{"id":536,"date":"2004-09-07T13:35:41","date_gmt":"2004-09-07T21:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chriscorrigan.com\/blogs\/?p=536"},"modified":"2004-09-07T13:35:41","modified_gmt":"2004-09-07T21:35:41","slug":"crazy-horse-1845-6-september-1877","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/crazy-horse-1845-6-september-1877\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Horse, 1845? – 6 September 1877"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCrazy Horse
\n1845 – 6 September 1877<\/p>\n

Just missed the anniversary of the death of Crazy Horse, which was the same day as the birth of Parking Lot. THat’s an appropriate coincidence. To honour it, here are the lyrics from a Robbie Robertson song I love. <\/p>\n

Crow has brought the message
\nto the children of the sun
\nfor the return of the buffalo
\nand for a better day to come<\/p>\n

You can kill my body
\nYou can damn my soul
\nfor not believing in your god
\nand some world down below<\/p>\n

You don’t stand a chance
\nagainst my prayers
\nYou don’t stand a chance
\nagainst my love
\nThey outlawed the Ghost Dance
\nbut we shall live again,
\nwe shall live again<\/p>\n

My sister above
\nShe has red paint
\nShe died at Wounded Knee
\nlike a later day saint<\/p>\n

You got the big drum in the distance
\nblackbird in the sky
\nThat’s the sound that you hear
\nwhen the buffalo cry<\/p>\n

You don’t stand a chance
\nagainst my prayers
\nYou don’t stand a chance
\nagainst my love
\nThey outlawed the Ghost Dance
\nbut we shall live again,
\nwe shall live again<\/p>\n

Crazy Horse was a mystic
\nHe knew the secret of the trance
\nAnd Sitting Bull the great apostle
\nof the Ghost Dance<\/p>\n

Come on Comanche
\nCome on Blackfoot
\nCome on Shoshone
\nCome on Cheyenne<\/p>\n

We shall live again<\/p>\n

Come on Arapaho
\nCome on Cherokee
\nCome on Paiute
\nCome on Sioux<\/p>\n

We shall live again<\/p>\n

— Robbie Robertson, Ghost Dance, from Music for The Native Americans<\/p><\/div>\n

More on Crazy Horse:<\/p>\n