Johnny cash apache tears lyrics

Hoof prints and foot prints deep ruts the wagons made 



The victor and the loser came by here 



No head stones but these bones bring Mascalero death moans 



See the smooth black nuggets by the thousands laying here 



Petrified but justified are these Apache tears 



Dead grass dry roots hunger crying in the night 



Ghost of broken hearts and laws are here 



And who saw the young squaw they judged by their whiskey law 



Tortured till she died of pain and fear 



Where the soldiers lay her back are the black Apache tears 



The young men the old men the guilty and the innocent 



Bled red blood and chilled alike with fears 



The red men the white men no fight ever took this land 



So don't raise the dust when you pass here 



They're sleeping and in my keeping are these Apache tears