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Turtle Island

from Waiting For Zavala by Bat Bennett

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Written for (and loosely based) on Real Life President of the Apache Nation, Edward "Two Moons" Chavez. A song of Native Americana.

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Turtle Island Bat Bennett


My grandfather once told me the story of the trout
Of how he swims down deep within and how he’d do without
He sent me on a mission to learn to stay alive
Our people all together is how we would survive

Two Moons over the water/ Two Moons under the sky
I’m swimming to the shores of Turtle Island
To find the Eagle; see with his eye

My father knew the wisdom and taught me to inscribe
The stones of our history, the ways of the tribe
And as we grew from Sipapu we came to understand
The land goes hand in hand with the integrity of man

Two Moons over the water/ Two Moons under the sky
I’m standing on the sand of Turtle Island
Got to get some wings before I fly

But when I was a warrior I thought I knew it all
I didn’t do what I knew was true
Or hear the Eagle call
It took a lot of wandering to make me look inside
And find a man of sky and land
And hold my head with pride

I have passed my father’s age and soon grandfather too
A man is a man, is a man, is a man--does what he has to do
If I misunderstand now, or if I did not try
The Great Spirit is calling me; I cannot hide

Two Moons under the water/ Two Moons over the sky
I’m paddling away from Turtle Island
Got to make a little peace before I die

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from Waiting For Zavala, released June 1, 2012

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