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Echo Maker by Kevin Lajiness

Echo Maker

by Kevin Lajiness



Song Lyrics








We are the great river children of them that forged a bond 
And we are the bond for our future 
Our fathers like crane and echo maker 
Brought peace and prosperity trade throughout the territory 
With their alliance our fathers new honor and wisdom 
And humbled themselves to bring order through the great creator 
You can here the rhythm of the men threw the songs that they 
Sing as they carry their furs down the river 
It was haunty but inviting and the bond brought forth a new nation 
That spread across a continent but all that brings war 
Nearly destroyed the new nation and the conflict changed it forever 
But it survived even today it thrives but lacks spirituality 
And its identity and I pray for it now to rise up again and bring the bonds 
that were made once back together so that we can be a family once more
 amen We are the great river children of them that forged a bond 
And we are the bond for our future 
Our fathers like crane and echo maker 
Brought peace and prosperity trade throughout the territory 
With their alliance our fathers new honor and wisdom 
And humbled themselves to bring order through the great creator 
You can here the rhythm of the men threw the songs that they 
Sing as they carry their furs down the river 
It was haunty but inviting and the bond brought forth a new nation 
That spread across a continent but all that brings war 
Nearly destroyed the new nation and the conflict changed it forever 
But it survived even today it thrives but lacks spirituality 
And its identity and I pray for it now to rise up again and bring the bonds 
that were made once back together so that we can be a 
family once more amen

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