"This Land Is Not Our Land"

Words & Music by Becky Hobbs and James Nihan

You come with wagons, you come with plows
You say you bought this land, I don't know how
This land is not our land, it's only ours to use
It don't belong to me, it don't belong to you

You bring your treaty, you bring your pen
You say we sold this land, I don't know when
This land is not our land, it's only ours to use
It don't belong to me, it don't belong to you

Look at my rivers, the mountains cry
Where will the otter swim when they run dry
The trees so mighty, fall one by one
Where will the bluebird nest when you are done

You have a hunger, it will not die
You must take everything, I don't know why
This land is not our land, it's only ours to use
It don't belong to us, we're only passing through

Look at my meadows the mountains roar
Where is the deer to graze when there's no more
Our corn so plenty pulled one by one
What will we have to eat when you are done

This land is not our land, it's only ours to use
It don't belong to me, it don't belong to you
It don't belong to us, we're all just passing through
This land is not our land, it's only ours to use

Where will the otter swim?
Where will the salmon run?
Where will the eagle fly?
What will be left when you are done?
Where will the bluebird nest?
Where will the bison graze?
What will the children eat?
And what will become of ancient ways?