There’s a road that runs past cottonwoods
Where the dust don’t ever settle right
Leads you up to Ghost Dancers’ Hill
Where the drums still echo in the night
They say the wind don’t blow up there
It listens close, it don’t forget
Every prayer that rose like fire
Still hangs in that sunset
Pre-Chorus
And the elders speak in quiet tones
’Bout things you feel but never see
Chorus
Down by the Missouri, she called their names
Carried their stories through wind and rain
Mothers and daughters, gone without a trace
Just whispers left in a sacred place
And the river rolls like it always will
Past broken hearts and Ghost Dancers’ Hill
If you stand real still, you might just hear
All the ones that disappeared
Verse 2
There was a girl with raven hair
Braids tied tight with a ribbon of blue
Last seen walking toward the ridge
Where the sky splits open in two
Her mama waits by the porch light still
Like she’s coming home at dawn
But the stars above that ancient hill
Know something’s wrong
Pre-Chorus
And every shadow tells a truth
This land remembers more than we do
Chorus
Down by the Missouri, she called their names
Carried their stories through wind and rain
Mothers and daughters, gone without a trace
Just whispers left in a sacred place
And the river rolls like it always will
Past broken hearts and Ghost Dancers’ Hill
If you stand real still, you might just hear
All the ones that disappeared
Bridge
It ain’t just history buried deep
It’s living pain we’re meant to see
In every flyer, every tear
Every voice that won’t disappear
The drums still beat beneath the ground
They’re calling out, they’re crying loud
Final Chorus
Down by the Missouri, don’t wash it away
Let every name be heard and stay
No more silence, no more fear
We’re still calling, bring them near
And the river rolls, but we stand still
On sacred ground at Ghost Dancers’ Hill
Till every voice is loud and clear
For the ones who disappeared
Outro
Yeah the river keeps their names
And we won’t let them fade
CDMoore