The general rode for sixteen days
The horses were thirsty and tired
On the trail of a renegade chief
One he'd come to admire
The soldiers hid behind the hills
That surrounded the village
And he rode down to warn the chief
They'd come to conquer and pillage

Lay down your arms
Lay down your spear
The chief's eyes were sad
But showed no sign of fear

(chorus)
It is a good day to die
Oh my children dry your eyes
It is a good day to die

He spoke of the days before the white man came
With his guns and whisky
He told of a time a long time ago
Before what you call history
The general couldn't believe his words
Nor the look on his face
But he knew these people would rather die
Then have to live in this disgrace

What law have I broken
What wrong have I done
That makes you want to bury me
Upon this trail of blood

(chorus)

We cared for the land and the land cared for us
And that's the way it's always been
Never asked for more never asked too much
And now you tell me this is the end

I laid down my weapon
Laid down my bow
Now you want to drive me out
With no place left to go

(chorus)

And he turned to his people and said dry your eyes
We've been blessed and we are thankful
Raise your voices to the sky
It is a good day to die

• Ain't No More Cane
• Akua Tuta
• American Roulette
• Ancestor Song
• Apple Suckling Tree
• Back to Memphis
• Beautiful Thing
• Between Trains
• Blaze of Glory
• Blue River
• Brainwash
• Breakin The Rules
• Broken Arrow
• Carry Me
• Change is Good
• Cherokee Morning Song
• Clothes Line Saga
• Crash on The Levee[Down in The Flood]
• Davy's on The Road Again
• Day of Reckoning
• Don't Ya Tell Henry
• Driftin' Away
• Evangeline
• Fallen Angel
• Forever Young
• Ghost Dance
• Gimme a Stone
• Go Back to Your Woods
• Goin' to Acapulco
• Golden Feather
• Hang up My Rock'n Roll Shoes
• Havana Moon
• He Don't Love You
• Hell's Half Acre
• Hold Back The Dawn
• In The Blood
• It is a Good Day to Die
• Java Blues
• Leave Me Alone
• Lo & Behold
• Mahk Jchi
• Making a Noise
• Million Dollar Bash
• New Mexicoe
• Night Parade
• Nothing Was Delivered
• Odds & Ends
• Once Upon a Time
• One Too Many Mornings
• Open The Door, Homer
• Out of The Blue
• Rain Down Tears
• Rattlebone
• Resurrection
• Rick
• Ruben Remus
• Sacrifice
• Shake It
• Shake This Town
• Showdown at Big Sky
• Sign of The Rainbow
• Sip The Wine
• Skinwalker
• Small Town Talk
• Soap Box Preacher
• Somewhere Down The Crazy River
• Sonny Got Caught in The Moonlight
• Stomp Dance
• Sweet Fire of Love
• Sweet Romance
• Take Your Partner by The Hand
• Testimony
• That's My Home
• The Code of Handsome Lake
• The Last Waltz
• The Last Waltz Refrain
• The Lights
• The Sound is Fading
• The Stones I Throw
• The Well
• Tiny Montgomery
• Tired of Waiting
• Tombstone
• Too Much of Nothing
• Tough Mama
• Twisted Hair
• Unbound
• What a Town
• What About Now
• Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood
• Yea! Heavy & a Bottle of Bread
• You Ain't Goin' Nowhere