(Verse 1)
Rivers flow by slowly
As the Indians dance around
Men from across the sea
Came to take their sacred ground
Smoke rose in the distance
Like a ghost upon the plain
Drums turned into silence
And the skies began to rain

(Chorus)
And she walked, she walked
With her head held high
Through the mud and the tears
Beneath a mourning sky
Left behind her home
But she carried her name
In the whispers of the wind
And the sorrow of the flame

(Verse 2)
She held her baby close
Through the cold and bitter rain
Singing songs her mother taught her
To help forget the pain
Every step a memory
Of the land they left behind
But her eyes stayed on the sunrise
Never once looked back in time

(Chorus)
And she walked, she walked
With her head held high
Through the mud and the tears
Beneath a mourning sky
Left behind her home
But she carried her name
In the whispers of the wind
And the sorrow of the flame

(Verse 3)
Some nights she saw the fire
Of the soldiers in her dreams
Heard the cries of broken nations
Floating down forgotten streams
But she taught her child to dance
In the circle of the sun
Said, “They may take our road
But they can’t undo what’s done.”

(Final Chorus)
So she walked, she walked
With her head held high
Through the mud and the tears
Beneath a mourning sky
Left behind her home
But she carried her name
In the whispers of the wind
And the sorrow of the flame

(Spoken Outro – soft, over fading guitar)
Don’t know her name…
But I see her in the wind…
Dancin’ slow by the river…
Like nothin’ could ever pin her down.
Some say she was just a shadow of the past…
But I reckon she was more alive than any of us.