The spirits warned us, many years ago Of a plague of white, but was not the snow To lie and cheat and kill for our sacred land We had no escape, from the great white man Suffer the innocent, for so many years We left our blood and souls Along the trail (of tears) We tried to resist the best way we knew how We really had no chance, we all see that now More and more they came, driven by their greed We were all exiled, it was their final deed The trail of tears, driven far from our home The trail of tears, From where we all belong On the trail of tears The trail of tears, driven far from our home The trail of tears, From where we all belong Suffer the innocent, for so many years We left our blood and souls Along the trail (of tears) The centuries have passed, since they did appear On and on they go, we still all live in fear The trail of tears, driven far from our home The trail of tears, From where we all belong The spirits warned us so many years ago The trail of tears, silence is the warrior's song The trail of tears, driven far from our home