Lyrics to
Wooden Indian

This version of Wooden Indian was released by John Denver in 1971.

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I was a red man, I was proud, I was strong.
You were the white man and you stole away my home.
Now I am a wooden Indian, painted dreams inside my head.
Times the way you bring me down make me wish that I was dead.
Na na na na na na, na na na na na. Na na na na na na, na na na na na.

I was a red man, in my passing made no sound.
You were the white man and you drove me in the ground.
Now I am a wooden Indian standing silent in the rain.
I swear by my grandfather’s father, we’re gonna rise again.
Na na na na na na, na na na na na. Na na na na na na, na na na na na.

I was a red man, I was proud, I was strong.
You were the white man and you stole away my home.
Now I am a wooden Indian standing silent in the rain.
I swear by my grandfather’s father, we’re gonna rise again.

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About Lyrics and Wooden Indian by John Denver

The lyrics to Wooden Indian are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by John Denver in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Wooden Indian are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by John Denver and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Wooden Indian back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Wooden Indian by John Denver in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Wooden Indian" means the words set to the music of Wooden Indian, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Wooden Indian and the lyrics to Wooden Indian are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to Wooden Indian, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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