South Dakota Lady by Buddy Red Bow Lyrics

[Verse One]
There’s a lady in the Black Hills
Where the river flows so cold
She is walking in dark canyons
Where the owl hides its soul
She is talking to the rocks and trees
Listening to the talking leaves
And they tell her Thunderbird is coming
Coming soon to take her home
But she should not worry
Be afraid, for she will not be alone

[Chorus]
Hear the thunder see the lightning
Thunderbird is overhead
She’s going back, back to her people
Peoplе that once were dеad

[Verse Two]
There’s an Indian in a motel
Gideon’s Bible by his side
But he can’t read, reach that Bible
For he got a wounded pride
Oh he once had a woman
Lord he loved her so
But she went away and left him
Now he don’t know where to go
So he’s running from himself, Lord
The truth, he just won’t face
And he’s living in memories
Memories he can’t erase
But he knows he has a friend
The lady understands
And she knows that he’s lonely
As she takes him by the hand
[Verse Three]
There’s a children in the Black Hills
Wondering just what to do
And there’s her husband
Who needs and loves her
Loves her oh so true
South Dakota she’s your lady
Her roads are in your soul
Hear her horse in the hills
As she’s running through the pines
See the gold upon her hood
As she runs back in time
One more ride [?] calls her
By the stream to be with her

[Chorus]
Hear the thunder see the lightning
Thunderbird overhead
She’s going back, back to her people
People that once were dead

[Lakota verse]