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Jim Thorpe's Blues

from The Spiritual Kind by Terri Hendrix

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The great Jim Thorpe was Indian pride
The athlete of the century was cast aside
They took his medals right out of his hand
And buried nuclear waste on Indian land
Nuclear waste on Indian land

We’ve got high-tech people
With low-tech souls
And dot-com wifi Internet polls
We curse the wind
And use the sun to tan
And bury nuclear waste on Indian land
Nuclear waste on Indian land

Run Geronimo run
They’re gonna seal the deal
With a forked tongue
If you knew back then
What we know now
You’d run Geronimo run
Yeah Yeah

We’ve got arrowheads
We’ve got beaded bags
With made in China stickers covered up by price tags
Somethin’ or nothin’ will one day be
Nothin’ for somethin’ for you and me
Nothin’ for somethin’ for you and me!

All I know about Indian history
Is what I’ve seen on the TV screen
I’ve been a tourist
I’ve had my picture made
And spent a fortune on a slot machine that never paid
Nothin’ for somethin’ for you and me

The great Jim Thorpe was Indian pride
The athlete of the century was cast aside
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
It’s anybody’s guess who we can trust
It’s the guys in ties
Who will shake your hand
And bury nuclear waste on Indian land
Nuclear waste on Indian land

— “Jim Thorpe’s Blues” (Terri Hendrix) from The Spiritual Kind

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from The Spiritual Kind, released June 6, 2007
Track Listing

1. Life’s a Song (John Hadley, Sean Locke)
2. Bottom of the Hill (Terri Hendrix)
3. The Spiritual Kind (Terri Hendrix)
4. Pastures of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
5. Acre of Land (Terri Hendrix)
6. What is the Color of the Soul (Jimmy Driftwood, Terri Hendrix)
7. Soul of my Soul (Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines)
8. Things Change (Terri Hendrix)
9. No Love in Texas (Terri Hendrix)
10. Jim Thorpe Blues (Terri Hendrix)
11. If I Had a Daughter (Terri Hendrix)
12. Mood Swing (Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines)

Credits 

Terri Hendrix - vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitar, harmonica, papoose, mandolin
Lloyd Maines - acoustic guitar, electric guitars, mandolin, papoose, steel, banjo, dulcimer, percussion, harmony vocals 
Glenn Fukunaga - bass guitar, ukulele
Paul Pearcy - drums and percussion
Riley Osbourn - piano and keyboards 
Bukka Allen & Adam Odor - accordion
Richard Bowden - fiddle and cello
Michael O’Connor & Walt Wilkins - harmony vocals

Produced by Lloyd Maines  
Recorded at The Zone Recording Studio in Drippings Springs, Texas
Additional recording done at Bubba's Studio and Cedar Creek Studio in Austin, Texas 
Engineered by Pat Manske and Mike Morgan 
Mixed and Mastered by Pat Manske

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Terri Hendrix is an award-winning Texas songwriter who spins sorrow into joy and wrings wisdom from the blues with a poetic grace, warmth and uplifting melodic flair that has long been her trademark. A classically trained vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Hendrix dodges musical pigeonholes by weaving folk, pop, country, blues and jazz into an eclectic style all her own. ... more

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