"Storyteller" Words & Music by James Nihan - Intro - Storyteller, Enlightened One Tell me what you were told By the elders who were old When you were young I'll sit beside your fire and I'll look into the flames I'll listen with my heart as you recall the names Of those who came before whose bones have turned to dust As long as they're remembered they will all live on in us - Chorus - Storyteller, Enlightened One Tell me what you were told By the elders who were old When you were young Storyteller, shine like the sun Upon the shadowed past Old ways are dying fast Before the songs go unsung Put your words upon my tongue All my relations they are standing in a row Like stalks of corn across the fields of time to long ago I want to see the shawl dance, I want to hear the drum I won't know where I'm going if I don't know where I'm from - Chorus - Storyteller, Enlightened One Tell me what you were told By the elders who were old When you were young Storyteller, shine like the sun Upon the shadowed past Old ways are dying fast Before the songs go unsung Put your words upon my tongue Before you close your eyes won't you leave me with The prayers and the visions and the legends and the myths Pass them on to me and I'll pass them on myself And someday when I'm gone they'll be told by someone else - Outro - Storyteller Tell me what you were told By the elders who were old When you were young Published by Composure Music (ASCAP)