Johnny Cash - Apache Tears

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hoof prints and foot prints , deep ruts the wagons made
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the victor and the loser came by here
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no head stones but these bones bring mascalero death moans
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see the smooth black nuggets by the thousands laying here
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petrified but justified are these apache tears

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dead grass , dry roots , hunger crying in the night
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ghost of broken hearts and laws are here
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and who saw the young squaw they judged by their whiskey law
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tortured till she died of pain and fear
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where the soldiers lay her back are the black apache tears

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the young men , the old men , the guilty and the innocent
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bled red blood and chilled alike with fear
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the red men , the white men , no fight ever took this land
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so don’t raise the dust when you pass here
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they’re sleeping and in my keeping are these apache tears