Now lay me down on Market Street
I'm lookin' for some spare change
Coast guard ship has been lookin' for me
Might have to change my name
Here comes Uncle Sam again with the same old bag of beads
Local chief's on the radio
He's got some hungry mouths to feed
Goin' back to Alcatraz
In the land of the great white father
My American blood runs cold
I left my home in Oklahoma
To the Everglades I go
It's just the wings on the silver cars
I'm allowed to plow a field
It's not the life for a nineteen seventy
Indian boy to do
I'm goin' back to Alcatraz
Lay me down on Market Street
I'm lookin' for some spare change
The coast guard ship has been lookin' for me
Might have to change my name
Here comes Uncle Sam again with the same old bag of beads
Local chief's on the radio
He's got some hungry mouths to feed
Goin' back to Alcatraz
Here comes Uncle Sam again with the same old bag of beads
Local chief's on the radio
He's got some hungry mouths to feed
Goin' back to Alcatraz
Goin' back to Alcatraz
I'm lookin' for some spare change
Coast guard ship has been lookin' for me
Might have to change my name
Local chief's on the radio
He's got some hungry mouths to feed
Goin' back to Alcatraz
My American blood runs cold
I left my home in Oklahoma
To the Everglades I go
I'm allowed to plow a field
It's not the life for a nineteen seventy
Indian boy to do
I'm lookin' for some spare change
The coast guard ship has been lookin' for me
Might have to change my name
Local chief's on the radio
He's got some hungry mouths to feed
Local chief's on the radio
He's got some hungry mouths to feed
Goin' back to Alcatraz
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Song meaning is and indian boy escaping a labor camp and going then escaping alcatraz.
I love this song. The raspy powerful vocals sound great here and that riff is incredible