn

you're children of the damned
your back's against the wall
you turn into the light
you're children of the damned
like candles watch them burn
burning in the light
you'll burn again tonight
you're children of the damned
				

cold as steel the darkness waits, it's hour will come
a cry of fear for the chosen worshipping the sun
mother natures black revenge on those who waste her life
war babies in the garden of eden shall turn our ashes to ice

chorus:
sunrise is gone, freezing up the fires
sunrise is gone, numbing all desires
sunrise is gone, sunrise is gone

around the world the people stop with terror-stricken eyes
a shadow cast upon them all to crush them like a fly
in the icy rain and whiplashed seas there's nowhere left to run
the hammer blows of winter fall like a hurricane

repeat chorus

around the world the nations wait
for some wise words from their leading light
you know it's not only madmen who listen to fools
"is this the end" the millions cried
clutching their riches as they died
those who survive must weather the storm

solo

gone are the days when man looked down
they've taken away his sacred crown
to be so free, it took so long
it's not the journeys end, it's just begun