Eliza Gilkyson
Song of the Rainbow Warrior
Back in 1969
I took everything I owned
And blew out of California
One more reckless rolling stone
A child of the '60s
Headed for the great unknown
But I was lookin' to find the rainmaker
In the land he once called home
When I rolled into Santa Fe
I was runnin' out of steam
I took up with some people there
Who were livin' out their dream
And gentle hands revealed my heart
And laughter made me whole
Oh but the legends of rainmaker
Blew a window to my soul
And ooo, I was a rainbow warrior
Crossin' cloudy canyons
Of love, and hope, and change
And ooo, another rainbow warrior
Dances for the maker of the rain
The desert bleached my reason
Possessions slipped away
The sun beat down and burned the ground
I planted every day
But when I called for the rainmaker
And danced the ritual right
The answers came on clouds of rain
And thunder in the night
And ooo, I was a rainbow warrior
Crossin' cloudy canyons
Of love, and hope, and change
And ooo, another rainbow warrior
Dances for the maker of the rain
Ay-lu haunk-wa ay-taun e-yaun-nay
Im-e-toll-ah-sin-ah-o-o-nay
Ay-lu-e-o toh-mah-wah-han-ay
Hey-yah hi-yah hey-yah hi-yay-lu
Hey-yah hi-yah hey-yah hi-yay-lu
(Native American singing/ceremony)