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The Ballad Of Ira Hayes

In the style of

Johnny Cash

Lyrics

ira hayes
ira hayes

call him
drunken ira hayes
he won't
answer anymore
not the whiskey
drinkin' indian
or the marine
that went to war

gather 'round
me people
there's a story
i would tell
'bout a brave
young indian
you should
remember well

from the land
of the pima indian
a proud
and noble band
who farmed
the phoenix valley
in arizona land

down the ditches
a thousand years
the waters
grew ira's
people's crops

till the white man
stole their
water rights
and the sparklin'
water stopped

now ira's folks
were hungry
and their land
grew crops of weeds
when war came
ira volunteered
and forgot
the white man's greed

call him
drunken ira hayes
he won't
answer anymore
not the whiskey
drinkin' indian
or the marine
that went to war

there they battled up
iwo jima hill
two hundred
and fifty men
but only
twenty-seven lived
to walk back
down again

and when the fight
was over
and old glory raised
among the men
who held it high
was the indian
ira hayes

call him
drunken ira hayes
he won't
answer anymore
not the whiskey
drinkin' indian
or the marine
that went to war

ira hayes
returned a hero
celebrated
through the land

he was wined
and speeched
and honored
everybody
shook his hand

but he was just
a pima indian
no water
no home no chance

at home
nobody cared
what ira'd done
and when
did the indians dance

call him
drunken ira hayes
he won't
answer anymore
not the whiskey
drinkin' indian
or the marine
that went to war

then ira
started drinkin' hard
jail was
often his home

they let him
raise the flag
and lower it
like you'd
throw a dog a bone

he died drunk
early one mornin'
alone in a land
he'd fought to save
two inches of water
in a lonely ditch
was a grave
for ira hayes

call him
drunken ira hayes
he won't
answer anymore
not the whiskey
drinkin' indian
or the marine
that went to war

yeah call him
drunken ira hayes
but his land
is just as dry
and his ghost
is lying thirsty
in the ditch
where ira died

Details

  • Duration : 4:15
  • Key : A
  • Genre : Country
  • Year released : 1964
  • Language : English

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