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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gary King
Gary King
Bass
Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Mouzon
Drums
Gene McDaniels
Gene McDaniels
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Eugene McDaniels
Eugene McDaniels
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lewis Hahn
Lewis Hahn
Engineer
Joel Dorn
Joel Dorn
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
They landed at Plymouth
With a smile on their face
They said, "We're your brothers
From a far away place"
The Indians greeted them
With wide open arms
Too simple minded and trusting
To see through the charms
[Verse 2]
Ex-hoodlums and jailbirds
With backgrounds of crime
They had a chance to breathe freely
For the very first time
To drink cool, clear water
From clean mountain streams
When taken for granted
It's not what it seems
[Verse 3]
They landed at Plymouth, whoa
With a little smile on their face
They said, "We're your brothers
From a far away place"
I know the Indians greeted them
With wide open arms
Too simple minded, whoa
To see through the charms
[Verse 4]
Slowly, but surely
In came the forked tongue
To trick those who trusted
Humiliate the young
They said, "Indians are different
They gotta stay in their place
Not pure and holy
An inferior race, yeah, yeah"
[Verse 5]
They landed at Plymouth
With a smile on their face
They said, "We're your brothers
From a far away place"
I know the Indians greeted them
Wide open arms
Too simple minded and trusting
To see through the charms
[Verse 6]
In came the religions
The liquor, and the guns
They claimed to be good guys
Yeah, but they acted like Huns
Creating chaos, oh
Spreading disease
As agents of God
They did damn well what they pleased
[Verse 7]
They landed at Plymouth
With a smile on their face
They said, "We're your brothers
Uh-huh, from a far away place"
The Indians greeted them
With wide open arms
Too simple minded
To see through the charms
[Verse 8]
Polluting the water
Goddamn, defiling the air
Rewriting the standards
Of what's good and fair
Promote law and order
Yeah, just let justice go to hell
If the law's hard to swallow
Use the old wishing well, yeah, yeah
[Verse 9]
They landed at Plymouth
With a little smile on their face
They said, "We're your brothers
From a far away place"
The Indians greeted them
With wide open arms
Too simple minded
To see through the charms
[Verse 10]
Now the sun's slowly setting
Yes, and the Indians are few
They've been murdered and pillaged
My God, what they've been through
Stranded on deserts
Where it's barren and dry
With bad air and foul water, yeah
They exist till they die
[Verse 11]
They landed at Plymouth
With a smile on their face
They said, "We're your brothers
From a far away place"
The Indians greeted them
With wide open arms
Written by: Eugene McDaniels

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