Pioneers by Gerry Cott Lyrics

Not long ago
An indian sat with his family
Thinkin
‘In the bosom of the large, i’ll always be trouble-free’

Cause each summer comes
And the game returns, yeah
And the hunt goes on
They were simple days
And they went on and on

Pioneers, on and on
Pioneers, on and on

And then one day
The white man came
And said, he was here to stay
With an outstretched hand, seemed a friendly man
Wouldn’t you say?

The iron horse screamed, and they all came
They’re the guys we always blame
He’s a foolish man, they don’t understand
Times change, pioneers
Times change, pioneers
Times change, pioneers
Pioneers

Now the city grows and grows and grows
Where it stops, no man knows
Like a leaf on a river, it flows, it flows
On and on

And here we all stand today
Doing our thing in the same old way, hey
It’s just like the good old days
When we were pioneers

Pioneers, pioneers
Pioneers, pioneers
Pioneers, pioneers, pioneers

Not long ago
An indian sat with his family
Thinking, ‘in the bosom of the large i’ll always be…’

I’ll always be
Pioneers, but the hunt goes on
Oh yeah
Pioneers, but the hunt goes on
Pioneers, hunt, hunt, they’ll always be
Pioneers