American Indian poet John Trudell with Jesse Ed Davis - "Tina Smiled"

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American Indian poet John Trudell with Jesse Ed Davis - "Tina Smiled"
~ RIP ~ 2/15/1949 - 12/8/2015 ~

John Trudell & Jesse Ed Davis - Tina Smiled - 1987
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~ Tina Smiled ~
This woman this love
This life we dare to live
This society afraid of what
People might see
Might see through themselves or
Somebody else
Might see what isn't meant to
Be hidden
And somewhere a wild horse awakens

Last time I saw her Tina smiled
Woman woman's love
Hands so gentle eyes so wise
Woman touch I am taken
World so undivided
Where the high wind flies
And somewhere a wild horse listens

In this world if we're going to live
Some ways we're going to have to stand
Know your heart know your mind
Know how to look know what to find
It doesn't have to be this way
Hanging like a cloud
Society fear of love over our heads
Shadows in daylight
And what have they done
What have they done but set it in motion
Set it in motion and now it has begun

Times I spent wandering
Back to who we are
Nights we held on
Scattering ourselves among the stars
You and me over there
You and me over here
We burned through to a thousand suns
And somewhere a wild horse runs

Last time I saw her Tina smiled
Woman woman's love
Hands so gentle eyes so wise
Woman touch I am taken
World so undivided
Where the high wind flies
And somewhere a wild horse listens

Eternity expanding from her hand
Sun rise moon rise grains of sand
Acts of man violent face
Done in silent night
Won't silence freedoms voice
Here we are reflecting light
Disappearing reappearing
Shadows on the run
And what have they done
What have they done but set it in motion
Set it in motion and now it has begun

Tina smile yeah she smiled
Pretty woman indigo red
Unravelling confusions heavy thread
Entering and leaving tapestries of
Changing worlds
Spirit weaver your love has spoken
And somewhere a wild horse
Won't be broken


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